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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: The Truth is Outsourced
The Truth Is Outsourced
“Good enough for government work” takes on a new meaning when the government outsources the work. Take, for instance, the US State Department hiring a consultant called Cardno Entrix to handle the entire Keystone XL permitting process. ThinkProgress: Cardno is … Continue reading
Area 51: The Truth Is Outsourced
My effort to find the real story at Area 51. Enjoy.
The Morning Awful
Halliburton propaganda films: Halliburton not only lost $100 billion of taxpayer money in the desert; now they’re responsible for a multibillion-dollar oil spill cleanup. Why should this corporate-person be trusted with anything again? If this corporate-person was a corporeal-person, they … Continue reading
Return Of The Ugly American
I’m reminded of William Lederer’s seminal work. HuffPo Investigative Fund reports: During a Senate homeland security subcommittee hearing Thursday, a Pentagon official laid out plans for a new “full and open competition” for police training that likely could take until … Continue reading
Art Imitates Life Imitating Art
In case you haven’t heard, the makers of South Park have reacted to the Blackwater story: I haven’t felt this much buzz since the boys went all over town trying to watch the Terrence and Phillip movie preview. If you’re … Continue reading
No Immunity For Rumsfeld
The worst SecDef in American history will not be protected from the consequences of his policy. Which is what happens when you treat US citizens just like Teh Brown: The suit filed in 2006 alleges that while working for the … Continue reading
The Truth Is Outsourced
Republican donors are being feted at the Blackwater training facility in North Carolina. Apparently, associating itself with one of the most unpopular companies on the planet (even teabaggers hate the company formerly known as Blackwater) is just natural to the … Continue reading
The Truth Is Outsourced
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wants to rein in the era of outsourced war. She was talking about her efforts with HuffPo’s Ryan Grim: As Schakowsky, seated in her office, lays out her plan for phasing out military reliance on contractors, … Continue reading
Just Like Bush, the Series
From AP via HuffPo: BAGHDAD — The U.S. will appeal a court decision dismissing manslaughter charges against five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday. Because Obama is just like … Continue reading
The Truth Is Outsourced
The attempted coverup of dead Blackwater agents in Afghanistan lasted days: Bear in mind that Obama can’t get rid of Blackwater/Xe. It’s managed to make itself essential in the outsourcing of American conflict. The company line didn’t hold up to … Continue reading
Apple Is Evil
Once again, the truth is outsourced. From Gizmodo: They call themselves the Worldwide Loyalty Team. Among some employees, they are known as the Apple Gestapo, a group of moles always spying in headquarters and stores, reporting directly to Jobs and … Continue reading
