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Unreality 101

This is how we are manipulated via the new (and formerly the old, remember, the Vince Foster sleaze was pushed PRE-internet) media.

Natural Sciences (and Un-)

Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter and discovered four moons.

Had it happened in the here and now, we could bank that Michelle Malkin would sneer at Galileo and his new-fangled and untrustworthy device. Newsbusters would point out that the Universe was perfect and that there couldn’t be any moons around Jupiter; Sean Hannity would growl [...]

Rush Limbaugh wrote ‘Magic Negro’ Parody

Michelle Malkin, the Kewpie Doll from Hell™ has her panties in a bunch that anybody OTHER than Michelle Malkin has their panties in a bunch:

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Gee. Where’s Michael Goldfarb?

Kristol: Nicht!
i. prologue, incest among the NeoCons
I’ve told you at length about the Rovian Campaign of McCain’s deputy director of communications, Weekly Standard blog writer and editor Michael Goldfarb (on a ‘leave of absence’). And I’ve told you about how William Kristol is so tangled up in the McCain campaign, Fox News and the selection [...]

McCain Campaign, Right-Wing Media Pushed Ugly, Race-Baiting Hoax

So you know that ugly, Fox/Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a ‘B’ cut into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM?
Well — surprise, surprise — it was all a hoax. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now.
The woman, Ashley Todd, [...]

Here We Go: ‘Oh no they didn’t’

“Oh no they didn’t,” says Joan Walsh tonight. Oh, yes they did… With Hillary Clinton out of the way, the media has now turned their misogynistic sights on Michelle Obama. And, honestly it was bound to happen. Walsh explains:

I don’t watch Fox News, but an alert reader saw it, and Alex Koppelman found a clip: The [...]

Bono Talks to “Father” Al About Global Warming

AFP ran a very amusing story today about Al Gore and Bono at the World Economic Forum in Davos, discussing Global Warming.

Apparently, Bono has confessed that “having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip.”

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Late Night News Roundup

There aren’t enough hours in the day to cover all the news some days. Here’s some of the top stories in the news and on the blogs:
In the news:

MSNBC: ‘We can’t stop it’ – Officials all but concede defeat to wildfires as estimated 1 million evacuate
The Hill: Wildfires get personal for lawmakers
Bloomberg: Clinton, Giuliani Overshadow [...]

Standing Up, Because It’s The Right Thing To Do

Another all American family caught up in the BushCo economy has come forward to back SCHIP and their daughter is profiled in the latest ad (see “Featured Video” in the sidebar):
…the Wilkerson family, whose two-year old daughter Bethany is covered by SCHIP and had life-saving heart surgery when she was an infant. On Monday the [...]

Bye Bye Malkin: Malkin Quits O’Reilly

Word has it that Michelle Malkin will have one less venue to screech from. From Think Progress:
Inside Cable News has obtained an e-mail written by Michelle Malkin stating that she has decided to quit appearing on Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor:
From: “Michelle Malkin”
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on [...]