Category Archives: News

Rightious, Bloody Hands

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2011 by Keith

In my ideal fantasy world, Bin Laden would have been caught back in 2002 by President Gore, tried for his crimes in the world court and sent to prison. Part of his sentence would be that every few years, he … Continue reading →

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Talking Heads

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2011 by Keith

I could have a weekly roundup called “what the Rude Pundit said” so yeah, what he said: If the Rude Pundit were a really, really rich motherfucker, like in the several hundred million and above club, he’d call a meeting … Continue reading →

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They Don’t Hate Us For Our Freedoms after All

Posted on Monday, January 31, 2011 by Keith

Over at the Awl, we find this enlightening piece on Egypt and Egyptians attitudes towards the US. Far from being the fever dream of our own would-be theocrats on the right, the situation is a lot more complicated and positive. … Continue reading →

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Business Opportunities Involving the London Bridge

Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Keith

Of all the novels we could be living in, this is not the one I would have suspected: Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of the houses of parliament — in other words, the working log of … Continue reading →

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Papal Bull

Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 by Keith

The Pope and I have never really seen eye to eye. More specifically, none of the Popes — neither the sinister smirking creep currently ensconced on the golden throne, nor the kindly-eyed cretinous gent who preceded him — have ever … Continue reading →

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Either Or

Posted on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 by Keith

Fred over at Slacktivist plays a round of everyone’s favorite game, Evil or Stupid? with the latest hollering out of the GOP noise machine: Today’s contestants are the 52 percent of Republicans who claim to believe that President Obama secretly … Continue reading →

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Stopped Clocks and All That

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 by Keith

When you’ve lost Ron Paul, you know you’re on the wrong side of history: Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has … Continue reading →

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California May Not Sink Into the Sea After All!

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by Keith

As Rogers put it, if you want to live in the 21 C, stand over here: A federal judge in San Francisco decided today that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry, striking down Proposition 8, the voter … Continue reading →

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The Golden Age

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Keith

This is everything that is wrong with the global economy, all in one tidy little package. And yes, it comes from the UAE, which along with Dubai, is emblematic of late stage capitalism in all it’s horrific beauty. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Good Times

Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Keith

My, how the recruitment standards for the Plumbers have fallen. Almost 40 years on and you fuckers still can’t figure out how to tap a  phone* right but at least G. Gordon Liddy never dressed up like a fake pimp … Continue reading →

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