Monthly Archives: January 2011

Manufacturing false equivalencies in the wake of the Giffords assassination attempt

Once more, conservatives are screeching that everyone does what they do.

No, it really isn’t like that.

Olbermann can be a blow hard, but he’s no O’Reilly. And there is no radio or TV alternative to Beckkk or Lush Rimjob. There just isn’t.

Pointing out Palin’s hitlist is like something posted on Daily Kos is also a distraction. And a lie.

I’ll let Kos himself explain.

If you are going to stack a bunch of logs, pour gas on them, and set matches next to the pyre, don’t be surprised when someone lights it. And don’t be surprised when someone says you set the conditions for the blaze.

Obama London: Inexplicable Edits on Sarah Palin’s Facebook Page

Sarah Palin and her gang of lackeys have been busy this weekend deleting anything she’s ever said that might be construed to aiding and abetting someone in the commission of a violent gun terror incident.

They have also been adamant in deleting anything negative someone says on their Facebook page and so on. Which, you know, is their right. I unfriend nitwits myself so no one is above this kind of thing on a personal site.

This has been tracked – somewhat – here. Read it, it’s good stuff.

In the article the author also points out what is NOT being deleted by Palin and her goons.

This isn’t Palin’s words, but she allows it to remain on her page.

Is *she* palling around with terrorists now? Or at least scum who approve the killing of 9 year old kids whose politics they don’t agree with?

In a word, YES.

Batman Submits to Sharia, Gotham Freaks Out

Conservatives are pissed off that, in the comic series, Batman has outsourced in for the Paris operation picked a young Muslim kid.

That’s right. One of the oppressed groups in France are Muslims. So instead of enjoying a story where they are empowered to not break the law, our right wing idiots can’t stand the idea of a Muslim trying to bring criminals to justice.

Because, you know, to them everyone brown is a criminal.

The Great MMR Vaccine Fraud | Mother Jones

Jenny McCarthy is not just an idiot. She’s a liar.

At the least, she has been lied to as much as the rest of us.

You know that study that supposedly links vaccines to autism? It’s a lie. The data is fraudulent. Made up. Conjured out of thin air. Results were altered to match the doctor’s claims.

The doctor is a pariah and his theory is bullshit.

And it probably won’t matter. People still will avoid vaccinating their kids. Measles is on the comeback in the UK and kids are dying. And the same will probably happen here. But for every kid we can protect, let’s hope this news helps change some minds.

What the Huck? | GeekDad | Wired.com

Man this pisses me off every time I hear about it.

Some jackass decided that having racial slurs in Huckleberry Finn is what is stopping people from reading it. So he’s taking the offensive words out.

This is completely missing the point. For all the silliness that might make political correctness a joke, not once have I seen an effort to whitewash the past so it won’t offend us in the here and now.

Of course, the pro-censorship conservative types are all for this. Even as they host Secession Balls and hate that the president is black, they – gasp! – don’t want anyone to be offended by the n-word in a book.

Maybe we should cut out all the genocide and rape in the Bible and see how they like it. I guess we can keep the torture of Jesus in there though. If there is anything conservatives would like, it would be torturing a Jewish guy who looks like a hippie.

The BBC had a lively discussion on the subject as well.