Friday, December 5, 2014
MSNBC seems to subtly have promoted Rachel Maddow from cable show host to news anchor. Conservatives not exactly thrilled.
Video ANNOUNCER: Meet Rachel.
She’s a NEWS ANCHOR with a big personality. She’s smart, funny and
passionate. But we’re about to find out what happens when she gets serious: RACHEL
MADDOW: This is a story of legitimate wrongdoing on a...
Christian women's group opposes building of women's history museum. Wait, what?
"Christian women's group opposes building of women's history museum." Yep
you read that right.Here is the
story: The Christian group Concerned Women for
America (CWA) has been trying to stop the construction of the National
...
Jon Stewart on Rand Paul's contention that the death of Eric Garner was partly due to taxes, "What the fuck are you talking about?"
VideoSpeaking of Comedy Central
pundits, this month is the Colbert Report's last month on the air.It's
finally episode will air on December 18th.So Colbert is really
pulling out all of the stops and will broadcast
from Washington...
Bristol Palin brags that it was her mother who started the stupid idea of trying to impeach President Obama. And this is something to brag about?
Courtesy of Bristol's Facebook
page.
So Brancy put
up a new post yesterday about how the whole impeachment...
For the most tone deaf response to the Grand Jury decision on the choking death of Eric Garner where else would you go except Fox News?
VideoCourtesy of Think
Progress: Moments after the decision was
announced, Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson expressed her deep concern about
the outcome. Not concern that the police killed Garner, who was allegedly
selling untaxed...
Proving once again that Sarah Palin reads the comments at IM her newest Facebook post goes out of its way to explain why she hosted Thanksgiving dinner in a garage.
Courtesy of Poco-not-hot's Facebook: Soooo,
our Thanksgiving setting may be unconventional for those who spend time
worrying about children spilling juice on the pretty carpets, sticky
fingerprints on the good China,...
Potential GOP candidate for President in 2016, Ben Carson, does not want you to pay attention to the words coming out of his mouth. Just what he is actually TRYING to say.
VideoCourtesy of Raw
Story: Earlier this year, Carson had told the
conservative news outlet Breitbart that the U.S. was “very much like Nazi
Germany” because President Barack Obama was using the government to
“intimidate the population.”...
The Grand Jury's decision in the Eric Garner case was so terrible that it drained the funny right out of Jon Stewart.
VideoYou know we rely on Jon Stewart,
and Stephen Colbert, to find the humor in situations that seem to defy
laughter.However during last night's show Stewart's reaction was
really the ONLY reaction that we could have expected him, or...
Texas school board member posts image to Facebook of KKK member labeled "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas." Claims not to be racist. Ooookay.
Courtesy of Raw
Story: A Texas school board member is facing
disciplinary action over his racist Facebook post. Chris
Harris, an elected member of the Hooks Independent School Board, posted a
viral image of a Ku...
NYPD cop who choked 400 pound African American man to death does not get indicted by Grand Jury. Anybody else noticing a pattern?
VideoCourtesy of New
York Daily News:Eric Garner’s widow reacted with shock and
dismay Wednesday after a Staten Island grand jury chose not to indict the
NYPD officer who killed her husband with a chokehold. “Oh
my God, are you serious?”...
Latest Bill Cosby accuser says he assaulted her at fifteen years old.
Courtesy of NBC
News: A 55-year-old woman sued comedian Bill
Cosby on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming sexual battery and
infliction of emotional distress for allegedly molesting her in a bedroom at
...
So Sarah Palin was on Fox News babbling incoherently about Russia again.
VideoStuart Varney, the guy with the
British accent that Roger Ailes hired to class up Fox News (Yeah good luck
with that!), had Palin on today to discuss Christmas, Russia, energy, and
other things that she know absolutely nothing about....
Nothing to see here. Just the President of the United States being scanned for 3D printing.
