From Molly Norris, one of the Anti-Loons of 2010
(A List of the anti-Loons of 2010 .)
That time where we recount and reflect upon the events and happenings of the past year is upon us. A review of 2011 is due in short order, but before we post that piece we will consider the anti-Loons of the year. This time around it would only be fair to allow loonwatchers to vote for the Anti-Loon of the Year. As we can’t create a poll, we present those we found deserving of such a consideration.
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Hitchens dead at 62
Christopher Hitchens finally succumbed to cancer, dead at the age of 62. He is being lavishly praised throughout the media, some are even (ridiculously) comparing him to his hero George Orwell.
I was about to render an obituary for Hitchens, when I read one from Glenn Greenwald , who pretty much summed up my thoughts on his passing. I would just like to add that we didn’t do many articles on Hitchens because (1) there just wasn’t that much noteworthy coming from him...Read Full Story
(cross-posted from Salon )
The FBI yesterday announced it has secured an indictment against Faruq Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa, a 38-year-old citizen of Iraq currently in Canada, from which the U.S. is seeking his extradition. The headline on the FBI’s Press Release tells the basic story: “Alleged Terrorist Indicted in New York for the Murder of Five American Soldiers.” The criminal complaint previously filed under seal provides the details: ‘Isa is charged with “providing material support to a...Read Full Story
Maybe the best piece Glenn Greenwald has ever written. A complete evisceration of the surreal absurdness that has come to characterize US politics.
The Islamophobes have been going buck-wild over this “Iranian plot,” which is surprising when one considers the fact that Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller both think Obama is a wacky Jihadi Mooslim who is working on behalf of Iran. See our post: Obama is a Mooslim, Jihadist, Pimp, anti-Semite who is aiding the Iranian Nuclear program
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Glenn Greenwald is a well-known progressive blogger over at Salon who made a name for himself analyzing the legal implications of the Bush administration’s illegal domestic spying, among other things, including the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. He has become a huge thorn in the side of the lazy, sycophantic media and also many Democrats, whom he calls out for supporting Obama administration policies which are carbon copies of the policies they opposed under Bush.
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Greenwald, Glenn. "Afghanistan, Government Secrecy and the Economy." Bill Moyers Journal (October 30, 2009)---. "Afghanistan, State Secrets, Healthcare and the Media." Democracy Now (October 30, 2009)---. "Anatomy of a Journalistic Smear Job." Salon (November 24, 2010)---. "Criminal convictions of 22 CIA agents in Italy." Salon (November 5, 2009)---. "Elite Media Biased Against Occupy Wall Street." FORA TV (November 9, 2011)---. "Excessive...
Repulsive progressive hypocrisyBy Glenn GreenwaldSalonDuring the Bush years, Guantanamo was the core symbol of right-wing radicalism and what was back then referred to as the “assault on American values and the shredding of our Constitution”: so much so then when Barack Obama ran for President, he featured these issues not as a secondary but as a central plank in his campaign. But now that there is a Democrat in office presiding over...
I'm certain that a few little odds and ends, like signing the NDAA with it's provisions for indefinite detention for citizens without due process when he said it wouldn't, not to mention trying to excuse that broken promise by breaking a different promise regarding signing statements, broke a few hearts. In my opinion, completely unfathomable behavior for a "constitutional law professor". Can a President be stupid enough to think the power...
Glenn Greenwald, who was a cheerleader for war in the run up to the invasion of Iraq, can't seem to stop himself from making ignorant accusations against our President, who by the way vigorously opposed the Iraq war. In his most recent post ...
Glenn Greenwald calls this turn of “liberal Democrat” opinion to embrace the policies begun by George W. Bush “repulsive” – and he's right. Greenwald is also ... You put a bumper sticker on your car for Stein or Anderson, too.
(David Bernstein) Greenwald has another post on the “Israel Firster” controversy. It’s easy to miss this in Greenwald’s typical avalanche of verbiage, but he (finally) acknowledges that the term was originally coined by anti-Semites, and is “gratuitously inflammatory.” He analogizes it to using the word “fascist” to describe contemporary politics or making comparisons to Nazis. This, however, [...]
Here's what I wrote:: And by the way, as an American Jew, I believe, as most American Jews believe (and most American non-Jews, as well) that Israel should exist and flourish as a Jewish country, that it is an important project of the Jewish people ...
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Pat Buchanan is right. There, I said it. Shoot me. Pat Buchanan and I are both maddeningly frustrated by the Democrats' inability to deliver red meat to their base, even when President Bush has s