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August 4th, 2015 - 12:04 pm § in Politics

What it’s like living in a country run by Republicans

During the Bush administration, Republicans enacted a federal law giving gun dealers legal immunity. Citing that law, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by the family of a Colorado theater shooting victim against the dealer who sold the bullet that killed their daughter, and ordered them to pay the[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 11:47 am § in Politics

GOP reveals its 2016 platform

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August 4th, 2015 - 11:32 am § in America

Exceptionalism

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August 4th, 2015 - 10:51 am § in Uncategorized

Trump supports gov’t shutdown to destroy Planned Parenthood

GOP Donald Trump said today on a conservative radio show that “he believes Republicans should shut down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood,” CBS News reports. Trump apparently is trying to establish his radical rightwing chops ahead of Fox News’ pre-primary Republi[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 9:51 am § in Misc.

Forest Service plots pogrom against beloved Arizona wild horses

Wild horse lovers across the West are outraged by a National Forest Service scheme to liquidate a much-loved wild horse herd to make room for cattle grazing under a pretext of public safety with minimal public notice. On July 31, Tonto National Forest published a 7-day “livestock removal notic[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 8:28 am § in Misc.

Voter ID for the dead?

(Utah, HANEWS) Having decided not to run for re election so he could serve as an Apostle,  Mitt Romney has announced that he supports voting rights for the passed. The soon to be former President said “Just as an unborn fetus is a person because it has a soul, so must the right to vote neve[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 7:45 am § in Misc.

Goldy and Steve: VOTE DAMNIT VOTE!

Turnout, Turnout, Turnout! by Goldy — from HorsesAss Tuesday, 8/4/15, 7:35 am Despite all the reports of low turnout, it looks to me like it’s going to be pretty normal for an odd-year primary—north of 30 percent, at least here in Seattle. But to be honest, I’m not sure what to make of the�[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 1:54 am § in Jews, Misc.

Why Do South Carolina Jews Deny Jewish Racism?

Over at William Quick’s website named Steveshits, my brother in law   claims that I have said that “the KKK was founded in “Charleston South Carolina, where principles of the KK [sic] were written in a synagogue.[sic]” Sadly Bill is wrong about the racist history of the synagogue he now[...]

August 4th, 2015 - 1:28 am § in Misc.

Hey hey hey … ho ho ho ..Mississippi is the next to go

August 4 , 1964: The bodies  of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner are found in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, MS. are found in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, MS.[...]