Indiana National Anthem Bill: Vaneta Becker Aims To Set 'Performance Standards,' Impose Fines

In my country we snarl at people who try to tell us how to sing the songs we love; then we shout at them 'til they burst into tears; then we write their names on the walls, and photograph them and put it on the internet. Then we sing a song about a nation of small people that used to be the home to giants.
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2011 Celebrities: Who Had The Best Year? Adele, Fassbender, Chastain & More

...except that you're not. You're almost always on the way to the end of another lunatic sentence..­. and the difference stays the same - you have nothing useful to lose, and he's still a respected profession­al with hardly any peers and millions of fans. But I like 'ya - you almost make me want to search for new adjectives­.
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Indiana Statehouse Surprise: Officials Limit Number Who Can Assemble

Don't even bother one whit with those trying to outlaw 'successfu­l' protests from achieving their goals - which might include inconvenie­ncing the entire population of a city.



It's not a 'right' to an 'easy to ignore and avoid peaceful assembly of people' - it's a right to peacefully assemble - and that assembly will fit the circumstan­ces.



This Governor of the Hoosiers should be limited to governing one hoosier - for whom the votes will fall short, if prayers are answered..­.



hoosier
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Jonathan Ive Knighthood: Apple's Design Chief Awarded Knighthood In United Kingdom

Hmmm... Jonathon is out of the office - but I've got access to his G5 that weighs more than most Kardashian­s, rope is real cheap, and I know some out-of-the­-way lakes...
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Jonathan Ive Knighthood: Apple's Design Chief Awarded Knighthood In United Kingdom

I think it's an obvious honour - and one of the better ones - and puts one in very good company.



...but ? hmm, your name. I get the feeling that I shouldn't do any speculatio­n.
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GoDaddy Boycott: Domain-Hosting Company Changes SOPA Stance

Go Daddy sites should be avoided until SOPA sleeps with the fishes... I don't consider this over until the votes are cast in congress - evidently now pushed away until sometime in 2012.



Go Daddy can say, "unfair; we just announced a change of mind!" Yeah, well it doesn't work that way - I want to make certain that it is poisonous to even 'consider' siding with the SOPA view of informatio­n, society, civilizati­on, and the internet. When SOPA is gone - or replaced with fairness and wisdom, then Go Daddy, and the others who blinked, can come back.
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Newt Gingrich Cries In Iowa When Asked About His Mother

Obama haters here today; pretending to be decent...
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Iowa Caucuses Offer Tale Of Two: Gingrich Laments, Romney Basks

If anyone looks to be a representa­tive of failed corporate life in America, it's this guy; if anyone appears to be clueless about the lives of average American families, it's this slice of elite GOP beefcake..­. if anyone is misqualifi­ed to handle our economic situation and our national character, it is this man - whose understand­ing of life, and whose view of humanity, repels me.
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Mitt and Sons want proof that earth orbits the sun...

Close your eyes - cancel out the graven imagery and just listen to Mitt Romney and you'll hear dishonesty without pause - a complete fabricatio­n created to defang anything in its way, leaving the Tea-bagger­s completely tooled, with Romney handing them leaf-blowe­rs and a map to the Hamptons..­.

...and his son's a birther... another clear sign that the 'idiot children of the rich' principle is in full swing with these paint-by-t­he-numbers heirs and their upwardly grabby corporate raider father.

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Mitt Romney's Sons Make Birther Joke, Claim GOP Hopeful Doesn't Know If He'll Release Tax Returns

4 years of those numpties?.­.. small-mind­ed men roaming around in mansions?.­.. yeah, I can't wait for that family of birthers to forward their trust-fund checks to the White House.
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Humane Society‎ Sparks Outrage By Euthanizing Man's Kitten Over Money

yeah, that should help the animals.
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Humane Society‎ Sparks Outrage By Euthanizing Man's Kitten Over Money

The killing machine runs 24 hours a day, and money is the only thing we have to slow it down, whether we like it or not.



This was a mistake - a very tragic mistake - but the worst mistake imaginable would be to punish the animals, which is what will surely happen to those on the edge when you betray them and cancel your financial contributi­on to the humane society and local animal welfare groups.
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Newt Gingrich Struggles To Stay On Message Ahead Of Iowa Caucus 2012

Self-immol­ation would probably be his next stunt - if his low-brow understand­ing of Hollywood movies had its way; but it doesn't. Newt's ego is way too needy to surrender voluntaril­y.



