hubris

BOBOS IN PARADISE LOST  3:45 pm December 19, 2012

David Brooks To Teach Next Generation Of Elites To Be ‘Humble,’ At Yale

by Kris E. Benson

Yes, by virtue of his New York Times column and his occasional PBS appearances, David Brooks has been qualified to teach something. And — get this — it is a class in HUMILITY. Which will be taught to the children of the 1% at Yale.  Everything about this begs to be made fun of.

ONE OF US ONE OF US  9:07 am November 8, 2012

Mitt Romney’s Transition Website Was Live An Entire Day After He Lost, Because He Is Terrible At Politics

by Rebecca Schoenkopf

O hai Romney transition website developer! Did you know that if you have a website you do not yet want people to see yet, you can hide it? Like, you could put up a splash page that says “coming soon,” with kittens with googly eyes, or you could just have it in development pages and [...]

THE MORE YOU KNOW UNLESS YOU HAVE ALZHEIMER'S AND THEN YOU KNOW LESS  5:05 pm May 17, 2012

Obama Just Cold Trolling Conservatives With Obama-Centric Reagan Bio

by Rebecca Schoenkopf

We at Your Wonkette found it kind of tacky and ridiculous when we read everywhere that some tone-deaf deciderer on Obama’s communications staff had decidered to update each former president’s biography with references to Bamz himself. A little hubristic, fellows, no? But that was before we saw that this included even St. Ronald Reagan! And [...]

PARSIN'  11:25 am March 2, 2011

Journalism Suggests Sheila Jackson Lee Is a Murderer

by Jack Stuef

Today The Daily Caller, for some reason, has a long profile on all the objectionable things Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has done over the years. It is a lot of things! Why is it that people with power are so commonly awful and so rarely humble? Humanity sucks! But there is evidence Jackson Lee is [...]


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