Category: Anxiety

Van Jones: Progressives created the blogosphere and ‘checkmated’ right-wing radio

http://twitter.com/#!/jdpeterson/status/211586121782661121

Do progressives believe the stuff that comes out of their mouths?

From my TL I see @VanJones68 is practicing verbal masturbation at #NN12 #tcot

— Melissia (@ProudoftheUSA) June 9, 2012

No joke:  During the closing keynote speech at Netroots Nation, Van Jones reportedly told a roomful of starry-eyed progressive activists that they ‘checkmated’ conservative radio and created the blogosphere.

@VanJones68: You shut down RW radio. No politician did that 4 you. You did it yourselves. You need to remind readers of the power THEY have.

— Sharoney (@Sharoney) June 9, 2012

We’re pretty sure Van Jones and his audience don’t know what “checkmated” means. By the way, R.I.P Air America.

I think Van Jones just said that liberals created the blogosphere. Interesting. #AlGoreCreatedtheInternetToo

— Billy Hallowell (@BillyHallowell) June 9, 2012

Well, if progressives invented the blogosphere, they sure lost control of it pretty quickly. Kinda like a liberal hashtag.

@VanJones68 – Bloggers, take yourself more seriously, don't depress and demoralize. Fight back! Somebody has to stand up! Let's Get Em #nn12

— Dr. Goddess (@drgoddess) June 9, 2012

“Let’s get ‘em”? New tone, Van. New tone.

And good luck with that. We love the smell of progressive desperation in the afternoon.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/06/09/van-jones-progressives-created-the-blogosphere-and-checkmated-right-wing-radio/

Ha! Pat Sajak zings Obama’s selfie; Replies hammer it home [pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/patsajak/status/410794101798215680

Bada-zing! The “Wheel of Fortune” host weighed in on President Funeral Selfie with that snort-worthy tweet. Well, Sajak, ask and ye shall receive. As Twitchy reported, Twitter users unearthed a “Lincoln selfie”:

http://twitter.com/#!/RickMoore/status/410794800179200001 http://twitter.com/#!/liars_never_win/status/410794527750766592

Oh, Internet! What would we do without you?

Related:

‘The Internet has everything’: Guys, don’t forget this presidential selfie! [pic]

Funeral selfies? Obama’s selfie face, FLOTUS’ furious face at #MandelaMemorial [pics]

Full Twitchy coverage of Pat Sajak

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/12/ask-and-ye-shall-receive-pat-sajak-zings-obamas-selfie-replies-hammer-it-home-pic/

David Draiman is pissed off about ‘ABHORRENT’ Holocaust denial assignment

http://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/463494856073945088

Will other members of the entertainment industry join Disturbed and Device vocalist David Draiman in calling this “abhorrent”?

The Rialto Unified School District in California created an eighth-grade “Argumentative Research” assignment that instructed students to explain “whether or not you believe [the Holocaust] was an actual event in history, or merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain wealth.” Students were asked to read several “credible articles,” including one that insisted, “If nothing else, this unbelievable coverup demonstrates the irrepressible Zionist influence and control of our country.”

Sounds like a “credible article,” right?

The district has announced plans to revise the disturbing assignment that was reportedly crafted “to meet Common Core standards relating to critical learning skills.”

Draiman’s take:

http://twitter.com/#!/AnthonyDantzer/status/463495369725575168 http://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/463495992864555009 http://twitter.com/#!/BrowncoatBoaz/status/463553121881694209 http://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/463559884177301504

A school district spokesperson described the assignment as an “error. ” The  Times of Israel reports that Rialto police are investigating threats against district administrators.

http://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/463671911809961985

Here’s part of the 18-page assignment:

http://twitter.com/#!/Tomthereporter/status/463416681969115136

Related:

‘Go to hell’: Vocalist David Draiman of Disturbed destroys ‘ultra-liberal’ Rolling Stone in epic rant

David Draiman eviscerates Roger Waters’ response to anti-Semitism accusations

Full Twitchy coverage of David Draiman

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/05/06/david-draiman-is-pissed-off-about-abhorrent-holocaust-denial-assignment-for-eighth-graders/

Report: ISIS used chemical tools in attack on Iraqi Security Forces

http://twitter.com/#!/MattMcBradley/status/511537308898983936

There are reports appearing out of Iraq that ISIS has actually utilized chemical tools in an assault on Iraqi causes north of Baghdad.

The town of Dhuluiya, where #ISIS presumably utilized chemical weapons, is found about 50 miles North of Baghdad. #Iraq

— Erin (@sqwerin) September 17, 2014

@sqwerin in which have you been hearing this?

— Sarah Stevenson (@sarahrstevenson) September 17, 2014

@sarahrstevenson WSJ reporter, nonetheless unconfirmed https://t.co/tYz3aEXrcF

— Erin (@sqwerin) September 17, 2014

These day there are 12 people afflicted with chlorine gas poisoning in Dhuluyia, #Iraq, following Islamic State attack on Iraqi security causes.

— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) September 15, 2014

Should point out that claims of chlorine gas usage come from local hospitals and protection sources. I’m not in Dhuluyia and cannot verify. #Iraq

— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) September 15, 2014

@MattMcBradley @RevolutionaryI Your development is fabricated. It absolutely was the Assad Regime that used Chemical Weapons.Stop publishing propaganda

— TheUnjustMedia (@dahunted786) September 15, 2014

—> 14 people in #ISIS killed near #Baghdad whenever a rocket whose warhead they certainly were completing w/ chlorine fuel exploded http://t.co/XOAvS5VwSl

— Erin (@sqwerin) September 17, 2014

@sqwerin @moderncomments karma a great deal?

— Shaina (@ShainalovesMKE) September 17, 2014

Must acknowledge, I GIGGLED: 14 people in #ISIS killed rocket whoever warhead these were completing w/chlorine gasoline exploded http://t.co/E0qpfEqqOW

— Jenn Jacques (@JennJacques) September 17, 2014

@sqwerin If that’s what occurred, does my response make me personally a bad individual? https://t.co/QSfCsDIMbo

— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) September 17, 2014

In conditions, we’ll enable it.

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Associated

Iraq claims to UN that Islamic State extremist team has grabbed 2,500 chemical rockets

‘Hi, Wolf Blitzer’: ISIS seizes Saddam’s substance weapons stockpile

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/17/report-isis-used-chemical-weapons-in-assault-on-iraqi-security-forces/