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It’s because we expect so much less from Think Progress than from Wonkette

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Posted by    Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 11:14am

Think Progress, the Democratic messaging website run by John Podesta of the Center for American Progress, has been a frequent focus here for its outlandish race-card playing and other antics.

This week Think Progress...

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Saturday Night Card Game (“I didn’t call you racist, I just pointed out you’re white”)

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Posted by    Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 5:38pm

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Aaron Worthing of Patterico’s Pontifications and Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress had a bit of a spitting match this week over this Yglesias’ post titled Stuff White People Like: Republicans (emphasis mine):

“A good series of charts...
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Blood Libel

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 1:16pm

The people who falsely and maliciously accused Sarah Palin of inciting Jared Loughner to murder now are criticizing Palin for using the term “blood libel.”

The term “blood libel” has it’s origins in the accusation in Europe (and more modern times, in the Middle East) that Jews use the blood of Christian...

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Hijacking A Massacre

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:51pm

Best headline of the day, via The Daily Mail in Britain:

How America’s elite hijacked a massacre to take revenge on Sarah Palin

The substance of the article makes points you have heard before regarding the murderous rampage by Jared Loughner:

Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s former chief of staff and a ­figure compared to...
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Two Sicknesses On Display in Arizona

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Posted by    Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 8:41am

The shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of several people by gunman Jared Loughner in Arizona yesterday has revealed two sicknesses.

The first and most serious is the sickness living in Loughner’s head.  Evidence in the form of farewell videos, internet postings, and the recollections of people who knew him...

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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

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Posted by    Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 3:22pm

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and over a dozen others were shot earlier this afternoon. 

At last reports, she was in critical condition and in surgery.  The gunman is in custody but no details on his identity or motive have been released.

The left-blogosphere already is blaming the shooting on Sarah Palin and the...

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Christmas Open

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Posted by    Saturday, December 25, 2010 at 9:21am

Merry Christmas to my readers.  Enjoy the day while, once again, I defend the internet for you!

Here are some thoughts for the day, in no particular order:

  • Self-fulfilling prophecy.  Charles, we get it, the lame duck was not good, but your repeated columns about...
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