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Re: Honey, I Found the Voter Registration Fraud
05/22/12 6:02 am
Question: Does the GOP at any level do anything like a basic background check? It'd make elections a lot less embarassing.Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 12:42 pm
Quoth Cerberus at Sadly, No!: You know, I want a magic button that deprives people who say they are self-made and didn’t rely on no gover...Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 5:11 am
:: facepalm :: Libertarians remind me of starry-eyed 19 year-old college students who have lots of lofty ideas that would never work in ...05/17/12 6:40 am
Conrad Black did it to get a fancy title and thought he wouldn't get caught.Re: Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
05/14/12 4:48 pm
You can add this to the list of idiocies. –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Closet Romney
05/13/12 9:58 am
As Bill Maher said in his monologue on Friday (one of the more prescient comments), in most salons, the guy wielding the scissors is the ga...Re: The Democratic Party Marijuana Evolution
05/11/12 3:48 pm
Buy stocks in marijuana too. It goes to a good cause and you make some money on the side. If marijuana is so bad, why is it that there are ...05/09/12 2:47 pm
I swear, I wrote this last night, and I had no idea what was coming today.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 10:37 am
My thoughts on this are going up in a comic later tonight. Good news is, it appears the President listened to them before they even got ...Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 6:03 am
I was so disappointed when I heard the news about North Carolina this morning. There's still a lot of work to do.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 2:26 am
Thank you. I could not have said this better. The more they bemoan and bully the President for a response, the more divided the Democrats l...05/08/12 12:39 pm
This makes perfect sense. My problem is that I have come to dislike organized religion so much, feel so cynical about it, I don't know...Re: #StopRush, ALEC, and the Howard Stern Category
05/08/12 11:59 am
Like “class warfare,” it is only wrong when we fight back. Sounds an awful lot like every bully, everywhere, doesn't it? –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak
05/08/12 6:46 am
Rachel Maddow is rooting for Ron Paul...and thinks the current president has too much power - like there ARE two other branches of governme...
Category Archives: Kulturkampf
Where Credit Is Due
Of course, if it had gone wrong, I’m sure the question of ownership would be just as earnestly argued on both sides, right?
Arizona Drinks Fluoride-Free Kool-Aid
A radical fringe conspiracy theory has become Arizona state law: “Agenda 21″ is the new FEMA death camps. Tinfoil hat, Glenn Beck-addled Republicans are in charge of an American state legislature; before they’re done, Jan Brewer may have signed legislation … Continue reading
Feminism is Awesome
Via Reddit. Anyone who tells you liberated women are no fun, or have no sense of humor, or just want to hate men, is selling you stupid.
Morning Awful: Freedom to Hate
Pamela Geller is easily the most dissonant character in the Islamophobia machine, if not the most disgusting. She billed her “Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference on Honor Killings,” named for the victim of a murder that had nothing to do … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Osteen Dissonance
Opposing gay marriage is not discrimination because the bible calls it a sin. But megachurch warbler Joel Osteen would be the first to say that expanding the civil marriage franchise to all Americans regardless of who they love…somehow discriminates against … Continue reading
G. I. Joke
Based on a conversation with Matt Osborne and Jordan Ashby. Special thanks to the fine folks at JoeCustoms.com for the custom file card creator!
Why Mass Effect is a Parable About Climate Change
This post is going to have spoilers, including for the ending to Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect is my current science fictional obsession. I buttoned down and got an Xbox 360 solely for it in 2007; I wound up re-buying … Continue reading
Radio Rwanda in Houston
Conservative Texas radio host Michael Berry, who bravely took up for Ted Nugent earlier this week, took up for Gary Stein on Wednesday. Stein ignored repeated warnings from his chain of command to turn his Facebook profile into an anti-Obama … Continue reading
We the People
If you’re seriously thinking about voting for Romney, or voting Third Party or not even voting (both of which are tantamount to voting for Romney), you seriously need to listen to The Boss. Emphasis on the “we.” We the people. … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Perkins Goes Full Birther
It’s not just the Southern Poverty Law Center calling the Family Research Council a hate group anymore. FRC President Tony Perkins has gone full birther: No, Mr. Perkins, there are no “legitimate questions” about President Obama’s place of birth. There … Continue reading
