Daily Archives: April 10, 2009

EVOLUTION: Dr. Laura is More Gay Friendly Than She Has Been in the Past

Back in Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s Orthodox Jewish days, she was very obnoxious toward gay people, making snarky statements about them. But since she stopped declaring herself a practicing Orthodox Jew, she seems to have mellowed considerably toward the gay community. … Continue reading

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Cop Killer Richard Poplawski was a Glenn Beck Enthusiast

Richard Poplawski, the 22 year old right-wing media enthusiast who shot three police officers last week and thought that Obama was planning to take away his guns, was, according to LTR, also a Glenn Beck enthusiast: Poplawski, among other online exploits, … Continue reading

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Grassroot Tea Bag Parties?

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SPEAK CRAZY TO POWER: Video of a Right Wing Glenn Beck “Tea Bag Party” Shows People Talking Paranoid about Obama and Calling for the Burning of College Evolution Textbooks!

In the below video, a Glenn Beck inspired “tea bag party” goes weird with displays of paranoia, conspiracy, and authoritarianism, culminating in a hysterical woman (at the 4:48 mark) calling out, without irony, “Burn the books!” (by which she means the … Continue reading

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Andrew Sullivan Apologizes for Comparing Larry Summers to a Christ Killing Jewish Moneylender in a Hieronymus Bosch Painting

For this Andrew Sullivan got some grief from at least one reader, and has apologized on his blog: Oy. In my survey of Getty photos for the Face Of The Day, I thought that one of Summers was a gripping … Continue reading

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Hieronymus Bosch Christ Killers, Larry Summers, and Andrew Sullivan: Michael Weiss, of New Criterion, Calls Out Andrew Sullivan for Reinforcing an Anti-Semitic Caricature

After my own posting on Andrew Sullivan comparing Larry Summers to a Jewish Christ-killer caricature in a Bosch painting, I noticed that Michael Weiss, at New Criterion, also saw what I did, and laid in on Andrew Sullivan for it: “See if … Continue reading

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Christian Antisemitism? Andrew Sullivan, Larry Summers, and Christ Killers in a Hieronymus Bosch Painting

Last night, the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan posted this image of Barack Obama’s chief economics advisor, Larry Summers: And this morning, a reader directed Sullivan to the Bosch painting below, suggesting that Summers bore a striking resemblance to the Jewish character … Continue reading

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GINA KHAN ON AYAAN HIRSI ALI AND THE PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION OF WOMEN WITHIN FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM

At Democratia.com, Birmingham’s Gina Khan writes movingly of her efforts to overcome the fear and oppression instilled in her by the religion of her youth, and the inspiration that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is to her: I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the … Continue reading

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