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• Was Judge Mark Fuller's Decision to Resign Somehow Tied to Recent Appellate...

  

  U.S. District Judge Mark FullerThe note came from a source eight days ago: Look for the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to force out District Judge Mark... Read more

  The 29 may 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Pierce Brosnan: The Hollywood Flashback Interview

  

  I interviewed Pierce Brosnan in conjunction with his third outing as James Bond, in Michael Apted's The World Is Not Enough, in 1999. Brosnan was alternately... Read more

  The 24 june 2015 by   Thehollywoodinterview
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• Madonna on Gay Rights as "Way More Advanced Than Women's Rights": Some Noteworth...

  

  Something else gaining attention in this week's news: Madonna's statement,Gay rights are way more advanced than women’s rights. People are a lot more open-minde... Read more

  The 13 march 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Clinton Looks Good In Latest Poll - No Leader Among GOP

  

  These charts were made from a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between March 26th and 29th of a random national sample of 1,003 adults. The survey ha... Read more

  The 03 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Rick Perry Is Right About Unemployment Numbers (& Wrong)

  

  Rick Perry, who embarrassed himself and all Texans in his last run for president, is now trying to rehabilitate his image and make a second try for the... Read more

  The 28 january 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Enemies on the Left, False Friends on the Right – Part 3

  

  If there is to be any future for America as an independent nation, somebody must tell the truth. That truth is painful to most Americans who have been silently... Read more

  The 12 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Donald Trump’s Views on ‘anchor Babies’ Are a Bit Hypocritical

  Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nominee, has stirred controversy over the past month or two in regards to his most impassioned... Read more

  The 26 august 2015 by   Real Talk
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• German Xenophobia: Peaceful, but Menacing

  

  We don’t need no Muslims here CALLING themselves Pegida, or “patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident”, since October they have marched... Read more

  The 24 december 2014 by   Stizzard
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• The Secret Lives of Dennis Hastert, Bill Pryor, and Other Public Officials...

  

  Bill Pryor at badpuppy.comWhat happens when a married public official presents himself as heterosexual but leads a homosexual life in the shadows? Read more

  The 09 june 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Conservatives Now Shocked At The Monster They Created

  

  (Cartoon image is by Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.) It started in earnest with Richard Nixon's "Southern strategy", when Republicans... Read more

  The 10 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Why Democrats, Republicans, Wall St. and the MSM Are All Gunning for Trump

  

  Wayne Allyn Root hits one out of the ballpark, again. WHY OBAMA AND HILLARY MUST STOP DONALD TRUMP AT ALL COSTS by Wayne Allyn Root · July 7, 2015 Someone... Read more

  The 22 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Lesson 1287 – But Why Chickens?

  

  There’s been a lot of buzz about Vermont US Senator Bernie Sanders who is currently running for President as a Democrat (even though he’s really an Independent ... Read more

  The 06 july 2015 by   Wendythomas
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• The TPP Didn't Pass Last Week - But It's Not Dead Yet

  

  (This cartoon image, found at The Daily Call, is by Brian Duffy.) The GOP House leadership wants the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to pass, even though it is... Read more

  The 17 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Anthony Weiner’s So Gross Even PR Flacks Are Disgusted by Him

  

  Weiner ain’t no Slick Willy… NY Post: Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources... Read more

  The 15 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Iowa Voters Now Prefer Hillary Clinton And Ted Cruz

  

  Hillary Clinton remains the strongest Democratic candidate in Iowa -- with a 21 point lead among Democrats, and a 14 point lead among Democrats/Leaners. Read more

  The 14 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Bernie Sanders Revolution

  

  Bernie SandersAn Improbable Revolutionary[courtesy Google Images]When Senator Sanders announced his candidacy for the Democrat nomination for President last May... Read more

  The 12 october 2015 by   Adask
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• Racism Rears Its Ugly Head Again In This Country

  

  Unless you're living in a cave somewhere, you know by now about the racist killing of nine people (six women and three men) by a young white man in a South... Read more

  The 19 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Michele Bachmann, Ignorance, and the End Times

  

  Why anyone would give a rat's ass what Michele Bachmann thinks about anything these days is a foul mystery. Unfortunately, there are many people in the U.S.... Read more

  The 20 august 2015 by   Lowell
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• Why Nothing Ever Gets Done To Fix Global Climate Change

  

  The chart above is from the New York Times (from a poll they did last September). It shows that a majority of Americans now understand that global climate chang... Read more

  The 18 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 3 More Slogans We Propose For A 2016 Mitt Romney Republican Presidential...

