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Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 2:39 pm
ferallike Thank you! I am so honored. Wish I could inspire someone that much every dayRe: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 2:15 pm
Anyone who's got extra cash might want to make a donation to the SPLC https://secure.splcenter.org/d... They're gonna need it now that ...Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 1:38 pm
Chris Loesch, hubby of Dana Loesch (CNN praiser of Marines urinating on Taliban corpses), really showed his ass with a rap he did today at C...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/10/12 1:32 pm
You should write posts.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 11:19 am
Thanks, I've been asking that same question since the tea party first emerged.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 11:19 am
Between "don't know" and "don't care," I'm not sure which one is worse -- at least in terms of the cognitive dissonance level.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 10:59 am
Shorter Kevin Deanna: Colleges are supposed to reinforce my prejudices! Shorter Devin Saucier: We're the real victims! These young men are...Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 7:31 am
Now Fatherland, Fatherland show us the sign... (Do you still think you can control them, GOP Establishment?)Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...
Category Archives: 11-Dimensional Chess
The Center Cannot Hold
I could not bear to watch the final Republican debate. One of my Twitter correspondents — a sweet-tempered Alabamian named Jill who identifies with neither party, and so considers herself part of the middle — asked me why not. I … Continue reading
Spammer Causes Online Meltdown
On December 10th an unknown spammer posted a selectively-edited video of Senator Carl Levin at YouTube and proceeded to tweet the link 45 times over 24 hours. The link is now dead (video deleted by user), but it has already … Continue reading
Square Deal
The term “fair deal” has been bandied about of late, but I like “square deal” because it resonates with all the issues wrapped up in the fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Both a movement and a president have … Continue reading
Crossroads at a President
The Occupation movement has a large contingent — not quite half — that is passionately opposed to endorsing the president of the United States for reelection. The president’s approval rating is actually a little worse among the general public, yet … Continue reading
If Occupy Wall Street Was A Game of Pong
Oligarchy isn’t afraid of individuals — until those individuals act together. Union-busting and disenfranchisement are all about making it harder for Americans to organize against oligarchy.
Latino 11 Dimensional Chess
President Obama tells Univision how the GOP presidential field made his ad campaigns easy: “I don’t think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations,” Obama told … Continue reading
No One Ever Actually Builds A Third Party
So I was reading this survey of Occupy Wall Street participants (.PDF) when I noticed something completely unsurprising: If the 2012 election for the U.S. House of Representatives were being held today, would you vote for the Republican candidate or the … Continue reading
Occupy Atlanta
The Occupation of America will continue and grow in Atlanta. The harder the power squeezes, the stronger the movement grows. That’s how the First Amendment works. “The movement is not just about occupying a space,” said Brittany Gondolfi, a women’s studies student … Continue reading
Health Care Law Saves Californians $283 Million
California Blue Shield customers are getting a $283 million credit on their bills thanks to the ACA: Although Thursday’s action affects only nearly 2 million of Blue Shield’s policyholders in California, other consumers could be getting similar paybacks under President … Continue reading
Non-Toxic Branding
Ezra Klein on the incredible shrinking tea party: Its leverage has always come from its ability to influence internal Republican Party politics, mostly through a ruthless strategy of primarying insufficiently obedient politicians. But the closer the Republican Party gets to … Continue reading
A National Ralph Ellison Moment
By Emilia 1956 OK, maybe it’s time. No “maybe” about it, it is time we all sat down and had a frank and full discussion about race in America. People want the President to address this head on, but he’s in … Continue reading
