Political Rift: August 2014

Sunday, August 24, 2014

"USGS: 6.0 Earthquake Shakes Northern California" - in #Conservative

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SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck California’s northern San Francisco Bay area early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The earthquake struck just before 3:30 a.m. about 10 m...

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"USGS: 6.0 Earthquake Shakes Northern California" - in #Conservative

"GMOs, Monsanto, and the Galileo Syndrome" - in #Liberal

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By jon
Read more here: GMOs, Monsanto, and the Galileo Syndrome

Read More...GMOs, Monsanto, and the Galileo Syndrome

"Chart of the Day: Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 1979~2014" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit

Read more here: Chart of the Day: Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 1979~2014

Read More...Chart of the Day: Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 1979~2014

"Mr Nystrom, I owe you a huge Thank You." - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: Just For Fun!News Story Source: http://www.dailypaul.com, ATruepatriot “Hey! this is Charles, I’m not far away and coming by!”. So, sporting a slight hangover I asked “Who”??? Lol....

Read More...Mr Nystrom, I owe you a huge Thank You.

"Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread" - in #Liberal

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By oresmas

Hop you all have been enjoying the weekend. If you’re like me, you probably vegged out on FXX’s Simpsons marathon. Hence the song selection today. Here’s what we have today:
ABC’s “This...

Read More...Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

"Another Bird Picture" - in #Independent

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By RON BEASLEY, Assistant Editor

Following up on the bird themed photos yesterday here is one from TMV commentator dduck taken in Cairo.

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"Another Bird Picture" - in #Independent

"Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Sorry, the pundits have moved on edition" - in #Liberal

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By rss@dailykos.com (Mark Sumner)

Leonard Pitts on political court cases, Ruth Marcus on Obama’s legacy, Tamar Jacoby on immigration policy, Ross Douthat on acid, but first…
Kevin Horrigan takes us back to Ferguson to...

Read More...Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Sorry, the pundits have moved on edition

"Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Sorry, the pundits have moved on edition" - in #Liberal

"Trolls are not a problem" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) I found no little amusement in this article in the New York Times about dealing with online trolls. It always surprises me when I learn that other bloggers are genuinely upset by the weird little...

Read More...Trolls are not a problem

"Trolls are not a problem" - in #Conservative

"Why I'm Thinking About Moving to Israel" - in #Conservative

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Do you consider yourself to be English or British? Personally I’ve always considered myself British. Although I’ve lived my life entirely in the south east of England I’ve never thought of our Scottish...

Read More...Why I'm Thinking About Moving to Israel

"The Biggest Single Trigger of Jihadism Has Been our Adherence to ‘Multiculturalism’" - in #Conservative

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The sadistic beheading of the American journalist James Foley by an ISIL killer apparently from Britain, just a few days ago, is the first such killing of an American by a jihadist with a British passport.
But it is the second...

Read More...The Biggest Single Trigger of Jihadism Has Been our Adherence to ‘Multiculturalism’

"The Biggest Single Trigger of Jihadism Has Been our Adherence to ‘Multiculturalism’" - in #Conservative

"Sunday Talking Heads: August 24, 2014" - in #Liberal

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By Elliott
Movie Night Monday
Happy Morning! Biscuits and gravy, anyone?
Of course the main topics are the aftermath of the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson MO and ISIS in Iraq and Syria. And yes, there will be John...

Read More...Sunday Talking Heads: August 24, 2014

"Sunday Talking Heads: August 24, 2014" - in #Liberal

"Republicans in Illinois Sent Out Armed Representatives to Persuade Libertarian Petition Signers to Recant" - in #Independent

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By Jill Pyeatt

The Libertarian Party of Illinois will have 7 candidates on the ballot in November after a challenge was met, it was anounced this past week. Counsel John Fogarty, representing the Republican Party of Illinois,...

