July 2011
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Why Isn't Obama Using the 14th Amendment to Raise...
Following the advice of Bill Clinton, Obama should cite the 14th Amendment, raise the debt ceiling on his own, and then loudly chastise Congress for being more ineffective and dysfunctional than it’s been in generations. This “bipartisan,” “we can all come to an agreement” strategy clearly isn’t working. And meanwhile, the entire world is watching as some of...
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WatchFareed Zakaria Explains Washington’s “Extraordinary Polarization”
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Atheists Sue to Keep 'Cross' Out of 9/11 Museum
The American Atheists have sued the National September 11th Memorial and Museum over its inclusion of a “cross” found in the Word Trade Center wreckage.
Of course, there is nothing remarkable, and certainly not miraculous, about a T-shaped piece of steel found amidst the rubble of a destroyed building. In fact, it’s even less impressive than seeing Jesus’ face in a...
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Awesome News: "Mad Men" is Now on Netflix Instant
Hell yeah!
Netflix: Mad Men
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Websites and Phone Lines Crash as Americans Voice...
from National Journal:
When Obama told Americans to contact their representatives to show support for his debt-ceiling plan, the response was so strong it overwhelmed some House telephone lines and websites.
On Tuesday morning, House officials said calls to telephone circuits there are hitting near capacity, with many callers getting busy signals. An alert advised members’ offices to...
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Tax Avoiding Corporations Might Take Another...
from Matt Taibbi:
“We’re seriously talking about defaulting on our debt, and cutting Medicare and Social Security, so that Google can keep paying its current 2.4 percent effective tax rate and GE, a company that received a $140 billion bailout en route to worldwide 2010 profits of $14 billion, can not only keep paying no taxes at all , but receive a $3.2 billion tax credit from the...
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“It’s very hard to apologize to a dog because they’re a stupid...”
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A Quick Reminder of Which Party Actually Lowers...
Increase debt/GDP (in percentage points)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -3.3%
Ronald Reagan (1981-1985) +11.3%
Ronald Reagan (1985-1989) +9.3%
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) +13%
Bill Clinton (1993-1997) -0.7%
Bill Clinton (1997-2001) -9%
George W. Bush (2001-2005) +7.1%
George W. Bush (2005-2009) +20.7%
Barack Obama (2009-present) +9%
Obama is the only Democratic president since 1945 to be in...
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Only 19% of Republicans Think Obama is Going to...
This may be one of the most nonsensical polls ever conducted but I am greatly amused by the thought of someone standing there, stroking their chin, and considering whether or not Obama would be raptured.
If Heaven is a place filled with Sarah Palins and devoid of people like Obama, it really isn’t much of a paradise, is it? Here’s hoping I don’t float up into the sky when...
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The Crime, Squalor, and Vice of "News of the...
from an article by Christopher Hitchens in Slate:
…for decades, in fact since well back into the mid-Victorian epoch, the News of the World was the winning formula for the depiction of crime and squalor and vice.
Hand it to Rupert Murdoch and his minions: They got hold of the solid old “News of the Screws” or “Nudes of the World” and made it into a paper where the...
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“I was 24, and this is the condition: pretending to know everything, while...”
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Poll: 67% of Americans Want to Tax the Rich, Only...
This is just one more piece of evidence that Republicans have turned sharply to the right and are drifting farther away from the center. Their position on the debt ceiling deal is simply not reasonable, nor is it popular with Americans.
Despite our country’s unacceptable income inequality, we have a major political party insisting on maintaining the status quo. This might sound...
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Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion" Now...
“Contagion” Trailer - iTunes
This looks impressive. It’s the first feature film to be shot on the RED Epic and boasts the amazing cast (excluding Gwyenth Paltrow) of Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes, Elliot Gould, and Demetri Martin. In theaters September 9.
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Michele Bachmann's Thoughts on Homosexuality
“We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It’s not funny, it’s sad. Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle-we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It’s a very sad life. It’s...
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Why Republicans are the Cause of So Many Problems
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Man Protesting Motorcycle Helmet Laws Dies from...
Ha! Dumbass.
from Syracuse.com:
“A Parish man who was participating in a motorcycle helmet protest ride was killed this afternoon when he went over the handlebars of his motorcycle and injured his head on the pavement, state police said.”
“Evidence at the scene and information from the attending physician indicate Contos would have survived if he had been wearing a...
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