Courtesy of CNN:
The first-ever 3D-printed bust of a U.S. President
-- a life-size replica of Obama -- is now on display at the Smithsonian
Castle after a project that was inspired by the life masks of President
...
Judge rules that defamation suit against Glenn Beck can proceed. Is it Christmas already?
Courtesy of Salon:A
federal judge on Tuesday denied Glenn Beck’s request to dismiss a libel
lawsuit that accuses the conservative talking head of defaming a Saudi man
Beck falsely accused of funding the Boston Marathon...
Class...class...class...SHUT UP! Thank you. Now listen as Rick Santorum educates you on the fact that the separation of church and state is a communist idea, not an American one.
Courtesy of Right
Wing Watch: In a conference call with members
of right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson’s STAND America that was posted online
today, former senator Rick Santorum disputed the existence of the separation
...
Benghazi might not be over as an issue in 2016 after all. At least not if Rand Paul has anything to say about it.
Courtesy of The
Hill: Paul, a likely 2016 presidential
contender, criticizes potential rival Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of
State during the attacks, and vows to seek the truth about Benghazi. "This
new Benghazi...
Darren Wilson did NOT know about the convenience store robbery when he confronted Michael Brown on the streets of Ferguson. Update!
Courtesy of the Daily
Mail: In Wilson's now very public account of
his encounter with Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson on August 9 he has
claimed that he asked Brown and Wilson to move to the sidewalk rather than
...
In light of recent scandals Bill Cosby resigns from board of Temple University, a position that he has held for 32 years.
Courtesy of CNN: Bill
Cosby's long relationship with his beloved Temple University has come to an
end, another effect of the scandal engulfing the once adored television star
and comedian. Cosby's Monday resignation...
Sarah Palin takes to Facebook to defend Alaska National Guard program and attack the President. Oddly enough not a whisper about the recent sex scandal.
The above graphic was posted on Palin's Facebook page last night along with
this
post: We’re very proud of all our U.S. military
forces! That includes our National Guard units, which can't be taken for
granted as...
Conservative groups band together to block nomination of Jeb Bush.
Courtesy of the Washington
Examiner: Conservative leaders who had a hand
in key Republican victories including Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the
Contract with America and the birth of the Tea Party, are ganging up to
...
Key and Peele explain how America decides which countries deserve military support.
VideoSadly this is not that much of a
parody.Source
...
President Obama's comments on Ferguson today and his plans for helping to prevent similar incidents in the future.
VideoCourtesy of the USA
Today: The government will try to reduce the
"simmering distrust" between police and minority communities, President
Obama said Monday, in part by issuing new rules for military-style equipment
and seeking...
Bill Maher finds himself disappointed with the new Pope again.
On his
blog (Oh yes, he has one too!) Bill Maher decides that though he likes
the new Pope, he simply cannot condone his praise for exorcists: Pope
Francis has quickly established himself as the progressive Pope – not...
A Deficit of Dignity.
I read this New
York Times article this morning by Timothy Egan that is ostensibly about
the disrespect
shown by Elizabeth Lauten toward the First Daughters. However the
article makes the case that this is the kind...
New book uncovers the ugliness that hides within the hearts of self proclaimed "Christians" when they feel called to defend their faith.
Courtesy of Salon:
Over the past few years, America has been divided
by religion. The culture wars have heated up with secularists on one side
and God-fearing Americans on the other, and to understate things: They
...
I think we are already seeing strong evidence to suggest who will be the contenders in 2016.
Courtesy of TPM: Hillary
Clinton has recently met with two of the names most frequently floated to be
her campaign manager in 2016, should she choose to run, Politico reported
Thursday. She met Wednesday with Guy Cecil,...
8 in 10 Americans believe in climate change.
Courtesy of USA
Today: Eight out of 10 Americans now believe
the climate is changing, according to a new survey conducted for Munich Re
America, the world's largest reinsurance firm. "Our
survey findings indicate...