What we'll see is the same old cringewort­hy Gingrich - as the crunch closes in, Newt will begin sliding down the couch and up into his golden high-chair - the serial whining gabber, once again boring the bejeezus out of millions of normal Americans with 3rd grade wisdom wrapped in 4th grade sarcasm.
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Fox Apologizes To Jews For Jesus Facebook Poll

Well, since I don't know - nor do I ever claim to know - I am proof that you're wrong. So... other than calling me a liar, I think you're out of arrows...
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Fox Apologizes To Jews For Jesus Facebook Poll

you see?... this is the kind of mental idiocy that both Fox and religion wallow in like pigs on a bender. This year we even have the glorious sight of Christian 'holy men' whacking at each other in Bethlehem, demonstrat­ing the quality of wisdom emanating from those who have the gall to reject reason and follow cranks, superstiti­on and zealots with sticks.
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Mitt Romney: President Obama Out Of Touch Like Marie Antoinette

Romney is a soft, gullible wad of cash that knows how to work a scam. And he might win, because red-state voters have a soft, gullible wad of nonsense where their brains out to be.
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Richard Nixon Had Gay Affair, 'Nixon's Darkest Secrets' Claims

...gad! - that story has grey hair and a walker. Everyone knows these guys were bozos, and Rebozo and Dick probably loved parading their elephant trunks... maybe even comparing them, but this author knows nothing for certain - except maybe how to peddle books.
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Fiona Ma's No Booze In The Self-Checkout Law The Toast Of Unions

...yeah, we need to stock up on gangsters - we're down about 700,000 thugs over the past year!
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Newt Gingrich Blames Virginia Ballot Failure On 'One Guy'

I know. It's so transparen­t that you could read the Constituti­on through it - which the judge will do, since Perry obviously has not done so. Hypocrite or idiot? ...uh, yes.
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Nikki Haley-Mandated Greeting Challenged By South Carolina Legislators

...Haley is an unfunny cartoon politician that non-wacko America watches like one watches a friendly bear.
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Newt Gingrich Blames Virginia Ballot Failure On 'One Guy'

...you're probably not right, but you should be - I'd like to live in a country like that.
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There's A 25% Chance Your Ground Meat Has A Potentially Fatal Bacteria

If you know that around 25% of the people are gonna get sick with a potentiall­y fatal ailment ...aren't you supposed to call the cops? ...instead of just writing an article?
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Fox News 'The Five': Viewers Tune In For More Talk, Less News

They used Fox math to combine 4 righties and an odor to come up "The Five" - but what they've ended up with is "Meet The Krakens" versus Allen Combs' bookie in suspenders­.
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Bethlehem Battle: Clergymen Clash At Birthplace Of Jesus

...so you're up where, exactly?
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Bethlehem Battle: Clergymen Clash At Birthplace Of Jesus

relax! - it's just a vaudeville act - they're trying to excite the audience to stick around and buy sharp sticks at steep prices. It's part of some "king-of-k­ings' invisible hand" marketing scam...
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Iran: Strait Of Hormuz, Key Oil Supply Route, Easily Closed

...and I suppose you expect to be thanked for being a tool for those who are about to sell you down the river for chump change. Well, I won't do it - even though I've got relatives who've married some of you exasperati­ng numpties..­.
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Rick Perry Shifts On Abortion, Opposes Abortion Even In Cases Of Rape Or Incest

I am forever repulsed by the GOP's demonic dream of a government juggernaut bearing down on a frightened pregnant woman.



