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How many of you guessed that this would happen?

Just two years ago, Arizona needed workers. How long before they decide they need to go easier on illegals again?

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Danger! Danger! Republican Robinson!

© Clay Bennett Be careful what you start!

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If Obama Holds a Press Conference, and Fox Doesn’t Cover It, It Didn’t Happen!

The Fox Nation website claims that Obama hasn’t held a press conference since July 2009, and that he is hiding from the media. The same claim was made by Newsmax. But Media Matters points out that Obama has held two full press conferences this year, one on February 9 and another on April 13, where […]

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If you can’t be right, be neo-right!

© Ruben Bolling This is brilliant. In a non-reality-based frame, you never have to be wrong again!

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Terminology Termination

© Matt Bors I find the way corporations use words to be very ironic. Several people have pointed out that in order for something to be called a “spill”, whatever is spilling must have been contained beforehand. The Exxon Valdez was a spill, because the oil was contained in a tanker before it was spilled. […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Scientists say they have developed a car that can run on water. The only catch is, the water has to come from the Gulf of Mexico.” – Jay Leno “Have you folks heard about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Here’s what they’re doing now. They got a one-mile-long suction hose. It was […]

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Not Drinking the Kool-Aid

© Joel Pett If Tuesday’s election proved anything, it is that Tea Party anger, although mostly fostered and funded by Republicans, can definitely cause blow-back.

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Don’t Drunk Dial FreedomWorks

Lance Baxter was fired from his job as spokesman for Geico insurance company after he drunk dialed the Tea Party group FreedomWorks and left a rude and offensive message on their answering machine. The message was subsequently spread around the internet. Now that he has more time on his hands, he produced this humorous video.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Does anyone here remember the Gulf of Mexico? Well, it’s gone.” – David Letterman “President Obama said he’s angry and frustrated with the oil spill in the Gulf and the oil companies behind it. He said he’s tired of all the finger-pointing — then he blamed the Bush administration for everything.” – Jay Leno “We’re […]

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The Politics of Anyone Named John

A tidbit in Electoral-Vote yesterday had me laughing: Special Election for Murtha’s Seat Today When Rep. John Murtha died earlier this year, that triggered a special election for his seat that will be held today. PA-12 is a swing district (R+1) and is the only district in the country that voted for both John Kerry […]

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To Do What?

© Joel Pett

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Late Night Political Humor

“According to the top people in the petroleum industry, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will not affect gas prices. They said, ‘They were going up anyway.’” – Jay Leno “According to a recent survey, one in eight people say they will not buy gas from BP anymore. Unless, of course, it’s cheaper […]

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The Truth About How We Get Oil

via Fake Science

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People in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Promote Abstinence

This video presents a pretty typical right-wing opinion of abstinence education. In it, Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) claims that teaching teens to abstain from sex actually works, opposes teaching them about birth control, and even blames an AIDS victim for catching the disease because he should have abstained. But what makes this video fun to […]

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Coated Arms

© Ed Stein

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