November 2012
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AP nixes 'homophobia', and other '-phobia' words,... →
advicefromyoungjournalists:
Short version: Phobia is a psychological disorder. Anti-gay, Anti-Mulsim, etc. will be used in its place.
“Ethnic cleansing” is a euphemism. Specifically state what happened. i.e. “The Holocaust is an example of ethnically-motivated genocide.”
(Side note: Per usual, don’t read the comments. Most of them didn’t actually read past the headline and the word “Orwellian”...
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If Barack Obama wins the election, the party's at...
If Mitt Romney wins the election, the party’s at my house in Toronto.
October 2012
7 posts
“If hard work were a guarantee of success, trust me, this nation would be run by...”
– Bill Maher
“If properly done, affirmative action can help us come together, go forward and...”
– from President Bill Clinton’s July 19, 1995, speech on affirmative action
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Terry Gross reassigned to Wine Fancy!
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At 11th Hour, Georgia Passes "Women As Livestock"... →
meanwhileincollege:
This is the same bill I wrote a letter about and someone told me that the government was trying to distract me and that there was no way women’s rights would be taken away. Well I guess you were wrong, bitch. The bill passed and it wasn’t like you helped.
So fucking congratulations everyone. Thank you so much for helping us women out. Thank you so much for being...
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Imagine someone offers you a job, and they tell... →
You ask, “Okay, so what will I be doing?”
“A lot of great things!”
“Well, what specifically?”
They answer, “One, something you LIKE. Two, something that will make you look good. Three…”
You’re sort of frustrated, so you cut them off and ask, “Can you tell me anything about what I’d actually be doing on a day to day basis?”
They just smile and say, “All the stuff you like, and none of...
Fact Checking the Presidential Debate in Denver →
Here’s a look at some of the facts thrown around during the debate. We found some facts, some fictions, some not quite facts and some mostly fictions…
September 2012
19 posts
“Nice Libor … Our six-month fixing moved the entire fixing, hahahah.”
– New instant messages released in court this week reveal the extent to which traders at one of the world’s largest banks freely — and fraudulently — manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, a key benchmark interest rate that affects hundreds of trillions of dollars in consumer loans,...
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Ralph Nader: President Obama a war criminal, worse... →
It’s no surprise that Ralph Nader isn’t a fan of former President George W. Bush. After all, the longtime activist ran against him in both 2000 and 2004. But Nader’s even less a fan of President Barack Obama, if only because he thinks Obama was capable of so much more.
On issues related to the military and foreign policy, Obama’s worse than Bush, “in the sense that he’s more aggressive, more...
Forbes 400 Reinforces Flawed "We Built It" Claims... →
Boston, MA—Forbes Magazine calls their list of the 400 richest Americans the “definitive scorecard of wealth in America,” but a new report asserts the magazine is misleading. Born on Third Base: What the Forbes 400 Really Says About Wealth & Opportunity in America, released this week by Boston-based non-profit United for a Fair Economy, examines the sources of wealth for members...
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“I don’t think the President should be watching Homeland for the same...”
– Jimmy Kimmel
‘I Didn’t Know You Had Families’ Mitt Romney Told... →
In 2004, then-Masachusetts Governor Mitt Romney succumbed to meet with a group of gay and lesbian parents who were trying to get him to follow that state’s supreme court ruling to enable same-sex couples to marry. Romney reportedly was unmoved after hearing their stories and why they needed the law to allow them to marry — to protect their families.
“I didn’t know you had families,” Romney told...
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Welcome to the Up w/ Chris Tumblr
upwithchris:
Today on Up w/ Chris Hayes we celebrated our one-year anniversary. Our first year on the air has been defined by a sense of self-discovery and experimentation, a determination to innovate, to push forward the boundaries of what our show can be. We’ve journeyed from a conference room in 30 Rockefeller Plaza to Inequalistan to Occupy Wall Street, tinkering and improving at every step...
