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Bill Kristol Starts "NotAllSlaveLabor" Hashtag

The Left's 21st century agenda: expunging every trace of respect, recognition or acknowledgment of Americans who fought for the Confederacy.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 23, 2015

Always Low Racists

WalMart may have sold off its stock of Confederate flags (except those appearing on the Mississippi state flag), but it still has plenty of pro-Confederacy p.r. The second result on a search of "confederate" at WalMart.com is a book entitled "Confederate South Carolina." You'll not be surprised to learn that the book does not portray Confederate South Carolina as a shithole of barbarity, but rather as a land of pale heroes. 

From the amazon.com page for the book (because WalMart doesn't provide a description):

The Civil War never left South Carolina, from its beginning at Fort Sumter in 1861 through the destructive, harrowing days of Sherman's march through the state in 1865. Included here are the stories of Confederate civilians and soldiers who remained true to their cause throughout the perilous struggle. An English aristocrat risked his life to run the blockade and become one of the defenders of Charleston. The Haskells of Abbeville sent seven sons into Confederate service. Many South Carolina women made heart-rending sacrifices, including a disabled woman from Laurens County whose heroic efforts preserved Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, from wartime ravages. Author Karen Stokes details the lives of men and women whose destinies intertwined with a tragic era in Palmetto State history.

No points for guessing what else these men and women have in common.

The author also writes Confederacy-era romance novels -- one involving a "shocking crime committed at [the hero's] plantation by enemy soldiers"  -- and a "non-fiction" book about how Sherman made life tough for certain Palmetto State civilians. She really doesn't like Sherman.

To be fair, WalMart.com also sells books about the Civil War that aren't crap, as well as a Confederate soldier's cap, a biography of Robert E. Lee for young readers which co-stars "Mammy, the Negro nurse," and a poster of Jefferson Davis' inaugural. 

WalMart -- and Amazon -- should continue to sell these books, even if most of their intended audience is illiterate, if only to document how delusional living neo-Confederates still are.

PoliticHo Hack Lacks Depth Perception, Brains

"AP photo shows a gun pointed at Ted Cruz’s head," screeches a PoliticHo hack.

Except for the facts that the photograph doesn't show a gun, and doesn't show anything pointed at Ted's head, that's exactly right.

PoliticHo's desperation for wingnut traffic continues apace.

Right now, Rick Santorum and Lindsey Graham are parsing Dylann Roof's online manifesto for anti-Christian sentiment.

Using their interpretation of Christianity, they won't find it.

Heritage OF Hate

Senator Lindsey Graham, whose parents ran a whites-only criminal establishment in the 1970s, says the Confederate flag is "who we are."

He is right about that, if nothing else.

Rand "Poodle" Paul Is A Honest As Your Average Wingnut Blogger

Buzzfeed lays out the not particularly shocking news that Rand Paul's ghostwriter exhaustively researched Paul's books in the comment sections of Free Republic and the e-mail forwards of your mentally unstable uncle.

One of many examples:

Then, Paul cites a fake Thomas Jefferson quote again to lead off the chapter “Living Everyday in Fear of Your Government.”

“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny,” Paul cites Jefferson as saying.

But again, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation notes they “have not found any evidence that Thomas Jefferson said or wrote” these remarks.

I suspect that Poodle Paul's books also didn't explore the contradictions between Tommy's rhetorical opposition to tyranny and his practices of enslavement and rape. Because of a little fact that Buzzfeed forgets to mention, namely, that Paul's literary collaborator, Jack Hunter, is a racist piece of shit.  For Paul and his pals, liberty is a whites-only proposition.

Wise Up, Crack Dealers

Read a few chapters of Ayn Rand, etch "Hayek" on your vials, and you too can become a libertarian martyr.

(Racial exceptions may apply.)

Be warned, though, you will not be considered as heroic as the scampish, teen-like and probably (for all we know, right?) ineffectual fanboys who innocently fantasize about the brutal deaths of public officials.  They're the real victims.

Rod Dreher Will Be Handling Snakes By The End of The Week. And It Won't Be A Euphemism This Time

Bad news for the Rodbotherer:

One of the strongest factors underlying views of same-sex marriage is religion, and the sense that homosexuality is in conflict with one’s religious beliefs. White evangelical Protestants stand out for their deep opposition to same-sex marriage: Just 27% favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry, while 70% oppose it (43% strongly oppose); by contrast, majorities of both Catholics (56%) and white mainline Protestants (62%) support same-sex marriage, along with an overwhelming majority (85%) of the religiously unaffiliated.

Rod's already practicing stigmata.