September 2009
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More Americans Believe In UFOs Than Oppose A... →
More Americans believe in UFOs (34%) than oppose a public option (26%). The debate is over.
Sep 29th
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ohnotheydidnt: Scorsese, Allen, Aronofsky & others... →
Wes Anderson. Tilda Swinton. David Lynch. All rape defenders. Heartbreaking. Now someone needs to start a list of people in Hollywood who believe that being convicted of raping a child deserves incarceration.
Sep 29th
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“I see people on the news screaming that they don’t want...”
– Doctor Grumpy in the House: Annie’s Song
Sep 22nd
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The distracting benefits of ACORN hysteria →
Sep 17th
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WatchWatch
Dear The Daily Show: What happened to you? You used to be funny. You used to be smart. But: fat suit? Fat jokes? It’s not funny: it’s tired, nevermind insensitive.
Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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2010 California Marriage Protection Act |... →
(It’s satire.)
Sep 15th
Email Checker | Media Matters Action Network →
Media Matters Action Network’s “Email Checker” will provide ready-made responses to counter conservative misinformation contained in the most common and most egregious chain and viral emails. This tool will allow you to swiftly respond to emails with fact-based replies. Brilliant!
Sep 15th
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With one simple sentence, ABC News confirms the... →
ABC News confirms that it will chase any right-wing “fight” even if it’s baseless; even if it’s “unfounded.” In reporting those fights, ABC News will purposefully exclude Democrat voices from the story. And ABC News, while acknowledging a fight is ”unfounded,” will allow partisan Republicans to blame the White House for the...
Sep 10th
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Sep 7th
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Deleting the Bush Personality Cult from history -... →
I’m always amazed — even though I know I shouldn’t be — at people’s capacity simply to block out events, literally refuse to acknowledge them, when they are inconsistent with their desire to believe things.
Sep 6th
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Angry Green Girls: Softcore PETA →
The larger problem is that mainstream environmental publications like Treehugger see environmentalism as a compartmentalized “issue” that has nothing to do with women’s rights. In that view, exploiting women’s bodies is bad, unless, of course, it’s for a “good green cause.” Then it’s just “using sex” to sell environmentalism—and who could...
Sep 3rd
Man Succumbs To 7-Year Battle With Health... →
According to an independent study released last month by the Mayo Clinic, health insurance is the nation’s No. 2 cause of death, claiming the lives of some 400,000 Americans each year. A silent killer, health insurance often strikes without warning, its harmful and profit-based policies avoiding detection until it is far too late. Although the cruel bureaucratic disorder does not...
Sep 3rd
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Battle of the Insanely Awful Twilight Merchandise →
Sep 3rd
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Sep 1st
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Michele Bachmann To Start Savage Druid Cult To... →
Sep 1st