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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...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: Fundraisers
Morning Awful: Fundraiser Shortfall
Despite my best efforts — and the commendable efforts of our webcomic Jesus — the end-of-year omnibus fundraiser has so far netted a grand total of $295, which covers hosting fees, RSS widgets, and about four months of cable internet … Continue reading
Open Thread: Name That Recurring Character
Other blogs only promise to use your donations to fund unique viewpoints and speaking truth to power. But not us!
We Take the “Con” Out Of Contribute!
Thomas Friedman: Making Bad Things Worse Since 1953 By Magic Love Hose. Talk to him here!
“Donut” Sounds Like “DONATE,” Donuts Are Yummy
Click to… donate? Uhm. Wow, he did that. Part Two of a series. Special thanks to @ZandarVTS for making the suggestion. By Magic Love Hose. Talk to him here!
You Can’t Fundraise Without F-U-N
Click him! Your kid can play with a toy from the “learning is fun” toy store this year! Whoops, I forgot to get political! Uhm, Paypal blocked payments to Wikileaks. They should stop that. Part One of a series. By … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Fundraiser
Yes, it’s that time again. The Morning Awful will be dominated by fundraiser appeals until the inkwell is full. These blogotubes are getting set to take it to another level in the new year, and rather than hold separate fundraisers … Continue reading
The Dedicated Ask
Overall, I think I’ve done quite a bit with this website in the year since I set out to make it more than just a blog. I have covered new beats, events the mainstream media wouldn’t touch, the Alabama legislature, … Continue reading
Space Race Open Thread
This ridiculous video accompanies the final open thread of the week. If you have a few bucks to spare, please drop them in the kitty to help keep the bits flowing smoothly in these intertubes. I’m also
Neutron Star Eats Supergiant Open Thread
The neutron star on the right is incredibly dense, but only about six miles wide. It’s eating coronal mass from a nearby supergiant thirty times the mass of our sun. I made this animated .GIF from images at Astronomy Now. … Continue reading
Auctioning My Author’s Copy of FIX America!
When Robert Abston asked me to submit a chapter to his progressive project, I had no idea that I would be sharing author credits with Senator Al Franken — or George Lakoff, or Cassandra Vert, or Cory Doctorow, or Coleen … Continue reading
Drive-In Food Horror Open Thread
Quite possibly the most deliciously wrong thing I’ve seen on the internet in a week: movie theatre food characters become the damned. This is an open thread to raise funds for the blog, too, because I don’t have a concession … Continue reading
