Debbie Howell . . . still an idiot!

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Sunday December 10, 2006 · 12:37 AM PST

2006/12/10 · 00:37

We all know the lengths Washington Post ombudsman, Debbie Howell, has gone to carry water for the horrendous amount of crap on the Post's opinion pages and today is no different.

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Monday November 20, 2006 · 7:31 AM PST

2006/11/20 · 07:31

I just read the latest issue of Newsweek (the one with Bush and his dad on the cover) and was astonished not to find a single story on the Democratic takeover of Congress.
No stories on the new leaders - Pelosi and Reid - or even some of the new faces - Tester, Webb and Brown. Nothing.
Just a rehash of the same old faces.
And I thought that Newsweek was supposed to be the liberal counterpart to the rightwing Time magazine.
Anyway, this is a letter I just sent to the editors

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Wednesday July 12, 2006 · 1:57 PM PDT

2006/07/12 · 13:57

I guess I won't be the only one not surprise that url=Noam Scheiber[/url] on TNR's the Plank is backing a rightwing, anti-abortion social conservative over a leftwing candidate.

I understand that the Bushies are taking a lot of guff on the right over immigration, and that there's a certain amount of posturing they need to do in order to appease their base. But, honestly, you'd think the more important priority at this point would be to avoid having the Mexican presidency fall into the hands of a demagogue, which is pretty much the only way to describe Calderon's opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Explain to me again please how they are supposedly a trendsetting, liberal magazine.

I guess the blogofascists like ourselves just don't understand what is good for us.

Republican cabinet from Hell

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Sunday May 28, 2006 · 7:32 AM PDT

2006/05/28 · 07:32

I was doing a Google news search on Daily Kos, when I came across this url=hilarious piece[/url]on ChronWatch about Markos' Washington Post column on Hillary a few weeks back.

Although their was the normal stuff about the 'crooked Clintons' and the coming Dem primary fight, it was when the author started talking about the Repugs that I nearly lost my lunch laughing....

As for our side, I'm heartened to see that Dr. Jack Wheeler is backing Rudy. Other political savants have also mentioned J.D.Hayworth (R) AZ. He really would make a great V.P., with Newt as Sec. of State, Tom Tancredo as Sec. of Homeland Security, and George Allen as Sec. of Defense. These prospective appointees should be firmly declared by the RNC nominees during the campaign! It would be a terrific PLUS and an automatic magnet for voters to have a clear picture of what the new conservative Republican administration structure would look like!

Political savant, my arse... it's more like dumb and dumber politics.

cartoonist of the week

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 10:22 AM PDT

2005/09/20 · 10:22

Zapiro, brilliant as ever
He is the top political cartoonist in South Africa and loves nothing more than lampooning Bush.

Another old favourite from the heady days of shock and awe

Since i have to get this up to 300 words, to get the diary published, I might put this one in on john Bolton.

One-line diaries are prohibited on Daily Kos. Give your diary a bit more thought, then give it another shot. If you have nothing to add to your proposed diary, then it probably belongs as a comment under another appropriate thread.

Quick, somebody warn W....

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Friday June 03, 2005 · 9:47 AM PDT

2005/06/03 · 09:47

I see that Iran and North Korea played in soccer World Cup qualifyer in Tehran Friday.

Its probably a very good thing that the John Bolton's of the world don't follow soccer, or a flight of Predators might have been used to launch a few Maverick missiles at the players.
You just never know where you might be able to kill Al Qaeda's next no. 3 man.

PS for those interested, Iran won 1-0.

Revenge of the (Russian) Sith

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Tuesday May 24, 2005 · 8:14 AM PDT

2005/05/24 · 08:14

This is just f*cking hilarious...

Star Wars fans in Bloemfontein, South Africa took 20 minutes to realise that they were watching the movie in Russian.

Bloemfontein - As if a bunch of apes and cockroach look-alikes in spacesuits fighting off robots with light swords wasn't enough for the Star Wars fans - they also had to contend with a Russian soundtrack.

Richard Frade, 21, of Bloemfontein and a Free State University student, said although he went to the 17:30 premiere of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith only because he had a free ticket, he could see a lot of the moviegoers were real "Star Wars nerds".

"I knew some people had spent five years waiting for this movie. It was supposed to be the moment for Star Wars fans.

"When the lights dimmed and the movie started, I thought the foreign language (Russian) was part of the dialogue. After all, it is a strange movie."

Frade said moviegoers became itchy after 20 minutes' non-stop Russian (with no sub-titles), and some started leaving.

Why, wingnuts?

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Sunday May 15, 2005 · 3:48 PM PDT

2005/05/15 · 15:48

I was just thinking today... why are rightwingers called wingnuts and who first coined the phrase?

Ihave been reading lefty blogs since the beginning of 2003 and have noticed since then, but for some reason, I never wondered about it before.

Anyway I was reading Atrios's post about Missouri when the question popped up.

the most dangerous job in the world....

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Thursday May 05, 2005 · 4:06 AM PDT

2005/05/05 · 04:06

Is it just me or is being the no. 3 man at Al-Qaeda the most dangerous job in the world?

How many times have we heard that the US and its allies have caught this particular job description.
I have come to the conclusion that either everybody in Al-Qaeda - apart from Bin Laden or al-Zawahiri - is the no. 3 man (sort of like everyone gets an award in pre-primary school) or it must be the job with the shortest lifespan in the world.

Colour me skeptical!

A matter of principle

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Sunday April 17, 2005 · 11:12 AM PDT

2005/04/17 · 11:12

Here is a copy of the letter I just sent to Time magazine after seeing Ann Coulter on the cover.

Dear Sir
As someone who, over the last 10 years, has bought at least a third of the issues of your magazine, just a quick note to say that I will never buy your magazine again.
It is a matter of principle.
Even though she would not be on the front page of your magazine here in South Africa, the mere fact that you would put someone on the extreme right (Ms Coulter) like her on your cover, tells me all I need to know about your magazine.
Need I remind you that after 9/11 she said, and I paraphrase: "we must invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity" when talking about Arabs and Muslims.
I know it is your right under free speech to give her exposure.
I agree, but it is also my right not spend anymore money on your magazine.
Kindest regards
Altus Momberg
Cape Town, South Africa

SHOCK... CNN gets it right

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Wednesday April 06, 2005 · 10:33 AM PDT

2005/04/06 · 10:33

Now I think most people who follow US politics knows that recent Republican attempts to woo the Catholic vote means that they have tried to claim the Pope as some Conservative rock star.
Yes, JP II was a fervent anti-abortion/contraception man and therefore shared some of their values. True.
But he was just as opposed to capital punishment and he was a fierce critic of Bush's march to war. Just to show they will do anything that is politically expedient.

What does surprise me is that I never thought that the media whores at CNN would agree that Bush is just playing politics.

Or why would his going to a funeral in Rome be top of the politics page? Read More

great, positive immigration story

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Saturday April 02, 2005 · 12:39 AM PST

2005/04/02 · 00:39

Great story in the latest Wired Magazine about four undocumented highschool kids in Phoenix on a shoe-string budget who won the national underwater bot championship beating teams from top universities, including MIT.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot.html?pg=1&topic(none)&topic_set(none)

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Debbie Howell . . . still an idiot!

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Lieberman weekly at it again...

Republican cabinet from Hell

cartoonist of the week

Quick, somebody warn W....

Revenge of the (Russian) Sith

Why, wingnuts?

the most dangerous job in the world....

A matter of principle

SHOCK... CNN gets it right

great, positive immigration story