Read More...Republicans in Illinois Sent Out Armed Representatives to Persuade Libertarian Petition Signers to Recant

"Republicans in Illinois Sent Out Armed Representatives to Persuade Libertarian Petition Signers to Recant" - in #Independent

"Dennis Draughon, Freelance - Endangered List" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Endangered List PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 24 Aug 2014
Read more here: Dennis Draughon, Freelance – Endangered List

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"Dennis Draughon, Freelance - Endangered List" - in #PoliticalHumor

"Pirro: Obama ‘Weak, Wimpy’ on ISIS" - in #Conservative

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On Saturday, Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Jeanine Pirro slammed President Obama’s “weak, wimpy” response to the beheading of journalist James Foley. “President Obama’s response in both wor...

Read More...Pirro: Obama ‘Weak, Wimpy’ on ISIS

"Report: ISIS ‘Coming Through the Mexican Border’" - in #Conservative

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Author and Middle East Expert Brigitte Gabriel claimed that ISIS had already crossed the southern border on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. “I spoke this afternoon with members with members ...

Read More...Report: ISIS ‘Coming Through the Mexican Border’

"Report: ISIS ‘Coming Through the Mexican Border’" - in #Conservative

"Ret. Lt. Col: Some in Military Leadership ‘Wish They Could Resign’" - in #Conservative

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Retired Marine Lt. Col and Fox News Military Analyst Bill Cowan expressed surprise that members of the senior leadership of the military had not resigned on Saturday’s “Huckabee.” “We have seen a real degeneration of the mil...

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

"Ret. Lt. Col: Some in Military Leadership ‘Wish They Could Resign’" - in #Conservative

"Late Late Night FDL: W’ere On Our Way To Rio" - in #Liberal

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By Suzanne

Popeye — W’ere On Our Way To Rio. This Famous Studios cartoon was released on April 21, 1944.
Directed by Izzy Sparber (as I. Sparber). Produced by Seymour Kneitel (uncredited) and Izzy Sparber (uncredited), w...

Read More...Late Late Night FDL: W’ere On Our Way To Rio

"Late Late Night FDL: W’ere On Our Way To Rio" - in #Liberal

"Truckload Of Armed Terrorists Gets Taken Out By U.S. Airstrike" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog Karma’s a bitch! In the wake of James Wright Foley’s murder by ISIS in Iraq, watching a truckload of terrorists being blown to bits by a U.S. airstrike just feels good.
In a video that much of the...

Read More...Truckload Of Armed Terrorists Gets Taken Out By U.S. Airstrike

"Armed 73-Year-Old Woman Stood Her Ground Against Intruder: ‘Get Out Now While You’re Still Alive!’" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog Criminals often prey on the elderly–but in this case, they messed with the wrong woman. A 73-year-old sent a home invader fleeing with a gunshot wound, telling him to “get out now–while you’re still alive!” ...

Read More...Armed 73-Year-Old Woman Stood Her Ground Against Intruder: ‘Get Out Now While You’re Still Alive!’

"Armed 73-Year-Old Woman Stood Her Ground Against Intruder: ‘Get Out Now While You’re Still Alive!’" - in #Conservative

"Over-Covering Ferguson" - in #Conservative

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By Michael Reagan Why have the protests and riots lasted so long in Ferguson? Why have out-of-town agitators and opportunists like the Communist Revolutionary Party and the New Black Panthers flocked to a St. Louis suburb?
Why,...

Read More...Over-Covering Ferguson

"Over-Covering Ferguson" - in #Conservative

"British national in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse A British national in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, the Department of Health in London said Saturday, the first person from the country to have contracted the virus in a recent, devastating...

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"OK high school administrator shames female students over dress code, calls them ‘skanks’" - in #Independent

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By Tom Boggioni The school superintendent of Oklahoma high school is under fire from parents who feel she humiliated their daughters at the start of the school year over their revealing clothing, according to KFOR. Noble High...

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"‘Needs to be printed and framed’! What did William Shatner call this Texas Supreme Court justice?" - in #Conservative

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By Sarah D.

Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett is evidently a “Star Trek” fan:
Not so sure about ComicCon — but I’d definitely attend KhanCon.
Right, @WilliamShatner? http://t.co/iKHLeavFbp— Justice Don Willett (@Justi...

