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December 2011

December 14, 2011

American Hypocrisy on Display Again

Balko points out: U.S. citizen gets 2 1/2 years for insulting Thailand’s king on the Internet....

December 14, 2011

Santorum Gets It Exactly Backwards

Rick Santorum, author of the infamous Santorum amendment that would have encouraged local schools to...

December 14, 2011

Bradlee Dean Sells Product

The Worldnutdaily clearly found a soulmate in Bradlee Dean. Not only is he a dominionist...

December 14, 2011

Hilarious Quote of the Day

From the "you can't make this shit up" department, here's Victoria Jackson on Fox and...

December 13, 2011

Noah’s Ark Found. Again.

Ooh, yet another Noah's Ark has been found. I've lost count, but the Real Noah's...

December 13, 2011

Perry’s Ignorance Worse Than It Looks

Rick Perry's campaign tried to rescue him from the mistake of saying there were 8...

December 13, 2011

O’Reilly Shows Hypocrisy Again

After the incident in which he hit a cameraman with an umbrella when he was...

December 13, 2011

Wingnuts: Anti-Gay Violence a Myth

The religious right continues to react with hysteria and lies to President Obama's decision to...

December 13, 2011

Why Bad Cops Are Still Cops

Via Balko, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune has been doing an excellent series of reports about police...

December 13, 2011

Panetta’s Ridiculous Fear Mongering

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been proving his loyalty to his real constituents -- the...

December 13, 2011

How Not To Endear Yourself To a Judge

There are few things that make me smile more than crazy court filings, but a...

December 13, 2011

WND Even More Craven Than Usual

With the wingnuts freaking out over the Obama administration's new policy on foreign policy and...

December 13, 2011

Mefferd’s Christian Relativism

We hear often from the Christian right that anyone who doesn't adopt their authoritarian and...

December 13, 2011

Dumbass Quote of the Day

Glenn Beck had Michele Bachmann on his show the other day and together they bashed...

December 13, 2011

Smartest Thing Said on Egypt So Far

In contrast to the self-serving and incoherent arguments coming from the Republican presidential candidates about...

December 12, 2011

Perry Fights Obama’s Non-Existent War on Religion

Rick Perry has a new campaign ad out promising credulous morons everywhere that, if elected,...

December 12, 2011

Sullivan on School Prayer

Andrew Sullivan writes about Tim Tebow and his ostentatious displays of piety. He argues that...

December 12, 2011

Friedersdorf: Newt Could Kill Tea Party

The always thoughtful Conor Friedersdorf argues that if Newt Gingrich gets the Republican presidential nomination,...

December 12, 2011

Perry and Justice Montemayor

Rick Perry once again put his ignorance on display during an interview with the editors...

December 12, 2011

Hillary Clinton Plays Pretend

Hillary Clinton gave a speech about equal rights for gays and lesbians in Geneva last...

December 12, 2011

‘Psychic’ Sentenced to Prison for Fraud

A "psychic" from Florida has been found guilty of fraud and sentenced to more than...

December 12, 2011

OMG! NBC Is Committing Journalism!

The Worldnutdaily has their usual bit of empty mudslinging at what should be a very...

December 12, 2011

Reason #6572 To Love the First Amendment

Saudi Arabia has sentenced an Australian man -- a Muslim himself -- to 500 lashes...

December 12, 2011

GOP Aide Nailed for Voter Suppression

We hear constantly from Republicans about the mythical threat of voter impersonation, but voter suppression...

December 12, 2011

Wingnuts Have New Legal Strategy

Robert Knight went on the Janet Mefford show recently and they came up with a...

December 11, 2011

Tea Party Rapper’s Delight

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana website has an interview with E. Eric Guirard, a disbarred attorney...

December 11, 2011

David Feldman on Herman Cain

Here's the single funniest thing said about Herman Cain pulling out of the race, by...

December 11, 2011

Want to Be Adopted?

The latest bit of weirdness from Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is a plan...

December 11, 2011

Return of the Rentboys

A Republican mayor from New Jersey has resigned after he followed in the footsteps of...

December 11, 2011

Trump’s Debate Going Nowhere

Much to my surprise, most of the Republican candidates were still at least attached enough...

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