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Posted inPolitics

When Dems Show Even an Inch of Spine—Shit Is Nuclear

Seriously… Harry Reid’s finger is on the button, and the Senate is about to change forever http://t.co/eL7lj1ybkl via @TheFix— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 21, 2013 What Reid did is not fucking nuts. What’s nuts is this… GOP: “Why did Harry Reid change the Senate rules? It’s not like we were abusing them?!” pic.twitter.com/OWvQdHWJiB— Grand Old […]

Posted inReligion

The War on Jesus: American Atheists Want the IRS to Stop Giving Breaks to Churches

A case that is “currently before the United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky”: On December 12, 2012, American Atheists and two co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky demanding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stop giving preferential treatment to churches and religious organizations via the […]

Posted inPolitics

The Real Chris Christie

Now that reelection is secure and safe: “You people! Just do your job!” that lady is in to it RT @daveweigel: And the rally ends, inevitably, with Christie arguing with a teacher pic.twitter.com/9vH5AAcfZU— Miss Laura (@LauraKMM) November 2, 2013 The story on Daily Kos: That’s what Chris Christie shouted today while his wife smiled at […]

Posted inCrime

Surprise!

Daily Mail: White people who kill black people in ‘Stand Your Ground’ states are 354 per cent more likely to be found justified in their killing than a white person who kills another white person, according to research. On Saturday George Zimmerman, 29, was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of […]

Posted inNews

The Sad Women of Alaska

Anchorage Daily News Alaska women earn less than men, were imprisoned at a higher rate during the last decade and are committing suicide at a rate twice the national average, according to a new study released Tuesday.Most bizarre of all, a Republican state senator (Lesil McGuire) was shocked to learn that women have it hard […]

Posted inElection 2012

Nate Silver: “Obama led in 19 battleground state polls today. Romney led in one.”

538: Although the fact that Mr. Obama held the lead in so many polls is partly coincidental — there weren’t any polls of North Carolina on Friday, for instance, which is Mr. Romney’s strongest battleground state — they nevertheless represent powerful evidence against the idea that the race is a “tossup.” A tossup race isn’t […]

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