  1.  Finally, a fresh candidate who will help the stock market, after six years of reaching disappointing record highs.2.  Finally, a candidate who will lower oi... Read more

  The 27 january 2015 by   Nottheworstnews
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• Conservative Hypocrisy and Double Standards of Justice -- Easy on Themselves,...

  

  Conservatives are hypocrites. Conservatives want a lenient justice for them and their children, and the harshest possible justice for other people. Read more

  The 04 june 2015 by   Doggone
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• Obama Threatens Christians: “Gay Rights” Come Before Your Constitutional Rights...

  

  A couple of months ago one Sunday morning, I arrived early at church and found the presiding priest — an orthodox and reverent priest — graciously standing... Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   Eowyn
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• In the News This Week: Alabama

  

  And the next nesting doll (for an explanation of this allusion, please see the preceding posting): Alabama. And white evangelical values, dreams of... Read more

  The 12 february 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• CNN Will Also Divide GOP Debaters Into Two Groups

  

  (This image of the GOP clown parade is by DonkeyHotey.) After a somewhat lackluster debate in Cleveland, the GOP's clown parade moves on down the road. Read more

  The 13 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• American Exceptionalism: Part III

  

  Part IPart IIIn Parts I II of this series on international aspects of American exceptionalism, I dealt with America's failure to ratify the Comprehensive... Read more

  The 24 april 2015 by   Rvbadalam
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• Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Call Carly Fiorina Ugly

  

  Doug Giles for Clash Daily, Nov. 8, 2015: After the last GOP debate, the “women” of The View pulled out their dragon-nails and said that Carly Fiorina looked... Read more

  The 09 november 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Are Alabama Mainstream Journalists Resentful Enough to Hack Our Blog and Delete...

  

  Rob Holbert, publisher of LagniappeEvidence suggests that a faction of mainstream journalists in Alabama resent Legal Schnauzer for breaking the story of... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• ANP Hot News.....Around the Web

  

  By Susan Duclos - All News PipeLine Judge Blocks Obama's Water RuleTed Cruz, Donald Trump to Team Up for RallyErika Batters Caribbean; Florida, Bahamas on... Read more

  The 28 august 2015 by   Susanduclos
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• People Who Should Just Go Away

  I don't mean anything bad or awful should happen to them but honestly, they should just go away. Mitt Romney George W. Bush Dick Cheney (should have happened... Read more

  The 05 may 2015 by   Morage
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• The Next President Will Be . . . Marco Rubio

  

  News flash: The Rational Optimist blog can now call the next presidential election for . . . yes, Rubio.We’re told Trump and Carson are “frontrunners” for the... Read more

  The 12 november 2015 by   Fsrcoin
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• Public Trusts Obama & Dems More Than GOP On Economy

  

  This is from a new Gallup Poll -- done between April 9th and 12th of a random national sample of 1,015 adults, with a 4 point margin of error. Read more

  The 25 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Ali Akbar, Funded by GOP Donor Foster Friess, Never Had a Legal Claim Against...

  

  Ali AkbarAli A. Akbar, president of the right-wing National Bloggers Club, has threatened a defamation lawsuit against me and the Legal Schnauzer blog, but he... Read more

  The 15 july 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Two Polls Show Trump Leading With Iowa GOP Voters

  

  As late as last week, Scott Walker had the lead among Republican caucus-goers in Iowa. But two new polls, both taken after the GOP debate last week, show that... Read more

  The 12 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Americans View The Economy As Unfair And Want Change

  

  (This image of rich man / poor man is from haam.org.) For the last three decades the Republicans have controlled economic policy in the United States. Read more

  The 05 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Rich & The Corporations Don't Pay Enough In Taxes

  

  The chart above may surprise some people, but a majority (53%) of Americans think their own taxes are about right. They may not love paying taxes (who does? Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP's Brokered Convention Plans: Carson Threatens to Leave? Bingo!

