Pages Tagged “Republican”
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- Self-DMCA, Antivax Anger, Specter Switch
Warner Music issued a DMCA takedown notice to an official Warner Music video channel. I think I need some popcorn. From @david_colquhoun via @BadAstronomer: Guardian science editor’s daughter gets measles. He’s angry with the anti-vaccination brigade. I nearly mistyped “foreign” as “foregin.” It sounds like an appetizer you should eat before drinking gin. Senator Arlen […]
- Irony Double Dose
@BeaucoupKevin says: I’m not crazy about DailyKOS, but this short piece about the Texans who want to secede is dead on Irony: normally I walk to lunch on Fridays, but time crunch had me driving today. Apparently it’s “car-free Friday.” Oops.
- I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times ran an article on Justice Antonin Scalia and how his opinions may represent the majority as the Supreme Court hears cases about race, religion, abortion and campaign finance. Apparently, conservatives are really looking forward to the possibility that the court might restrict abortion, outlaw affirmative action, strike down the separation […]
- Comical Third Parties
Wow… a new issue of Rising Stars! To be honest, it was a bit of a let-down. Usually JMS is better at showing, rather than telling. He’s infamous for laboriously laying groundwork in the B-plots and character moments of what seem like “ordinary” stand-alone stories, then kicking the arc into high gear and making use […]
- Contrary to popular belief
For quite a while now, the always-excellent This Is True newsletter has been advertising writer Randy Cassingham’s latest (?) project: JumboJoke, a weblog-style daily joke post. I finally took a look at it, and thought I’d share the following pair of lists based on our political parties’ often contradictory platforms and rhetoric: What You Must […]