Tag Archives: Nutpicking

Today in nutpicking

Posted on 3/25/2012 by John Casey

It is good, every now and then, to take a look at the kind hateful bile that spews forth from internet commenters.  Charles Johnson, former right wing blogger, takes a look at Fox News commenters on Obama and the Trayvon … Continue reading →

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He tweeted me so unfairly

Posted on 7/15/2011 by John Casey

I always (I think) name names here because it's hard to cite someone's arguments without naming them by name.  But sometimes, I've noticed, one does hear the expression, "I won't name names here."  I ran across an instance of this … Continue reading →

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Daily Show on Nutpicking

Posted on 1/28/2011 by John Casey

Watch at this link for a fun back-and-forth between Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly on the argumentum ad Hitlerum.  TL;DR for O'Reilly, his Nazi invocation (about "the left") is just fine because his assistants found an anonymous commenter at a … Continue reading →

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Compound error

Posted on 2/16/2009 by John Casey

I read these things and shake my head: Last week’s column about Denis Rancourt, a University of Ottawa professor who is facing dismissal for awarding A-plus grades to his students on the first day of class and for turning the … Continue reading →

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