Posts featuring Commentary
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…
World Wrestling
Thursday, March 27, 2014
International superpowers, like the US and Russia, express the “superiority” of their respective cultures, economies, or systems of government, by using smaller, less-powerful countries, like Iraq and Ukraine, as the venues for gaudy, muscle-flexing sideshows…
The Wolf Who Cried “Religious Freedom”
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Lawmakers in nearly half a dozen states came under intense, public scrutiny for the better part of last month as they each considered bills which threatened to defend discrimination against LGBT people as a matter of “religious freedom”…
Right to Life Imprisonment
Saturday, February 1, 2014
In much the same way that the pursuit and enaction of social policies designed to counteract centuries of entrenched, systemic racism makes liberals The Real Racists, Huckabee argued that laws putting insurers on the hook for birth control, like the Affordable Care Act, are proof of their authors’ disrespect for women…
Privacy Stalls
Saturday, January 25, 2014
The very people crying wolf over Edward Snowden’s actions appear to be wolves themselves…
Fear and Loathing on Fox News
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Fox News is an addictive, mind-altering substance, used by its most dedicated viewers to escape reality to a paranoid, fantasy world… Their approach to the news is gonzo journalism’s perverted, evil twin. Instead of using the trappings of fiction to report the truth, Fox uses the trappings of truth to report fiction.