Read More...‘Needs to be printed and framed’! What did William Shatner call this Texas Supreme Court justice?

"For Europe: Finlandization’s Revenge or a Eurasian Identity?" - in #Liberal

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By Deena Stryker

Another Europe, Another World
In 1989 my book Une autre Europe, un Autre Monde [Another Europe, Another World], was published in France by a small academic house, after being rejected by all the progressive...

Read More...For Europe: Finlandization’s Revenge or a Eurasian Identity?

"For Europe: Finlandization’s Revenge or a Eurasian Identity?" - in #Liberal

"'This Is a Test': Educating to End the School-to-Grave-Pipeline in Ferguson and Beyond" - in #Liberal

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By jon
Read more here: ‘This Is a Test’: Educating to End the School-to-Grave-Pipeline in Ferguson and Beyond

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"'This Is a Test': Educating to End the School-to-Grave-Pipeline in Ferguson and Beyond" - in #Liberal

"‘Never mentions the HOWLERS': Politico Voxsplains Vox but ‘totally overlooks’ something" - in #Conservative

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By Doug Powers

Usually the Voxsplainers at Vox.com are the ones doing the Voxsplaining, but today Politico published an article written by Dylan Byers which attempts to Voxsplain Vox:
Vox not living up to the hype, explained ...

Read More...‘Never mentions the HOWLERS': Politico Voxsplains Vox but ‘totally overlooks’ something

"‘Never mentions the HOWLERS': Politico Voxsplains Vox but ‘totally overlooks’ something" - in #Conservative

"Homeland Security" - in #Liberal

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By Josh Marshall
200 years later, remember when and why the British burned the White House and much of Capital to the ground.
Read more here: Homeland Security

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"Maine Residents Succeed in Naming Street After Redskins" - in #Conservative

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Even as controversy swirls on nearly a daily basis over the name of the Washington Redskins, residents of Wiscasset, Maine, succeeded in getting a street renamed “Redskin’s Drive” even after local schools were...

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"Maine Residents Succeed in Naming Street After Redskins" - in #Conservative

Friday, August 22, 2014

"Maine Residents Succeed in Naming Street After Redskins" - in #Conservative

"Steelers RB: I Didn't Know You Could Get a DUI for Being High" - in #Conservative

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The police report on Pittsburgh Steelers running backs LeGarrette Blount and Le’Veon Bell describes docile, doltish arrestees. Pot can have that effect on a man.
“I didn’t know you could get a DUI for being...

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"Steelers RB: I Didn't Know You Could Get a DUI for Being High" - in #Conservative

"Police States and Private Markets" - in #Libertarian

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By Jeff Deist

The following is the transcript from a talk delivered at the
2014 Houston Mises Circle. Video of the talk is available
here.

I’d like to speak with you today not about the NSA or any of...

Read More...Police States and Private Markets

"Police States and Private Markets" - in #Libertarian

"Libertarian Party of Russia: An appeal to western libertarians about the war in Ukraine" - in #Independent

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By paulie

Mikhail Svetov at libertarian-party.ru/blog:
I decided to write this after I noticed that western libertarians have unaccountably developed a soft spot for Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The consensus among them...

Read More...Libertarian Party of Russia: An appeal to western libertarians about the war in Ukraine

"C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Brother Jack McDuff" - in #Liberal

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By Ryan Pressman

Jams like this are the stuff that hip hop artists’ dreams are made of. It’s tunes like this that inspired genres like jazz fusion, which, by this time was in its infancy. Luckily, at this time we also...

Read More...C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Brother Jack McDuff

"C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Brother Jack McDuff" - in #Liberal

"‘Sign me up': Jedediah Bila’s 2016 campaign poster enthusiastically endorsed [Photoshop]" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

“If I were president, ISIS would be in very deep shit right now.” That was Fox News’ Jedediah Bila two days ago in a tweet that inspired several on Twitter to inquire where they could donate to her campaign. ...

