Hypocrisy Watch category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts cuts to the quick:
Follow the link for her evidence.
Lies and Lying Liars? 0
Farron points out the perfidity and perjury are not the same thing.
The Privatization Scam 0
Eric Foster calls out the school voucher con for the underhanded fraud that it is: a violation of the public trust and of governments’ fiduciary duty to the citizenry. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
I comment his entire piece to your attention.
Establishmentarians 0
Chris Satullo challenges the establishmentarian impulse of the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Two tiny excerpts:
1) Your idea that the Bible lays out a comprehensive, clearcut judicial code or policy program for a 21st century civil government does not survive five minutes sitting with the book open on your lap and your mind switched on.
(snip)
2) One thing that is clear as day is that Jesus was suspicious (even contemptuous) of both the temporal and the institutional religious powers of his day, of Rome and the Pharisees.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Establishmentarians 0
Thom wonders why so many they-call-themselves Christians seem to miss the point of what the Bible reports to be Jesus Christ’s own words.
Foxy Shady 0
Emma and the crew dissect the misdirection play.
In related news, PoliticalProf looks at some numbers.
Insincerely Yours 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee takes a deep dive into fake apologies. You know the ones; he describes them in his opening:
Well, I regret to inform you that such apologies are not only fake but, unfortunately, very common.
Follow the link for some pointers on how avoid being taken in by them.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
There are none so blind as those who will not look.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The New Secesh deploy duplicitous doubletalk to defeat desegregation.
Righting the wrongs of the past is in their eyes a wrong.
The Label behind “No Labels” 0
Jim Hightower follows the money.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Here’s Kevin McCarthy claiming that it was Democrats who wanted to shut down the government:
And, for more commentary on the Squeaker of the House . . . .
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Raging Bull 0
Why the New York Times continues to pay something for this nothing is beyond me.
For Your Dining Pleasure . . . . 0
This evening, why not treat yourself to a David Brooks Special?
Not a lot of substance, but, true Brooksian fashion, an awful lot of empty hot air.