Tag Archives: Rand Paul

Watching Dinesh D’Souza’s “America: Imagine a World without Her” amid red-faced, stocky, middle-aged white men

By Mark | August 23, 2014

In 2012, when conservative author Dinesh D’Souza lost his job as President of The King’s College, an evangelical Christian school based in Manhattan, I didn’t think it likely that he’d ever have another of his ridiculous “documentaries” made. But I guess Neocons, for all of their talk of family values, don’t really give a fuck […]

Posted in Other, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged A People's History of the United States, America: Imagine A World Without Her, Dinesh D’Souza, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, propaganda, Saul Alinsky, slavery, Ted Cruz, Ward Churchill | 14 Comments

Rand Paul, savior of Detroit or destroyer of the American middle class?

By Mark | December 8, 2013

Trying to put some distance between himself and his most recent plagiarism scandal, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who has aspirations of running for President in 2016, made his way to Michigan yesterday, promising to unveil a plan that would help turn around not only Detroit, but every struggling community across the United States. According to […]

Posted in Detroit, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged automotive bailout, Ayn Rand, Detroit Economic Club, Economic Freedom Zones, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, free market, Jack Kemp, Josh Pugh, Libertarianism, philanthropy, plagiarism, robber barons, starve the beast, the free market will fix everything, union busting | 26 Comments

Tainted honey, counterfeit eggs, and the impending “fake food” epidemic

By Mark | February 18, 2013

As our population exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet, and natural resources dwindle, I imagine we’ll see more and more companies selling things for human consumption that probably shouldn’t be consumed. While none of the recent examples of “fake food” that I’m aware of rise to the level of the case in China a […]

Posted in Environment, Food | Also tagged anaemia, antibiotics, Ayn Rand, bung, bung calamari, China, chloramphenicol, EPA, fake eggs, fake food, Food Safety News, heavy metal, honey, horse meat, Libertarianism, malamine, olive oil, pomegranate juice, powdered milk, red snapper, This American Life, tilapia | 31 Comments

The Southerm Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok puts Michigan hate groups in context

By Mark | October 13, 2012

This evening, I had the occasion to speak briefly with Southern Poverty Law Center Senior Fellow Mark Potok. I’d reached out to Potok, who serves as editor-in-chief of the Center’s quarterly journal, the Intelligence Report, and its blog, entitled Hatewatch, as I hoped that he might be able to shed a little light on William […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Third Position, anti-government, ATF, bullying, Census Bureau, conspiracy theories, crazy white people, Daniel Johnson the racist not the musician, domestic terrorism, educational materials, entrapment, Family Research Council, FBI, Federal Reserve, FEMA, Fort Stewart, hate groups, Hatewatch, homophobia, Hutaree, KKK, Libertarianism, Mark Potok, Michigan Militia, Michigan's 11th congressional district, militias, Natural Law Party, patriot groups, racism, radicals, ricin, Ron Paul, sexism, Southern Poverty Law Center, tea party, Teaching Tolerance, Terry Jones, the long suffering whites, the White Disenfranchised Male, white, white enclaves, white nationalism, white power, William Daniel Johnson | 39 Comments

“Right now we are living in an Ayn Rand novel…” -Paul Ryan

By Mark | August 12, 2012

When Mitt Romney chose as his running mate an avowed acolyte of the serial killer-loving philosopher Ayn Rand, he ensured that the controversial libertarian author would factor significantly in this Presidential race. Here, if you aren’t familiar with her work, are two videos that will bring you up to speed on Rand, who famously referred […]