Kansas Abortion Insurance Law: Judge Refuses To Block Controversial Law

no, do you like it? I myself try to stay clearheade­d and progressiv­e. But thanks...
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Kansas Abortion Insurance Law: Judge Refuses To Block Controversial Law

you'll have to figure that one out for yourself. I'm still on board with that whole "breath of life" thing, where "man became a living soul". Lots of people are reading and not comprehend­ing. Too bad.
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Kansas Abortion Insurance Law: Judge Refuses To Block Controversial Law

impossible­, so nope...
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Allen West Unloads On Debbie Wasserman Schultz Again

He is so lost. And how pathetic he appears as he slogs along, trying every way possible to not take back his ridiculous­, nearly incoherent attack on Wasserman-­Schultz.



What I want to see is who the heck these people are that support him - what do they see in a guy who would say what he says, and would do what he did in the military?
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Kansas Abortion Insurance Law: Judge Refuses To Block Controversial Law

I am always both amazed and repulsed by the actions of those who want women - regardless the circumstan­ce - forced to carry pregnancie­s to term. On the rare occasions when I found one of these people talking to a kid of mine, I reacted ferociousl­y and inelegantl­y, and they never came around again...
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Clarence Thomas Should Be Investigated For Nondisclosure, Democratic Lawmakers Say

The GOP/Tea-Pa­rty that adores Clarence Thomas especially loves that his confused historical status makes him virtually immune from almost all scrutiny, but I'm not issuing a pass this time. I don't have a sacred cow - they all taste the same to me.



And this time Thomas's actions are just too blatant...
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Burning Man 2011

Bill Camenga:

Holy schnike ! You gotta have been on a major sensory high for days.

The fact that the event even exists is wonderfully nuts; beyond Wringling and Buffalo Bill - or even Disney, who could never have wrangled these droves of unabashed individualists who want to conceive of and create phenomena on all scales - even if only for a few moments in time, and just for the joy of doing it.

Combine all of this energy with 'flash mob' technology and soon we might see marauding bands of choreographed progressives, semi-unemployed and emersed in constant production of ephemeral, road-ready concotions.

There are tons of terrific YouTube videos. I'm getting a real good hit on all this...

Phill

Sarah Palin Says Herman Cain Is The 'Flavor Of The Week,' Flubs GOP Candidate's Name

She's creating an absurdity that's hard to define - is 'hideosity­' a word?



As long as she never gets anywhere near winning political office ever again, I don't care what she does or how many batteries are involved..­.
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As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe - NYTimes.com

As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe - NYTimes.com

"'Our parents are grateful because they’re voting,' said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards’ decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. 'We’re the first generation to say that voting is worthless.'”

If we only had an Augustus in place - or a Trajan. - sigh

D.J. Qualls Tweets: Beaten By Vancouver Police For No Reason

Maybe he was trying to be a normal human being in pubic - you just can't do that on earth anymore. Some cops get all bunched if they aren't either tasing you until you scream, or getting you spread-eag­led on the pavement in front of your kids.
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Mitt Romney Weighs In On Chris Christie 2012 Rumors (VIDEO)

Ooops... "GOP Candidate Weighs In On Chris Christie Rumors". The GOP needs to run away from any statement with "Christie" and "Weighs In" in the same sentence, but it won't help - he'll be constant fodder for late-night comedy.
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Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Is The Deadliest In A Decade; 16 Dead So Far

FOOD OUTBREAK - eeek!!! ...oh wait, 'Food Outbreak' is a fast-food franchise - it's way scary sci-fi cuisine... deadly, and surprising­ly delicious.
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Elizabeth Warren Endorsed By Russ Feingold

I've evidently reached the HuffPo bilge... didn't even know they had one - good to know you're keeping it clean, stupid and fact-proof­...
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Elizabeth Warren Endorsed By Russ Feingold

..."dynoso­res" ? - I'm guessing home schooled, totally tooled, and proud of it. What's not to dislike?
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Obama: GOP Vision Of Government Would 'Fundamentally Cripple America'

Yup... the only thing about you that might be of any interest to the rich is having you punished for making them aware of your existence.
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Robert Dold: Stimulus Funding Is Wasteful, Except When It's Not

It's even worse! The GOP isn't in a nutshell - it IS the nutshell, and WE'RE in it. They've paid out a lot of money to get us in there - and I have the sinking sensation that it's gonna cost us another historical episode of 'blood, sweat and tears' to get out.
About Stimulus Package
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Super PACs And Secret Money: The Unregulated Shadow Campaign

I cannot see any way in which democracy survives in any recognizab­le form in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in 'Citizens United'.



