Ex Cathedra

Heard of the PUMAs?, the Clintton supporters who were so pissed off at Obama that they decided to vote for McCain?
They’re Swiftboats. Republican dirty tricks.
They debuted on Fox and were snapped up eagerly by every other corporate media outlet, who’d already bought into the Republican narrative that the Democrats were irreparably divided.
Darragh C [...]

Still buried in pollen, but getting better. I’ve got some articles simmering.
You know the form letter I got from Dunkin Donuts.
Now TiVo have shown themselves to be non-weasels. Go read the story on Family Equality.
TiVo are definitely non-weasels.
And a beautiful story from Friendly Atheist. It isn’t just Jon Stewart who pwned James Dobson. Christians, [...]

Sorry. Eventually the pollen season will be over and I’ll be back on the blog and maybe even set up accounts for my old friends.
Last night I nearly blogged but there was a show about John Lennon another member of the household was listening to, and I couldn’t think over it, so I went to [...]

I love ya Rachel Ray. Actually, Rachel is way too fuckin’ perky. Anthony Bourdain is sometimes too snarky. Fukui-San enjoys biting that pepper way too much. And the Brit who got 5 Michelin stars is a dick. The truth is, I haven’t built my life, such as it is, [...]

AngryBrownButch tells the truth, with a lolcat
Is so hard being white. And straight. And able. And male.
Just click the links in the right-hand column. Any categtory. It’s hard to avoid examples of people uncovering white, straight, male able (i.e., privileged) people whining that other people have caught on to their privilege.
Liza Talusan [...]

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
h/t to Pam Spaulding.
When I went to double check the quote, I swear Google found it in the members’ area of this guy’s website. I see this [...]

Barack Obama on religion and government [YouTube]
John McCain on religion and government [YouTube]
(a) Which of the two knows what’s in the Constitution?
Hint: the words, “Jesus,”, “Christ,” Christian,” “Creator,”and “God” don’t appear in the Constitution. Article VI says “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under [...]

A poster on a thoughtful group of mostly young people recently remarked that Einstein favored a world government, so his quotes would hardly fit in with a particular group that had a lot of libertarians in it. I replied,
He thought world government might work. That’s a pretty good attitude: to be willing to entertain all [...]

Right-wing misology is hardly news, but Human Events has prepared a list of the books they hates the mostest.
The list is typical. You don’t even need to read it. Movement conservatives and surprises aren’t exactly bffs.
But the comments are well worth the click. Apart from the commenter who says there’s no such [...]

If you’re subject to brain exposions, you might want to avoid this article (h/t) PZ Myers.
Once again America is beaten at what we used to do best. Pat Robertson is an amateur.
If I were an Israeli army commander, I would totally launch my next attack with these guys.