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Census worker found hanged in Kentucky; see who's politicizing it - 9/24/2009

On September 12, part-time Census Bureau worker Bill Sparkman was found hanged in rural Kentucky with the word "Fed" "scrawled" (per the AP) on his chest. The story was only released yesterday and the details aren't known, but that hasn't stopped several (listed below) from trying to blame right-wing media figures and politicians (such as Glenn Beck and Rep. Michelle ...

Al Franken shows incompetence of Tea Party leaders, how they help Obama - 9/05/2009

... pudding, and Alex Koppleman of Salon (link) and several other Obama supporters are quite pleased with Franken's performance. And, the tea party followers have their leaders to thank for that. UPDATE: Before or after p0wning the tea partiers, Franken drew an outline map of the 50 states: link, via this. I have trouble believing that anyone could do that without lines already on the paper or s...

I'm proud to have opposed both two major recent U.S. personality cults - 9/02/2009

... Accordingly Glenn Greenwald of Salon weighs in with a tu quoque response ("Deleting the Bush Personality Cult from history", link).

Alex Koppelman lies in his failed refutation of "Birthers" - 8/05/2009

Alex Koppelman of Salon offers "Salon's handy-dandy guide to refuting the Birthers" (link): 1. He says of the Certification of Live Birth ("COLB") pictured on Obama's site: There are allegations that what Obama released is a forgery, but state officials have repeatedly affirmed its authenticity and said they've checked it against the original record and that Obam...

Max Blumenthal/David Neiwert smear Sarah Palin (true guilt-by-association, bad reporting) - 10/09/2008

Max Blumenthal - last seen here spinning a fantastic tale - joins with Mr. "white supremacist under every bed" himself, David Neiwert, to offer a smear called "Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals" (link). Their report was partly funded by the "Nation Institute Investigative Fund", which isn't getting its money's worth. In this campaign we've...

Barack Obama lies about Rush Limbaugh in Spanish-language ads - 9/17/2008

... objections to the ad (letters.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/17/obama_limbaugh/view). UPDATE 3: * Eunice Moscoso of the Austin American Statesman does provide the McCain camp response to the ad (defending their previous support of amnesty, a support that continues) but fails to note that the BHO campaign lied. A comment I left has not been approved (link) * Nick Timiraos of the Wall S...

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