The most successful of the so-called “new media” is probably Buzzfeed, but the truth is, they have more to offer than cute cat antics. This week in two separate stories they called out Donald Trump for hypocrisy. In Florida, in a story called Donald Trump vs Sea Level Rise, reporter Peter Aldous points out thatContinue reading “Buzzfeed takes on Trump”
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Woody Guthrie on Trump: “Racial Hate”
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and excellent Facebooker, quotes the fierce American folk singer, poet, and labor activist Woody Guthrie on an important man from the past who is still with us today. Donald Trump and his father Fred. Quote of the day: “I suppose Old Man Trump knows Just how much… Racial Hate heContinue reading “Woody Guthrie on Trump: “Racial Hate””
Obama: Hated by the GOP, taken for granted by Dems
On the eve of the last State of the Union address to be delivered by President Obama, Jonathan Chait of New York magazine points out how little love he gets from those who elected him. Here is one of the oddities of the last seven years. Barack Obama won a clear majority in both hisContinue reading “Obama: Hated by the GOP, taken for granted by Dems”
If climate talks fail, blame GOP: Krugman
If they fail, Paul Krugman says, we will know who to blame: the GOP. Future historians — if there are any future historians — will almost surely say that the most important thing happening in the world during December 2015 was the climate talks in Paris. True, nothing agreed to in Paris will be enough,Continue reading “If climate talks fail, blame GOP: Krugman”
Chris Christie “doesn’t buy” climate change
As David Roberts of Grist/Vox has been saying for literally years now, the GOP base is batshit crazy, and as a result, Republican candidates have to compete to out-crazy each other when it comes to climate. How low can they go? How uninformed, willfully ignorant, and flat-out irrational can they possibly be? It’s the mostContinue reading “Chris Christie “doesn’t buy” climate change”
Ben Carson’s shameful past — as a nerd!
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal joined the chorus of media outlets scrutinizing Ben Carson’s past (as detailed in his memoir). Like CNN and the Washington Post, they discovered it’s a lot less colorful than Carson and his co-writer claimed. The WSJ concludes: One reason that Mr. Carson’s stories are difficult to check is that he navigatedContinue reading “Ben Carson’s shameful past — as a nerd!”
Hillary as an action hero: take two
Apparently Clinton as a killer is “a thing” as they say in pop culture. Turns out that the artist, Sarah Sole, has been “obsessed” with Hillary for years. She told the New York Times a year or twoContinue reading “Hillary as an action hero: take two”
Hillary and Bill on the road to the White House
Don’t see Mad magazine much anymore but I think this is freaking hilarious: Regardless of your affiliation, you get the point. Don’t mess with the Hill, that’s all.
Limbaugh’s Big Lie on immigration in California
Predictably, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is cheerleading for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and his demagoguery on immigration. Birds of a feather stick together, to put it as gently as possible. Limbaugh’s blast today (from his transcript) includes a lot of fulminating against “the Beltway” and the media, of course, but it also includesContinue reading “Limbaugh’s Big Lie on immigration in California”
How the LAPD fired Ted Rall from the LATimes
Long time readers of this blog may recall my affectionate referencing of some of his ‘toons, on those rare occasions when he turns his attention to climate and environmental topics. (Here’s a 2012 classic of his, sez me, on The Fun of Ignorning Climate Change.) Rall is leftier than I am, and much angrier atContinue reading “How the LAPD fired Ted Rall from the LATimes”
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