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September 26th, 2012 - 11:10 am § in Politics

Commentary by SMS:STENCHGATE I do not think even Paul Krugman can help Mitt!

Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Iowa Republican Party told the  New York Times  “I hate to say this, but if Ryan wants to run for national office again, he’ll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.” The “stench” seems to be spreading.  A report[...]

September 26th, 2012 - 10:35 am § in America

AlJazeera: Clarence Thomas

from al Jazeera Perhaps you’re familiar with Clarence Thomas, the Long-Dong-Silver-loving US Supreme Court Justice. With a new term beginning on The Court, he has just passed the five-year mark for not only saying nothing of value while hearing cases, but nothing at all. Yes, you read that cor[...]

September 26th, 2012 - 10:14 am § in Uncategorized

Mark Fiore Cartoon: The Paul Ryan Action Figure

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September 26th, 2012 - 8:13 am § in China, Misc.

APPLESAUCE

Read more by clicking the tag for Apple or Goldfinger.[...]

September 26th, 2012 - 7:49 am § in Misc.

Election 2012

from Huff Post: In Florida, a state widely considered a must-win for Romney, results ranged from a whopping 9 point Obama lead (53 to 43 percent) on the new CBS/Times/Quinnipiac poll, to a 4 point Obama advantage on the Washington Post poll (51 to 47 percent), to a much narrower 1 point edge for Oba[...]

September 25th, 2012 - 11:03 pm § in Misc.

Sonyblad Cameras Coming!

  Hasselblad and Sony usher in a ‘new dawn’ with a long-term partnership that will enable the high-end medium format camera manufacturer to diversify for the first time into new market segments. The Swedish company Hasselblad, pioneer and developer of the H System, the world’s most advanc[...]

September 25th, 2012 - 12:47 pm § in Jews, Misc.

Yom Kippur Video

Recriuting Cheredi via video![...]

September 25th, 2012 - 10:28 am § in America, Politics

Romneyism: Paul Ryan insists he still has crazy views on abortion that his running mate finds ‘offensive

Ryan explains why he thinks women should be forced to give birth after rape. “Congressman’s Akin comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong,” Romney said. “Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive.” […] “I have an entirely different view[...]

September 25th, 2012 - 9:44 am § in Misc.

ROMNEYISM: The view from a Brit

Spin is normal in politics, but Romney is pioneering a cynical strategy of reducing fact and truth to pure partisanship excerpts: Pointing out that Romney is consistently not telling the truth .. risks simply falling into the category of the usual “he-said, she-said” of American politics[...]

September 25th, 2012 - 7:53 am § in Misc.

ELECTION 2012

Todays prognosis: On the Republican side, outspoken South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said that by every economic standard, Mitt Romney should be headed for a win over President Barack Obama, with coattails for down-ticket offices. But in acknowledging a trend in the polls against the GOP standard-[...]