Andymatic

Category: 3. Enemies and Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause

  • Jesuits Are Pissed

    Comment from a thread on Metafilter  – completely unsubstantiated but I know some of my network knows Jesuits and Franciscans – be interesting to see if there’s any truth: I have a friend who’s a member of the Jesuit order and a teacher. They’re not saying anything publicly. They’re not making statements yet. But my friend […]

  • Dichotomies and Clown Cars

    A frequent theme I see in discussions between conservatives and liberal points of view is a lack of empathy. That my circumstances are different so I still get to get mine and screw everybody else. A lack of understanding that we are all a cancer diagnosis away from complete financial ruin. The fantasy that one […]

  • Gay Singer Verbally Stoned By Fundies

    Christian musician and songwriter Jennifer Knapp recently came out of the closet. Fans respond: Gay Christians? There IS NO SUCH THING! You’re either ONE or the OTHER. NOT judging nor condemning, simply TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!” Exclamation points are usually signs of judgement and/or condemnation. And it’s fun how all the ‘God will judge […]

  • You Can't Fight Love, Widows, Clergy or Homos

    Good parry, Obama. This will make those that disapprove of the sick or dying seeing their loved ones look like complete assholes – and couching it with the religious element too: Often, a widow or widower with no children is denied the support and comfort of a good friend. Members of religious orders are sometimes […]

  • Bishop Blames Jews for Attacks on Pope

    That too much longer than I expected: A retired Italian bishop has provoked fury by reportedly suggesting that “Zionists” are behind the current storm of accusations over clerical sex abuse shaking the Vatican and the Catholic Church. Monsignor Giacomo Babini, the Bishop Emeritus of Grossetto, was quoted by the Italian Roman Catholic website Pontifex as […]

  • Mississippi Parents Conduct Secret Prom, Free of Fags and Tards

    The Real Assholes of Itawamba County: To avoid Constance McMillen bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a “fake prom” while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at an event organized by parents. McMillen tells The Advocate that a parent-organized prom happened behind her back — she and […]

  • Mainstream News Bias Test

    When something truly awful breaks it is always interesting to watch how it is covered inside the US and compare it to the outside world. We’ve got one of those this week. Watchdog site Wikileaks has released a classified video: WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen […]

  • General in Afghanistan: We've Killed Lots of Innocent People, Found No Bombs

    Freedom’s on the march: “We’ve shot an amazing number of people and killed a number and, to my knowledge, none has proven to have been a real threat to the force.”The comments came during a virtual town hall with troops in Afghanistan after one asked McChrystal to comment on the “escalation of force” problem. The […]

  • Nashville Man Crashes Into Car Over Obama Sticker

    I hate the idea of ‘road rage’ as this separate discipline aside from ‘people are just assholes’: A Nashville man says he and his 10-year-old daughter were victims of road rage Thursday afternoon, all because of a political bumper sticker on his car. Mark Duren told News 2 the incident happened around 4:30p.m., while he was […]

  • Palin Uses Crosshairs and Says 'Reload'

    from Hullabaloo.