Eschatonians

Understanding Syria - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Charles II at 22 Feb 2012 18:33
While understanding what is going on in Syria is probably all but impossible for those of us who do not live in the Middle East/North Africa, there are some good sources to begin with. Syria is split into multiple factions

Unsolicited Track of the Day: (An Occasional Series) - PowerPop
by steve simels at 22 Feb 2012 13:29
Got this via e-mail and laughed out loud.Dear Steve,Firstly, we write to you from chilly London, mind and limbs gripped by the late evening freeze

Questionable Strategy - cab drollery
by Diane at 22 Feb 2012 11:00
(Editorial cartoon by Lee Judge / The Kansas City Star (February 20, 2012)and featured at McClatchy DC. Click on image to enlarge

Well, well, well - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 22 Feb 2012 10:43
Looks like Obama took down Bin Laden AND Satan in short order.Rick Santorum on Tuesday stood by comments he made in 2008 about Satan attacking the United States

Patriotism Sugar Daddy Style - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 22 Feb 2012 09:50
Newt Gingrich's main financial "dealer" Sheldon Abramson -- who said he's willing to spend 9 figures helping the GOP this fall -- wishes he'd have worn another country's uniform rather than his own American one.But it is the Democrats accused of being not patriotic enough

We apologize for our offensive practice...we now get back to engaging in our offensive practice - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 22 Feb 2012 09:43
Who could have anticipated?Anne Frank, the Jewish girl whose diary and death in a Nazi concentration camp made her a symbol of the Holocaust, was allegedly baptized posthumously Saturday by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to whistleblower Helen Radkey, a former member of the church. The ritual was conducted in a Mormon temple in the Dominican Republic, according to Radkey, a Salt Lake City researcher who investigates such incidents, which violate a 2010 pact between the Mormon Church and Jewish leaders

Classy Family man, stays classy - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 22 Feb 2012 09:37
Well, come November, hopefully we will not have to hear of Deadbeat Dad Archetype Joe Walsh anymore. But until then

John XXIII ruined everything… - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 22 Feb 2012 09:30
Another day another past revelation from Opus Dick:When asked if he believed Obama is a "sincere liberal Christian," the former Pennsylvania senator said he didn't believe that sort of ideology existsWhich must make Martin Luther King Day interesting in the Santorum household for more reasons than you may have expected.But then again, the last few weeks without primaries have pretty much been Rick Santorum demanding we all pay attention to a terrible Sunday School Class

Another Busy Day for the Cut-Out Witch - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 22 Feb 2012 06:11
Oh, Ann Althouse, you wife-beating drunk. I am hurt

Wind, Solar Were 68% Of New European Electricity Installs In 2011 - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 22 Feb 2012 05:28
That’s right: 68% of all newly-installed European electricity generation in 2011 was either wind or solar. From http://thinkprogress

POLITICO STILL PIMPING FATS - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 22 Feb 2012 05:28
Rush scoffs: No 'birth control moms' By MJ LEE | 2/21/12 8:00 AM EST Rush Limbaugh on Santorum and Satan By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 2/21/12 5:37 PM EST

TOLSTOY & SANTORUM - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 22 Feb 2012 04:35
I know - just pairing those two names is a minor spiritual offense but I couldn't help wondering how Tolstoy's late religious belief compared with Frothy Fetus Boy. I recall reading The Kreutzer Sonata, Resurrection and The Kingdom of God Is Within You and concluding that Tolstoy became somewhat Puritanical

It's Only Words - Adventus
by Rmj at 22 Feb 2012 04:22
So today BBC World Have Your Say was discussing the infamous "Chink in the Armor" headline at ESPN.com

DOES DRUDGE HATE FROTHY FETUS BOY? - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 22 Feb 2012 03:46
Matt Drudge had this as his top story today.

Crrritic! - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 22 Feb 2012 03:20
Yastreblyansky: "Poulos has something in common not so much with Beckett the writer as Lucky the thinker." Also: James Poulos as Lucky, Tucker Carlson as Pozzo, David Brooks as Didi, Ross Douthat as Gogo

Franklin Graham - Progressive Eruptions
by Shaw Kenawe at 22 Feb 2012 01:43
the son of an anti-semite, Billy Graham, questions President Obama's religion, and doesn't really believe he's a real Christian?:“I think you have to ask President Obama,” Graham said when asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” whether the president is a Christian. “He has said he’s a Christian, so I just have to assume that he is

Monday Evening PotPourri - hecatedemeter
by Hecate Demeter at 21 Feb 2012 23:41
*Leonard Cohen is releasing a new album. I hope when I’m his age, I’m still doing work as wonderful, creative, authentic, and just plain good as Cohen does

Defiant Hair! On Michelle Duggar's Tips For All Subjugated Wives. - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 21 Feb 2012 21:33
Did you know that women can have defiant hair* or obedient hair? Some types of hair just scream feminism and uprisings and rebellions against the godly husband's rule and must be avoided at all cost in Christian fundamentalist patriarchal marriages, such as the one the television stars Duggars have. They also have nineteen children and counting, as the program tells us

Got A Disability? Voter ID’s Kiffmeyer Says “No Vote For You!” - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 21 Feb 2012 18:51
Not content with trying to take away voting rights from non-whites and non-Republicans, ALEC’s own Mary Kiffmeyer wants to take them away from the differently-abled as well. Check this out: 4

Pancake Day! - Adventus
by Rmj at 21 Feb 2012 14:30
Apparently this is a major observance in England. Or not

Coming soon - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 21 Feb 2012 14:02
FoxNews newest series (and totally not ripped off some taxpayer funded bullshit show):

Good job Anthony Kennedy - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 21 Feb 2012 13:38
Some speech more equal than others.“They like to trash other people

My Absolutely Last Swear-to-God-I-Really-Mean-It Post About "Waterloo Sunset" - PowerPop
by steve simels at 21 Feb 2012 13:21
Fast forward through the brief interview footage and go directly to the performance.Words fail me

More on the Greek Garbler - Whiskey Fire
by Vacuumslayer at 21 Feb 2012 12:40
I read both Poulos pieces. I found them both extremely difficult to understand

Priorities - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 21 Feb 2012 11:22
When not comparing having a probe stuck up one's hoo-hah to making sexy-time, Dana Loesch is having SNL's Weekend Update "fact-checked".Apparently they also inadvertently discovered that Obama really wasn't in that Cosby show parody either

Cafeteria Catholic - cab drollery
by Diane at 21 Feb 2012 11:00
Today is the Seventh Anniversary of this blog. I had thought about taking the day off and just posting a birthday cake, but I've found a story (thanks to Gomez, a fellow Atriot) that is just too damned much fun to delay, even by one day

It's like a bad sandwich that won't stay down - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 21 Feb 2012 09:32
There's another GOP debate tomorrow. And it just seems like we are a few weeks removed from having them every other day

Yes Virginia, the 19th Amendment involves the 1st One... - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 21 Feb 2012 09:30
The desire of many Virginia Republicans to treat some women like the popsicles of the damned has run into a major problem.

Are You Really Making Me Bitch about You Interfering in My Successful Heterosexual Marriage? - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 21 Feb 2012 04:44
Gosh. This may be the stupidest thing I have ever seen Ann Althouse say

THE WAPO HAS ANOTHER FAIL - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 21 Feb 2012 03:35
Despite the fact that, Chris Wallace, a former colleague of Glenda Beck, slammed Glenda for being "irresponsible," the WaPo decided to give him precious op-ed space to spread lies and disinformation.