the otherwhirled

UPDATE: bad me, i should have included the original as well. I note as well, that the man on the left looks kinda like “Dude….Ah so wanna touch that gurl, but mah gran-pappy’d slap meh silly!”, while the elderly man on the right looks rather like, “Heh-heh-heh. We shore gawt thissun fooled! Stoopit kids! [...]

Last night, the RNC gleefully announced its marriage to Neo-Fascism. Say goodbye to the anything at all resembling freedom of religion or the separation of church and state should they somehow manage to stumble into power. Of course, they do it not because of their presumed charter from their mythological Gawd-creature. They do it simply because [...]

Governor Sarah (”Take My Uterus, Please”) Palin and Senator John (”IMA P.O.W.!!!”) McCain are depicted here, preparing to tread water in the fetid puddle of duplicity, hegemony, and hubris that defines the Republican Party.

The oft-maligned (appropriately) and otherwise out-to-lunch James Dobson tells us: In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing. We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their [...]

I’ve been off my feed lately. Overworked, but paid well enough for it: well enough to let things that don’t pay me anything fall a bit to the way-side, but not so overworked that I haven’t been able to keep up with what’s going on in the world around me. Since I read TPMuckraker daily, [...]

…you wind up with this kind of crap. (h/t to Rising Hegemon) Joe Scarborough. If there is a God, and Joe and made in this supposed-God’s image, then I think we all know exactly what is fucked up with humanity. Smarminess simply should not be someone’s strong suit. And kudos to David Schuster for not getting out [...]

As noted on Crooks and Liars this weekend, three Democrats managed to sit through a entire episode of Face the Nation and remain 1) in relative agreement, and 2) on message. I actually marked the day on my calendar, because that was freakin’ noteworthy. However, something that Jesse Jackson, Jr. said struck me as a little [...]