August 2011
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Jack Layton dead of cancer at 61 →
NDP Leader Jack Layton, who led Canada’s Official Opposition, has died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a long battle with cancer. Layton died peacefully at his home in Toronto early Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones, according to a statement from his wife, Olivia Chow, and…
Aug 22nd
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Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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Aug 19th
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Political Language: A program that's paid out... →
ilyagerner: …is not typically described as a Ponzi scheme, whatever Rick Perry and Tea Party Republicans want to imagine… Whether it’s Social Security, whether it’s Medicaid, whether it’s Medicare. You’ve got $115 trillion worth of unfunded liability in those three. They’re bankrupt. They’re a Ponzi…
Aug 16th
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"Girls were not allowed to converse except from 6... →
motherjones: Women isolated from secular society, scarred for life, and beaten for crossing the religious authorities. Kandahar? No, Missouri. And conservatives keep the system running.
Aug 16th
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Aug 16th
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“I pledge to you I’m not a talker. I’m a doer,” she said… “And I guarantee you...”
– Michele Bachmann Pledges to Have the EPA’s “Doors Locked and Lights Turned Off” | ThinkProgress Translation:  WHO CARES IF YOU WANT CLEAN AIR!? (via tinfoilandtea)
Aug 15th
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Tin Foil, Tea, & the GOP: Rick Perry's Top 10 →
tinfoilandtea: LINK (1) PERRY ALLOWED THE EXECUTION OF A LIKELY INNOCENT MAN, THEN IMPEDED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER: In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Huntsville, Texas after being convicted of arson and the murder of his three children. Even after significant evidence emerged…
Aug 14th
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Tin Foil, Tea, & the GOP: Perry's Anti-Gay Agenda! →
tinfoilandtea: This is fun! 1. Perry has come down fiercely against gay marriage, both in Texas and nationally. “Gay marriage is not fine with me,” Perry told Tony Perkins of the anti-gay Family Research Council last month. Contrary to his states’ rights rhetoric on issues like health care and…
Aug 14th
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Aug 13th
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“America is a scooter-bound glutton who, when its continuously increasing mass...”
– Will Wilkinson, Why We’re Hosed.  (via ilyagerner)
Aug 11th
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STFU, Conservatives: THE PRAYING GOVERNOR →
arewepayingattention: Rick Perry, governor of Texas (where else?) is a praying man. He’s talked about secession and said God has “called” him to run for president. (Talk about mixed messages!) Now he’s sponsoring a public prayer rally where various right-wing celebrities will be…
Aug 8th
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STFU, Conservatives: ON WISCONSIN! →
cognitivedissonance: Very important information from Our Common Ground on a reblog of this link. I’ve inserted some extra links and info: August 9th is Election Day for: Nancy Nusbaum [Facing Sen. Robert Cowles (R)] (Senate District 2) Sandy Pasch [Facing Sen….
Aug 8th
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“It’s criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I don’t...”
– Matt Damon (via lonelywerewolfgirl) Matt Damon is the hero of the day. (via tehblackbird) Matt Damon for everything. (via wtfox-)
Aug 3rd
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