Author - Bob Cesca

Wingnuts

Mandatory Nightmares

BooMan points us to Dr. Tiller's admission criteria: Admission Criteria In order to offer you an appointment, we require that a physician refer you to our center. In addition, we need your genetic...

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Wingnuts

No Apologies, No Shame

Bill O'Reilly doubles down on his self-absorbed Tiller mania. Among his many outrageous statements, quite possibly his most inaccurate was: "I report honesty." Olbermann last night:

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The Media

Expedition Awful

John Cole on the new History Channel reality series, Expedition Africa: I’m thinking we should probably start a pool on how many of them die. In addition to competing for the honor of "biggest...

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Wingnuts

'Illegal' By Another Name

Ezra Klein on the Tiller murder: If a woman cannot get an abortion because no nearby providers are willing to assume the risk of performing it, the actual outcome is precisely the same as if the...

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Wingnuts

Abortion Exceptions

I touched upon this in an earlier post, but here it is again. There is much debate about "exceptions" when it comes to abortion. The life of the mother (McCain dick fingers optional), rape, incest...

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Wingnuts

Right Wing Flip Flop

Malkin: Late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down at his church in Kansas Sunday morning in a thoroughly evil, cold-blooded act of domestic terrorism. Yes, terrorism. Not “extremism.”...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

"And if the state of Kansas doesn't stop [George Tiller], then anybody who prevents that from happening has blood on their hands as the governor does right now, Governor Sebelius." —Bill O'Reilly...

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Healthcare

The Fourth Trimester

Here's the list of nations with a lower infant mortality rate than the United States (in order from lowest to highest): 1) Iceland 2) Singapore 3) Japan 4) Sweden 5) Norway 6) Hong Kong 7) Finland 8)...

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Wingnuts

Operation Terrorize

Hilzoy highlighted an article enumerating how Operation Rescue harassed George Tiller's practice and his staff. This is chilling: ...hundreds of [administrative assistant Sarah Phares'] neighbors...

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Economy

California Is Screwed

This is staggering: The cuts Mr. Schwarzenegger has proposed to make up the difference, if enacted by the Legislature, would turn California into a place that in some ways would be unrecognizable in...

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Doof Quote of the Day

"I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No." —Craig T. Nelson on the Glenn Beck Show YES! Yes they did! Adding... Speaking of Republicans with plastic surgery, who's the...

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The Media

Week in Review

From Media Matters: (Correction from last week: I accused Scarborough of throwing in with the Buchanan-Beck-Limbaugh-Gingrich crew on this racist crap, and I was clearly wrong. At the very least...

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Supreme Court

Racist!

The New York Times reports: Other than Ricci, Judge Sotomayor has decided 96 race-related cases while on the court of appeals. Of the 96 cases, Judge Sotomayor and the panel rejected the claim of...

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