Thursday, May 29, 2008
Among many runner-ups, the most moronic political moment of the year thus far
This post is for the benefit of those without cable television who've missed the latest in right wing noise machine melodrama. Another of those moments you just can't satire in any way that outdoes the real thing. Michelle Malkin isn't the brightest bulb on the tree in the first place, but as Ed Wood remarked after completing his masterpiece Plan 9 from Outer Space - "this is the one I'll be remembered for," - Michelle has carved her own niche.See the scarf on Rachel Raye? That's a terror scarf. No really! Worthy of a threat of boycott. But what's truly amazing isn't the comment itself. We're talking about the woman who puts private phone numbers on her blog for millions of ditto heads to terrorize her targets of disdain. What's amazing is that Dunkin Donuts caved! That's right, the ad was pulled!
It's not like a boycott from me will make any difference. I haven't eaten one of their things since I was about 12. But I sure won't go out of my way now.
In the meantime, I think I'm going to buy a keffeyeh or two. You can buy them here.
Oh, and not that it means anything, but Raye wasn't actually wearing a keffeyeh. It was just a run-of-the-mill paisley scarf.
Addendum: Daniel Goldbloom writes about the real controversy of the ad.
On a side note, why is Rachael Ray even in Dunkin' Donuts ads in the first place? The fact that someone known as a chef would agree to promote Dunkin' Donuts is the real crime here. Then again, if Ms. Ray were promoting Tim Hortons, I'd probably be all for it.Meanwhile, the Indy 500 may also be guilty of terror symbolism chic.
Malkin isn't the only blogger gunning for Raye. But maybe this is why Sen. McCain is avoiding Malkin like the plague.
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“Michelle Malkin isn't the brightest bulb on the tree”
That is an understatement. The good thing about this is that for anybody who was wondering, It expose in no uncertain terms that stupidity of other bloggers such as Little Green Snotballs.
That is an understatement. The good thing about this is that for anybody who was wondering, It expose in no uncertain terms that stupidity of other bloggers such as Little Green Snotballs.
# posted by 
: Fri May 30, 04:34:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 04:34:00 AM
Eric is going on a shopping spree to buy a few of these icons of genocide ?
# posted by : Fri May 30, 04:45:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 04:45:00 AM 
No Stevie. We’re talking about scarves that your right wing neocon brothers and sisters have labeled icons of genocide. This is serious business Stevie. Quit making fun of a situation that could bring down our government and cause American blood to flow in the streets of every city of our country. We’re talking about “Icons of genocide” Stevie. Get on board.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/05/rachel-ray-dunk.html
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/05/rachel-ray-dunk.html
# posted by : Fri May 30, 07:02:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 07:02:00 AM
Let's all wear swastika t-shirts cuz we all know that symbol predated nazi Germany.
# posted by : Fri May 30, 07:12:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 07:12:00 AM
I saw this on the news last night, and you are absolutely right, Eric, this is right up there with the purple teletubbies scare.
The last thing we should eva do is to deprive True Americans in their pursuit of obesity and diabetes.
Shouldn't Michelle be claiming this as a public service?
Shouldn't Michelle be claiming this as a public service?
# posted by : Fri May 30, 10:07:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 10:07:00 AM
If it isn't the checkered pattern, is it still a keffiyeh? That scarf on Rachael Ray looks like it is a paisley pattern, not checks. Is it just the fringe? Lots of the scarfs at "hip" places like Urban Outfitters have the fringe-y thing going on.
And Michelle Malkin has also been photographed with a keffiyeh (and one that looks more like an actual keffiyeh! Talk about incongruous!): Malkin with Keffiyeh
And Michelle Malkin has also been photographed with a keffiyeh (and one that looks more like an actual keffiyeh! Talk about incongruous!): Malkin with Keffiyeh
# posted by : Fri May 30, 11:59:00 AM
: Fri May 30, 11:59:00 AM
"No Stevie. We’re talking about scarves that your right wing neocon brothers and sisters have labeled icons of genocide. This is serious business Stevie. Quit making fun of a situation that could bring down our government and cause American blood to flow in the streets of every city of our country. We’re talking about “Icons of genocide” Stevie. Get on board."
You may be talking "Icons of genocide", Pammy, but so far you're only talking to yourself. Your hot links to the real dirt don't work. No one knows what the hell you're talking about.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepa
You may be talking "Icons of genocide", Pammy, but so far you're only talking to yourself. Your hot links to the real dirt don't work. No one knows what the hell you're talking about.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepa
Try cut and paste Stevie.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/05/rachel-ray-dunk.html
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/05/rachel-ray-dunk.html
# posted by : Fri May 30, 04:52:00 PM
: Fri May 30, 04:52:00 PM
Well, well, Stormfront's Jewish counterpart. Of course Eric will let Pam's link stand and I do hope all of you go to it...and see Jewish rightwing paranoia in action. I mean just look at her so-called links on the headscarf which if you look closely has a pattern nothing at all like the keffiyah ones--that's paranoia to see patterns that don't exist.
paranoia self-test: will an evil anon now post something about Steve Lewis being paranoid not Pam? I'll consult the I Ching with my ruin stones..
Tahoe Donut, at the Y in South Lake Tahoe, has the best doughnuts on Earth. I have no idea how a family of Cambodians learned how to make the world's best doughnuts AND keep their trim physiques, but there you have it.
Michelle Malkin is a blithering idiot.
Michelle Malkin is a blithering idiot.
Best donuts I ever had were in Bellingham Washington in a bakery on the south side, but it's been out of business for over a decade. I've never tasted anything like the guy's banana fritters.
How are the donuts in the place next to Safeway in Eureka? I've meant to try them, but haven't. Anybody?
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How are the donuts in the place next to Safeway in Eureka? I've meant to try them, but haven't. Anybody?
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