Read More...‘Sign me up': Jedediah Bila’s 2016 campaign poster enthusiastically endorsed [Photoshop]

"Shoot It. Shoot It In The Head." - in #Conservative

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By Wombat-socho – by Wombat-socho I’ve been kind of slack about hitting the library lately, having been busy with Ingress; what I’ve been re-reading as a bedtime book is the David Drake & S.M. Stirling collections ...

Read More...Shoot It. Shoot It In The Head.

"Mother Charged With Child Endangerment For Allowing A Man To Impregnate 11-Year-Old Daughter" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog An Iowa woman has been arrested for doing nothing after her 11-year-old daughter told her a grown man was having sex with her. The preteen is now pregnant.
The 37-year-old woman from Newton was taken into...

Read More...Mother Charged With Child Endangerment For Allowing A Man To Impregnate 11-Year-Old Daughter

"Teen sSentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Carving A SWASTIKA Into Best Friend’s Forehead And Forcing Him To Eat Cat Feces" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog A 16-year-old Oregon boy, Blue Kalmbach, will spend 11 years in prison for torturing a former friend and carving a swastika into his forehead.
Kalmbach was the last of four teenagers to be sentenced in the case....

Read More...Teen sSentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Carving A SWASTIKA Into Best Friend’s Forehead And Forcing Him To Eat Cat Feces

"Here’s the video of the Oath Keeper’s speech that got a St. Louis cop relieved of duty" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

When a cop pushed CNN’s Don Lemon, he pretty much …
Read more here: Here’s the video of the Oath Keeper’s speech that got a St. Louis cop relieved of duty

Read More...Here’s the video of the Oath Keeper’s speech that got a St. Louis cop relieved of duty

"Libertarians survive petition challenge in Illinois; Greens, Constitution Party fall short" - in #Independent

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By paulie

Ballot Access News:
On August 22, the Illinois State Board of Elections certified the statewide Libertarian Party slate for the November ballot. The decision was not surprising, given that the “binder-check” process had...

Read More...Libertarians survive petition challenge in Illinois; Greens, Constitution Party fall short

"In Aftermath of Killing of Mike Brown, Organizers Announce Set of Demands for Justice in Ferguson" - in #Liberal

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By Kevin Gosztola

Tory Russell, one of organizers working to organize Ferguson
Young black organizers, who have been working with members of the Ferguson community to formulate calls for action in response to the police shooting...

Read More...In Aftermath of Killing of Mike Brown, Organizers Announce Set of Demands for Justice in Ferguson

"Harry Reid" - in #Independent

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By Kevin Purcell

I am not alone among much of the nation when I say I am troubled by Harry Reid. I am not making fun of his health. Rather, I am saying we need more capable men and women of _any_ party in the senate.
According...

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"Enlisting Alice Cooper To Respond To The Prospect Of Another Romney Candidacy" - in #Conservative

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By smitty by Smitty Varying his meaning slightly:
Read more here: Enlisting Alice Cooper To Respond To The Prospect Of Another Romney Candidacy

Read More...Enlisting Alice Cooper To Respond To The Prospect Of Another Romney Candidacy

"USA Today Reporter Says She And 'Other' Protesters Stung With Tea Gas in Ferguson" - in #Conservative

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By Jack Coleman

Look no further for an example of why police in Ferguson, Mo., don’t trust the media.
USA Today reporter Yamiche Alcindor appeared on MSNBC shortly before midnight on Aug. 18 for an interview with Rachel...

Read More...USA Today Reporter Says She And 'Other' Protesters Stung With Tea Gas in Ferguson

"The terrible cost of equality" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) It is becoming abundantly clear that immigration from outside Europe is not only dyscivic, but dysgenic as well. The Men of the West are becoming literally stupider as a result of opening their...

Read More...The terrible cost of equality

"LIVE AT FIVE: 08.22.14" - in #Conservative

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By Wombat-socho – compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Rick Perry’s Mugshot Goes Viral Former PIU investigator quashes CPRIT allegations Perry: It’s possible ISIS has crossed the southern border Rick Perry rounds up the m...

