Daily Archives: October 1, 2008

We Can Win This Thing: Do The Obama Hustle With These Detroit Women

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My God, How Did She Get Here? And What Has McCain Done?: Sarah Palin’s Greatest Horrifying Slips—and the Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime”

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Christ, Magic Bowls, and Syncretism in Ancient Alexandria: An Archeological Find Has the Scholarly World Abuzz Over a Christ Reference Dated Between the 2nd Century BCE and the Early 1st Century CE

Christ the magician? A new archeological find has scholars speculating. MSNBC reports: Christoph Gerigk / Franck Goddio/ Hilti Foundation A bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., is engraved with what may … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin: The Far-Right’s Pied Piper—Playing a Real Pipe!

The followers: The leader: Where would you have us go, Sarah? Where you lead, we will follow. We won’t ask questions. And we’ll shut the mouths of those citified elite snobs that try to ask you questions. We’ve got your back Sarah. … Continue reading

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John McCain: Dr. Strangelove

Eight more years?

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Dr. Strangelove in Des Moines: John McCain, Rocking in a Chair, And On The Verge of Blowing in Response to Some Tough Questions, Echoes Dr. Strangelove

John McCain fielding questions from the editors of the Des Moines Register: And Dr. Strangelove fielding questions in the War Room:

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Testy, Testy: McCain Gets Annoyed, Then Screwed Up, Taking Questions from Editors of the Des Moines Register

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“The People I Call Rationalists . . . Let’s Have Our Voices Heard and Be in the Debate”: Bill Maher on Out-of-the-Closet Agnosticism, and His New Film, “Religulous”

Bill Maher talked to Salon.com today about his new film, Religulous. Money quote: I don’t use the word “atheist” about myself, because I think it mirrors the certitude I’m so opposed to in religion. What I say in the film … Continue reading

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Flailin’ Palin: Katie Couric’s Devastating Line of Questioning on the Supreme Court Turns Sarah Palin into “Flailin’ Palin”—Someone Who Shows Herself Unable to Talk About Any Supreme Court Case Except the Single One That She Knows, Roe v. Wade

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See Here Katie Couric Ask Sarah Palin, ‘What Other Supreme Court Decisions Do You Disagree With?’—And Watch Palin Flail. She Doesn’t Know the Names of Any Supreme Court Decisions—Not a Single One—Except Roe v. Wade!

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Sarah Palin and Her Ur-Fascist Followers: A Conservative Columnist Writes Against Palin and is Labelled a “Traitor” and Told She Should Commit Suicide

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker (rationally) steps off the Palin bandwagon, gets labelled a traitor by movement conservatives, and is now being asked by right-wing loyalists of Palin’s to “off” herself. Money quote from Parker’s recent column: The fierce reaction to … Continue reading

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