Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Once Again, We're Sorry About Michele Bachmann

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I don’t know whether it’s a point in my favor or not that I think I understand what Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Crazytown, is trying to argue here: Bachmann is trying to argue that Congress didn’t have the Constitutional authority to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 25 Comments

Billy Goes a-Stalkin'

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

So as you may recall, Bill O’Reilly was invited by the Alexa Foundation to give a speech at a fundraiser. The Alexa Foundation is a group that supports rape survivors — a great cause — but the invitation to O’Reilly … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 2 Comments

Portia de Rossi FTW

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Jeff Fecke
Posted in Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 3 Comments

The Other Side

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

This is a post about the last episode of Battlestar Galactica. It goes without saying that extensive spoilers are contained herein. If you read anything below this video of Bear McCreary’s version of “All Along the Watchtower,” you’re just asking … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture | 9 Comments

Ridiculously Cool Image of the Day

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

A quadruple transit of Saturn as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. From left to right, the moons are Enceladus, Dione, Titan, and Mimas. (Via Bad Astronomy)

Posted in Mind-blowing Miscellania and other Neat Stuff | 10 Comments

Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Unemployed? In Greenland‽

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

 Michael Steele appears to be angling to be the Sarah Palin of 2009: We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental issues | 7 Comments

Glenn Beck is in the Clock Tower

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I can’t wait to see what Dave Neiwert has to say about this: BECK: But as I’m listening to him. I’m thinking about the American people that feel disenfranchised right now. That feel like nobody’s hearing their voice. The government … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 7 Comments

Blue Steele

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

You know, I’m really glad that the Republican party picked a pro-choice Republican to serve as RNC chair: Michael Steele: The choice issue cuts two ways. You can choose life, or you can choose abortion. You know, my mother chose … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Elections and politics | 3 Comments

Women and Politics

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Smart Politics did a nice run-down of the presence of women in legislatures throughout the country, noting that my home state of Minnesota finished fourth on the list, with women making up 34.8 percent of the legislature. That is, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 12 Comments

All I Know…

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

…is that this new Watchmen adaptation looks awesome: (Via Stephen Schmidt of Schadenfreude.)

Posted in Whatever | 15 Comments