Crooks and Liars says that self-identified “believer in Christ” Michele Bachmann wants to keep fighting Obamacare. Why? For the children, of course! “The American people, especially vulnerable women, vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens, now get to pay more and get less,” Bachmann opined. “That’s why we’re here because we’re saying let’s repeal this failure before […]
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Saturday Mail Delivery Is Not Dead Yet
Those of you who want the Postal Service to die a quick death might be disappointed after all. Seems the government does not approve of their plan to kill Saturday service: The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, said in a legal opinion that the post office did not have the authority […]
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Interview with a Professional (and Legal) Burglar
This Reddit Ask Me Anything is pretty fascinating. Here’s the introduction: For work I get to break into hospitals and steal things. It’s referred to as a “Physical Penetration Test.” It’s an integral part of a risk assessment, which is required under 164.308(a)(1) of HIPAA. I routinely pick locks, steal access badges, impersonate medical personnel, […]
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Young Opponents of Gay Marriage Are Even Dumber Than Old Opponents of Gay Marriage
Twitter tipper @solitarymuser alerted me to the existence of this New York Times story about the very few conservative young people who are opposed to gay marriage: They hear that their cause is lost, that demographics and the march of history have doomed their campaign to keep marriage only between a man and a woman. […]
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Here’s the Full, Uncomfortable Audio of Michelle Shocked’s Anti-Gay Rant
You read about Michelle Shocked’s anti-gay rant. Now you can listen to it, and the whole uncomfortable rest of her set, thanks to this recording that surfaced on Towleroad. The shit hits the folk singer starting at 4:37: This evidence seems to run counter to Shocked’s statement that she was “misinterpreted.”
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Say It Ain’t So, Jane Goodall
Well, this is incredibly disappointing: Jane Goodall, the primatologist celebrated for her meticulous studies of chimps in the wild, is releasing a book next month on the plant world that contains at least a dozen passages borrowed without attribution, or footnotes, from a variety of Web sites. The borrowings in “Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and […]
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It’s a Wonderful America
After his documentary 2016: Obama’s America discredited then-President Obama and elevated Mitt Romney to the White House last year, what could Dinesh D’Souza possibly do for a followup? How about a movie explaining where the world would be if the United States never existed? Behold! A trailer! I think a third grader would find that […]
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I Haven’t Read It Yet, but I’ll Tell You Why This Republican Autopsy Is Useless
I haven’t yet read the full 97-page “autopsy” that the Republican Party released this morning, but it looks like it does touch on some important issues that Republicans are going to have to address if they want to win future elections: Minority outreach, a shorter primary season, better data management. I love this line from […]
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North Dakota Senate Effectively Bans Abortion After Six Weeks of Pregnancy
This is fucking terrible: BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Senate on Friday approved banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, sending what would be the most stringent abortion restrictions in the U.S. to the state’s Republican governor for his signature. The measure would ban most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can […]
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Coming Soon: Attack of the Zombie Twinkies
You’ll have your goddamned Twinkies back by this summer, America. Now you can quit making jokes about dwindling Twinkie stockpiles and go back to your older jokes about how Twinkies would survive a nuclear apocalypse.
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From the Nazi Pope to the Godfather Pope?
After Pope Ratzi, I suppose nothing about the next Pope could be too shocking. But this comes close! If the papal conclave were set up like college basketball’s March Madness, Cardinal Angelo Scola would have been the overall No. 1 seed — perhaps until today. He is the archbishop of Milan and has long been […]
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Father of the Year Puts Plumber in Peril
In case you missed this story over the weekend like I did, here’s your morning dose of awesome parenting: When Mike Mika saw the disappointment on his daughter’s face when she realized Pauline wasn’t a playable character in Donkey Kong, he felt a call to action. Thankfully Mika happens to be a competent developer, and […]