Posts featuring Commentary
Lincolnfederates
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Republicans (or people for whom the Republican party isn’t right wing enough) are usually the ones shouting loudest about “States’ Rights,” and are most likely to claim Lincoln as a rhetorical symbol while outright rejecting or fighting against everything he stood for.
Grand Old Perverts or: Dennis the Menace
Thursday, June 18, 2015
The loudest – one might even say, the most flamboyant – opponents of marriage equality on the Right seemingly always turn out to be either closeted homosexuals themselves, or even guilty of the more exaggerated perversions they’re so fond of pinning on others…
Big Bad on Campus
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Penn State and SAE sure are lucky this “Rape on Campus” flap came along when it did, eh?
Separate but Equal Justice Under Law
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The entire justice system in the U.S., and not just the police, is still racially-biased against darker-skinned minorities; almost as if one of the things “Justice” measures, when determining the guilt or innocence of the accused, is how white that person is.
The Bigots’ Crusade
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Meanwhile, on the oppression side of things, a “crusade” against the Civil Rights of homosexuals in the United States continues to this very day…
Stomp Out the Vote
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Aware of the inverse relationship between the size and diversity of a group of people, and the likelihood individuals in that group will vote for them–even when given only one other choice–the GOP has apparently reasoned that if they want to continue winning elections without having to make their policies more-inclusive and less-terrible, their best bet is to use the powers they gained during the 2010 election to decrease turnout in the future.
Losing Our Heads
Saturday, September 20, 2014
The darkly absurd, feedback loop-type relationship between terrorist actions and U.S. military responses…
The Holey Land
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Israeli government’s operating principle, in this matter, appears to be a presumption of guilt by association…
$acrifice
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
It came as little surprise to me when the majority of the current Supreme Court once again demonstrated their commitment to PROFITS OVER PEOPLE by ruling that “closely-held,” for-profit corporations and private companies cannot be required by Federal laws to pay for their female employees’ birth control and contraceptives, if the owners of the corporations or companies in question can cite objections based on “deeply-held religious beliefs.”
Tarred & Feathered
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Some racist morons whose racism has been so obvious and indelible, that any denials of it are ludicrously absurd…