TagsTagsHere’s a welcome moment of sanity on Fox News, via Media Matters (head explodes) as commentators on the Fox Special Report show, including Charles Krauthammer, tear apart one of the latest outrageous overheated conspiracy theories — the strange tale of Executive Order 12425 and the Interpol Sovereignty Takeover That Wasn’t. ...
Right Wing, Nontroversy, Outrageous Outrage, silliness, Interpol, United Nations, Fox News
Of all the incredibly idiotic outrages over which the right wing blogosphere has hyperventilated (and there were hundreds last year) this has to be the flat out dumbest one yet. From Ed Morrissey, who specializes in outrageous outrages: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Picture of the Day. And it’s not ...
On his first visit to Japan, one of America’s most valued allies, President Obama greets Emperor Akihito with a traditional bow and the right wing blogosphere completely loses it. Some of this stuff is blatantly racist too. A commenter at Hot Air gives his perspective: Someone needs to give this half white ...
Barack Obama, Bowgate, Japan, Emperor, Nontroversy, silliness, Right Wing, Racism
The University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cognitive Research has a blog called Language Log, and they were ready for George Will’s ridiculous word-counting column: Fact-checking George F. Will, one more time. As a result of this previous experience, I had a first-person-counting script all ready to go, and it took ...
Here’s George Will, taking a break from distorting and misrepresenting climate science to promote the latest right wing talking point: Barack and Michelle Obama are malignant narcissists. Will proves this by counting words in their Copenhagen speeches. This isn’t simply a weak argument; it’s not an argument at all. It’s an ...
Since people keep bringing up the silly “Pizzagate” controversy, here’s a post that should be read before going any further with this: Right Wing Slams Barack Obama For Ordering Pizza. Really. I spoke with the restaurant’s manager, John Fitzgerald, and he gave me some things that we call “facts,” ones ...