Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
- Untitled May 17, 2024My niece dyed her hair pink but there are bees here and now they follow her around because they think she's a big flower.
- Untitled May 16, 2024The Existence of Trains Debate #PoliCartoon #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
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Category Archives: Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc.
Openly Gay Republican Driven Off Romney’s Team
Conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin: Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, has resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives. […] According to sources familiar … Continue reading
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Now Next Friday Come I Didn’t Have the Rent, and Out the Door I Went
Here’s a little Schadenfreude to start the week off right: The Minnesota Republican Party’s financial woes continue with the filing last week of eviction papers that could oust the party from its headquarters in a St. Paul building. Politics in Minnesota notes that … Continue reading
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Reagan and Bush Sr. Debate Immigration
Alex Knapp writes: I’m not sure what astounds me more. The compassion and pragmatism in Reagan and Bush’s positions on illegal immigration, or the fact that they’re not speaking in talking points. Conor Friedersdorf writes: Of course, the fact that … Continue reading
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No, Michelle Bachmann Didn’t Pledge To Ban Pornography
ThinkProgress writes: BREAKING: Bachmann pledges to ban pornography | Tonight, Michelle Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge created by THE FAMiLY LEADER, an influential social-conservative group in Iowa. By signing the pledge Bachmann “vows” to “uphold … Continue reading
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Cartoon: The Economic Policy Rainbow (Republican Edition)
[spoiler]Panel 1 Angry middle-management white man: Government has gotten too damn big. That’s why I want to cut taxes. Panel 2 Anxious-looking white man: Unemployment is going down! That could create inflationary pressure! And the cure is tax cuts. Panel … Continue reading
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Thank You, Minnesota GOP
You know, I think I need to thank the Minnesota GOP for its decision to push through an anti-same-sex-marriage amendment. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t support the amendment. I couldn’t oppose it more if it was a proposed constitutional amendment … Continue reading
It’s the Holocaust of Analogies
Via Sadly, No!, the wisdom of Our Michele: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of “economic liberty” that young Americans face today as a “flash point of history” in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did … Continue reading
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