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Good news! "Obama's NDAA Law Allowing Indefinite... →
hipsterlibertarian:
The Obama administration’s efforts to enshrine sweeping 9/11-era rollbacks of civil liberties and constitutional rights as federal law hit a serious roadblock yesterday, as a federal judge struck down clauses of the National Defense Authorization Act as unconstitutional.
The offending section of the NDAA, signed by Obama on New Year’s Eve last year, grants the government...
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The Low Post: I, Left Gatekeeper →
Why the “9/11 Truth” movement makes the “Left Behind” sci-fi series read like Shakespeare
A few weeks ago I wrote a column on the anniversary of 9/11 that offhandedly dismissed 9/11 conspiracy theorists as “clinically insane.” I expected a little bit of heat in response, but nothing could have prepared me for the deluge of fuck-you mail that I actually got....
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“Tricky People” Are the New Strangers
EVERY MOTHER AND FATHER SHOULD READ THIS! Stop telling your kids not to talk to strangers. They might need to talk to a stranger one day. Instead, teach them which sorts of strangers are safe. You know who’s safe? A mom with kids. Period. Your kid gets separated from you at the mall? Tell her to flag down the first mom with kids she sees.
FOR INSTANCE:
It is unlikely your kid is going to be...
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Watchrobot-heart-politics:
Soledad O’Brien To Tea Party’s Amy Kremer: Questioning Obama’s Love Of America Is ‘Code Word For Something Else’
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“You can agree with everything that Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz say on MSNBC and...”
– Alessandra Stanley, “How MSNBC Became Fox’s Liberal Evil Twin”
August 2012
50 posts
robot-heart-politics:
a-giant-slide-or-a-trampoline:
To Everyone Who Is Supporting Obama Because He “Supports” Their Views on Gay Marriage, Abortion, Feminism, Or Other Social Issues,
Are these issues really the biggest thing you should be focusing your vote on as taxes skyrocket, our debt goes through the roof, our economy crumbles, our Medicare system fails, our credit score hurts, and jobs...
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Watchdemnewswire:
The New Tax Calculator: President Obama’s Plan vs. Mitt Romney’s
We asked people to use our new tax calculator to compare President Obama’s tax plan to Mitt Romney’s. This is what they found out.
Try it out: http://OFA.BO/MBbPLK
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Man… with all these tragic shootings happening one after another, I guess we’re just never going to find an appropriate time to talk about gun control.
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FLASH: Two dead in shooting outside Empire State...
UPDATE: Eight people in total shot outside Empire State Building, one of the dead is shooter - New York police source
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Why Lupe's video is Problematic
elegantly-tasteless:
I was gonna wait to write this. But I’ve been on a long post kick today, soo, w.e.
My Review of the Video:
Let me start off by saying, I know what his intent is, the message that he is trying to get across. But what I’m talking about is the physical, the impact, the actual product that I watched.
So, the video was supposed to provide some social commentary about current...
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“In a democracy, so the saying goes, the people get the government they deserve....”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Fear of a Black President”
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“You can Google ‘Sri Lanka’ and it doesn’t come up that all these people have...”
– Maya “M.I.A.” Arulpragasam(following these comments, M.I.A. received death threats directed at her and her son)
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“Being fact-checked is not very fun. Good fact-checkers have a preternatural...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, in praise of fact checkers
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“You know discourse is bad when the president has to say ‘rape is...”
– Jamie Kilstein
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Watchbrooklynmutt:
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes has unearthed a straight-up gem of a video from February 14, 2002, wherein Representative Paul Ryan gives a full-throated defense of stimulus to get the country out of recession.
Business Insider
Game. Set. Match.
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Imagine if Mitt Romney or Ron Paul were arrested... →
PHILADELPHIA — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate have been arrested at a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank over housing foreclosures.
The arrests came after about 50 party supporters staged a protest Wednesday against Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored mortgage lender.
Some tried to reach Fannie Mae’s downtown office through the adjacent bank. They staged...
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