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"Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies"
If you have any interest in American politics, this insightful essay from Glenn Greenwald is a must read:
The simple fact is that progressives are supporting a candidate for President who has done all of that - things liberalism has long held to be pernicious. I know it’s annoying and miserable to hear. Progressives like to think of themselves as ( Read more... ) -
they attack us here because we attack them there
Many pundits are spinning that Ron Paul lost last night's debate because he wouldn't start a war with Iran for no reason.
While I still don't think Ron Paul will win the Republican nomination. Regardless, I would like to see the Neocons make this an issue. His position is a foreign policy that both classical conservatives and anti-war liberals ( Read more... ) -
good luck with that cookie
We demand a vapid, condescending, meaningless, politically safe response to this petition.Since these petitions are ignored apart from an occasional patronizing and inane political statement amounting to nothing more than a condescending pat on the head, we the signers would enjoy having the illusion of success. Since no other outcome to this ( Read more... ) -
links of the living dead
Two PhD's from the Zombie Research Society discuss the neuroscience of zombie brains.
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the media is the mess
Here is a Bad Lip Reading of Herman Cain:
And this is an actual campaign video:
But I'm not sure which one is more surreal. -
no experience necessary
This is a video taken at Occupy Atlanta, one of the many spin off protests modeled after Occupy Wall Street, where some pseudo-Marxist finger-wiggling "decided" not to let John Lewis speak.
He's not good enough for your protest? Seriously? Let's put aside that he's been a Democratic member of Congress for thirteen terms, and specifically spoke ( Read more... )
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