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Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Republicans Have a Plan

© Ruben Bolling

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Late Night Political Humor

“A federal judge overturned Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, which came as great news for both gays and wedding planners. Although that might be redundant.” – Jimmy Kimmel “A California judge has overruled California’s ban on gay marriage. Finally gay men can marry someone other than Liza Minelli. … Wedding planners can […]

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The Frequent Liar Program Lives On

Two years ago I posted an article about the McCain campaign paying people to down-vote web articles they didn’t like. Including mine. Well, it looks like it has gotten a lot worse since then. A well-researched posting on AlterNet shows exactly how conservatives groups are deliberately spam-voting against articles they don’t like, or people they […]

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Drowning in Deficits

© Matt Wuerker

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Is this their best example of a left-wing liberal judge?

As soon as a judge threw out California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay people from marrying, as unconstitutional, then conservatives (you know, the same people who claim to love the constitution) started calling the judge names. They used words like “extreme judicial activism”, “judicial tyranny”, and “left-wing liberal judge”. What’s really funny about this is […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have apparently broken up again, less than a month after announcing their engagement. Bristol called it off faster than you can say, ‘Mom, put the gun down.’” – Jimmy Kimmel “It was announced that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have broken up. These two have called it quits more times […]

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This cartoon isn’t funny

© Ted Rall

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Late Night Political Humor

“Do you know that $8.7 billion of our money has gone missing in Iraq? I didn’t even know they had a Goldman Sachs over there.” – Jay Leno “Three convicted murderers escaped from a prison in Arizona. The governor told the people, ‘Don’t worry, all three murderers are American citizens.’” – Jay Leno “Snooki from […]

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Missouri proves they are state of health industry tools

Missouri voters passed a proposition rejecting the federal mandate to purchase health insurance by a close-to three-to-one margin: The citizens of the Show-Me State don’t want Washington involved in their health care decisions. Because the corporations are doing such a good job of it. There is little doubt that their proposition will be invalidated by […]

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Future Scandals of the Far Right

© Tom Tomorrow Déjà vu all over again!

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama is going to be on ‘The View.’ Who says this guy isn’t willing to confront radical extremists?” – David Letterman “President Obama said he had a good time on ‘The View,’ and that the ladies on the show talk a lot less than Joe Biden.” – Jay Leno “Arizona’s immigration law went into […]

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Nothing can elude us!

© Matt Davies The government has built a national security and intelligence system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one really knows if it’s fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping its citizens safe. – Washington Post Meanwhile, Republicans are still coming up with petty excuses for blocking the confirmation of Obama’s […]

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Full Disclosure

Now that the Citizen’s United decision opened up the floodgates so corporate money can be poured into political campaigns, Democrats have been trying to require that political ads disclose their funding sources, but they have been blocked by Republican filibusters. © Joel Pett

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama is in town for an appearance on ‘The View.’ He probably won’t get a word in edgewise, but he said he’s used to it. He lives with his mother-in-law.” – David Letterman “President Obama is going on ‘The View’ to talk about the economy. Later on, he’ll go to ‘General Hospital’ to explain […]

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Protect the Sanctity of Cat Ownership

A beautiful take on the whole issue of gay marriage, from a comment left on the website for the 2012 California Marriage Protection Act: I fully support your righteous cause. Please consider supporting mine as well. Please support my petition to change the Constitution to define pet ownership as only the relationship between people and […]

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