Ersatz (adj.)- a cheap imitation of inferior quality.

Welcome to your ersatz The Daily Show/The Colbert Report Spoiler and Chat Thread.

Welcome, New Users, to The Daily Kos.  This Diary is intended to help you orient yourself to the site and ask questions about how to use it.

In the Body you will find some links intended to get you participating more effectively.  Also in the Body this week is a discussion of DocuDharma.

After that you can ask me any question you want.  I don't know all the answers so if you stump me, you do.  I invite those wiser than I to contribute and correct (or raise a ruckus, just don't scare people).

No permission slips needed, join us at the deep end of the pool for adult swim.

Welcome, New Users, to The Daily Kos.  This Diary is intended to help you orient yourself to the site and ask questions about how to use it.

In the Body you will find some links intended to get you participating more effectively.  Also in the Body this week is a discussion of the New York Times Magazine on Trolls.

After that you can ask me any question you want.  I don't know all the answers so if you stump me, you do.  I invite those wiser than I to contribute and correct (or raise a ruckus, just don't scare people).

No permission slips needed, join us at the deep end of the pool for adult swim.

So I ran across this while surfing Yahoo News-

• Hollywood Takes on the Left

  Stephen F. Hayes, Weekly Standard
  Wed Aug 13, 1:45 PM ET

You'll note it's from the Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol's rag.

David Zucker is doing an allegorical remake of A Chrismas Carol called An American Carol, which like Ben Stein's Expelled is supposed to combat left wing Hollywood bias.

Oh and it's entertaining and funny and will make money too.  This is Hollywood baby.  Would I lie to you?

Spoilers below the fold.

You may remember my brother the activist.  I keep trying to get him to post, but he's shy and busy.  He sent me this yesterday and I thought I'd share it with you.- ek

dday has a highly recommended reprint of his Hullabaloo (digby's place) piece on the Rec List right now.

I have collected some of Glenn Greenwald's recent pieces on the subject for my readers on DocuDharma and I thought I'd share them with you here too.