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May 14th, 2012 - 6:44 pm § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS: Michelle to Speak at Republican Convention in Tacoma!

MALKIN NAMED CONVENTION BANQUET SPEAKER Republicans attending the Tacoma Convention will not want to miss Michelle Malkin as the banquet speaker.  Her scathing assessment of the Obama Administration makes her one of the most powerful women in American politics. Here’s what the Vitae Foundation re[...]

May 14th, 2012 - 1:10 pm § in Misc.

Slur of the Day: What Russians call Americans

Pindos (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) Originally used by Russian troops as a disparaging term for an American soldier during Kosovo War. Currently is applied to any American.[...]

May 14th, 2012 - 1:08 pm § in America

BREAKING NEWS: House of Representayives Trying to Force War with Iran!

A CALL FOR HELP FROM PEACE NOW! The House is scheduled to vote tomorrow on H. Res. 568, an Iran-focused resolution that seeks to lower the bar for war, to tie the President’s hands in negotiations, and to effectively take all options, except the military option, off the table. It appears to be no [...]

May 14th, 2012 - 10:21 am § in America

Wisconsin needs business Democrats

If something were to happen to President Obama, Jo Biden would be the first labor class US President. Labor in the US is increasingly irrelevant to the Democratic base. Look at what is happening in Wisconsin! 626,538 turned out in the primaries for the unopposed union busing governor, Walker.  In c[...]

May 14th, 2012 - 9:41 am § in America

The Shooting Range

Goddamned racist America, Pharygula by PZ Myers A few years ago, at TAM, Blake Stacey and I took Ben Goldacre to a shooting range — we wanted to introduce him to the real America. Once we got there, though, we discovered an unexpected challenge: we had to choose a paper target to shoot at, and [&h[...]

May 14th, 2012 - 9:11 am § in Misc.

BREAKING NEWS:Greece to go bankrupt by July?

Greece will run out of money soon, warns deputy prime minister Greece’s deputy prime minister has said the country will run out of money in six weeks unless it honours its bitterly-disputed EU bailout deal.[...]

May 14th, 2012 - 4:53 am § in Misc.

The AVE Challenge

What is “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” A. The longest word in the English Dictionary B. The cause of lung cancer c. Scientific term for “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious“ d. Long form for antidisestablishmentarianism e. A word made up for board games.  [...]

May 14th, 2012 - 4:21 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics

Do Pollsters Lie?

  Reposted from Daily Kos Electionsby Steve SingiserRasmussen’s status as an infallible pollster to the right, and a inevitable source of derision to the left, has been well established for years. But, looking at some of their recent polling (most notably, their daily tracking poll of the[...]