tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33145702024-03-12T19:43:53.636-07:00US Political News BlogScoobie Davis: Surfer, Actor, Media Hacker, and Party CrasherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-7669067828316984132014-12-12T08:41:00.000-08:002014-12-12T08:41:14.264-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Must Read</b></span><br />
Timothy Egan, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/opinion/the-war-hero-and-the-chicken-hawk.html?_r=0">"The War Hero and the Chicken Hawk"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-71038642423447375832014-11-26T13:30:00.003-08:002014-11-26T13:30:43.102-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Must View</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Greg Palast and Brad Friedman on the vote purge: </span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EuF6WzavMI4" width="560"></iframe><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-90325971114619395012014-11-14T08:55:00.004-08:002014-11-14T08:56:37.615-08:00<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span>Butcher/Plutocrat Don Blankenship Indicted!!</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The coal baron and <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/13/363890714/former-ceo-indicted-for-alleged-role-in-deadly-mine-disaster">former Massey Energy CEO was indicted</a> for crimes related to 2010 disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine in which 29 miners died. Let's celebrate!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-62238557130928869832014-10-29T08:55:00.001-07:002014-10-29T08:55:20.605-07:00Check This OutGreg Palast is at it again. He uncovered <a href="http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/double-voters/index.html">a massive attempt to purge million of voter</a>s.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-16374532513287238972014-07-09T06:21:00.000-07:002014-07-09T06:32:36.464-07:00<b>It's Been So Long Since I've Posted</b><br />
I did an Amazon review of Pat Buchanan's new book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Majority/dp/0553418637/ref=cm_rdp_product">The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority</a>. It's being slammed by the right-wing reviewers. If you want, you can balance the feedback. Read the review <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1TUVD4T2ABKXM/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0553418637&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books#wasThisHelpful">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-91529399870504500162014-04-18T06:48:00.000-07:002014-04-18T06:48:22.534-07:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">Must Read</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/04/18/cliven_bundy_syndrome_why_christian_conservatives_think_theyre_above_the_law_partner/">Amanda Marcotte</a> on the right's Cliven Bundy Syndrome:<br />
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The only reason right-wing media is giving sympathetic coverage to Bundy is that he’s identifiable as a conservative and therefore his desire to make money off the backs of taxpayers without paying his fair share gets sympathetic treatment. But if he was black or female and got away with even a dollar more food stamps than he was owed, he would be treated like public enemy No. 1 by Fox News. Being able to shrug off laws you don’t like is a privilege reserved for the few in the world of conservative media.</blockquote>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-24277727387966856812014-04-17T09:30:00.004-07:002014-04-17T09:30:53.274-07:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">Must Read</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/04/17/dick_morris_is_very_afraid_a_horrible_pundits_popular_vote_hysteria/">Digby on Dick Morris.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-74060648768825306502014-04-11T06:27:00.002-07:002014-04-11T06:27:34.656-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Must Read</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/11/what-plantation-is-jim-demint-living-on.html">Michael Tomasky on Jim DeMint</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-72992770572364967002014-04-10T06:05:00.002-07:002014-04-10T06:05:39.918-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Happy 90th Birthday, Jack Chick</b></span><br />
The Chickster turns 90 on April 13Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-22087226905601661642014-04-10T06:04:00.002-07:002014-04-10T06:04:41.355-07:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">Must Read</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/04/10/tea_partys_reefer_hypocrisy_why_states_rights_is_a_situational_sham/">Digby</a> on weed and states' rights hypocrisy in the right.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-23941156297852226922014-04-05T08:25:00.002-07:002014-04-05T08:25:29.397-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Must View</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-slams-rich-deluded-nitwits-obscenely-rich-at-the-expense-of-middle-class/">Bill Maher on Wal-mart</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-80692589713333006462014-03-17T12:20:00.001-07:002014-03-17T12:20:11.217-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Must Read</strong></span><br />
Nate Silver's <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/">538 site</a> is back and it looks great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-44305475021476645062014-03-16T11:22:00.003-07:002014-03-16T11:22:23.693-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Must Read</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/03/16/the_ultimate_guide_to_debunking_right_wingers_insane_persecution_fantasies/">Robert Boston</a> on the religious right's persecution complex:<br />
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Why, then, is there so much complaining from the religious right? (And it does come primarily from religious conservatives. Mainline and moderate clergy tend to understand their position of privilege and appreciate it.) Why do we hear so many cries about persecution?<br />
