Daily Archives: September 25, 2008

Is John McCain Old Man Potter—and Barack Obama Jimmy Stewart? The 1929 Bank Run Scene from “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Economics 101: Paul Krugman Explains How 2008 is Like 1929—and Why We Don’t Have to Repeat Depression-Era History

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Back in March of 2008, six months before the current financial crisis, Paul Krugman, in an ominously titled opinion piece for the NY Times (“Partying Like It’s 1929”), explained, in the clearest fashion that I’ve seen anywhere, what a credit … Continue reading →

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McCain Lies to David Letterman—and Josh Marshall of TPM Online Tries to Explain Why

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Still More Context on Sarah Palin’s Exorcist, Thomas Muthee: Witchcraft Fear is Widespread in Kenya and the Catholic Church Has Long Struggled Against It

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

In December of 2007, Digital Journal had a brief item about rampant witchcraft superstition in Kenya, and the Catholic Church’s struggle against it. Money quote:  In Nairobi, Kenya one of the biggest challenges for the Roman Catholic Church according to the Catholic … Continue reading →

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More Context for Sarah Palin’s Exorcist, Thomas Muthee: In May of 2008, FOX News Reported on Witch Hunting in Kenya

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

I’m surprised that Fox News hasn’t taken this down from its website, but here is its report (posted in May of 2008) on a witch hunting incident in Kenya: A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 … Continue reading →

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Antisemitism and Thomas Muthee: Sarah Palin’s Exorcist, Thomas Muthee, Not Only Sees Witches in Medieval Terms, He Also Sees Jews in Medieval Terms

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Andrew Sullivan directs our attention to the 1 minute 20 second point of the video below. It is there that Thomas Muthee talks about the need for Christians to enter the world of banking and big business in greater numbers, supplanting unbelievers and “Israelis” … Continue reading →

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Scapegoating Mama Jane: An Evangelical Book on Missions Tells the Story of Sarah Palin’s Witch Hunting Supporter, Thomas Muthee, and the Woman He Accused of Witchcraft—Mama Jane

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

I’ve been able to locate yet another major Evangelical book, written in 2000, but reprinted in 2008, that tells the story of Thomas Muthee’s rise to power in Kenya, and makes mention of his driving off from Kiambu a woman named … Continue reading →

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Is Sarah Palin a Wizard of Oz Humbug?: “Pay No Attention to That Woman Behind the Teleprompter Curtain,” Saith John McCain!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Glenn Greenwald Weighs in on Sarah Palin’s Creepy Isolation from the Media, and Declares That It Is “Conclusively, Disturbingly Clear” That McCain is Shielding Palin from Scrutiny by Voters

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

At the end of her debate with Joe Biden, Sarah Palin signalled that she would be speaking to the American people without the filter of the mainstream media. Translation: She won’t be taking questions from the press, and she’ll be … Continue reading →

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Katie Couric Asks Sarah Palin About Russia—and Gets a Ridiculous Answer

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

And below are Cindy McCain and a Fox News host making a similarly mendacious “point” about Palin’s Russian foreign policy experience:

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Italian Americans Listen Up! Two Venician Gondoliers Sing a Tune for Our Pizon—Barack Obama!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

And notice St. Mark’s briefly behind them:

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Katie Couric Flusters Sarah Palin with Simple Questions. Here’s One of Them: In All His Years as a Senator, Can You Give Examples of John McCain Supporting More Regulatory Oversight of Wall Street?

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Still no Sunday morning show press interviews. Still no press conferences. But after seeing Sarah Palin’s bleak performance with Katie Couric, no wonder the McCain campaign so strictly manages Palin’s exposure to the press, and only doles out interviews in trickling, homeopathic … Continue reading →

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Thomas Muthee, Sarah Palin, and WITCHCRAFT: Is 21st Century Belief in REAL WITCHES Not Just Intellectually Incoherent, But SEXIST?

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Thomas Muthee, when he prays over Sarah Palin, doesn’t talk about a spirit of “warlock craft” being broken over the nation, does he? And when he infamously, and literally, drove-off a person from Kiambu, a city in Kenya, that person was … Continue reading →

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“Ridding the world of demons—and witches.” See Here Thomas Muthee Pray Over Sarah Palin Against the Spirit of “Witchcraft”—and a Monty Python Retort

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Thomas Muthee prays over Sarah Palin, May 2005: Here’s an AP account of Sarah Palin describing her experience being prayed over by Thomas Muthee: On a visit to the church in June 2008, Palin spoke fondly of the Kenyan pastor … Continue reading →

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