The Republican War on Science Returns
republican war.jpg As author of the 2005 book The Republican War on Science, I’ve watched recent developments in the presidential race with fascination. It is not exactly news that man...
Michele Bachmann
Karl Rove: Sarah Palin will run
The shiny mettle that used to be Karl Rove is a bit tarnished these days, what with his grand failure of 2006. Anything he says any more is suspect. But…
How homosexuality is destroying the English-speaking world
Cultural anthropologists have observed that a language and culture are keenly intertwined – language being a centrepiece and primary medium of culture – and that as one decays, so too…
Michele Bachmann can’t help but lie. It’s in her genes.
Whenever I read some journo reprimanding progs to take Bachmann seriously, I sit back and wait for a new lie from her lips. It only takes days. Here's the latest…
Back away slowly, Canada…
Potential next President of the USA: CrazyEyes, come on down! Yes. It’s true. And amidst the squirming-like-a-toad insanity that’s been holding the collective USian brain in its grip lately, it…
Michele Bachmann about to eat Ronald Reagan
Bachmann looks at a cake commemorating the 100th birthday of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington in February 2011. (Joshua Roberts /…
Rick Perry and the United States of Jebeesus
Glory Hallybubbah !!! The Lord has spoken. Just as I prophesied the other day, he has directed his cowboy servant Rick Perry to become God's President. And kick the heathen…
Sunday drive-by blogging
1. Here's your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we're-living-in item of the day: "Barring the media bad move by PC candidate." The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town…
Bachmann Voted “Most Crazy” in Straw Poll
Unsurprisingly, God-bothering lunatic Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant in today’s Ames, Iowa straw poll winning 28.6 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast, narrowly edging out libertarian Ron Paul by 152…
Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek’s cover photo shoot
I know I'm having a little too much fun with Michele Bachmann lately but c'mon she's a joke generator. This one's more about Marcus, her ambiguously straight husband. And yes…
Is the Newsweek cover photo (and story title) of Michele Bachmann sexist?
That’s the charge being laid by conservative bloggers and NOW about this week’s cover photo of Michele Bachmann, which depicts her as she so often appears with wide eyes. I…
Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann makes cover of Newsweek. Wingnuts not pleased.
Have to admit this week’s cover of Newsweek featuring a crazed-looking Michele Bachmann is not exactly flattering. But it is an accurate portrait. The cover features Bachmann looking like, well,…
Michele Bachmann: gay marriage will lead to ‘poligamy and group marriage’
This is what it has come to for the Republican party. This person is a leading contender for the 2012 presidential election. It just keeps getting crazier. 2012 may not…
Voters Strongly Oppose Michele Bachmann’s Proposal to Abolish the EPA
Building on an idea that seems to have originated with Newt Gingrich, Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has spent the past few weeks calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to be…
Latest Bachmann gaffe: praises serial killer John Wayne Gacy instead of actor John Wayne
Oops. Another day. Another Michele Bachmann historical gaffe. This one involves her praise of Waterloo IA, where she mistakenly told a blogger, "“John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the…
Michele Bachmann: What Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter have in common?
Some interesting quotes from the presidential candidate Michele Bachmann."I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president…
Matt Taibbi gathers intelligence on Michele Bachmann’s Holy War
Though not as colourful as his takedown of Paul Ryan nor as revelatory as his expose of modern journalists, Matt Taibbi still provides plenty of juice on god-heavy presidential hopeful…
Michele Bachmann: She talks to God regularly
How come only republicans have direct line to God?Interesting commentary by Keith Olbermann.Click for video.