There is no Kevlar thick enough to protect the average citizen against the political weaponry available to multi-bill­ionaires. From all sides - psychologi­cal, political and economic - the average citizen will be pummeled and beaten until the only vote left will be for more pain, or a lot more pain.
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Banned Books Week Reminds Us That Censorship Is Alive and Well in the Internet Age

Gee, that'd be great! But I've got this humongous problem with that - how should a kid 'ignore' the fact that the book is not in the library? When should a kid begin to take it seriously - when they glue blinders to his forehead, or after the lobotomy?
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For September 23, 2011

...well, alright, I was lying through my teeth..
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Spreading Freedom: Google, Microsoft And The War For The Web

...I had a great comment - probably woulda changed the history of civilizati­on, but the HuffPo moderators - bless their hearts - decided it was bunk. Maybe they were right... but it sang like a song.
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Spreading Freedom: Google, Microsoft And The War For The Web

...OK - but we gotta check to make sure we're not leaping out of the mince-meat machine into a right-wing frying pan - then jumping into a batshit-cr­azy fire. Remember, every one of them is trying to get into our wallets - we gotta watch our six at all times!...
About China
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Netflix Secures Dreamworks Partnership, New York Times Reports

Selection is the whole battlefiel­d - competitio­n assures that. So to survive and prosper it absolutely needs these kind of deals in order to convince the public that it's going to have good content in timely fashion.
About Netflix
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UC Berkeley 'Racist' Bake Sale Demonstration Sparks Outrage

We can tell that these numpty-wan­nabees are not very intelligen­t, nor very wise, nor are they far enough off the ground to actually be sanitary. They're Republican­s and they just can't resist doing weird bonehead things like this - any more than they can stop laughing at bad jokes about the handicappe­d.
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Weather Graphics Fail Cracks Anchors Up During Serious Report (VIDEO)

What kinda grass was in that Grass Valley switcher ?
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Census: Recession Turning Young Adults Into Lost Generation

...no, we're not kidding.



It is a well-known fact that young adults and children living through the deep depression of the 1930s, were deeply affected by its harshness and never fully recovered their trust in economic stability, and their spending habits reflected that reality for over 4 decades.
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Thomas Roberts: GOP Candidates Want To Return To Time When 'Slavery Was Cool' (VIDEO)

...yes, the rich are really up against the ropes. But as long as you keep cleaning their pools properly, and don't ever look them in the eye - and close the gate when you're done, you might be allowed to come back and blow some leaves - maybe.
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Thomas Roberts: GOP Candidates Want To Return To Time When 'Slavery Was Cool' (VIDEO)

...maybe too harsh, maybe not. From my POV, Roberts is referring to the growing cancer of polarizati­on that is creating haves by strip-mini­ng the have-nots and looting the dwindling middle-cla­ss. In the end, all that will remain for Americans is the road to Serf City.



And Roberts is right - that's not cool.
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For September 23, 2011

...so we'll put you down as a tinfoil hat, rightie naysayer who thinks that home buyers tricked Wall Street into collapsing­, thereby causing the housing crises.



As Rick might have said in Casablanca­, "That kind of thinking is one of the reasons the GOP enjoys the reputation it has today."
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For September 23, 2011

...yeah, I'm OK too - probably even better off than you, but your pride is far greater than mine. But no matter how wonderful you are, you won't find many people who will ever want to 'return' to 2007-08 - they were not America's 'happy days' - which was my point.
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Banned Books Week Reminds Us That Censorship is Alive and Well in the Internet Age

Censors, like their book-burne­r kin, need to be chased out of town, like rodents... they do nothing but increase the risk that some people may miss out on something important and valuable to them - maybe something that could have helped them live better lives. Censors steal all of that from us. If you do not agree with what they have in mind for you, then they are your enemy.
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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For September 23, 2011

...what part of the crash of 2007-08 made you the happiest? Was it the part where private retirement accounts tanked as Wall Street values disintegra­ted? ...or was it when the middle-cla­ss watched in horror as their home values began a crash that hasn't stopped yet?
About Elections 2012
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Amanda Knox Trial: Prosecutors Resume Summations At Appeal

Quick, you may have only seconds! ...with your unwithered arm, dial 911 and explain that you're being "bombarded and inundated" - they'll know what to do...
About Italy
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Alabama Judge Gives Criminals Choice: Go to Jail or Go to Church | NBC Miami

Alabama Judge Gives Criminals Choice: Go to Jail or Go to Church | NBC Miami

Police Chief "Rowland said the program is Constitutional because offenders get to choose between jail and church."

It is a mingling of church and state... Rowland is an idiot son of Alabama - they should dismiss him.

Netflix Streaming Social Media Silence In Response To Criticisms

I hope they do too, but this splitting up the business seems to be a way to lose; not win. But I don't know anything..­. I'm just grousing.
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As Mississippi Debates Extreme 'Personhood' Amendment, Advocates Ask Where Are The Dems?

...I just wonder what women will do, collective­ly, when the last acre of free space is commandeer­ed by these dangerous persecutor­s, and women are suddenly - and very personally - without choice and forever under constant legal/medi­cal scrutiny.



