Shred Yr Face

Oct 20, 2008 · 1 minute read

Red stains all over the place…

The Long Blondes: RIP

Oct 20, 2008 · 1 minute read

Sad news on the day that Singles is released. Best of luck, Dorian…

FOX: From Little ACORNs do Socialists Grow

Oct 19, 2008 · 2 minute read

The most amusing part of this election so far has been the increase of hysteria within the ranks of Fox News, which marches in time with the rise of Obama's polling numbers. If you know a little about the channel's leanings, you'd expect Fox to be quite biased towards McCain, but in the last couple of months all remaining semblance of impartiality has been thrown out the window. As seen by their almost 24/7 recital of Republican talking points about ACORN, they're no longer carrying water, but trying to divert oceans. You can't watch for more then ten minutes without a mention of ACORN, Bill Ayers, or this current weekend's favourite: 'Obama's socialism'.

Watching a news channel in a brazen panic over the possibility of a liberal majority in both elected branches of the US Government is both disturbing and yet incredibly funny. You have to laugh, because otherwise you start yelling at the television asking where they were in 2002 when the GOP got their majority. Or that a non-retouched photo of Sarah Palin is perhaps not a 'slap in the face to all women'. Or just staring open-mouthed as people make a serious suggestion that ACORN is responsible for the current financial meltdown.

Still, it remains compelling viewing - if only because it seems bizarre that a news network can act like this. Or for days like this morning, straight after the breaking news of the Powell endorsement was announced. The look of horror on the Fox & Friends presenters was priceless. For a minute, they just looked completely stunned. Eventually, they pulled themselves together and started laying out the attack lines on the man they lionised for many years. Just another morning on Fox & Friends.

Also, at this point, I'm starting to think that Obama has enough money to carve his logo into the moon...

Obama Is Scrooge McDuck.

Oct 15, 2008 · 1 minute read

I mean, seriously.

How Much Money Did You Raise Last Month?

Oct 14, 2008 · 1 minute read

Obama: Coming To An Xbox Near You.

FOX News: Fair. Balanced. And Currently Hysterical.

Oct 13, 2008 · 2 minute read

ANDY MARTIN, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST: I think a community organizer in Barack Obama's case was somebody that was in training for a radical overthrow of the government. You have to really stretch to believe his story that he was living in New York City. He was earning 50,000 to 60,000 a year. And he left this to come to Chicago, to a city where he knew no one, to suddenly start, quote, "organizing," unquote, people.

In my opinion, Barack Obama had already been influenced by his radical ideology and philosophy, probably had met William Ayers in New York and was coming here to lay the foundations for what he thought would be some sort of a political movement that he would be a part of.

My view is that the community organizing was actually kind of sham event that really Bill Ayers was testing him. Because the way these radicals work, they don't give you a big project until you pass muster with a small project. And so they sent him out to Chicago to see what he would do. He passed the test.

Black helicopters not included. I said a month ago that I didn't think Ayers would come up much. Looks like I was wrong...but it doesn't seem to be hurting Obama in the polls too much...

Eagleton, You Betcha

Oct 10, 2008 · 1 minute read

You know, maybe a new VP gold-standard is being set here…

This would be a test.

Oct 10, 2008 · 1 minute read

Posting from the shiny.

We're All Socialists Now

Oct 8, 2008 · 1 minute read

Still, if we need a new energy source in a hurry, we can always hook a generator up to Milton Friedman’s spinning grave…

And For The Record

Oct 7, 2008 · 1 minute read

I thought the glitter spray was wonderful.

(it'll be ten years next week, fact-fans. And now reduced to swapping second-hand clothes. Okay, fancy second-hand clothes and in front of TV cameras, but still!)