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Poppycock

Poppycock: A word you'd expect to be dirtier or more painful than it really is.

Thank you for that mental image....
>> ^brycewi19:
or more painful

First he slips up the 'J-Lo block party' line (that will never happen again), now 'poppycock'. Is Freud on-call?

In all seriousness, he's become a voice of reason on cable news - not just Fox. He called out both sides for how stupid they are, which is about as accurate a call as any talking head has made.

horsefeathers! bullpucky, even!
i said good day, sir!

btw, in his case it's Shepard.
was going to just update the tags, but i can't correct the title, so you might as well do both.

>> ^brycewi19:
Poppycock: A word you'd expect to be dirtier or more painful than it really is.


I think perhaps this might have something to do with it :-D.

Go Shep!

I hadn't heard the term before so I don't know the different cultural applications of the word but between soft dung/diarrhea or caramelized popcorn it doesn't look like a good thing. Here's Wikipedia's definitions:

Poppycock - Anglicized form of the Dutch pappekak,[1] which literally means soft dung or diarrhea (from Dutch pap pap + kak dung) - is an interjection meaning "nonsense" or "balderdash".

Poppycock is also a brand of candied popcorn. Though it is marketed in a variety of combinations, the original mixture consists of clusters of popcorn, almonds, and pecans covered in a candy glaze. Other specialty combinations include mixtures with emphasis on cashews, chocolate, and pecans.[2]
>> ^JiggaJonson:
>> ^brycewi19:
Poppycock: A word you'd expect to be dirtier or more painful than it really is.

I think perhaps this might have something to do with it :-D.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Filling the Alan Colmes token liberal vacuum at Fox.

>> ^dag:
Filling the Alan Colmes token liberal vacuum at Fox.


His views are not so easily rendered in any one light. I have a fair amount of respect for him though. He went into Israel during the whole Hezbollah thing, and when he came back the "Mel Gibson hates jews" things was the top order of the day. As they transitioned to black, he muttered something to the effect of "Ya, there is a war going on and people are dying, but lets talk about Mel Gibson, that's important". It was so sarcastic that I can't convey it in text

Shep is the only Fair and balanced reporter of either side and he's just likable. On FOX HE reports the news. The others Beck and O'Reilly are biased but they are upfront about it.

Quite the shock to see this on Fox.

Yeah democrats who are attempting to have a conversation about health care and include republicans really do have to say that they tried. Shep is probably right that there's no damn chance republicans will want to cooperate. But they still have to be given the opportunity.

And reconciliation will kill bi-partisanship? If repubs have demonstrated anything over the last year it's that they're aggressively not interested in bi-partisanship. They collectively have their reelection strategy in place; criticize everything and pass nothing. And why weren't they concerned with reconciliation killing bi-partisanship when the Bush administration used it TWICE to pass tax cuts for the wealthy? Surely the Obama administration has at least one coming their way.

Though honestly I wouldn't care if they just nuked the filibuster. Or whatever they like to call it. It has always seemed like a weaselly abuse of rules.

No offense, but if anyone is interested in real journalism, who's intrests aren't cynicism, and ratings, but objective reporting on all the issues in America, then watch bill moyers. I'm sick of seeing people applauding all these baffoons. youve been duped, we don't even know what good journalism is anymore, and most of the younger generation have probably never heard it at all. Mostly because It's boring and depressing, but at least it's classier than poppycock.

>> ^highdileeho:
No offense, but if anyone is interested in real journalism, who's intrests aren't cynicism, and ratings, but objective reporting on all the issues in America, then watch bill moyers. I'm sick of seeing people applauding all these baffoons. youve been duped, we don't even know what good journalism is anymore, and most of the younger generation have probably never heard it at all. Mostly because It's boring and depressing, but at least it's classier than poppycock.


Nevermind, I was just going to catch up on the news to discover todays show is a farewell episode.
god, i hope we haven't just lost the last sane voice we had left that was giving us our information.

Shep earns my respect not because of a common sense outburst, but because of consistent outbursts of common sense.

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now is another great voice. But Bill Moyers will be missed.>> ^highdileeho:
>> ^highdileeho:
No offense, but if anyone is interested in real journalism, who's intrests aren't cynicism, and ratings, but objective reporting on all the issues in America, then watch bill moyers. I'm sick of seeing people applauding all these baffoons. youve been duped, we don't even know what good journalism is anymore, and most of the younger generation have probably never heard it at all. Mostly because It's boring and depressing, but at least it's classier than poppycock.

Nevermind, I was just going to catch up on the news to discover todays show is a farewell episode.
god, i hope we haven't just lost the last sane voice we had left that was giving us our information.