  By RF SchattenBenny! Benny! Benny! Threatening to leave the GOP, because a potential brokered convention? I believe that if the GOP is preparing for a brokered... Read more

  The 12 december 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Lies The GOP Tell To Keep From Helping The Poor

  

  (This work of art is "Waifs and Strays" by Gustave Dore.) The Republican economic policies in the last few decades has increased the number of people living in... Read more

  The 18 july 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Iowa Polls Show Dems Want Clinton And GOP Is Undecided

  

  These are the two latest polls for Iowa. They show that Clinton has a good lead in Iowa, while the GOP race there is a virtual tie (between Trump and Cruz). Read more

  The 16 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• First GOP Debate (Mob Scene?) Is Set For August 6th

  

  (This image of current GOP candidates is by DonkeyHotey.) So far, there are six official candidates who have declared their candidacy for the Republican... Read more

  The 20 may 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Here's How the "breaking" Story of Dennis Hastert's Taste for Young Wrestlers...

  

  Dennis HastertThe No. 1 news story in the country right now is about former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and his efforts to cover up the sexual... Read more

  The 04 june 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Patrick Wants To Keep National Guard On The Border

  

  (This photo of Dan Patrick is by Bob Daemmrich at the website of The Texas Tribune.) Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has wasted no time in trying to appease his... Read more

  The 14 february 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Rich Get Richer And Everyone Else Fights For Crumbs

  

  The cartoon above (from capitalismisover.com) is humorous, and it has a good point -- the gap in wealth is much greater than many would have us believe. Read more

  The 29 november 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Gun-Lovin' GOP Presidential Candidates

  

  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) fires his AR-15 with the Army insignia at Sharpshooters Gun Club Range in Greenville, S.C., on Aug. 16, 2013. (Courtesy of Sen.... Read more

  The 30 march 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• GOP: Lies and Failures When It Comes to Jobs and Other Economic Policy

  

  This has been a promise made not only by Boehner and McConnell, and the right wing members of Congress. It is a promise made as well by the various governors an... Read more

  The 18 august 2015 by   Doggone
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• Do We Really Have An "Immigrant Problem" In The U.S. ?

  

  (This image is from the website Modern American History.) The Republicans would like for you to believe that we have a serious problem of immigrants in this... Read more

  The 29 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Why Do Some Oppose The "Common Core" Standards ?

  

  (Cartoon image is by Drew Sheneman in the Newark Star-Ledger.) Many on the right in this country oppose the Common Core standards for education. Read more

  The 09 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Indoor Picnic Party // Share Funshine

  

  This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ShareFunshine #CollectiveBiasphotos for this post are ... Read more

  The 24 july 2015 by   Gentrilee
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• The GOP Officials And Their Voter Base Are Out-Of-Step On Climate Change With Th...

  

  President Obama went to Paris this weekend to meet with about 140 other world leaders. They are meeting to try and find a solution to global climate change --... Read more

  The 03 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Now We Will See Who Really Controls The Republican Party

  

  Donald Trump has been spreading hate for months now. In fact, he started his campaign on a hateful note by demonizing Mexican immigrants. Read more

  The 09 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Three New National Polls Verify Lead of Trump And Clinton

  

  Only a couple of days away from the Republican debate, three new national polls have been released on voter presidential preference. Read more

  The 04 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• National Poll Has Bush And Trump Leading The GOP

  

  Another national poll has been released on the GOP presidential nomination contest. It is the Monmouth University Poll -- done between July 9th and 12th of a... Read more

  The 15 july 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Position Of Presidential Candidates On The Political Scale

  

  This survey was done by the YouGov Poll between June 6th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults (and has about a 4 point margin of error). This... Read more

  The 15 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Carly Fiorina Won the “lesser” 2016 GOP Debate

  

  Before the prime time debate on Thursday night (Aug. 6, 2015) of the 10 contenders for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, there was an... Read more

  The 08 august 2015 by   Eowyn
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• The Terrorism That Republican Candidates Won't Talk About

  

  (This image of Republican debaters is by DonkeyHotey.) Throughout this campaign the Republican presidential candidates have repeatedly brought up the specter... Read more

  The 18 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 08.26.15 Maryland’s Senators Silent on Iran Deal

  Here is my open letter to Senator Ben Cardin. I will be sending a similar letter to Barbara Mikulski. Maryland Democrats should be outraged that both of our... Read more

  The 26 august 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• Clinton Has Highest Net Favorability Among Democrats

  

  These charts do not reflect those who say they are supporting the candidacy of any particular candidacy. It simply gives us an idea of how each party's voters... Read more

  The 22 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• A World of 7 Billion Fights to Save the Planet...and 300 Republicans Bent on...

