Lily Salter's Blog, page 1053
July 14, 2015
“The last of the known worlds to be explored”: A remarkable first peek at NASA’s historic Pluto images
It's a big day for space exploration and social media today, as NASA hands its exclusives off to Instagram
Scott Walker’s no-good, very-bad campaign: Why his supposedly ingenious electoral strategy could be doomed to fail
The Wisconsin governor should be a right-wing favorite this primary season—but so far, they don't trust him at al
Bran Stark is returning for “Game of Thrones” season six
Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright confirms he will be back next season
Scott Walker makes Mitt Romney look like FDR: The Kohl’s shopper is even more callous toward the poor
Calling the minimum wage a “lame idea,” Walker and the 2016 GOP field position themselves well to Romney's right
You beat Donald Trump by mocking him: GOP can shut him down by making him Rob Ford
Republicans have no idea how to handle Trump. There's only one way -- make him a laughingstock
July 13, 2015
Bill Maher and Fox News’s Muslim feminism: How Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Nomani embrace the soft Islamophobia of Western expectations
Hannity loves their criticism of Islam, NPR their personal triumph. But two voices must not define modern Muslims
“The Civil War never ended”: Jesse Jackson on the racist agenda which must come down with the Confederate flag
Exclusive: “South Carolina must decide if massacre is a moment of embarrassment or transformation,” he tells Salon
Fox News pastor: Churches that offer sanctuary worship a “wimpy little” Jesus “of their imagination”
"Jesus was not this wimpy little guy who walked around munching sunflower seeds and saying nice things to people"
John Oliver blasts Whoopi Goldberg for Bill Cosby defense
The host created a supercut showing Goldberg's 10 dumbest defenses through the years, from Chris Brown to torture
The Daily Donald: Rupert Murdoch unloads as Trump’s xenophobic campaign gains steam
The conservative media mogul is none too pleased about The Donald's rise
