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The Shark’s Been Jumped

Did everybody miss it, or am I imagining things? In the wake of the historic 2008 election, a debate arose over the role of the internet in influencing the ultimate...

Tango’d from the Tanning Bed

Yesterday morning, I opened my copy of The Guardian to learn that various tranches and services of the British National Health Service were being outsourced to private providers and,...

Mute Points

No shit, Sherlock. With the latest in the continuing soap opera that the media have created around the Obama Administration, the latest instalment concerns a rogue general getting wasted with his aides and...

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: A Trilogy of Manipulative Media Types – Part II

Liar: Keith Olbermann doesn't vote. True dat.  And here's the proof:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCESJs87bSs A political commentator who doesn't vote? Unheard of.  OK, there's no law - in fact, there's tact - which says a...

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire … A Trilogy of Manipulative Media Types – Part I

Liar: On Thursday, according to The Huffington Post, President Obama hosted a small lunch for a select group of Progressive media types. Amongst the guests were Susan Collins of the New...

Make Mine a Double Standard …

Early in 2009, shortly after the President's Inauguration, Glenn Beck took to the airwaves to warn people that soon the President would be coming for their guns; yes, indeedy,...

Amanda BC

I have a confession to make. I've never visited Canada in my life, although my British husband adores the country, has visited almost every inch of it and would...

New Rule for White F(l)ighters

New Rule: Any Democrat/Liberal/Progressive is a racist who openly admits that he "forgot the President was black." New Rule: Any Democrat/Liberal/Progressive is a racist who refers to the President of...

Masters of Illusion and Intolerance

I am an atheist. When I was seven years old, my father told me that there was no God and that he was Santa Claus. I was upset about the...

Low Blows and Old White People

New Rule: Bill Maher must take a leaf from Charlie Crist's book and come out of the closet ... as a Blue Dog Democrat. And that's being kind. Bill can no...