Remember that yellowcake? It was stale. And recycled.
NOTE:This diary probably won't get much attention, because it deals with a controversy that is several years old. But it addresses an important historical scandal, and also the right wing's ongoing bad...
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FOX falls for "mini-ice age" hoax
FOX News and other right-wing media outfits have been ecstatic the past couple of days over an article printed in the (U.K.) Daily Mail by David Rose, purporting to debunk global warming.The Daily Mail...
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GOP authoritarians just can't stand authority
ABOVE: Fred Thompson and two friends, protecting their most valued assetsEver notice how so-called "Law and Order" Republicans often have such trouble accepting the nature of authority as it has been...
View ArticleAnalyzing Dr. Laura's mass "appeal"
Back when I had a vintage car (1966 Mercury Park Lane, with the breezeway) which only had an old A.M. radio with bad reception, I'd sometimes get stuck listening to Dr. Laura.And as far as I could...
View ArticleLooky what Amazon sells (Wikileaks diary)
Earlier this week, Amazon pulled the plug on the files it was paid to host for Wikileaks. Explaining the rationale for their move, Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener told The Wall Street Journal...that...
View ArticleWhy the media isn't defending Wikileaks
Newsweek's Ben Adler has filed an important yet flawed analysis of the relationship between the U.S. media, Wikileaks, and the 1st Amendment right to freedom of the press.Adler's report is welcome in...
View Article10 things I learned today from right wing radio about Bin Laden's death
In which I listen to the reactions of Beck, Hannity, Savage, et al. regarding the demise of Osama Bin Laden -- so you don't have to...1) All the credit should go to Bush. 2) All the credit should go to...
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The Banality of Evildoers
With apologies to Hannah Arendt; crossposted at SamPratt.com... This diary starts out tongue-in-cheek, but moves to a broader and more philosophical point.Though it was initially called a mansion,...
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FEMA! Tyranny! Tea Partiers forget Ollie North’s plan to suspend the...
Lost in the endless ranting by Glenn Beck and lesser Tea Party fanatics about “tyranny” and “protecting the Constitution” is this bit of history: Wingnut hero Oliver North was credibly alleged to be...
View ArticleWhy we should worry about metadata
As a progressive from the Northeast, it’s not often that I read opinion pieces by Republicans from the Dakotas. But while reading comments on a news site about the whole Nadler/CNET/NSA fracas, an...
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