  By RF Schatten“I see people in Beijing and New Delhi, where they can’t breathe, they just wear masks...If you can’t breathe the fucking air, wouldn’t you want t... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• The Transformation Of The U.S. Into A Fascist Nation

  

  The following post is by Mark Sumner at Daily Kos. It paints a frightening picture of what is happening in the United States -- but I believe a valid picture.... Read more

  The 07 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Bombshell: Obama Administration Knew of Terrorist Plan 10 Days Before Benghazi...

  

  The citizens watchdog group Judicial Watch has obtained previously “classified” documents from the Obama administration’s Dept. of Defense (DOD) and State Dept. Read more

  The 19 may 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Who Said That?! Lincoln, Trump, Or Ramsay

  

  It’s time to play everyone’s favorite game…Who Said That?! Lincoln, Trump, Or RamsayHow it’s played:In each box will be a quote made famous by either:Beloved... Read more

  The 10 august 2015 by   Christopher De Voss
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• Rick Perry, Et. Al., Mental and Emotional Midgets!

  

  I found the following over at Daily Kos, from Karoli. This little rap song is the way Rick Perry announced his candidacy for the presidency. Isn't it cute? Read more

  The 05 june 2015 by   Lowell
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• The U.S./Iran Deal Should Be Given A Chance To Work

  

  It was not easy, and the negotiations went beyond several deadlines imposed, but it seems that the United States (and Western allies) have reached an agreement... Read more

  The 15 july 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Candidate Tax Plans Just Pander To The Rich

  

  Most of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination have released tax plans. They tell us that these plans will cut taxes for everyone and give th... Read more

  The 14 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Trump Leads Republicans -- But Would Lose Bad To Hillary

  

  These charts were made with information from a new Suffolk University / USA Today Poll. The survey was done between July 9th and 12th of a random national sampl... Read more

  The 16 july 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Guns of Rick Perry

  

  Full disclosure. I own several guns. There was a time when I owned a lot more and spent time at a shooting range shooting those guns. I also have a concealed... Read more

  The 28 july 2015 by   Lowell
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• Obama Forgets His Birthdate; Michelle Forgets Their Wedding Year

  

  Barry and Michelle are touted as super-smart people, graduates of Harvard Law School. And yet Mooch can’t remember their wedding year and Barry doesn’t know... Read more

  The 15 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Who Won The GOP Debate? (You Might Be Surprised)

  

  The political pundits have been giving their opinion of the winners and losers in last Thursday's GOP presidential debate. But their opinions don't necessarily... Read more

  The 09 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Weekly Marketing Skinny • January 31, 2014

  

  In the marketing spotlight this week: ♨ Google answer box from a... Facebook post? ♨ huge news for internationalized sites; ♨ social media drives more traffic... Read more

  The 31 january 2015 by   Ana Hoffman
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• State Governors Refuse Syrian Refugees, 97% Muslim, Who Get Staggeringly Generou...

  

  Yesterday morning, Donald Trump correctly tweeted that Obama is “insane” for flooding the U.S. with Syrian refugees since his administration doesn’t know who... Read more

  The 18 november 2015 by   Eowyn
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• GOP Governors Wanting To Be President Have Failed At Job Creation In Their Own...

  

  After losing the 2012 election for the White House, several Republican governors were touted as the hopes for 2016 -- Rick Perry (Texas), Sam Brownback (Kansas)... Read more

  The 25 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The New York Times Displays Flagrant Hypocrisy When It Comes to Reporting with...

  

  Campbell RobertsonJust more than a year ago, The New York Times reported on my incarceration for blogging in Shelby County, Alabama. It proved to be one of thos... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Archbishop Cordileone's New Anti-Gay Handbook for Catholic Schools: A View from...

