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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: shooting sprees
Random Insanity
Man shoots at middle-schoolers, gets tackled by teachers. The entire paranoid basis of right-wing gun culture debunked in one incident by one person who, for whatever reason, thought shooting kids was okay. I can’t wait to find out who this … Continue reading
Fort Carson
This is infuriating: In the six years since combat operations began in Iraq, Fort Carson — the country’s third-largest Army base, with 22,000 active soldiers on duty — has become its own kind of killing field. Before Kevin Shields was … Continue reading
Dear Major Keller
Sir, I just read your rant at Real Clear Politics, and I don’t imagine it will help your career; the Army doesn’t have time for bullshit identity politics, much less trash like this: Jihadist rhetoric espoused by Hasan was categorically … Continue reading
John Allen Mohammed Checks Out
I was in uniform and among a small crowd of very motivated soldiers when it was announced that Timothy McVeigh had been put to death. The sound we made was something like the Spartans responding to Leonidas in 300. Soldiers … Continue reading
Morning Awful
Tell you what, Mr. Fischer — since my own service disability was caused by a suicidal Christian from Missouri, let’s ban all Christians from driving military vehicles until such time as we can perfect the “suicidal Christian” detector. That way … Continue reading
Fort Hood
Details are few and sketchy as I type this, but at least seven are dead and 12 wounded after a shootout in Fort Hood, Texas. One shooter is in custody and MPs are looking for a second shooter. This brings … Continue reading
They’ve Already Lost
I can’t say it any better than Chez Pazienza: “It’s too late for opponents of gay marriage; they’ve already lost. The genie is out of the bottle, he’s fabulously dressed, and there’s no putting him back in.” Here’s Iowa State … Continue reading
