February 2012
“Great excitement about Romney’s victories in Michigan and Arizona tonight has...”
– Robert Reich (via Twitter)
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Definition of ‘Law Of Supply And Demand’
A theory explaining the interaction between the supply of a resource and the demand for that resource. The law of supply and demand defines the effect that the availability of a particular product and the desire (or demand) for that product has on price. Generally, if there is a low supply and a high demand, the price will be high. In contrast,...
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“CO2 is a pollutant? Tell that to the plants.”
– Rick Santorum, this weekend in Davison, Michigan.
Yet another example of willfully ignorant being brought to it’s absolute apex.
We’re currently pumping about 90 million tons of carbon emissions into the air every day. This creates the conditions that lead to global warming, and the seriousness...
Santorum: 'I Don't Believe In An America Where The... →
Wow. Just, wow.
Random Acts of Chaos: Rick's Wife Thinks 'Life Is... →
liberalsarecool:
Karen Santorum:
“I did always feel in my heart that God had big plans for Rick. Eventually it was there, tugging at my heart. When Obamacare passed, that was it. That put the fire in my belly.”
When a bill was passed, by those democratically elected, to help cut…
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“Unflippinbelievable… I’m sending this because you can relate to the bullcrap...”
– Former Alaska governor SARAH PALIN, in an April, 2009 email to aides regarding a series of ethics violation charges she endured while in office.
A newly-released batch of emails from her time in office showed that mounting legal problems and intense media scrutiny led to Palin wanting to leave...
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Rick Santorum Shining a Much-Needed Light On... →
One of the interesting things about the rise of Rick Santorum is that it’s giving a lot of people their first up-close-and-personal look at some of the more — what to call them? — unorthodox beliefs that animate American movement conservatives. They really do believe that we liberals support prenatal testing because it’s a good way of ensuring that Down’s Syndrome kids are all aborted. They...
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“The pain at the pump is forcing people to cut down gasoline usage, resulting in...”
– Rise and Rise of U.S. Gasoline Prices: Wall Street and Big Oil to Blame (via ryking)
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“Unlike the Earth, we’re intelligent, and we can actually manage things.”
– Rick Santorum, during a campaign stop in Ohio, criticizing liberals and environmentalists that he believes are putting “Earth above man.”
Santorum made similiar comments during a recent campaign stop in Colorado, in early February, where the candidate was quoted as saying, “we were put on this...
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“How do you become a mom if you are into birth control?”
– RUSH LIMBAUGH, posing a rhetorical question as only a white male conservative can, in radio remarks broadcast on the Fox News Channel.
Here’s a question, Rush: What the fuck gives men the alleged right to ask such stupid fucking questions?
(via inothernews)
Rush Limbaugh = 20 pounds of bullshit...
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3 Approved GMOs Connected to Organ Damage | Wake... →
In what is being described as the first ever and most comprehensive study of the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers have linked organ damage with consumption of Monsanto’s GM maize.
Three varieties of Monsanto’s GM corn – Mon 863, insecticide-producing Mon 810, and Roundup® herbicide-absorbing NK 603 – were approved for consumption by US, European and several...
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“And now we’re arguing about contraception? What, we couldn’t tackle the...”
– John Chase (via annaharo)
Bill Defining Life At Conception Passes Okla.... →
steampunkanachronism:
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion “personhood” bill that declares life begins at conception, despite objections from the medical community that the bill could have dire unintended consequences.On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled Senate voted 34-8 for the bill by Tulsa Republican Sen. Brian Crain. It now heads to the House for...
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Random Acts of Chaos: The hypocrisy is... →
mamafratelli:
And it never, ever stops.
Government can’t tell me how to worship. Government can’t tell me I can’t arm myself. Government can’t tell me to pay taxes. Etc.
But Government (and often only ONE party within that Government) can tell women how to manage their own health and…
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“Congresswoman, you saw what happened to Whitney Houston. Step away from the...”
– Eric Bolling, co-host of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, during a discussion with Rep. Maxine Waters(D-CA) about her use of tough rhetoric when discussing bankers. While his co-hosts attempted to rollback his comments, Bolling claimed to be joking and defended himself without apologizing to Rep....
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Dem state senator adds ‘Every sperm is sacred’... →
randomactsofchaos:
A pro-choice Democratic legislator has taken a novel approach to fighting an Oklahoma “personhood” bill. According to the blog Jezebel, State Senator Constance Johnson of Oklamhoma City has introduced a measure that calls to mind the famous Monty Python”Every Sperm is Sacred” sketch from the 1983 film “The Meaning of Life.”
The concept of “personhood” defines life as...
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Newt Gingrich's Ridiculous Wikipedia Page Edits →
Newt Gingrich can’t change his past, but that won’t stop him from trying to hide it. The former speaker’s communications director, Joe DeSantis, has made more than 60 changes to Newt’s Wikipedia page, including deleting any mentions of his three marriages and his House ethics charges.
A Wikipedia editor even had to comment that “pointing out factual error is one thing, but your input should not...
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Random Acts of Chaos: Atheism in America →
helvetebrann:
Point, Texas (pop. 792) is not the easiest place for a single lesbian to raise her child. But neither her sexuality nor her unwed parenthood are enough to make Renee Johnson an American conservative’s worst nightmare. As she explained to me when I met her at Rains County…
Alabama State Senator Thinks Increasing Teacher... →
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reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
According to Alabama state Sen. Shadrack McGill (R), the Bible says that increasing teacher salaries would only lead to less-qualified teachers. McGill said at a prayer breakfast that doubling teachers’ salaries — starting pay for Alabama teachers begins at $36,144 — would not help education. In fact, he said that keeping teacher pay low is a...
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“So Donald Trump and Mitt Romney joined forces, showing Americans that if two Ivy...”
– JON STEWART, The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan advocacy organization.
That means the loss of $3.75 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University...
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January 2012
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“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before...”
– Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?
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BOOM.
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I think I love you, Janet Howell.
(via panamanianmoon)
Seems only fair.
(via nefariousnewt)
Fair is fair.
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“Why aren’t citizens allowed to sell their votes to the highest bidder?”
– … asks John Holbo of Crooked Timber, a provocative, academic-leaning political blog. This at-first-blush gee-whiz inquiry leads Holbo down an interesting discussion of the place and potential of money in politics. Keep reading … (via utnereader)
“I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, in the attitude that he had,...”
– Jan Brewer ‘felt a little threatened’ by President Obama … really?
Get outta town. The crazy middle-aged white woman with a problem with brown people felt intimidated? NO WAI.
(via silas216)
“Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife went on nightline and said that he wanted to have an...”
– Bill Maher (via sf-reloaded)
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