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Hope for a New Species or Giant Hoax? Men Claim to Have Recovered the Body of Sasquatch

by Cockney Robin | cross-posted at BN-Politics | Apparently two men from Georgia (USA) have recovered the frozen 7'7, 500 pound body of a creature they believe is Sasquatch---or rather a sasquatch (NYT; click to see photo), since they claim they saw other similar creatures in the same area. (CNN)  One of the finders is a former police officer and another is an ex-corrections officer. (CNN) They won't say where they found it so as to protect those other creatures.  I call that very wise of them---and no, I'm not being sarky here.

CNN Inquires: "[IS] OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Posted by Damozel | cross posted at BN-Politics |  Hey, what do you know?  McCain's ad, "The One,"  portraying Obama as Antichrist (see the ad here) seems to have worked!  In "debunking" the "rumor," CNN actually treated this as a serious question. (cf. The Raw Story)

That such a subject is even speculated about in any but the most backwards, unreconstructed segments of American society -- let alone on a 24-hour cable network -- is a testament (no pun intended) to the depths to which political debate has fallen. But there was the caption on CNN Friday in big bold letters: "OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Apparently a not-insignificant number of Americans, after viewing John McCain's Web ad The One, with its Messianic overtones -- come away thinking that Barack Obama has been sent from Hell to Earth to turn its citizens against God. For inspiration, some of these people seem to be drawing from the fictional Left Behind series, which posits a dystopian future where the Anti-Christ comes to Earth as a charismatic politician. (The Raw Story)

Chalk one up for McCain!  He did exactly what he wasn't---he assures us---setting out to do. 

McCain Yanks Off Bush's Crown; Tries It on For Size

by Teh Nutroots | Riddle me this:  Wasn't it only 2-3 weeks ago that the Republicans were moaning about the presumptuousness of Barack Obama?  If so, how do they explain McCain's sudden accession to an authoritative role in Georgia---so much of one that he is sending his own "envoys" to deal with the situation?

Was it not presumptuous after all?  Or...are they applying the hoary old "it's different when Republicans do it" rule?

All Barack did was make a speech.  John McCain is speaking every day to Georgia's loose cannon-in-chief, his friend "Misha," despite "Misha's" calling him out the other day ('very cheering...Words, not deeds."  Doesn't Bush mind?  F*** me.  I'd mind.  For once I kind of admire Bush's restraint.

I'd be like, "Dude?  Excuse me; I believe I am still president here?"

Consider this:

The Edwards "Controversy" & The Media Double Standard

by Teh Nutroots | Okay, we've dissed Edwards.  We've said what there is to say, i.e. [accompanied by the sound of a newspaper whapping him on the nose]:

BAD BAD BAD! [::whap::] How could you do it to Elizabeth? [::whap::] How could you do it to your supporters? [::WHAP WHAP::] How could you encourage us to vote for you, thereby encouraging us to vote for a candidate who could scuttle the whole election? (here)  [::whappity whap whap::]  How could you be such a hypocrite? (here)  [whappity whappity WHAP WHAP WHAP]

Since he didn't win the nomination, he didn't inflict the harm---though it wasn't for the want of trying.  So it's an issue, though not a major issue.

The New York Times raises the question of the media's "reticence" toward the no-longer-campaigning former Senator and his incurably ill wife.  As noted below, the no-longer-campaigning Edwards isn't the only beneficiary of such reticence. 

Joe Klein---working hard to redeem himself, but as usual failing to see the trees for the forest---says:

Can White Men Dance? Oh, Yes, Ms. McArdle. YES WE CAN

Mr. J.Q. Public [So Right It's Wrong] | As the only right-winger posting at this blog, you can imagine that I suffer a great deal of intimidation.  I am almost afraid to write this, as I am afraid that Damozel will accuse me once more of being a 'concern troll' and delete my post forthwith.  Yet the subject is one that is of deep concern to me and, I believe, to most Republican men.

I was very disappointed by this piece, 'White Men Can't Dance', penned by libertarian Megan McArdle in her blog ( 'Assymetrical  'Asymmetrical Information').  She remarks that 'for the last three seasons, the show So You Think You Can Dance has tended to be very, very white by the time it gets down to brass tacks,' as if this were a bad thing.

For centuries, white men---and, I believe, white Republicans especially--- who try to dance have been discriminated against, to such an extent that 'white men can't dance'  has now become, to all intents and purposes, a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

Are They Right Yet? Notes on Some Right-Wing Blogs I Have Read

By Teh Nutroots | Re: New Change of  Management. Damozel's decided to give up running this blog, since BN-Politics keeps her too busy.  Just to make it clear, I am not a nice man.  Hence the name of this blog.

Speaking of people who aren't nice, let's jump over the fence and see what's doin' on the other side.

The following are my notes on the posts, paraphrased to catch what I believe is the essence of each posting.  I have provided links so that you can read the originals for yourself.

Did you kinow that Obama and no doubt soon-to-be-British PM David Cameron were caught talking when they thought the mikes were off?  It's true.  Damn, was it boring.

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Olbermann: "Authentic McCain" [Bad Jokes Dept]

by Teh Nutroots | How much do women love being raped?  As Damozel commented, he gets a quadruple score on the sick joke scale for this one.

Ride the Wayback Pony: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" [Blair's Cover]

Posted by Cockney Robin |    I know it's old, but I never get tired of it.  Since we're apparently collecting our favourites for posterity, here's mine.

 

Ride the Wayback Pony: Bush's Stand-Up on the WMD

You know, he missed his calling.  He should have been a real comedian.  He could have made fun of people like himself.  He's obviously good at it. Sadly, there is a painful, ineradicable truth underlying his sly self-deprecatingness with this video portrays.  .

Conservapedia: Awesome or Teh Suck?

by Teh Nutroots | Are these guys kidding?  Man, I love Conservapedia.  For one thing, it gives them a place other than Wikipedia to propagandize.  For another, it's endlessly entertaining. 

Although, as this post hints, its representation that it's "an encyclopedia you can trust" is a bit misleading in that it's an incomplete sentence.  It should be "An encyclopedia you can trust to confirm all your pre-packaged misconceptions, fallacies, and fundamental lapses in fairness and candor." 

But people who want news and information pre-filtered to "Just the news conservatives need to know"  deserve Fox News and Conservapedia.

Come on. Do you want those kids playing in the Big Kids' field or trying to swim in the deep end?  Be thankful for anything that keeps them on their own turf. If it weren't for those "sources," they'd find other ways to feed their preconceptions.   Awesome.