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The Height of Teabagger Stupidity? Probably Not…

But it has to be damn close. From the Wall Street Journal: Protesters who attended Saturday’s Tea Party rally in Washington found a new reason to be upset: Apparently they are unhappy with the level of...

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Revisionism at The Texas Board of Education Hearings on Social Studies...

Did you know that Republicans are responsible for the civil rights legislation of the 1960′s? Need proof? Also, they did not receive any thanks for the heroic efforts of the majority: It must suck to...

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Pandering To The Wicked: ACORN And The Law Of Unintended Consquences

So, Congress has passed a law against ACORN. Apparently, they can no longer get federal funding. Republicans are jubilant and elated in such. Then some smart ass read the bill. As the Huffington Post...

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Levee Expert Let Go By LSU

I’m surprised that this story isn’t attracting more attention. Ivor van Heerden the levee expert who studied the levee collapse in New Orleans has been let go by LSU. van Heerden was only an associate...

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Another Accidental Taser Death

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the individual was hiding in a crawlspace and refused to come out. He was bitten by a police dog then tasered and later died at a hospital. The medical examiner...

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Private Healthcare Spending Accounts Being Ripped Off!

NPR has an interesting story on private healthcare spending accounts. Seems money is missing from thousands of accounts: Thousands of people are learning that money they squirreled away in health...

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Thanks BP: Part II

Multiple cameras on JPL’s MISR instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft were used to create two unique views of oil moving into Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. In the right hand photo the oil is the black...

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Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself

Or by Republicans…

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And I Thought Bush Pandered to Corporate America

Thanks BP! Obama’s role: I must say, the democrats suck just as much as the republicans. Strange to think of all the outrage back in 2000 when Nader said the two groups were basically the same and now...

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How to Occupy Wall Street From Home

Interesting idea… Occupy Wall Street from home. This seems to be interesting as well – except there seems to be some issue with the video… which was working earlier today…Try here

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