October 2010
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“…the United States District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed...”
– Court Denies Compelling Evidence of Murder at Secret Site
via @mdp4202
September 2010
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“Suppose they say they are going to raise taxes on incomes above $250K. People...”
– How Tax Brackets Work — $250,001 Will Pay Five Cents More Tax
(Via Digby, who has a nifty video short on the subject.)
Well that’s certainly a smart way of doing it.
(via blackenedbutterfly)
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Greg Giraldo dies at age 44 of a drug overdose →
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Urge Congress to Crack Down on Crush Videos →
From the Humane Society:
“A 1999 investigation uncovered Internet traffic on a large scale involving “crush videos,” where women in high-heeled shoes impale, crush, stomp or smother small animals for the sexual titillation of viewers.
Public disgust over this horrifying subculture prompted Congress to take action. But last April, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the 1999 ...
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“The second story is that Democrats didn’t deliver what they promised: meaningful...”
– Drew Westen (via azspot)
THIS, this right here, is why the Obama administration and the Democratic Party are in trouble, not because Glenn Greenwald, Jane Hamsher, and Digby are being mean to poor widdle Barry. — Ryking
(via ryking)
“The 2 stories of the election before 2010. A biopsy...
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“This was not a gaffe. It was not a slip about the “professional...”
– Obama Scapegoats His Own Voters
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“I have to agree Jane. Its a stupid strategy. What is disappointing is that dem...”
– Loving this great comment on Hamsher’s latest post about the Obama blame game.
Obama's Blame Game: It's Not About Turning Out...
Agreed! It’s offensive and completely unreasonable for Obama and Biden to throw these insulting spitballs at us, when it’s they who have not delivered. Who in the heck is advising them to say this stuff?? “Blame the voters” is their strategy? Oh yeah, THAT’s going to whip us into shape and get us to support them, alright. Oh, and by the way - Obama has said...
Obama's Blame Game: It's Not About Turning Out...
I’m sick of Obama and other elected dems blaming the voters for their own piss-poor policies and actions - and we’re being asked by them, as well as many in the dem party, to STFU and support them to keep the right-wing from taking over. Guess what? If the elected dems would govern LEFT we wouldn’t have this problem, so if the right-wing takes over it is because of the actions...
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It’s too bad Britney Spears can’t dance as well as the actress who plays Brittany on Glee…!
John Stamos pays homage to Howard Stern with his entrance line, “Hey now!”. (They be personal friends IRL, and he’s actually a little whiny sometimes about not getting enough of Stern’s attention. That creeps me out almost as much as it amuses me. ROFL.)
I got...
Fatal car crash brings six years for defendant →
“BISBEE — A man was sentenced in Cochise County Superior Court to six years in prison on Friday as a result of a fatal car crash in 2008.
George Travis Adcock, 47, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Salvador Garcia with criminal negligence. The incident occurred at Davis Road and Frontier Road on April 9, 2008.
Attorneys stipulated in a plea agreement that he would serve six years...
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Pentagon’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Spouse Survey... →
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“Members of an American Army unit consumed with drug use randomly chose Afghan...”
– Court Hears of U.S. Unit Killing Afghan Civilians at Random (via ryking)
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“Senate Republicans successfully blocked a bill from coming to the Senate floor...”
– GOP blocks Democrats’ jobs outsourcing bill (via ryking)
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Portland area paving company fills in potholes for... →
“One man is offering his paving services at no charge to fill in troublesome potholes through his Potholes for Poverty program. But on one condition: if people chip in money or time to their favorite charity. Ken VanDomelen says people should call their city first to see if it will fix a pothole, but for anyone who’s still frustrated, his paving company offers a solution, a “win-win,” he...
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Dear Vice President Biden,
I’ll stop whining when you and the President do the job we elected you to do.
Love (pending),
America
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“Our three cats were basically rescues: we bought them to get them out of a...”
– Warren Ellis » Anton (via 1945)
I’m gonna go ahead & tell you all that this made me sob my little heart out.
(via aseaurchin)
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“The constant refrain [from the Obama administration] that liberals don’t...”
– Who said this, a liberal or conservative: “Barack The Terrible is a tyrant and a threat to the American people” (via ryking)
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mohandasgandhi:
Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson: ‘You don’t watch whales die and hold signs and do nothing’
Paul Watson doesn’t care what you think. The captain of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been putting himself between whales and harpoon ships for more than 30 years, preventing the killing of countless cetaceans. He’s been called a terrorist, a greater threat than Al-Qaeda, a...
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Bill O'Reilly to O'Donnell: I have dirt on you,... →
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Unfolding now: "all faggots must die" slur... →
texican:
I sent a message to patrioticconservative concerning some disturbing and misleading images they posted. They didn’t respond. The bit in [] is carification that wasn’t in the original. This is what I sent: I’m an off-site reader, I don’t have a tumblr, but I read this blog. But I made this account to be able to contact you. I am a lifelong conservative, and have enjoyed your posts,...
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Evidence Mounts of BP Spraying Toxic Dispersants →
Shirley is incredulous. “Why would anyone bring their children here and put them in water that has had millions of gallons of toxic chemicals dumped into it, not counting the oil itself?” she asks. “Why would you want to eat seafood that has been living and dying in the water, with all those contaminates?”
Truthout has earlier reported on other fisherman in the area, James “Catfish” Miller and...
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[Study Finds: Blacks No More Disruptive Than... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Gotta start the conditioning early, so that no one asks why crack cocaine gets your 11 times the prison sentence of powdered cocaine after the Senate allegedly addressed the problem (the disparity used to be that crack got you 100 times the sentence of powdered cocaine, which is used more commonly by the wealthy).
This continues into adulthood in the US, where more white...
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Lesbian Couple's Home Burned Down in Tennessee →
hotblondecocktail:
boxinhand:
“This lesbian couple reported that they received numerous threats from a neighbor–including a threat to “kill them and burn down their house”–over the span of the five years they lived in the town. On September 4th, their house was burned down to the ground and their garage was spray painted with the word “queers.”
There’s also a link in the article that...
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“…[W]e’ve come down to the “Final Assault” on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Harry Reid...”
– CALL TO ACTION: Senate Votes Needed To Break McCain DADT Filibuster
Pam’s got all the numbers. Start dialing. — Rying
(via ryking)
“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...”
– (via littlelightx)
My two cents: penises don’t equate to boobs (penis equates to vulva; male torso is closer to boobs, and there are a lot of male torsos in advertising). I can see the point being made here, but they’re two separate things (which do often overlap). Any advertising...
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Elizabeth Warren out as head of Consumer Financial... →
ryking:
No idea if this is another instance of Obama caving to Wall Street or Warren not wanting a highly-charged political position. I’m certainly disappointed, whatever the case may be.
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