Read More...LIVE AT FIVE: 08.22.14

"LIVE AT FIVE: 08.22.14" - in #Conservative

"Liberals FURIOUS That Christian Doctor Publicly Thanked God After Being Healed of Ebola" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins Ebola is a scary disease and it’s incredibly encouraging that an experimental drug has cured Christian Doctor Kent Brantly, who contracted the disease treating patients in Africa. Some people were worried...

Read More...Liberals FURIOUS That Christian Doctor Publicly Thanked God After Being Healed of Ebola

"Liberals FURIOUS That Christian Doctor Publicly Thanked God After Being Healed of Ebola" - in #Conservative

"Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly Pronounced Cancer Free" - in #Conservative

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback and Hall of Famer Jim Kelly was diagnosed with cancer in June of 2013, was thought free of the disease later that year, but relapsed again early this year. This week, though, Kelly’s doctors...

Read More...Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly Pronounced Cancer Free

"Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly Pronounced Cancer Free" - in #Conservative

Thursday, August 21, 2014

"Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly Pronounced Cancer Free" - in #Conservative

"Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay: Snoop Dogg Disses Steelers OC" - in #Conservative

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Snoop Dogg got realer than Real Deal Holyfield on Instagram. Presumably, all the hookers and hoes now know how he feels.
“Man, the Pittsburgh Steelers need a new f—ing offensive coordinator,” raves the Long...

Read More...Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay: Snoop Dogg Disses Steelers OC

"Bowwowwowyippyyoyippyyay: Snoop Dogg Disses Steelers OC" - in #Conservative

"You Can’t Run an Economy with Spreadsheets" - in #Libertarian

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By Nicolás Cachanosky

Argentina’s economic minister, Axel Kicillof, has become famous for his assertion that it is possible to centrally manage the economy now because we have spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. ...

Read More...You Can’t Run an Economy with Spreadsheets

"You Can’t Run an Economy with Spreadsheets" - in #Libertarian

"Open Thread - Let's Hope For Ferguson" - in #Liberal

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By Bluegal aka Fran

Via. Open Thread Below…

Read more here: Open Thread – Let’s Hope For Ferguson

Read More...Open Thread - Let's Hope For Ferguson

"WashPost Covers All the Protest Factions, Including Looter: 'I'm Proud Of Us, We Deserve This'" - in #Conservative

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By Tim Graham

Black leftists don’t like President Obama condemning violent protesters and looters in Ferguson alongside the police. On MSNBC Wednesday afternoon, professor Michael Eric Dyson called this balanced approach...

Read More...WashPost Covers All the Protest Factions, Including Looter: 'I'm Proud Of Us, We Deserve This'

"Three Year Old Toddler Neglected So Badly In House Of Feces That She Was ‘Unable To Walk’" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog Ah, the charms of the British welfare state! A 3-year-old girl was found so badly neglected in a house full of feces that she was unable to walk. Teachers and social workers were apparently aware of the family...

Read More...Three Year Old Toddler Neglected So Badly In House Of Feces That She Was ‘Unable To Walk’

"If You Have Obamacare Insurance You’re Tax Refund Could Be Held Up" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative
Obamacare is in the news again, and as usual, not for anything positive. The Washington Times reported that Americans who bought health insurance through the Obamacare exchanges may have their tax returns...

Read More...If You Have Obamacare Insurance You’re Tax Refund Could Be Held Up

"'Prophet' Rick Joyner Claims His Water Filters Will Prevent Cancer (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

‘Prophet’ Rick Joyner Claims His Water Filters Will Prevent Cancer (Video)
‘Prophet’ Rick Joyner Claims His Water Filters Will Prevent...

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"BREAKING: “ISIS IS HERE” Islamic Flag Flies in Ferguson (VIDEO)" - in #Conservative

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By Tiffiny Ruegner Because we ALL are eager to see the flames in Ferguson ride higher, an “ISIS is HERE” sign flashed during Jake Tapper’s coverage of the Ferguson, Missouri protests and riots.
ISIS is all over the Ferguson ...

