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@Chris: Yep. Sorry about my terrible linking skills.
Dianne, that link isn't working for me. Was this the story? https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/26/ice-detained-us-citizens-minnesota-arrests/88304880007/
RonF: If someone had driven that close to me after being told to stop I’d have thought they were trying…
ICE "enforcing immigration law" [Link fixed --&]
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Category Archives: Media criticism
Why Can't a Woman Be a Chum?
I have tried very hard not to write about the Tiger Woods kerfuffle, because, quite frankly, I don’t really see as it’s my business. Tiger certainly cheated on his wife multiple times, and I don’t condone that behavior, but his … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism
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Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck
And discovers the sinister plot to steal Glenn Beck’s precious bodily organs. Is he crazy, or is he so sane he just blew your mind?
Posted in Media criticism
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Enough of "Behind the Veil" Already!
Krista at Muslimah Media Watch, in the first of a series reviewing the Globe and Mail’s “Behind the Veil” series (about about women in Kandahar, Afghanistan), begins by objecting to the title: They could not have come up with a … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Media criticism
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Ladies and gentlemen, The Intellectual Right!
I have conservative friends who argue that it’s unfair of the left to paint them all as a bunch of tea-party-attending, Glen-Beck-listening yahoos. They argue that conservatism has a rich intellectual foundation, and that by cherry picking their worst-sounding supporters, … Continue reading
Can there be a "reverse Bechdel test"?
On the racial Bechdel test thread, we discussed my comic Hereville a little. Hereville, it was agreed, failed the racial Bechdel test (understandably, given the setting, I would say), but passes the “Jewish Bechdel test” and the original Bechdel test. … Continue reading
Springtime for Hitler and Uncle Pat
Really, Pat Buchanan? Really? Why, when Paris fell, did Hitler not demand the French fleet, as the Allies demanded and got the Kaiser’s fleet? Why did he not demand bases in French-controlled Syria to attack Suez? Why did he beg Benito … Continue reading
Contrast
The following advertisement aired on Israeli TV: The following clip was filmed in Palestine: Fantasy is a strange thing. (via Lenin’s Tomb)
Posted in International issues, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel
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Not Funny
I really have never understood the concept of the “hate fuck;” it’s way too close to rape in spirit, and…blech. I don’t judge what goes on in someone’s head, and as long as these thoughts stay in your head, fine, … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism
5 Comments
We Are America! We Do Not F—ing Torture!
Shep Smith appears to still have a soul: For the YouTube impaired, Shep says, “We are America! I don’t give a rat’s ass if it helps. We are America! We do not fucking torture!” It used to be that Smith’s … Continue reading
People fear change and they fear the unknown. It is easy to convince people that a public heathcare system will…