September 2011
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Don't look at this episode as Obama backing down. ... →
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“The President created this polarized environment and now he has to deal with it.”
– Alex Castellanos just said something to this extent on AC360. Sorry, I was too distracted trying to figure out exactly what the hell he was talking about. President Obama created this environment? I’m pretty sure Obama’s not the one throwing around names like foreign-born, Muslim extremist,...
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Did Stephen Hawking Just Win the Most Outrageous... →
jtotheizzoe:
The Large Hadron Collider has analyzed enough data to eliminate the Higgs Boson with 95% confidence.
Looks like someone may owe Hawking a beer …
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““Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Leader:)
Our Nation faces unprecedented economic...”
– TEXT: Obama’s Letter to Boehner, Reid on Joint Session of Congress
Boehner’s response, translated: “No. Go fuck yourself. Also: If you really want to make a televised speech to Congress, change the date from September 7th to September 8th — the same night as the NFL’s opening game. I’m sure that...
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Pro tip: if a person of Pulitzer Prize-winning... →
August 2011
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“In the summer of 2004, after Tropical Storm Gaston slammed into Richmond,...”
– The Hill, “Cantor In Tricky Spot On Disaster Aid.”
I think they meant “dicky.” As in “dickshit fucker.”
(via inothernews)
Education Department Backs Away From Fix to Help...
abbyjean:
After suffering from panic attacks and episodes of psychosis, Donita McDonald was diagnosed with a severe mental illness in 2009. She was unable to work or attend school, and the Social Security Administration declared the 21-year-old disabled. After the ruling, her family turned to the Department of Education, appealing to have her thousands of dollars in student loans forgiven. The...
“For twelve years this nation was afflicted with hear-nothing, see-nothing,...”
– Franklin Roosevelt
Team Obama Finds Hope for 2012 in a History Lesson | Swampland
“Why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years...”
– Ronald Reagan
Team Obama Finds Hope for 2012 in a History Lesson | Swampland
“Two Presidents in the last century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936 and Ronald...”
– Team Obama Finds Hope for 2012 in a History Lesson | Swampland
“the ‘establishment’ of the tea party movement.”
– Tea party groups split over Romney speech - The Fix - The Washington Post
File under “words that sound odd together”
“There is one president. There is 20 some odd debates.”
– Jay Carney, on how the White House is rocking the power of incumbency (via blogonthe)
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“Several House freshmen who swept into power vowing to change Washington’s ways...”
– USA Today, “House Freshmen Push Bills That Would Benefit Big Donors.”
The true face of the Tea Party faction of the GOP. (via inothernews)
“A dying granny tells her granddaughter, “I want to leave you my farm, that...”
– passed along by a friend
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The Election March of the Trolls - Chris Hedges →
leftish:
Here’s a small excerpt from this excellent post by Chris Hedges that I found on Truthout.org and I hope you take the time to read:
“A society is in serious trouble when its political pariahs have at the core of their demands a return to the rule of law. This inversion, with our political and cultural outcasts demanding a respect for law, highlights the awful fact that the most radical...
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No Expertise Please, We're Republicans →
pantslessprogressive:
Headline of the day.
Asking And Telling The President →
In anticipation of the September 20 end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, GQ interviewed gay soldiers from the past 70 years about their experiences. From a Marine on White House duty:
Since I’m a single officer in the Marine barracks and I’ve got the highest security clearance you can get, I also serve at the White House in close quarters with President Bush and President Obama at social events....
“There’s no need to list the horrors of white supremacy from the Colonial era...”
– Leaning Right: How Conservative Myths Stoke Racial Fear (via robot-heart-politics)
“Bachmann says that European immigrants “did not come here for the promise of a...”
– Leaning Right: How Conservative Myths Stoke Racial Fear (via robot-heart-politics)
“Studies find that with identical résumés, those with “white sounding” names have...”
– Leaning Right: How Conservative Myths Stoke Racial Fear (via robot-heart-politics)
“The right generally insists that white racism has no real effect on people’s...”
– Leaning Right: How Conservative Myths Stoke Racial Fear (via robot-heart-politics)
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“Don’t expect anybody to throw a tea party, but Big Government finally got one...”
– Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, “Hurricane Irene and the Benefits of Big Government” (via inothernews)
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“The population of the United States is more than 300 million and it includes...”
– An excerpt from Richard Dawkin’s great article about how Presidential Candidate Rick Perry claimed that evolution is “a theory that’s out there”. It’s worth your time to read the whole thing. (via balltillifall)