Read More...BREAKING: “ISIS IS HERE” Islamic Flag Flies in Ferguson (VIDEO)

"BREAKING: “ISIS IS HERE” Islamic Flag Flies in Ferguson (VIDEO)" - in #Conservative

"Dawkins Issues Non-Apology Apology" - in #Conservative

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By Wesley J. Smith Richard Dawkins stepped in it the other day by stating that women have a moral obligation to abort Down fetuses. In response to being called the bigot that he is, far and wide, Dawkins has issued a...

Read More...Dawkins Issues Non-Apology Apology

"McCain Says We Need U.S. 'Boots On The Ground' In Iraq -- But Not 'Combat Troops'" - in #Liberal

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By Heather

Sen. John McCain continues to move the goal posts with his demands of President Obama and how we should handle the threat from the militant group ISIS in Iraq. A couple of weeks ago during his interview with...

Read More...McCain Says We Need U.S. 'Boots On The Ground' In Iraq -- But Not 'Combat Troops'

"McCain Says We Need U.S. 'Boots On The Ground' In Iraq -- But Not 'Combat Troops'" - in #Liberal

"Leprosy: Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Mawlamyaing (Myanmar) (AFP) – High in the hills of Myanmar’s war-torn borderlands, a clutch of new leprosy cases among communities virtually cut off from medical help is a sign that the c...

Read More...Leprosy: Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge

"‘About 8 people here almost raging': #DayOfRage sparsely attended nationwide [photos]" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

Anonymous was reportedly behind a scheduled nationwide “Day of Rage” Thursday in response to the shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teenager Michael Brown. A gathering in front of the White House was set for 7 p.m...

Read More...‘About 8 people here almost raging': #DayOfRage sparsely attended nationwide [photos]

"21-Year-Old Man Accused of Raping Teenager, Posting Video of the Attack on Facebook" - in #Independent

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By Lina Batarags

21-Year-Old Man Accused of Raping Teenager, Posting Video of the Attack on Facebook
Man Posted a Video to Facebook of Himself Allegedly Raping Teenager
...

Read More...21-Year-Old Man Accused of Raping Teenager, Posting Video of the Attack on Facebook

"21-Year-Old Man Accused of Raping Teenager, Posting Video of the Attack on Facebook" - in #Independent

"‘This is horrible': Viewers blast NFL Network’s decision to have announcers in studio" - in #Conservative

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By Doug Powers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are playing against the Philadelphia Eagles in a preseason matchup airing on the NFL Network, but there are no announcers at the game. The announcers are calling the game from a studio.
Many...

Read More...‘This is horrible': Viewers blast NFL Network’s decision to have announcers in studio

"After Oregon Rejects Coal Export Plan, Long Beach Votes to Export Coal and PetKoch" - in #Liberal

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By Steve Horn

The “Green” Port of Long Beach will now export millions of tons of pollutants per year.
Just a day after the Oregon Department of State Lands shot down a proposal to export 8.8 million tons per year of coal to Asia f...

Read More...After Oregon Rejects Coal Export Plan, Long Beach Votes to Export Coal and PetKoch

"ISIL Terrorists Must be Defeated, JCS Chairman Says – Hagel Agrees" - in #Independent

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By DORIAN DE WIND, Military Affairs Columnist

At a Pentagon news conference today, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey , said the ISIL terror group has an “apocalyptic, end-of-days” vis...

Read More...ISIL Terrorists Must be Defeated, JCS Chairman Says – Hagel Agrees

"Mob in Ferguson Throws Bottles, Attacks Darren Wilson Supporters (With Video)" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins How did we end up in a world where we hear incessant complaints that the police are too “militarized,” even as they even as they stand aside and allow looting and mob attacks? Isn’t that the worst of both wor...