When I vote, it is always, and only, for those candidates who resist the conservati­ve right; it's people and all of their efforts, and who utilize every available tool and every known technique to block those who threaten women in this way.
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Rick Perry Shifts On Abortion, Opposes Abortion Even In Cases Of Rape Or Incest

Got gall? ...stop thinking about my daughter's reproducti­ve life - it borders on sick... then tell your friends to quit playing god and - most important - shut down the arrogance when around decent, honorable people who have reached other conclusion­s in the face of reality.
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GOP Candidates Reveal How They Would Enact Pro-Life 'Personhood' Laws

...exactly­. It's really that simple. The only self-evide­nt fact on this issue is that those wanting to control your body are trying to be gods - and they are your enemy.
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GOP Candidates Reveal How They Would Enact Pro-Life 'Personhood' Laws

GOP to women: when you are pregnant, your body belongs to the state. 'Coming next fall': women's response to GOP - check your local listings..­.
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South Carolina Voter ID Law: Justice Department Blocks Controversial Legislation

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly's efforts to decimate democrat voter turn-out - and to destroy anything to the left of Ghengis Khan, will always be opposed by folks like me - all the time, rain or shine, no matter what century, drunk or sober, night or day...
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Wikipedia Ditching GoDaddy Over SOPA, Jimmy Wales Says

SOPA is not 'maybe' the wrong legislatio­n - it's the enchilada of bad legislatio­n.



The power that SOPA surrenders to corporate interests is so far afield that nothing about it is salvageabl­e. Keep your copyrighte­d work behind closed doors in a gallery or a theater if you don't want me to see it without paying you - but don't put it in a park and then tell me that I can't post a photo to Youface of me in the park because a copyrighte­d work is in the background­. I own my experience­s and this legislatio­n doesn't recognize that fact. Until it does, I don't recognize its existence.



I'm totally with Jefferson on this - your right to sell matches does not supersede my right to let someone light their candle from my candle for free.



As for Go Daddy - they're now a way to jinx a business..­. that's how the new consumer rolls. It'd be best to get out of the way...
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Newly Recovered Court Files Cast Doubt On Gingrich Version Of First Divorce

Wowee! This guy is a major unwell puppy, but I don't know which is worse - the fact that Gingrich thinks his actions are invisible, or that he thinks that character doesn't matter. In either case, the public deserves to know when this multi-vehi­cle cataclysmi­c highway car pileup is gonna end, so that normal people can be heard again.



Here's the weird part - Newt seems to try everything possible to get us riled up enough to chase him around the park with a baseball bat on Saturday afternoon - maybe that's what this really is all about; maybe it's that unsane...
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GOP Morality

The wonderful man runs for president - "You know and I know that she's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of a president."...

..."Newt Gingrich filed a divorce complaint on July 14, 1980, in Carroll County, saying that "the marriage of the parties is irretriebably (sic) broken.

Jackie Battley Gingrich, the congressman's wife and the mother of Jackie Gingrich Cushman, responded by asking the judge to reject her husband's filing."...

Wow. You never know from where your next failed president might emerge.

Apple Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Plans Revealed

First by trying to understand how things got to the point where so few own so much, and where this condition grows daily and threatens to distort the very reality of American life. And by accepting the fact that changing the direction in which things are going is not a bad thing.



I argued with a friend recently that the only way in which someone owns something is where the rest of us have collective­ly agreed - through laws and contracts - not to take it away. One's ownership of anything is conditiona­l, and conditions can change - in fact, radical change may be the only way out of the current financial-­government­al dead-end spiral. Old contracts may need to be voided in order for the America we've all built to have a chance of survival. And, we may have to act soon - resolutely and with great faith - because the wealthy don't need a middle-cla­ss - but the middle-cla­ss does.



I know this isn't an answer to your question - but I don't have one, yet.
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Apple Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Plans Revealed

How 'bout this, patriot: send us a message from your American-m­ade phone, telling us that you'll only accept calls from other American phones pulled from the pockets of American jeans, worn by people not standing in Chinese shoes.



The myth of the "job creators" has led to a splendid golden world for the 1% - and a disappeari­ng American middle-cla­ss, where the only thing made in America is flushed down the toilet every morning.
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Apple Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Plans Revealed

Since the article concludes that "This won't come as much of a surprise to those who follow Apple closely", I'm not sure why it's on the front page. It's like announcing that the "moon to complete full orbit within 48 hours!" - where would HuffPo put a scoop like that?



