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Top Ten Videos of 2010: 6. The Daily Show, “Male Inequality”

by Derek Posted on January 2, 2011

In a year when The Daily Show had several widely-noted high points, I nevertheless choose to recognize them for continuing to be the go-to source for mockery of privileged people claiming to be oppressed. Continue reading →

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Iran: Real Winners Don’t Blame

by Derek Posted on June 18, 2009

Even the mild pronouncements thus far by President Obama regarding the Iranian election turmoil were immediately seized upon by the beleaguered incumbents, who accused the U.S. of fomenting the massive unrest they now face. This can’t come as a surprise to the Obama administration. The White House is aware of America’s status in Iran as a convenient boogeyman, earned by our history of meddling in matters of Iran’s leadership. Nevertheless, the Ahmadinejad/Khamanei junta’s tone-deaf attempt to start a “Death to America” stadium wave betrays its own panic. Defensive finger-pointing is not the kind of behavior one expects from a party that supposedly just received a nearly two-thirds mandate. Continue reading →

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I’m John McCain, and I Approved These Lies

by Derek Posted on September 12, 2008

As of right now, the McCain campaign is nothing more than a firehose of lies. Period.

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and countless others from both parties have spoken highly of John McCain, praising his honor and dignity. I’ll take it on faith that McCain may have once possessed those qualities… but not anymore. Continue reading →

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AP Pollsters Go Off-Leash

by Derek Posted on July 9, 2008

Amidst the multi-year media onslaught that our presidential election process has become, I’ve had to adjust my critical thinking filter to an even finer sieve than before. Sometimes it occurs to me that at least the news media is flooding the landscape with an issue that matters to people’s lives. At other times, though, the campaign overkill reaches such a level of absurdity that I wonder if perhaps these press hacks aren’t qualified to tell us about anything more important than Anna Nicole’s baby daddy, so maybe they should stick with that.

Consider for example this AP/Yahoo News poll and writeup published yesterday, which concludes that John McCain is the candidate of choice among pet owners. A once-over of the article is sufficient to detect the sketchiness of the very premise: Continue reading →

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