Category Archives: Media Criticism
Racist Republicans
…are flocking to Cain:
Racism is not dead in this country; anybody who edits blog comments knows that we still have plenty of hot headed haters and racist fools running around. That’s not surprising; any time you have 300 million eggs in a basket, a few of them are going to be addled.
But when GOP conservatives from South Carolina have a Black Congressman, a non-white governor and are lining up to vote for a Black presidential candidate, I think it’s time we reconsidered the slur and defame policy.
As long as the anti-conservative, anti-Christian bigots think that the race card works for them, they’ll keep playing it. In fact, probably longer. Because I don’t think it’s working much any more.
Arab Spring
I was astounded by the naivety of those who thought that things would work out wonderfully in Egypt with Mubarak’s fall.
Adaptation
Coral might be able to adapt to warmer seas.
You don’t say.
You know, it’s almost as though the climate hysterics and warm mongers don’t believe in evolution.
Crushing The Left In The Propaganda War
Some advice for Republicans. Which, being the Stupid Party, they probably won’t take.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Speaking of which: Elizabeth Warren, intellectual fraud? Well, that’s a kind way to put it, I think.
Political Advice
…from Captain Kirk:
Don’t compare President Barack Obama to Captain James T. Kirk.
That’s what William Shatner told CNN’s Ali Velshi when asked to respond to suggestions that Obama should act less like “Spock” and more like “Captain Kirk”.
Shatner said the comparisons are “unfair” because “Mr. Obama has the onerous burden of obeying the constitution [and] Captain Kirk was captain of everybody’s fate. He was a dictator”.
Funny, I hadn’t noticed that he was all that concerned about that pesky document, myself.
In Which A Leftist Journalist
…actually finds leftist bias in the curriculum.
Thanks To Wikileaks
Baghdad is finally Judenrein.
OWS Versus The Tea Party
Finding common ground. They agree about the problem, which is corporatism. They disagree about the solution.
From “Arab Spring” to Arab Fall
Egypt descends into chaos:
Egypt literally will run out of food. It imports half its caloric consumption, mainly wheat (although Egyptians eat less wheat than Iranians, Moroccans, Canadians, Turks and Russians). Egypt spends $5.5 billion a year on food subsidies. Its social solidarity minister wants to change the system (which subsidizes some people who can afford to pay more than the penny a loaf the government charges), but seems deeply confused. “‘We need to change consumer habits so that we are not consuming so much bread. In Mexico, for example, they rely more on potatoes. Why can’t we start shifting toward that?’said Saad Nassar, adviser to the agriculture minister.” Mr. Nassar seems unaware that Mexicans eat more corn than wheat or potatoes. This discussion would be comical if not for the fact that Egypt is about to run out of money to pay for any sort of food.
It’s going to get a lot uglier. Especially for the Copts. And perhaps Israel.