This is my problem. When climate change scientists make their catastrophic warnings, they are completely ignoring the historical record. In many ways, they are as Luddite against this historical record as the far right is against their work. I also have a problem with this in that this historical record of warming and drought is being completely ignored. Which is worse – ignoring history and living for science, or ignoring …Read the Rest
Wednesday’s Hero – Paul Gleason
Paul GleasonNot everyone who could be considered a hero has fought for their country. Paul Gleason, a retired history teacher, …Read the Rest
PART II: Liberal Science v. Conservative Science = Abject Idiocy
This is yet another of those ‘no brainer’ Pink Flamingo posts I decided to toss together as quick and easy. …Read the Rest
Our Non-Christian Founding Fathers
The following is from an essay entitled Suffer Not a Witch, that is part of an upcoming book I’m writing …Read the Rest
Manufactured Political Outrage, Far Right Style
Newt Gingrich thinks the GOP is in danger of overreaching like they did 1998. He ought to know. No matter …Read the Rest
The Really Important Stuff of Life: Star Trek!
I never saw this one coming. The bad guy is Kahn! I figured it was going to be Gary Mitchell, …Read the Rest
Rancid Tea & Very Little Sympathy
It’s now so bad, that Republican Congressman Tom Price, from Georgia (where else) says that Barack Obama now no longer …Read the Rest
The Rise of the American Oligarchs
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? Luke …Read the Rest
Wednesday’s Hero – Lt. Alan Wood
Lt. Alan Wood 90 years old from Sierra Madre, Ca. May 3, 1922 – April 18, 2013 Alan Wood didn’t …Read the Rest
PART II: Tea for Two & the IRS
“…”The IRS commissioner was a Republican appointed by [former President George W.] Bush, who his term expired in November,” Brazile …Read the Rest
PART I: Tea for Two & the IRS
“…”The IRS commissioner was a Republican appointed by [former President George W.] Bush, who his term expired in November,” Brazile …Read the Rest
Opera, Historical Accuracy & Costuming
I don’t know if I like the idea of Rigoletto being put into the 1950s and Las Vegas, with a …Read the Rest
Far Right Idiots Hit New Low
Just when you think they can’t stoop any lower, they have. We should have realized, yesterday, when Rush Limbaugh made …Read the Rest
The Usual Anti-Immigration Hate Machine Is Alive & We..
There Heritage Foundation is distancing itself from its racist study on amnesty. The Pink Flamingo is trying to ascertain if …Read the Rest
An Alternative Reality
The term alternative reality is synonymous with a parallel universe. It is defined as a hypothetical or fictional self-contained separate …Read the Rest
I Hate Sweet Tea
It is The Pink Flamingo’s considered opinion that Sweet Tea is going to bring about the downfall of civilization as …Read the Rest
Wednesday’s Hero – Capt. Lance P. Sijan
Capt. Lance P. Sijan 25 years old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron April 13, …Read the Rest
Don’t Sell My Stuff
If you’ve not heard the story, Kobe Bryant’s mother is planning to auction his stuff. He’s mad. She’s claiming he …Read the Rest
Onward NRA Soldiers, Marching off to …?
Do you need a bra holster or a pink gun? Do you plan to store your guns in your child’s …Read the Rest
Alzheimer’s, Compassion, and Brain Dead Stupidity
Life is a funny thing. Just when you think everything is going great, something happens and destroys that illusion. This …Read the Rest
A Societal Tipping Point or Just Plain Batsh*t Crazy?
In Roxbury, Mass, Orchard Gardens School was one of the worst. It was violent. The kids were horrors. They had …Read the Rest
Zero Tolerance Criminalizing Normal Boneheaded Teenage Behavior
Rarely in this crazy mixed up country of ours do you find an issue that has galvanized the right, left, …Read the Rest
May Is Melamona Month
This is just a classic image of a nevis – mole – that is cancerous with melanoma. It looks so …Read the Rest
Tim Tebow and God – An Epic Fail?
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a post about Tim Tebow’s faith, or what the man believes. This is about how …Read the Rest
Wednesday’s Hero – Col. Leo K. Thorsness
Col. Leo K. Thorsness 81 years old from Madison, Alabama 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing For conspicuous …Read the Rest
Conspiracies Are Us
Which came first, national paranoia, conspiracies, FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, etc. or simply a nation with …Read the Rest
Science Fiction as Social Commentary
The Pink Flamingo has a not so dirty little secret. I love science fiction. I’m a Trekkie, unfortunately, I admit …Read the Rest
Freedom from Religion
The Pink Flamingo may take a different view of ‘Freedom of Religion’ than a heck of a lot of people. …Read the Rest
Bachmann Overdrive
Last week, Bats*it Crazy Michele Bachmann officially endorsed the planned 9/11 National Day of Prayer and Fasting promoted by Joseph …Read the Rest
Left Hack, Right Hack, GWB & Honesty
During the dedication of the GWB library, The Pink Flamingo realized that I was there, as a fan and supporter …Read the Rest
Lost in Never Never Land
The dingbats of the far right continue to mine their solid gold cash cow that all Muslims are evil and …Read the Rest




























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