From FACEBOOK According to Joel Kolbo On Saturday, 4/4/2015, a small group of American citizens, assisted by a trooper from the Washington State Police, removed the flag of Communist China from the state capitol building in Olympia, Washington. The flag was placed between the U.S. and state flags [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tea party’
Radical Republicans: Inhofe
Faith-based reasoning is intrinsically anti-science: U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is a staunch critic of climate science and in line to become one of America’s most powerful voices on environmental policies. Inhofe is expected to chair the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works[...]
Anniversary of Hitler’s Democratic Triumph
Hitler only got 1/3 of the vote ,,,about what the Tea Party controls here.[...]
March 1st, 2015 - 2:39 am § in Misc.
What State Has The Highest Death Rate From Cancer?
Kentucky, home of the Creationist Museum, has the highest cancer death rate in the country — 227 per 100,000 people. It also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers at 25.6 percent.[...]
FACEBOOK: Is Torture Justified?
This thread began with a post from The Ave on Giuliani’s bizarre attack on Obama. The comment thread expanded to a very thoughtful discussion of torture and of the US commitment to Israel. Mirel Goldenberg Stephen Schwartz. How you obtain information from a detained fanatic terrorist? How [...]
February 21st, 2015 - 10:11 pm § in Politics
The Tea Party Purity Pledge
(Also known as the “keep your goddamn government hands off my Medicare!” declaration of independence) The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge I, ________________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that[...]
Salaita Wants War
SHOULD A WAR HAWK BE A PROFESSOR? Last night I went to hear Steven Salaita’s talk. He was invited to speak after Phyllis Wise, the former UW Provost and now Chancellor of the University of Illinois, overturned an offer by her school to hire Salaita for his expertise in the sociology of the conq[...]