This article contains liberal commentary. This article does such a good job of shredding this myth I don’t have to bother. It also provides useful information and links if you want to follow up on the genesis of this persistent alt-right fable. Why do people persist in believing nonsense? Mayb[...]
Archive for September, 2020
September 15th, 2020 - 2:15 pm § in Politics
Debunking the absurd claim that Michelle Obama is transgender
Germany declares war on American!
“Model case of stupidity!” A 26-year-old American woman who knew she had Covid-19 but flouted Bavarian quarantine rules and went bar-crawling in town has infected at least five dozen Germans and authorities there are not happy. “Model case of stupidity,” Bavaria’s gover[...]
September 15th, 2020 - 2:27 am § in Donald Trump
You don’t need QAnon to find a pedophile
He’s right in front of your nose. “Samantha Cohen, the daughter of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, talked with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota about ‘creepy’ comments President Donald Trump made about her when she was just 15 years old. “During a CNN interview, Camerota read [...]
BLM more popular than Trump
This article contains news with liberal commentary. This was back in June, so it’s old news, but it has just come to my attention and it’s too delicious to pass up. “Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who’s been railing against the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in recent days amid[...]
BLM poll workers? Fine by me.
This article contains sarcastic liberal commentary. Carol Wolman, M.D., a California psychiatrist and peace activist, thinks BLM activists should sign up to be poll workers. Read her essay here. Fine by me. After describing BLM as a “movement is waging spiritual warfare against forces of racis[...]
September 14th, 2020 - 10:26 pm § in Politics
Will federal employees send my Christmas cards, too?
This article contains news and sarcastic liberal commentary. “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife asked State Department staff to help send personal family Christmas cards,” CNN reported on Monday, September 14, 2020. Toni Porter, an aide, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee[...]
September 14th, 2020 - 6:22 pm § in Law and Courts
Oregon deputy suspended for inciting vigilantes
This article contains news and liberal opinion. Oregon police and fire agencies are having to devote resources to combating the false rumors. Now, one of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s own deputies is accused of helping to propagate those rumors. The deputy also is accused of inciting vigilant[...]
Trump aide laughably warns of “leftist insurrection”
This article is news and liberal commentary. Which is almost amusing, because rightwing extremists have most of the AR-15s in circulation in this country. Also, consider the source, the notorious Michael Caputo (photo at right), a Roger Stone protege, whose ties to Russia were “so concerning&#[...]
September 14th, 2020 - 3:04 pm § in Politics
GOP hoaxer gets caught staging fake FBI raid on himself
If you see the name “Jacob Wohl” on anything, write it off as a hoax. Because it is. That includes today’s FBI raid on Wohl’s partner in intellectual crimes, Jack Burkman, which was staged by Wohl and Burkman with actors hired through Craigslist posing as FBI agents. The sche[...]
September 14th, 2020 - 2:24 pm § in Racism
Karen kalls kops on census worker
A Houston woman called police on a black man “in front of my neighbor’s house” because “he doesn’t have a reason to be here” and is making a “political statement.” He’s a census taker, and his final repartee to the woman dubbed “F***YouKaren” on social m[...]