Read More...Mob in Ferguson Throws Bottles, Attacks Darren Wilson Supporters (With Video)

"Mob in Ferguson Throws Bottles, Attacks Darren Wilson Supporters (With Video)" - in #Conservative

"A School-to-Prison Pipeline?" - in #Conservative

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By Ian Tuttle In March of this year, the Departments of Education and Justice lamented the results of a Civil Rights Data Collection survey: Sixteen percent of black students have been suspended or expelled from a public school,...

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"A School-to-Prison Pipeline?" - in #Conservative

"Cowboys Again Top-Valued NFL Franchise on Forbes List" - in #Conservative

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How ’bout them Cowboys?
Forbes released its annual valuation of all 32 NFL franchises. While Jerry Jones’s team remains mired in mediocrity on the field, it plays as the envy of the NFL off of the field. The magazine...

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"Cowboys Again Top-Valued NFL Franchise on Forbes List" - in #Conservative

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

"Cowboys Again Top-Valued NFL Franchise on Forbes List" - in #Conservative

"Conservatives support #BlackOpenCarry despite some political differences" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

The unrest in Ferguson, Missouri has inspired some groups of urban blacks to exercise their Second Amendment rights and open carry rights in states where they exist. The #BlackOpenCarry hashtag was met with near...

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"Boy, 8, ‘was TORTURED more severely than a PoW’: Parents ‘forced son to eat vomit, gagged locked in cabinet and doused him in pepper spray before beating him to death’" - in #Conservative

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By Tiffiny Ruegner WARNING: Graphic and horrifying story of two parents torturing their 8-yr-old boy. He was covered in pepper spray, forced to eat his own vomit, gagged and locked in a cabinet to silence his cries for help just...

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"Boy, 8, ‘was TORTURED more severely than a PoW’: Parents ‘forced son to eat vomit, gagged locked in cabinet and doused him in pepper spray before beating him to death’" - in #Conservative

"Late Late Night FDL: Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" - in #Liberal

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By Suzanne

Brian Hyland — Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini on the Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, July 16, 1960.
What’s on your mind?
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"Six Myths About Money and Inflation" - in #Libertarian

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By Patrick Barron

The following are six of the most prevalent economic myths that appear time and again in the mainstream media. I will give a brief description of each and
a brief description of the economic reality,...

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"Six Myths About Money and Inflation" - in #Libertarian

"Making Marriage-Minded Decisions" - in #Conservative

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By Interview Choices have consequences. It’s obvious. And yet, how do we live?In a new study from the National Marriage Project, “Before ‘I Do’: What Do Premarital Experiences Have to Do with Marital Quality Among Tod...

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"Making Marriage-Minded Decisions" - in #Conservative

"Late Night: Defective X-Ray Pornscanners. You Can See Sideboobs But Not Sidearms" - in #Liberal

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By spocko
Wired has a story today about a team of security researchers demonstrated how people can slip weapons and explosives past TSA’s Rapiscan full-body X-ray scanners.
The article talks about blogger Jonathan Corbett...

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"Esquire Columnist: 'We Are All Complicit' in Ferguson" - in #Conservative

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By Tom Blumer

You had to know this was coming. The only question was who was going to be the first to do it.

On Tuesday, echoing the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” wherein the devil slyly tells...

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"Esquire Columnist: 'We Are All Complicit' in Ferguson" - in #Conservative

"Oklahoma Catholic bishop sues Satanist group for stealing wafers to use in ‘black mass’" - in #Independent

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By Reuters By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Catholic Archbishop filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to halt the use of what he said were stolen communion wafers destined for a satanic black mass ceremony to be ...

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"WATCH LIVE: Protests continue in Ferguson despite rainy weather conditions" - in #Independent

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By Arturo Garcia Demonstrations appeared to be continuing in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday night despite rainfall pelting the area. Argus Radio, which has been livestreaming protests for most of the past week, reported that...

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"WATCH LIVE: Protests continue in Ferguson despite rainy weather conditions" - in #Independent

"Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft Spins Tall Tales On Ferguson Shooting" - in #Liberal

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By karoli

Jim Hoft has been called a lying douchebag, a spinner of tall tales, and a guy who plays into extremist right wing narratives that people such as Matt Drudge buy into and support. This time Hoft made waves with his base...