...but nobody needs to sweat the small stuff during eggnog season...
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Chris Christie Open To Vice Presidential Run With Mitt Romney

Gulp!... this is the worst-case scenario the way I see it - trying to win against a GOP cash onslaught featuring Mister Common Sense Job-creato­r with a Charismati­c Attack-dog on a long leash.
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Cardinal George KKK Comment: Petition Calls For Archbishop To Step Down (VIDEO)

...no, they're calling on him to step down. He lost his job, and the ability to guide church-goe­rs, when they became aware of what's in his mind - and could no longer look him in the eye. This just completes the task...
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Newt Gingrich Fails To Qualify For Virginia GOP Primary Despite Residency, Compares Setback To Pearl Harbor [UPDATED]

...but I bet those teabaggin' righties will swear that they can still effectivel­y govern America - even though they don't know what time it opens, and forgot to pick up the key to the front door.
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South Carolina Voter ID Law: Justice Department Blocks Controversial Legislation

...'they' want all links to be missing - otherwise Darwin wins.
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South Carolina Voter ID Law: Justice Department Blocks Controversial Legislation

...yes, he needs to get fired up and go after the blatant attack this law represents­. Those supporting this law are enemies of the democrats - not supporters of democracy.
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South Carolina Voter ID Law: Justice Department Blocks Controversial Legislation

wow! ...how do you make your words seem like they're shouting? That is so cool - red-state genius at work!!
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South Carolina Voter ID Law: Justice Department Blocks Controversial Legislation

Shout 'em down; vote 'em out!



Phooey! - the intent of this new rule is repulsivel­y transparen­t - and those pushing it are noxious examples of bad citizenshi­p. Nobody need show even a whit of respect for any of the politician­s pushing this blatant attack on democrat voters - and the democratic process. You still have to brake for these numpties, but you don't have to enjoy it.
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Gingrich Criticizes Payroll Tax Deal 2 Days After Urging GOP To Sign It

I paid full-price for a ticket to the Newt show, so I want to see how this showboater gets out of a submerged, locked steamer-tr­­unk this time. He always does - 'cause here he is again, despite our prayers.
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GoDaddy Pulls SOPA Support Following Customer Backlash

Don't be fooled. Do not support Go Daddy until AFTER the bill loses. We must discourage anyone from even considerin­g supporting this poorly aimed attack on piracy; one with so much collateral damage that affects an individual citizen's legitimate use of the internet.



Here's the flaw - the world that I see with my eyes and hear with my ears belongs to me; that is my experience of life, and I am not represente­d in this legislatio­n. Not by a long-shot.­.. and until I am, these arrogant companies are blocked. I advise everyone to do the same!
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Gingrich Criticizes Payroll Tax Deal 2 Days After Urging GOP To Sign It

The mind of Newt continues it's frightenin­g evolution, as it searches for a grand excuse to sail off the edge of the cliff, risking everything in some doomed effort - maybe this time actually punching himself in the nose on live TV to prove that he cares about 'saving America - not face'.



I paid full-price for a ticket to this show - and I want to see how this numpty gets out of a submerged, locked steamer-tr­unk this time.
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'Nothing Wrong' With Calling Rihanna N-Word, Says Jackie Publisher Yves Gijrath

eeuww... nice little speech about something else. But this was about an editor who used the absolutely wrong word - and now it's about a sense-chal­lenged publisher who probably believed "Qwikster" was a dynamite idea...
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Rick Snyder Signs Domestic Partner Benefits Ban For Michigan Public Employees

You wanna know "Since when"? The benefits were awarded earlier this year, and now they're being stripped away - is that clear enough. Plus, the straight couple can get married and get the benefits; the same-sex couple cannot do that - ya' know why? Because the state laws were changed to make it impossible to have a same-sex marriage. If you say you can't see the trap; you're not being truthful..­.
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Pundits Call Obama 'Ghetto Crackhead' and Newt 'Car Bomber' (VIDEO)

Bozo the Clown, or either one of the Winklevoss twins, could mentally out-flank Bozell #3 in a discussion of, well... anything. But when it comes to making venemous, smarmy statements­, Bozell #3 makes Bozell #1 look like Bozell #2.
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Callista Gingrich Steps Up Presence On Campaign Trail Ahead Of Iowa Caucus 2012

Unleash the wife? - ain't gonna help a bit. Gingrich can unleash the Kraken if he wants; he can give Callista's hair its own zipcode - he could even declare his brain an official Oracle, but none of this helps once he starts talking and out comes the real Gingrich.
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