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Politics

NPR Vs. Fox News

by RichJuly 30, 2010

I usually don’t read forwards, but this one was sent by one of our trusted readers, and I think it’s worth reposting here: Dear Friend, In just a few days, the White House Correspondents Association will decide which news organization will be awarded the seat recently vacated by Helen Thomas. The news organizations most actively [...]

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Leiter Is Living Proof of Why Obama Must Stop Continuing Failed Bush Policies

by RichJuly 8, 2010
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General David Petraeus has been oft-quoted recently for his bold, “We are in this to win,” statement, but how do we define “win” in the War on Terror? Not everyone can get what they want (or what they deserve) out of this continually costly conflict, and were any of the U.S.’s goals ever really achievable [...]

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Hitchens on Obama’s Appeasement of the Vatican

by RichJune 9, 2010
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When Christopher Hitchens gets it right, he really gets it right, and when President Obama gets it wrong, he gets it really wrong. Elena Kagan, the Solicitor General and Obama’s pending nominee to the Supreme Court, and her office are also quite wrong…Wrong about what, you ask? It seems that both the president and the [...]

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Chris Simcox – Right Wing Hero

by IanJune 9, 2010

Via: Gawker Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minutemen border militia and recent primary opponent of John McCain, is getting divorced. According to his wife, it’s just small stuff, like how he “twice brandished a gun and threatened to shoot his family.” Simcox, whose work starting an organization for people to point their guns at Mexicans [...]

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Obama on BP

by IanJune 6, 2010
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Christopher Hitchens’ New Memoir, Hitch-22, Released Today

by RichJune 2, 2010

Whether you love or hate this polarizing writer/atheist/pundit/alcoholic, Christopher Hitchens has a new book out today, Hitch-22: A Memoir, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive so far. It’s practically impossible to agree with the man on everything, but when he gets something right, goddamn does he ever get it right. While he’s known for [...]

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Video: Lewis Black on Glenn Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s

by RichMay 13, 2010

It’s been way too long since Lewis Black did a “Back in Black” segment for the Daily Show (February, to be exact), but it was well worth the wait. Bashing Glenn Beck is easy, but he does it with such flare… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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The Timothy McVeigh/Tea Party Connection Still Resonates One Year Later

by RichMay 6, 2010
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Over one year later, one of our biggest articles, A Letter From a True Patriot of the Tea Bag Movement, is still pulling in traffic from sites like StumbleUpon and still generating both positive and downright insane comments…but hey, it got people talking about this issue, right? It took people long enough to catch on [...]

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Muckmakers Exclusive: Cindy Sheehan Gets Banned From Scranton

by RichMay 1, 2010
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A lot of anti-war protesters have come and gone over the last few years, but Cindy Sheehan is still giving hell to the war machine, still shouting into megaphones and being led away in handcuffs. As you may or may not recall, after her son was killed in the Iraq War in 2004, she became [...]

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One Shitty Deal

by IanApril 28, 2010

A bit of an expansion on the clips making the rounds on the news stations.

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