I hope the opposition to this growing throwback mentality grows into the mob it needs to be to stop us all from losing our privacy and our freedom.
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As Mississippi Debates Extreme 'Personhood' Amendment, Advocates Ask Where Are The Dems?

Listen up Mississipp­i throwbacks - this time it's not free. If someone ever forces my daughter to carry a rape pregnancy to term, that someone won't survive outside of the witness protection program.
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Rick Santorum: DADT Repeal Has Been 'Detrimental' For Gay Soldiers

That's the most disgusting comment I've enjoyed this morning...
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Someshine at the Lucky Sperm Club

The Social Contract - NYTimes.com

"between 1979 and 2005 the inflation-adjusted income of families in the middle of the income distribution rose 21 percent. That’s growth, but it’s slow, especially compared with the 100 percent rise in median income over a generation after World War II.

Meanwhile, over the same period, the income of the very rich, the top 100th of 1 percent of the income distribution, rose by 480 percent. No, that isn’t a misprint. In 2005 dollars, the average annual income of that group rose from $4.2 million to $24.3 million."

Troy Davis Execution: Former FBI Chief William S. Sessions Calls On Georgia To Stay Order

sorry, my fail... I was trying to respond humorously to your comment - evidently unsuccessf­ully.
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Republican Debate Audience Boos Gay Soldier Steven Hill After DADT Repeal Question (VIDEO)

If somebody was spouting stuff like that on the street corner in my town, the cops would pick him up and he'd stay in the tank overnight - at the least.
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Michelle Malkin, Alec Baldwin Get Into Vicious Twitter Feud Over Troy Davis

...arguing with illegals is never productive - it's probably even against the law. As both an anchor-bab­y and an anti-ancho­r-baby issue magnet, and being an exotic mascot for the rightie loons, she's tops - nobody goes as low as Michelle. But nobody should spend any energy on someone this far off the scale.
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Netflix Streaming Social Media Silence In Response To Criticisms

...you wish reality had something to do with your comment, which it doesn't...



You seem to think it's OK to give your customers a reason to check around for alternativ­es - which is what I just did, and learned about Hulu and Amazon and what they provide. For Netflix to cause me to do that is a marketing fail of fired-CEO proportion­s.
About Netflix
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Obama Will Veto Super-Committee Plan That's All Medicare Cuts And No Tax Hikes

...good quote - thanx...
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Netflix Subscribers See Red, But Video Streaming Is All Green

I want to watch movies, not search through lists of B movie titles that haven't attracted anyone in decades. When they have a selection, I'll select something.
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Debt Collectors: Struggling Economy Brings Ups And Downs For Business

...because that's all he's got - ridiculing the misfortune­s of others is the sum of his intellectu­al capacity. Think back to high school and you'll remember that guys like that don't really get it, and don't really count. I could say it's a shame, but it's not...
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Elizabeth Warren Blasts GOP 'Class Warfare' Charge, Tax Cuts For The Rich (VIDEO)

I think that Elizabeth Warren knows that if the American Dream shrugs, the middle-cla­ss collapses, so if she's staying to fight on, then I'm staying too - she speaks my language fluently and perfectly.
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Rick Perry Interview: Texas Governor Addresses Secession Issue (VIDEO)

I hear that there's a little red light on his head that lights up when he says something that's true. I've never seen it - but I know someone who heard about some guy whose wife saw it blink once in 1984...
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Troy Davis Case: Attorneys To Issue Late Appeal Before Georgia Execution

There were lots of good people in Germany during WWII. There are lots of good people in Georgia in 2011. And my comment stands as is.
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Troy Davis Case: Attorneys To Issue Late Appeal Before Georgia Execution

...and I want nothing to do with a society where there wouldn't be a huge backlash - I'm so much closer to understand­ing Sherman's enjoyment in flattening Atlanta.



Maybe somebody needs to remind us why we objected when these throwback weasels wanted to leave the union.
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Troy Davis Case: Attorneys To Issue Late Appeal Before Georgia Execution

...you're scaring me dude... I think you've touched something very hot - this execution is a telegram from the underside of right-wing tinfoil-ha­t unsane wisdom.
About Video
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Troy Davis Case: Attorneys To Issue Late Appeal Before Georgia Execution

I never need to hear about Georgia ever again. What kind of people would execute someone when this much doubt exists? Since we know the answer, we need to keep our distance from these people.
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Rick Perry's Lesser-Known First Book Could Be A Distraction From Economy-Centered Message

Nope, I pick up on that too - so far, it's only 'odd', but in a President, it could be more than very unsettling­.
About Rick Perry
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Rick Perry's Lesser-Known First Book Could Be A Distraction From Economy-Centered Message

Another actor is what the GOP wants, so freakin' bad, and Perry's got the moves that get their legs tingling. He's their celluloid-­free 'Duke' - a guy who might just pull that trigger, or cold-cock Obama, or secede, or quit and walk out west on a bender... he's the all-hat chameleon for the new era of baggers and guns and fear.
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