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"Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft Spins Tall Tales On Ferguson Shooting" - in #Liberal

"FDL’s Kevin Gosztola Reporting from Ferguson" - in #Liberal

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By Jane Hamsher

Bumped
People of Ferguson trying to rebuild community spirit at St. Mark’s Church after police raid
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"Richard Dawkins gets owned by parents of Down Syndrome kids [pics]" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

In order to debate with compassion, empathy and humility you first must have compassion, empathy and humility. It’s becoming increasingly clear Dawkins possesses none of these qualities.
@InYourFaceNYer Abort...

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"Co-founder of "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge" drowns at age 27" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: How to HelpNews Story Source: SalonCorey Griffin died over the weekend off the coast of MassachusettsPhilanthropist Corey Griffin died on Aug. 16 at the age of 27.
Griffin helped co-found the viral “ALS Ice...

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"Ferguson, another lesson on how to be authentically Black" - in #Conservative

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By Samuel Gonzalez Picture this scenario:
An African American resident of Ferguson wakes up one morning and hears about an 18 year old unarmed black male shot dead in the street by a White cop. The resident can’t believe...

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"Video: Entire shooting of 2nd St. Louis man was filed in it's entirety. (Graphic violence and language)" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit Allegedly, the man had a knife, but the video is at range. The man did tell police to shoot him. The police happily complied while the victim was several feet away and walking slowly toward them. He was about...

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"Rep. Louie Gohmert Claims Muslim Brotherhood is Advising Obama Not to Stop ISIS (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

Rep. Louie Gohmert Claims Muslim Brotherhood is Advising Obama Not to Stop ISIS (Video)
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"Rep. Louie Gohmert Claims Muslim Brotherhood is Advising Obama Not to Stop ISIS (Video)" - in #Independent

"Charlie Daniels : ‘How much more’ will we take from ‘this evil bunch of SOBs’" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

Like a lot of us, Charlie Daniels has had enough of ISIS.
Obama struts until the big boys walk in the room,then he’s gone— Charlie Daniels (@CharlieDaniels) August 20, 2014
How much more is the world going to ...

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"Florida man caught creeping on women in Walmart with camera stuffed in his shoe" - in #Independent

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By Arturo Garcia A 40-year-old Florida man was arrested on Tuesday and accused of taking upskirt pictures at a local Walmart by stuffing his phone inside his shoe, WESH-TV reported. Authorities said a female shopper caught Paul...

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"How is Rick Perry Handling A Phony Indictment? He Took This AWESOME Mug Shot And Then WENT FOR ICE CREAM" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins Liberal Democrats have filed a joke of a politically motivated indictment against Rick Perry for threatening to veto the funding of the Public Integrity Office because it was run by a drunk driving DA who was...

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"If Spike Lee Says “There Is a War on the Black Male,” Who’s Waging It?" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins That’s a semi-serious question. Semi-serious because I don’t really think there’s a “war” on anyone in America. Yet and still, if there’s a war, who’s waging it?
Spike Lee doe...

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"Corruption in Cleveland" - in #Conservative

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By Jillian Kay Melchior A prominent Ohio not-for-profit agency that offered help to low-income Americans received more than half a billion in taxpayer dollars over the past 15 years. But its president and CEO was awarding...

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"Corruption in Cleveland" - in #Conservative

"Gary Varvel, Indianapolis Star - Cartoonist Gary Varvel: The National Guard in Ferguson" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Cartoonist Gary Varvel: The National Guard in Ferguson PUBLICATION DATE: Wed, 20 Aug 2014
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"Mike Ditka Calls Opponents of Redskins Name 'Politically Correct Idiots'" - in #Conservative

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ESPN’s Bill Simmons may say “Washington.” ESPN’s Mike Ditka says “Redskins.”
“There’s so much horse$#!+,” the Super Bowl-winning coach and player says of the nickname controversy, “it’s incredible.” In an...

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