Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
The Young Turks: A Growing Voice For Reason
Posted by: RB on: March 10, 2009
The Young Turks (TYT) is a burgeoning American independent news and views organization. With their daily, even-handed, candid, insightful and humourous coverage of various issues across the political spectrum, TYT’s YouTube channel has amassed a massive following. They are a demonstration of the sort of standard that major news media does not live up to. [...]
Fear and Anti-Male Discrimination in the Classroom
Posted by: RB on: March 10, 2009
In his book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things, Barry Glassner discusses how Americans have become unnecessarily fearful of many things, thanks in good part to opportunistic politicians, single-minded advocacy groups, sensationalist news media, “news magazine” programming and so on. Such irrational fear complexes can do profound and unjustified [...]
If the shoe fits…throw it at the President!
Posted by: RB on: December 15, 2008
Something you don’t see enough everyday: Journalists hurling their shoes at corrupt leaders. In this video, an Iraqi journalist demonstrates an alternative interpretation of hard-hitting journalism by firing his shoes at President Bush.
Stephen Colbert: The worst offender against Christianity is God
Posted by: RB on: December 12, 2008
This is a must-watch Colbert clip. In it, Colbert addresses the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s anti-religion and pro-reason sign at the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, the resolution requiring the Kentucky state Department of Homeland Security’s to display a plaque claiming that “the safety and security of the commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon [...]
Taliban threatens to take over Pakistan (Times of India)
Posted by: RB on: December 7, 2008
The Times of India is reporting that the Taliban has threatened to take over Pakistan. A Taliban leader says that the impending attacks and take-over are a response to the country’s support of NATO.
The Bitching of a Spoiled Child: Catholic Leader Wants Entitlement Back!
Posted by: RB on: December 7, 2008
I’ve become increasingly nervous for Britain (and many pockets of Europe) over recent years because of the hotpot of Islamism that seems to be simmering and splattering out into society there, so I find the whinings of British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor to be particularly reassuring. In a nutshell, Murphy-O’Connor is bitching that religion is being [...]
Political Correctness Gone Mad: Pretending That Our Religions Are Not Inane
Posted by: RB on: December 5, 2008
What is political correctness gone mad? To-the-letter upholding of the US Constitution or pretending that baseless religious doctrinal claims are not an absurd set of foundations for one’s views on the universe, morality, life and the afterlife? Reason versus Bill O’Reilly.
Someone tell the UN to stop pandering to Islamists and Terrorists
Posted by: RB on: December 2, 2008
It’s a lesson for the kids: TERRORISM WORKS!
A few days ago, the UN – by a massive 85 – 50 voting margin (with 42 abstentions) - passed a non-binding resolution calling on member states to prohibit “defamation of religion”. Alright. The time for politeness is over when such an appalling policy is passed. FUCK THAT! And Fuck [...]
Lets Take the Private Jet to the Welfare Office
Posted by: RB on: November 20, 2008
The Young Turks (TYT) have covered a report by ABC News‘ Brian Ross, in which Ross shows Major auto industry CEOs from General Motors and Ford flying in multi-million dollar $20,000 per flight private jets to Washington DC hearings where they begged for requested multi-billion dollar government hand-outs bail-outs. “We want to continue to play the [...]
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