Monthly Archives: May 2012

Neuralized

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle blocked Florida Governor Rick Scott’s voter suppression law today which put into place restrictions that prevented third-parties from registering voters. A new episode of the Bubble Genius Bob … Continue reading →

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Fail of the Day

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:10 pm by JM Ashby

When your candidate for president has etch-a-sketched his way into an entirely different person from the time he served as Governor, when he committed atrocities such as giving people healthcare, things like this happen. The Rove-founded American Crossroads released a … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:15 pm by JM Ashby

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that DOMA is unconstitutional. A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind … Continue reading →

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It’s All About Jobs

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 4:10 pm by JM Ashby

At least that’s what they tell me. The House of Boehner was focused on abortion today, not jobs, and even in the most radical House the country has ever seen, the bill failed to pass. WASHINGTON (AP) — The House … Continue reading →

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Everything Old is New

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Case in point: House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa and his crack team of witch hunters spent over a year inspecting every last crumb of Solyndra, and in the end they found nothing incriminating or implicating the Obama Administration. One reason … Continue reading →

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More Women Inexplicably Liking Romney?!

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:27 pm by Bob Cesca

I’m not exactly sure why this is happening, but it is. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll: All Romney’s gains have come among women – up by 13 percentage points in personal popularity from last month, while Obama’s lost 7 … Continue reading →

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The Fox News Agit-Prop Machine on 11

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:52 am by Bob Cesca

This is an unmitigated disgrace of lies and misleading claims. And it could be a Mitt Romney commercial. Fox News produced this and ran it during the cartoonish Fox & Friends show. For eight years, they rallied for the Bush … Continue reading →

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Unhinged Rant of the Morning

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:42 am by Bob Cesca

And I give you Illinois Republican State Rep. Mike Bost who’s really fired up about something or another. RRRRROOOOOWWWRR! Smash!!11!!!

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Christian Anti-Gay Intolerance Across the Nation

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:34 am by Bob Cesca

Wow. I grasped the idea that evangelical Christian preachers really hate gay people. Just like Jesus would hate gay people. But I didn’t know they hated gay people this much. –North Carolina Pastor argues for a gay concentration camp. Charles … Continue reading →

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Morning Awesome

Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:00 am by Bob Cesca

Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”

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