May 2013
11 posts
How much does it cost Wyoming to hate Obama? →
cognitivedissonance:
Refusing to hand Obama a success, Wyoming leaders refused to extend unemployment benefits, run our own health exchange, or expand help for sick, poor people.
Kerry Drake’s brilliant column in WyoFile. Drake is also the editor of The Casper Citizen, a non-profit, community newspaper.
Hint: It costs Wyoming a hell of a lot.
“Following in the footsteps of former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum,...”
– Anyone regret slashing National Weather Service budget now? (via wilwheaton)
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Watchreallyfoxnews:
Jon Stewart destroys Fox News on their Benghazi coverage. Amazing.
“Now I’m not saying you have to like ABC, CBS, MSNBC or CNN—I really don’t care...”
– Allen Clifton in Why Fox News if Total Garbage (via reallyfoxnews)
tupuc:
tips on how to impress a girl:
dress like joe biden
show her your collection of joe biden memorabilia
talk like joe biden
show her your joe biden tattoo
be joe biden
April 2013
9 posts
slickandclever:
Want to Annoy Republicans? Show Them This…
Every once in a while I like to use what I call “fun facts to tick off Republicans.” Just a few facts that conservatives might argue with, yet can’t really counter without looking foolish.
nosdrinker:
the worst fandom is probably the second amendment fandom
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CISPA has just passed the House: R's 219 YEA, 4...
thinksquad:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h109
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Lady Gaga turned down $1 million to perform during... →
Not even a million dollars could convince Lady Gaga to perform during last summer’s Republican National Convention.
The snub by the pop star is included in a lawsuit filed by a powerful Republican nonprofit fundraising organization, American Action Network, against a vendor whose job was to stage entertainment just outside the doors to the GOP’s convention in August.
Documents filed with the...
March 2013
13 posts
Things Justice Scalia Has Compared To Being Gay
seriouslyamerica:
think-progress:
Murder, Polygamy, Cruelty to Animals, Prostitution, Heroin Use, Incest, Adultery, Obscenity, Child Pornography and more
“That’s what’s kind of thrilling about this story. How much money was spent to...”
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David Corn, on the Rachel Maddow show 3/13/13 (via irrationalliberal)
But don’t worry, we can ban cameras and video, they’re not protected under the second amendment…
(via qbits)
I think there were other, possibly more important, factors at work, like the economic recovery (however weak it has...
jillbiden:
We have a new Pope. Joe Biden emerges from the room, white smoke surrounds him, he licks his ice cream cone & yells, “NEW POPE IN DA HOUSE.”
“What are you supposed to do when someone asks you to “prove” that feminism isn’t...”
– Sexism Fatigue
I’ve reblogged this before, but still.
(via belle-de-nuit)
Just a friendly reminder to our Republican friends...
demnewswire:
Please set your clocks ahead 100 years tonight, so you may join the rest of us in the 21st century.
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“The bottom line remains the same: the president has played by the rules,...”
– Steve Benen, taking on Bill Keller’s ridiculous NYT op-ed. (via liberalsarecool)
“Of course, it never mattered whether Romney “really” believed what he was...”
– The Story of Romney’s Career: “What I Said Is Not What I Believe” (via azspot)
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February 2013
19 posts
7eleven:
there is a big difference between communism and wanting everyone to be able to pay for food and shelter
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GOP Beware: Marco Rubio Knows Nothing About the... →
demnewswire:
Republicans are continuing their attempts at a post-election reinvention, talking a lot about the middle class and tapping Florida’s Senator Marco Rubio to tout their agenda tonight. Rubio may know a lot about public reinventions, but his record of voting with the far-right fringe of the Republican Party underscores he knows nothing about the middle or class.
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“I thought it was primitive, something you’d hear in a high school debating team...”
– Chris Matthews on Rubin’s thirst-quenching rebuttal (via kateoplis)
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“We are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal...”
– President Obama, closing out the first State of the Union address of his second term. (via shortformblog)
The most powerful last quarter of any SOTU in recent history.
“He only works three and a half hours a day. He doesn’t do his homework. He...”
– Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill on Ronald Reagan (via kileyrae)
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GREG SARGENT / WASH POST: "So it’s settled:... →
“The Senator misrepresented official documents to the point of falsehood, placed...”
– “How A Very Smart Senator Showed Us Everything Wrong With The Modern GOP In One Week” (via kileyrae)
