February 2012
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Poll: Obama holds double digit leads over Romney... →
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama holds double digit leads over the top two GOP presidential candidates, according to a new national survey.
A Politico/George Washington University Battleground Poll released Monday indicates Obama topping former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 53% to 43% in a hypothetical general election matchup, with the president leading former Sen. Rick Santorum of...
Flashback: In 2006, Rick Santorum Wanted To Send... →
ilyagerner:
The other issue in the Vast Pro-College Conspiracy: “Instead, let’s accept that Obama wants to make more Americans into “his image.” Unlike, Obama’s measly two degrees, Santorum holds a B.A., M.B.A. and a J.D. What do you call someone who has joined a relatively elite club but no longer wants to let anyone else in? Rick Santorum, what a snob.”
kohenari:
At an Americans For...
think4yourself: Most patent cases are not about... →
The researchers studied 193 patent cases and found only 21 of them—that’s 10.9 percent—that contained even an allegation of any copying, whether that’s copying from a patent or from a patent-holder’s commercial product.
And here’s the kicker: more than half of the copying allegations they did…
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“Now get yourself a song to sing and sing it ‘til you’re done
Yeah,...”
– Bruce Springsteen - Death to My Hometown
“Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each...”
– Matt Taibbi (via azspot)
So we're all just going to ignore the fact that... →
producermatthew:
Just wanted to be clear, since, you know, we’re firing ESPN headline writers for being insensitive and criticizing ESPN anchors for using the word during play-by-play.
Not saying it’s alright by any means, but let’s spread the criticism around…
I’m sure African American’s referred themselves as the “N-Word” in passing or maybe as a...
George Takei Speaks About Spending His Childhood... →
The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy... →
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on...
“There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical,...”
– Bruce Springsteen: ‘What was done to my country was un-American’ - guardian.co.uk (via brooklynmutt)
“Back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it...”
– Foster Friess, Santorum Super PAC Backer - Buzzfeed (via brooklynmutt)
Not only is this sickening, it completely puts “abstinence” on the woman. No pressure on the man to keep it in his pants…
Dear Ronald Reagan: Thanks for Wrecking America
By Charles P. Pierce
Turns out yesterday would have been Ronald Reagan’s 101st birthday. In all the excitement over the tsunami of Santorum that engulfed the country, it plumb got right by me. So, let me say, in my own belated way, and because behind-the-times was the basis for Reagan’s entire career, happy birthday, ya silly old coot.
How do you like your party now, Ronnie? A...
Off Duty Cop Pulls Gun On Pregnant Woman in... →
thetart:
beatyourselfup:
The Kendall County Sheriff’s Department has launched an internal investigation into an alleged incident involving an off-duty deputy pulling a gun on a pregnant woman in a Walmart express lane. Just one week from her due date, Nicole Thurmond said she feared for her life while checking out at a Walmart store in Oswego on a recent Sunday. “I felt someone close behind...
News The 'Homeless Man with a Golden Voice' Gets... →
In January 2011, we first told you about Ted Williams, the so-called “homeless man with a golden voice” who’d fallen on hard times after promising career in radio collapsed under alcoholism. A happenstance run-in with an Ohio newspaper reporter resulted in swarm of media attention focused on Williams, which in turn turned his life around overnight. He was offered myriad...
A Little Respect...
You’d think MTV would cut away from Teen Mom 2 to bring in some perspective regarding the death of their one-time darling Whitney Houston. The closest thing I could find is VH1 Soul playing her videos. You’d think they’d learn after Michael Jackson died that people want music industry people speaking about their industry. No disrespect to the top news channels - their...
“As a woman …
1. I have a much lower chance of being murdered than a man.
2....”
– Female Privilege Checklist
Now let’s see how many so-called feminists dismiss this with “LOL! What about teh MENZ!” or accuse me of being a misogynist, or engage in sexist/misandrist attacks on me rather than engage the substance of the article, or even resort to all of the above.
(via ryking) As...
I am “severely” awesome!!
“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human...”
– Former US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bowman, in Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States”.
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YES YES YES THIS THIS THIS
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I want this emblazoned on my forehead for all of the American entitlement people out there.
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Hypocrisy or Heuristics?
kohenari:
What follows is a guest blog post, written by Carly M. Jacobs, a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests include group identity, political psychology, biology and politics, and political behavior.
Accusations of hypocrisy are standard ammunition for liberals and conservatives alike. After all, what could be more damning...
The Greatest Sports Illustrated for Kids Baseball...
oldtimefamilybaseball:
Sports Illustrated for Kids was a magical publication. Before I was deemed mature enough to handle Rick Reilly, I was given Buzz Beamer. Before I could be trusted with the swimsuit issue, I had perforarted sports cards, often with athletes like synchronized swimmers that would never have received a sports card otherwise. It’s a publication that holds a special place in my...
Obama's "Controversial" Birth Control Rule On... →
President Barack Obama’s decision to require most employers to cover birth control and insurers to offer it at no cost has created a firestorm of controversy. But the central mandate—that most employers have to cover preventative care for women—has been law for over a decade. This point has been completely lost in the current controversy, as Republican presidential candidates and social...
Rick Santorum Tells Sick Kid Market Should Should... →
- GOP contender Rick Santorum had a heated exchange with a mother and her sick young son Wednesday, arguing that drug companieswere entitled to charge whatever the market demanded for life-saving therapies.
Santorum, himself the father of a child with a rare genetic disorder, compared buying drugs to buying an iPad, and said demand would determine the cost of medical therapies.
“People have...
Good news: the Komen effect →
afternoonsnoozebutton:
$400,000 Donated To Planned Parenthood In Past 24 Hours
“He’s thinner, he’s better looking, he’s younger. But you asked me if I had...”
– Newt Gingrich, during an interview on the “Rich Stevens Radio Show.” (via officialssay)
Why not?
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Phillip Seymor Hoffman!!
Is the Super Bowl Socialist? →
By any measure the Super Bowl is socialist from head to toe.
Start with the venue. Governments paid for over 80 percent of the new $750 million Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the Super Bowl venue. The Colts chipped in about 15 percent, an investment they probably recouped in inflated asset value the day the stadium opened. Governments are also covering the estimated $20 million a year in...
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Romney: "I'm Not Concerned About The Very Poor" →
“This is a time people are worried. They’re frightened. They want someone who they have confidence in, and I believe I will be able to instill that confidence in the American people. And, by the way, I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not...