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OK. When we crunch all the data, the Rightie/Romney/R-Money tactic of choice for the fall election becomes clear....
The Witching Hour
The Righties have succeeded in making their meme more important than the anniversary whose celebration disgusts them so. Thus (bizarrely using -- not for the first time this week -- a UK newspaper and Writer/Blogger Toby Harndon to push their poisonous "American" blog linkages)
The Jaws that Bite, the Claws that Catch
The Daily Caller, funded by Foster Friess -- who's such a control freak that when the SuperPac he funded wouldn't spent more money in Wisconsin a few weeks ago, PERSONALLY made Santorum radio ad buys -- continues its role as a political assassin. Here's the reptile brain argument...
‘Dumb Frankenstein’ Premieres, Starring Sarah Palin
Yes, the shocking lack of respect for the dead is, perhaps, a hallmark of Breitbartia, but one would think that the corpse would be allowed to cool before "reanimating" it, in a sort of club-footed attempt to mimic the iconic "Hope" poster of President Obama by Shepard Fairey.
Y Kunsurvuhtivs R Aginst Branes
It is a profoundly anti-intellectual strain, the first naked statement of the "dumb it down" strain of "Conservatism" (which is, if you think about it, exceedingly radical, in wanting lots of social change as soon as possible) in demonizing "Liberalism" (which is, conversely, extremely "conservative" in continually protecting the status quo ante of the current social order).
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I slept the day away in hopes that I would feel better, but, today’s Ten Post Round-Up tells me I probably should crawl back into bed: 1: Shameful: US servicewomen more likely to be raped by fellow soldiers than killed by enemy fire… At War With Ourselves: Battling Sexual Violence in the Military–AlterNet 2: Not A Surprise: Teenage girls adopting eating disorders from healthy eating messages at school… ‘Eating disorders fuelled by teachers’–The Australian 3: ACLU comes out in...
Andrew Breitbart Dead at 43
Conservative’s caustic internet mouth-piece Andrew Breitbart died shortly after midnight, this morning, he was 43. He is “survived by his wife Susannah Bean Breitbart, 41, and four children.” Breitbart’s Big Journalism website broke the news with this, “With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart.” Breitbart was loved by the right-wing and reviled by the left, as he often relentlessly picked battle with both politicians and the main-stream media. He was a darling...
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