Stories to Watch: 3/10/12

RIP influential french comics artist Jean Giraud (AKA Moebius). He was 74.


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The latest wingnut outrage-of-the-moment is dying a long and painful death. Breitbart's video of nothing wasn't hidden from the public (wingnnuts just suck at detecting sarcasm). And, was Professor Derrick Bell a "radical?" Not if you ask conservative blogger and UW law Professor Ann Althouse; according to her, Bell was "a highly respected Harvard Law professor." And Obama? "What I see in that video is a great and natural politician, not some hardcore radical," Althouse says.

Can we stop doing this now and move on to something real? Andrew Breitbart goes out with one last failed smear. Seriously, what about that is so surprising?


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Gingrich puts down speculation that he may drop out if he doesn't do well in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday.


In case you missed it last night (I posted it pretty late); Limbaugh's three-day misogynistic rant is sending a shockwave through the entire industry and is changing the way advertisers look at programs. Talk radio could be crippled as a result.


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President Obama calls on congress to invest more in green energy technology. It almost certainly won't happen though, because creating new industries, markets, and technologies -- while becoming more competitive in the world market -- is obviously socialism.

He also calls for an end to oil subsidies -- clearly trying to flank the right on gas prices by tying them to big oil.

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You have a Facebook buddy request -- from Israeli President Shimon Peres.


Paul Krugman is pleased that Fox News has labelled him a "menace to society."


Finally, Mittens is now the King of Guam.

Related articles

• Prof. Ogletree: I Was Joking About Obama Video Clip (littlegreenfootballs.com)
• Shock! Obama Hugs Derrick Bell! Derrick Bell "Visits" White House! OMG!! (skydancingblog.com)
• 'Smoking Gun' From Breitbart Site Is A Literal Joke Told By Harvard Professor (thinkprogress.org)
• ABC's Jake Tapper Falls for Right Wing Race Baiting on Derrick Bell (my.firedoglake.com)

Stories to Watch: 5/14/11

Well, that was fun. The blogs still aren't 100%, but I'm going to go ahead and start using them again anyway. Google says they're restoring lost posts and, at this point, I'm still waiting. If they don't come back, I'll just copy and repost from my Tumblr blog -- which I'm extremely happy to have right now. I'll give it until Sunday night. Now here's the news...


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Conservative blogger Ann Althouse assumes the obvious -- that the Google Blogger outage was all about her. "You know, I'm beginning to suspect that there's some behind-the-scenes campaign to report my blog as abusive," she wrote. "People who hate/fear the Althouse blog could make a loud noise to Google."

Yeah Ann, you're freakin' terrifying.

Normal people check Blogger Status and the Blogger Help Forum when their blog is acting screwy. I did this right away and, while I wasn't happy with what I learned there, I wasn't left to make up paranoid scenarios to explain my problems.

Abnormal people assume it's a liberal plot and take to the blogosphere to express their outrage and engage in paranoid speculation.


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Ron Paul, having learned absolutely nothing from the crapstorm his son went through for the same thing, says he wouldn't have voted for the Civil Rights Act.


Even worse, Paul calls for the abolishment of FEMA, saying the emergency agency only exists to bail out people who "do dumb things" -- like live on coasts or areas that may flood. Here's a fun game for Ron Paul: name the disaster-proof area of the United States. Hell, go ahead and name the disaster-proof area of the world. I'll be right here when you come up with an answer. Until then, we can only assume that Ron Paul believes that living on Earth is a "dumb thing" to do. There are times when Ron Paul just seems to be a pleasant, but eccentric, old guy. It pays to be reminded that he's really a jerk.


Obama caves on offshore drilling. Expect gas prices to move down zero points as a result.


London is invaded by parakeets. No, really.


Shirley Sherrod, who you might remember as the victim of a baseless Brietbart smear campaign, is back at the USDA.


Yet another poll shows that Republican voters would rather have someone else than any of the current 2012 presidential candidates.


Finally, could Rep. Tammy Baldwin become the first openly lesbian US Senator? With the retirement of Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, there's a chance. Depending on who she's up against and whether the current anti-GOP momentum carries, it could really happen. She'd make a fine choice.

Related articles

• Ron Paul Announces Presidential Run (birdflu666.wordpress.com)
• Ron Paul Would Have Voted Against the Civil Rights Act (themoderatevoice.com)
• Ron Paul. He's Crossed Off My List. Sheesh What A Boob. (fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com)
• Ron Paul Announces His Third Presidential Campaign (laist.com)

Stories to Watch: 4/23/11

Another short one. Tomorrow's Easter, what do you expect? Now here's the news...


Ann Althouse finds a Krugman metaphor about shooting zombies just too, too distasteful. Remember when people on the right used to call people on the left "the perpetually offended?" Yeah, they can stop doing that now. All rightwing bloggers seem to do anymore is go out of their way to try to be offended.


How do you get people to sign a petition to recall a Wisconsin Democratic state senator? Bribe them with free alcohol, of course.


Susan Collins is the first GOP senator to publicly oppose Paul Ryan's fantasy-economics porn.


At least one Republican knows what the Boston Tea Party was actually about.


Finally, BP's getting a $13 billion dollar tax credit -- for cleaning up oil they spilled in the first place. For the record, that's more than the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency. Want to reduce the deficit? How about we close some extremely brainless loopholes?