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Primarily we hear this because, despite their cushy position in society, religious groups do not get everything they want. In the case of ultraconservative religious groups, some of what they want is unrealistic or would require a complete reordering of society and perhaps a different constitution. In other words, our nation is not the theocracy that many in the religious right would prefer. When they attempt to make our society more theocratic, plenty of Americans resist. Our refusal to roll over and submit to them is, to their mind, a form of persecution.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-8689092903742227432014-03-12T07:54:00.001-07:002014-03-12T07:54:07.846-07:00<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Must Read</span></strong><br />
Edwin Lyngar, <a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/03/12/fox_news_tried_to_tear_my_family_apart_how_they_failed_to_incite_my_father/">"Fox News tried to tear my family apart: How they failed to incite my father"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-41771002360847239492014-02-28T19:06:00.000-08:002014-02-28T19:06:01.379-08:00<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Woo Hoo! Slate.com mentions me!!!!</span></strong><br />
L.V. Anderson mentions me in <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/02/28/academy_awards_press_badges_no_photography_allowed.html">her article on Oscars security</a>:<br />
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But so far, Oscars crashers have tended to be people like [gatecrasher Scott] Weiss, whose devious aim was to take pictures with a bunch of celebrities, and people eager for their 15 minutes of fame, like the <a href="http://oscar.go.com/blogs/oscar-blogs-history/did-you-know-oscar-crashers">1963 crasher Stan Berman</a>, the man who dubbed himself “<a href="http://oscarsbreach.blogspot.com/">Surfer Dude</a>” in 2002 [note: she's referring to me], and the 1997 crasher who went on to write a book called <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1441517200/?tag=slatmaga-20">How I Went to the Oscars Without a Ticket</a></em>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-2398408004960269942014-02-25T10:29:00.004-08:002014-02-25T10:29:59.296-08:00<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Must View</span></strong><br />
The Daily Show <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-daily-shows-larry-wilmore-unfcks-fox-business-slavery-facts/">takes on Fox Business News' Andrew Napolitiano</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-37752626778188008762014-02-19T07:32:00.001-08:002014-02-19T07:32:21.307-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Gabriel Sherman's Book on Roger Ailes is Shocking</strong></span><br />
I finally had the opportunity to check out Gabriel Sherman's book <span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle"><em>The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country</em>. </span> I wrote a review on Amazon.com and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1H2FPOJ1XWD0D/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0812992857&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=#wasThisHelpful">you can read it here</a>. If you like it, you can give the review a thumbs up. I elaborated on some of Sherman's themes. Sherman mentioned Fox News operative Bill Sammon's memos used against Obama. I gave some background on Sammon, mentioning some of his previous ratfucking and <a href="http://www.americanpolitics.com/20030310foxwatch.html">cited my article in American Politics Journal on Sammon</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-35436037756312357982014-02-18T06:30:00.000-08:002014-02-18T06:31:30.339-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Must Read</strong></span><br />
I have crashed <a href="http://oscarsbreach.blogspot.com/">some great parties</a>, but <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/i-crashed-a-wall-street-secret-society.html">the get-together that Kevin Roose crashed</a> was priceless.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-51355393839496322352014-01-31T06:42:00.001-08:002014-01-31T06:42:13.528-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Reince Priebus didn't deserve an apology from MSNBC chief Phil Griffin</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/30/cereal-apologizers-msnbc-sorry-for-offensive-tweet-about-biracial-family/">Griffin profusely apologized</a> for the staffer who tweeted that American conservatives "hate" interracial relationships. The right's record on race is horrendous. Just a couple examples: 1) The right's patron saint, Ronald Reagan, was <a href="http://reaganandracism.blogspot.com/">a virulent race-baiter with a horrible record on race</a>. Haley Barbour, who was recently the head of the RNC, <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/barbour-praises-civil-rights-era-white-supremacist-citizens-councils">recently praised the White Citizens' Council</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-80745853090999722962014-01-28T08:01:00.001-08:002014-01-28T08:01:19.828-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The Koch Brothers Don't Want You to Watch This</strong></span><br />
Therefore, you should watch it:<br />
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John P. Walters, is a hardass drug warrior who once co-authored (with William Bennett) an article in the Weekly Standard, that--against all evidence--claimed that marijuana had no medical uses. When I just <a href="https://www.google.com/#q=John+P.+Walters">googled "John P. Walters,"</a> the following image appeared on the sidebar of the search results page:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-46025452167324510862014-01-27T05:31:00.001-08:002014-01-27T05:31:18.071-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Must Read</strong></span><br />
Frank Rich <a href="http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/fox-news-2014-2/">on Fox News</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-2653357280735369642014-01-24T12:56:00.001-08:002014-01-24T12:56:12.172-08:00Question of the Day: Who is Peter Boyer?<br />
Media Matters for America <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/24/who-is-fox-news-peter-boyer/197730">has the answer</a> and it's not pretty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-66541466284153229852014-01-22T11:56:00.003-08:002014-01-22T11:56:44.309-08:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Pic of the Day</strong></span><br />
From DU:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314570.post-56412810960537734302014-01-22T11:55:00.003-08:002014-01-22T11:55:25.341-08:00<strong><span style="font-size: large;">New Post on Amway Blog About the DeVos Family's Attempt to Destroy Labor</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://destroyamway.blogspot.com/">Click here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com