July 2012
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In the debate over new laws meant to curb voter fraud in places like Florida, Democrats always charge that Republicans are trying to suppress the vote of liberal voting blocs like blacks and young people, while Republicans just laugh at such ludicrous and offensive accusations. That is, every Republican except for Florida’s former Republican Party chairman Jim Greer, who, scorned by his party...
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abagond etc: The N Word: An FAQ →
danceswithdiamondthighs:
First, a few words about this FAQ. Many people much smarter and much more cohesive than me have written extensively about ‘the N word’, so if you have any questions after this etc I’d advise you seek out what’s already been written. Secondly, don’t treat this as the…
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Say what you want about joe paterno, but he wasnt a cock block
— Jared Carpenter (@jaredcarpenter3) July 23, 2012
Because this needs to be kept up for the entire world to see. Way to go, Jared.
Bill Corbett: Repeat Offender: ME (part II) →
billcorbett:
First and foremost: I’m sorry. I don’t want to bury the lede here.
But let me back up for people who don’t know what I’m talking about..
A few days ago on Twitter, I posted these two things in quick succession:
1) My son got a Transformer for his 5th birthday and named him “Tranny.”
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While we’re still waiting for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, here’s a bit of “light” reading — John McCain’s opposition research on Mittens, courtesy of blogger and alleged “bully” Shoq.
Might be a good idea to download this before it mysteriously vanishes from the Interwebs.
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““We walked in and they told me I was not a registered voter. I had been taken...”
– Former Tenn. Rep. Lincoln Davis is just one of a long line of largely Democrat voters who found themselves stricken from the voting rolls.
Meanwhile, some sage advice from a commentator:
Lesson for all of us: Vote in the primary even if you don’t care who wins. At least you’ll find...
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Watchmotherjones:
“GET A JOB”: DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CONSERVATIVE CONGRESSMAN AND A VOTER ON THE MINIMUM WAGE
VOTER TO REP. C.W. BILL YOUNG (R-FLA.): Jesse Jackson Jr. is passing around a bill to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Would you support that?
REP. YOUNG: “Probably not.”
VOTER: “It’s $10 bucks an hour. It would give us a living wage.”
YOUNG: “How about getting a job. Why do you...
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President Obama holds the line on student loan interest rates for undergrads:
President Barack Obama says a bill to keep construction workers on the job and prevent a spike in interest rates on new loans to college students “will make a real difference” for millions of Americans.
Obama signed into law legislation allowing more than $100 billion to be spent on highway and other transportation...
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George Zimmerman’s bond was set at $1 million:
A Florida judge on Thursday set a $1 million bond with new restrictions on George Zimmerman, saying he believes the suspect may have been planning to flee the country to avoid prosecution in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. found that Zimmerman’s deceit over cash holdings at his first bond hearing in April was...
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“If you’re in the DC area, are you happy you don’t have an electric...”
– Words from the bloviator himself. Most commercial gas pumps operate on electricity, too, Rush.
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
I answer: a day that...”
– Fredrick Douglass. July 5th, 1852 Rochester, NY (via humanformat)
(via shiracoffee) 