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Forget politics for 90 mins
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langer: This is hands down the most bizarre thing I’ve ever witnessed in national politics. Even by South Carolina standards—the state of Mark Sanford, Joe Wilson, Preston Brooks, and John C. Calhoun—this aspires to a whole new level of crazy. Do watch the entire thing. I’ve never seen an interview quite like it.
theduty: holy. shit.
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Between 1980 and 2005, only 6% of terrorist attacks on US soil were committed by Muslim extremists.
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Loonwatch published an article a few months ago titled “All Terrorists are Muslims…Except the 94% That Aren’t.” (I’m pretty late on this one, it was out in January.) The article is based on an FBI publication on terrorist attacks in the US, and if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page you can see a complete list of all the attacks between 1980 and 2005. I almost pasted the list here, but it is way too long!
Alan Grayson’s H.R. 5353 “The War Is Making You Poor” Act
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”The U.S. military spending is as much as the entire rest of the world combined. And in fact the ones who come in seconds are our NATO allies in Europe, who I don’t expect to be attacking us anytime soon.”
Republicans' new Web site not exactly what they hoped it would be
“End Child Labor Laws,” suggests one helpful participant. “We coddle children too much. They need to spend their youth in the factories.”
“How about if Congress actually do thier job and VET or Usurper in Chief, Obama is NOT a Natural Born Citizen in any way,” recommends another. “That fake so called birth certificate is useless.”
“A ‘teacher’ told my child in class that dolphins were mammals and not fish!” a third complains. “And the same thing about whales! We need TRADITIONAL VALUES in all areas of education. If it swims in the water, it is a FISH. Period! End of Story.”
House Republicans, meet the World Wide Web.
(from the Washington Post, via tylercoates)
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With the launch of their fancy new moon-software based website (which, I gotta say, has the look of a tumblr theme) it seems members of the GOP still don’t quite get the internet. Some think posting to Twitter 5 times as often as — and having more Facebook fans than — Democrats means they’re “winning.” Little do they know that the more they tweet incoherent and abhorrent rants, the more they prove just the opposite.
I thought I was supposed to get a honeymoon. When does my honeymoon start after my victory?
Rand Paul, whining about the shitstorm he created (via apsies)
Since when does winning a primary lead to a honeymoon? It was just a warm up fight with your friends. You’re in the real fight now & with national attention.
Rand Paul on The Rachel Maddow Show
What I’ve mined from 15 minutes of him not answering “Do you believe that private business people should be able to decide whether they want to serve black people, or gays, or any other minority group?”:
Basically, he’s totally against racism and segregation but thinks private businesses (read: anywhere that’s not federal, state, or city owned and operated) shouldn’t be forced to agree. Though, he’d never be part of an establishment that promoted such things.
BTW Mr. Paul? Boston in 1840 is NOT relevant. And not accurate.
Bottom line: Good lord give this man a medal in dodge ball.
Tom the Dancing Bug: “New Gay Stereotype” by Ruben Bolling
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