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Bedfellows

© Jim Morin Can anyone explain why Rick Santorum is so obsessed with other people’s sex lives?

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Obama Wages a Very Dumb War

In 2002, then Illinois state senator Barack Obama gave a stirring speech where he said these (now-famous) words: I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama’s approval rating is up to 50 percent. Only half the country dislikes him. Apparently his strategy of not being any of the Republican candidates is paying off.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Here’s how he stacks up against others. Obama is at 50 percent positive. Mitt Romney is at 42 percent positive. Ice cream is […]

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Moving Past Yesterday

© Joel Pett This is exactly how I feel every time I hear someone who wants to restrict access to birth control. Didn’t we move past this a long time ago? The same politicians who tell you that if you don’t like something a company does you have the choice to not buy things from […]

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Added Arizona Hypocrisy

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu is a rising star in the Republican party, largely because of his strong stance against illegal immigrants. His first moment of fame was in 2010 when he appeared in a television ad with John McCain calling for the US government to “complete the danged fence” along the southern border. He’s also […]

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Late Night Political Irony

“They announced the winner of the Westminster Dog Show, and tomorrow the winning dog gets to ride on the roof of Mitt Romney’s car.” – David Letterman “After disputes over its nuclear program, Iran is threatening to stop exporting oil. Which means the U.S. may have to tap into its backup reserve: Mitt Romney’s hair.” […]

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Sending good thoughts and well wishes to Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report is off the air for a few days. News is scarce, but apparently there is a serious illness in his family, possibly Colbert’s mother. Colbert also tweeted his thanks for everyone’s thoughts and prayers. Rumors that Colbert’s show got yanked because he pissed off too many Republican power brokers are false. Nothing […]

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It couldn’t get this bad, could it?

© Matt Bors Or is this just like the end of the Greek and Roman Empires, and we are now sliding back into the dark ages?

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Late Night Political Humor

“Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are both against gay marriage. Really, against gay marriage? I tell you, the problem with this is they’d make such a cute couple.” – David Letterman “Rick Santorum looks like a guy running for student council.” – David Letterman “Newt Gingrich is against same-sex marriage. Well, actually, he’s against same-marriage […]

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We’ve been Framed!

© Lee Judge At the recently held Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) a panel session discussed that the fight against birth control wasn’t working. As this comic points out, how can the Catholics call birth control a deeply held religious belief when not only have 97% of Catholic women used birth control, but a majority […]

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Honest Graft

Insider trading is bad, illegal, and morally wrong. Unless of course if you are a member of Congress. Then it is just “honest graft”. Why go to all the trouble of bribing a Congressperson with campaign contributions, when you can just give them some insider information that can make them rich, legally?

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Late Night Political Humor

“Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He got an honorary Grammy for best spoken word for being able to speak out of both sides of his mouth at the same time.” – Jay Leno “Some election news. This weekend was the Maine caucuses. And here’s the crazy part — Adele actually won that, too.” – Jimmy Fallon […]

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Religion is Big Business

© Brian McFadden I’m definitely not anti-religion, but it seems crazy to me that we give huge (as much as 100%) tax breaks to churches to run normal businesses, and they even get to make profits. Doesn’t that violate the establishment clause since it allows the government to decide what is a religion, and then […]

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The Power of the Internet

© Matt Bors I don’t know about the Matrix, but the big question about the Internet is how long it will take for corporations to figure out how to co-opt it, the same way they did the media, restaurants, and rock & roll.

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Late Night Political Humor

“We have a new frontrunner for the Republicans, Rick Santorum… the little creep that could.” – Bill Maher “Rick Santorum said he was concerned about the Pentagon’s new policy allowing women closer to front-line combat, noting that men would have emotions seeing a woman in harm’s way, which I have to say is a compelling […]

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