Archive for February, 2010

“I think if we’d abolished the IRS back when I first advocated it, he wouldn’t have a target for his airplane.”–United States House Representative Steve King (R-IA) quoted in Think Progress, 2/22/2010.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Do you think Steve favored collecting these
during his younger days?

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Here is the story.
Images: (Rage For Men) lh4.ggpht.com via menspulpmags.com; (Mars Attacks Card) via runningwithscissors.com; (Man’s Life & Men Today) via normansaunders,com (steve in) #1 i.ytimg.com via dipity,com; #3 nvia outragedpatriots.com; #4 Jeff Malet @ maletphoto.com;

People actually elected this guy!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

What about birth defects among children born to women who had not had an abortion? 
Was it Satan? Or, did God make a mistake?

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THINK PROGRESS.com
“By Amanda Terkel at 1:45 pm
Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.

Bob Marshall On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at […]

Reason 4,867. Why China Is Eating Our Lunch:

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

science + religion today
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Feb 19, 2010
What Texas Thinks of Evolution
According to a poll conducted by the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune, 30 percent of people in the state believe that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, and more than half—51 percent—don’t believe that “human beings, as we know them today, developed […]

Glenn Beck Attempts to Explain Economics at the CPAC Conference.

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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When his trusty blackboard had no effect on the audience,
Glenn went to Plan B. Sadly, Yin-Yang Yo-Yo only 
confused the assembled conservatives more.

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Image: (Yo-Yo) CSPAN (toy) crystallink.com; (string) expertvillage.com via ehow.com

As Guy Grand was fond of saying: “That’ll make it hot for ‘em!”

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Jesus was ‘gay:’ Elton John
(AFP) – 1 day ago
NEW YORK — British pop superstar Elton John stirred controversy in a magazine interview Friday when he claimed that Jesus Christ was “gay.”
“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems,” John said in an interview posted on the website of US celebrity […]

Sarah comes out swingin.’

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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Image: (Palin) via article in thinkprogress.com

A comment on a Tea Party gubernatorial candidate story from Think Progress inspired the license plate.

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Texas Tea Party candidate: ‘There are some very good arguments’ that government was involved in 9/11.

By Alex Seitz-Wald on Feb 11th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Texas Tea Party candidate: ‘There are some very good arguments’ that government was involved in 9/11.

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Debra Medina, a nurse and Tea Party activist running for the Republican nomination for governor in […]

To Ease Budget Woes, California Might Sell Ads on Electronic Freeway Signs–Sacramento Bee headline, 2/5/2010

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Vincenzo Kolchak sent the story and his idea for dancing electrons…

Speed Limit70Cruise better with
SHELL Gasoline
With Platformate

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I wondered, “Why stop with electronic freeway signs?”
 
On a two-lane blacktop somewhere near Modesto…

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The article is here.

Image: (sign) upload.wikimedia.org via commons.wikimedia.org;  (Sears) acgadmin.fry.com via autoclubgroup.com

Will We Ever Again Trust Wall Street?–headline, 2/6/2010

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

For a second, I wondered if this were a “When did you stop beating your wife?” question.  Then I noticed it was on
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL site.

“About 600 people, some from as far as Hawaii, sat through sessions on how to expand the movement.” — Kate Zernike in the New York Times, 2/6/2009

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

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600
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308, 630, 470

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Yet, the media treat this as if it were a mainstream event.

Chris Wallace Takes What He can Get.

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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The story is here.
Image: (Palin) via grizzlybay.org; (Wallace) foxnews via newsbusters.com

‘Isolation is No Longer an Option for Switzerland’–Der Spiegel headline

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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dpa
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble registers his opinion of
the Gnomes of Zurich as Chancellor Angela Merkel flinches. “Still,”
she said resignedly, “It’s better than a cowboy neck rub.”

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