MDGN/Shutterstock You’re on your own, America As much as the media may want to ascribe a narrative to midterm elections, that doesn’t really work. I’m not trying to minimize the losses from last night. It was a very bad night to be a Democrat, with major losses in the Senate and, maybe more disastrous in […]
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A Found Poem of Outrageous Things Republicans (and CNN) Have Said About Ebola
Christopher Halloran/Shutterstock One of the poets waves to his adoring audience after delivering a new verse. Ebola: The ISIS of Biological Agents? [1.] The protocol for a positive Ebola testshould beimmediate humane executionandsanitization of the whole area.That will save lives. [2.]They say it’s hard to getObama’s telling us thatthe CDC guy is telling us it’shardtogetthey’re […]
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Ebola Case Confirmed in Dallas
“This is the first case of Ebola confirmed in the United States.”
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It’s Almost Time to Abandon Twitter
I’ve been a fan of Twitter for five years now, and a vocal Twitter advocate. But over the last year, I’ve become less and less enchanted with Twitter, to the point where I’ve thought about quitting the service multiple times. My complaint has nothing to do with advertising in the timeline—they’ve gotta make money somehow—but […]
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Hillary Clinton Issues Statement on Ferguson
“Imagine what we would feel and what we would do if white drivers were three times as likely to be searched by police during a traffic stop as black drivers, instead of the other way around,” Hillary Clinton said at a (presumably very white) tech conference in San Francisco yesterday. Clinton, who has been under […]
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Republicans Know They Have a Woman Problem, but They Can’t Stop Saying Sexist Things
A Republican-sponsored poll has confirmed what everyone knows: The Republican Party has a serious woman problem. A detailed report commissioned by two major Republican groups — including one backed by Karl Rove — paints a dismal picture for Republicans, concluding female voters view the party as “intolerant,” “lacking in compassion” and “stuck in the past.” […]
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Kirk Cameron Has Finally Saved Christmas, Once and for All
The whole God’s Not Dead phenomenon is getting real. Now that Christian movies are making money at the box office, Kirk Cameron’s getting into the act with a movie about the War on Christmas. It’s called Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, and here’s the trailer. According to The Blaze, the main character’s name is “Christian White,” […]
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Hillary Clinton Ignores Questions About Ferguson
CNN says Hillary Clinton was asked to comment on Ferguson after a book signing on Sunday. After signing more than 700 books at Books & Books in Westhampton Beach, Clinton was asked by two reporters for her reaction to the controversy. Clinton ignored both questions and left the bookstore. Clinton has yet to make any […]
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Don’t Go See the Towering Pile of Garbage That Is Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR Josh Brolin is driving a car…in black and white. So noir! The first Sin City film was an example of a very small subset of comic book movies that slavishly adapt directly from the source material, using the comics as storyboards. (The other two films in this subset […]
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Supreme Court Grants Stay of Same-Sex Marriage in Virginia
The state of Virginia was preparing for gay marriage, which was going to become legal statewide tomorrow due to a court decision. But the Supreme Court just stepped in: Breaking: Supreme Court grants stay of Virginia marriage ruling. #SCOTUS #LGBT pic.twitter.com/1COVpaNDtL— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 20, 2014 This is terrible news for gay couples in […]
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Watch a Reporter Grill Minneapolis Archbishop John Neinstedt on Same-Sex Marriage
This video, where Fox 9 reporter Tom Lyden asks embattled Minneapolis/St. Paul Archbishop John Nienstedt about gay marriage, is required viewing. The most important part starts at 11:36 in the below video: CityPages has a transcript of the exchange: Nienstedt: …[sex is to take place] within the context of a marriage relationship between a man […]
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Hotel Fines Guests $500 for Every Negative Review Posted Online—You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next
Jordan Crook at Ars Technica reported on this no-negative-review policy from Union Street Guest House, a hotel in New York: If you have booked the Inn for a wedding or other type of event anywhere in the region and given us a deposit of any kind for guests to stay at USGH there will be […]