Hawkins’ First Rule Of Modern Political Communications AKA The Jackass Rule — Oh, And Vagina!

There is a glut of information out there. ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, newspapers, talk radio, websites, blogs, tea parties, the occupy movement, interest groups, politicians….it’s just endless and everyone wants your attention. Scratch that; they NEED your attention again and again and again. You ever heard someone say, “Build a better mousetrap and […]

 


“Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think” VS “X-Events: The Collapse of Everything”

What does the future of mankind look like? Is it bright? That’s the impression one gets from reading: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. The book argues that advances in technology will solve all of our problems. Food, water, energy, medicine – our capabilities have been rapidly improving on all of these fronts for […]

 


SooperMexican Vs. The Mainstream Media On WAWAs

It would have been unimaginable 20 years ago — well-funded, respected mainstream media outlets like MSNBC being completely scooped and humiliated by a small, relatively unknown blogger called SooperMexican. Yet, that’s exactly what happened. Among others, MSNBC has been pushing a deceptively edited video of a Mitt Romney speech and it was SooperMexican who blew […]

 


5 More Great Pieces of Advice from the Movies

1) “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” — The Princess Bride Life is struggling and failing, worrying about money, having to do things you don’t want to do for people you don’t like, getting your heart broken, losing friends, having people you love die, getting hit with health problems, and […]

 


Rest In Peace, Rodney King

If you don’t know anything about Rodney King beyond the famous tape of his beating in LA and the riots that followed, it may not matter very much to you that he drowned to death yesterday. Details began to emerge Sunday about the death of Rodney King, a key figure in the 1992 Los Angeles […]

 






Shoot Your Daughter’s Pimp, Receive A Get Out Of Jail Free Card

Some people just need killing. A San Francisco couple whose teenage daughter was allegedly being pimped by a Southern California man tracked him around the state, failing at one attempt to kill him before shooting him to death near Candlestick Park, authorities said Wednesday. Attorneys for the couple say that they tried everything to rescue […]

 



An Interview With, Well, Me…..John Hawkins, in Case You Didn’t Know Who “Me” Was Referring to in This Post by Me

Eric Morris over at Misfit Politics has done a short interview with me. Here’s an excerpt. 4) The economy and spending are the biggest issues our nation currently face. However, what issue is personally most important to you and why? Spending is the most important issue to me personally because at the moment, the country […]

 

Joy Behar vs. Every Big Name Conservative Ever

Here’s Joy Behar, who as far as I can tell, has a career as a “liberal comedian” despite neither being talented or funny, mainly because she insults conservatives at every opportunity. MEDIAITE: He was making fun of the President for wanting to hire more policemen and firemen and teachers saying, you know, “Didn’t he get […]

 

Meet My New Dog, Jackson

After my dog Patton passed away, I missed him to pieces. I’d sort of habitually look to see where he was when I got up, think about giving him food when I ate, think about taking him outside and realize he wasn’t there. You don’t quite realize how much a really good dog is woven […]

 





Brett Kimberlin Now Claims To Have Been SWAT-ted (Updated)

Wow, what a coincidence! The day before 85 Republican members of Congress released a letter asking Eric Holder to look into SWAT-ting attacks that many people believe Brett Kimberlin and his allies are responsible for, Brett Kimberlin claims to have been Swat-ted. …Attempted SWATTing of Brett Kimberlin, Bethesda, Maryland, May 31ST, 2012. …Send to TIPS@VELVETREVOLUTION.US […]

 




A Rundown Of Alleged Blogger Harassment By Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, & Nadia Naffe

Many of you have probably been following the Brett Kimberlin saga. Certainly, if you read Right Wing News regularly, you would have at least seen the daily links that have been going up since this whole saga caught people’s attention. Today is supposed to be a “A National Blogger Day Of Silence.” Ace from Ace […]