  

  Because I live in a heavily evangelical part of the country, and grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition, I think that readers of Bilgrimage sometimes forget... Read more

  The 05 february 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Minds + Machines Reports Earnings For 2014: Profit $22 Million: $46 Million in...

  Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) reported its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Minds + Machines reported a profit before in 2014 of $22.06... Read more

  The 27 may 2015 by   Worldwide
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• The GOP's Fear Campaign Seems To Be Working

  

  The Republican's have been recently trying to scare Americans -- using the recent success of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. They want Americans to think that we must... Read more

  The 11 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• A Few Things You Need To Know About Rick Perry

  

  It's official now -- Rick Perry is once again running for president on the Republican ticket. I'm sure Perry will be running on what Republicans call the Texas... Read more

  The 05 june 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Duggars Speak Out: Victims? What Victims? The Duggar Story and the Gospel

  

  The Duggars just don't get it, do they? The fact is, they can't get it, because they live in a little countercultural bubble of religious truth that trumps all... Read more

  The 04 june 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Donald Trump's Pledge To Republicans Is Meaningless

  

  (This caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) On Thursday, Donald Trump signed a pledge to support the eventual nominee of the Republican Party, and to... Read more

  The 05 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Can Hillary Clinton Win The New Hampshire Primary ?

  

  The chart above shows the latest poll among Democrats (and Democratic leaners) in New Hampshire. It is the WBUR Poll -- done between September 12th and 15th of ... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The Continued Confusion of Delusional Christian Crackpots

  

  [Photo of Franklin Graham pretending to speak for his god.] You may remember the goofy Christian televangelist, Jim Bakker, who got into a lot of trouble a few... Read more

  The 20 july 2015 by   Lowell
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• GOP on Climate Change: Pronounced Koch! Like in the GOP's Koch Addiction!

  By RF SchattenWhat's a few Degrees or a few Feet more?!?!? If you care about your planet, if you care about your environment...the ability to breath clean air a... Read more

  The 10 june 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Job Growth Stats: Another Big Thumbs Up for Obama...another Thumbs Down for the...

  By RF Schatten"One of the 1st Rules of playing the Power Game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly as if one already knew and didn't care. Read more

  The 05 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Why Do Some Leftists Insist On Repeating Right-Wing Lies?

  

  (This photo of Hillary Clinton is from ABC News.) Before this campaign for president started, progressives were united in their effort to expose right-wing lies... Read more

  The 28 august 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Just Lock the Republicans in the Clown Car Together - Preferably in the Trunk

  

  These are factual figures. Conservatives are lousy at governance, and especially poor at economic policy and foreign policy --- and those two are both closely... Read more

  The 13 june 2015 by   Doggone
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• Beer Money: National Beer Wholesalers Association

  

  What's going on here? Read this post to find out. All charts below are clickable to enlarge. Campaign finance, from 1989 through Q2 2014:... Read more

  The 24 may 2015 by   Bryan Roth
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• Trump is Viciously Attacked from Left and Right: Raped, Murdered, “cut off His...

  

  On June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump announced he’s a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2016 presidential election, he said this about the... Read more

  The 24 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Hilary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign Kicked Off with Wacky Merchandise

  

  A new website has been set up in support of Hilary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign offering a range of wacky merchandise sporting the ‘I’m Ready for Hilary... Read more

  The 06 february 2015 by   72point
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• American Confidence In Fighting Terrorism Is Down

  

  This probably shouldn't surprise anyone, since this country has been subjected to two terrorist attacks in the last few weeks (one from a christian extremist an... Read more

  The 12 december 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Enemies on the Left, False Friends on the Right – Part 6

  

  Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Read more

  The 16 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Islamo-terrorists in France, and the Role of the Radical Right and the NRA

  

  They're all dead now, the two groups of terrorists. It was inevitable that would be how it ended, but it was avoidable from the beginning. Read more

  The 09 january 2015 by   Doggone
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• GOP Ready To Shut Down Homeland Security Department

  

  When the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress, new Majority Leader Mitch McConnell assured everyone that there would be no shutdowns of government. Read more

  The 17 february 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Republican Whining Reaches A New Height Of Silly

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Mike Luckovich in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.) I'm not sure the last Republican "debate" should even be called a debate.... Read more

  The 02 november 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• You’re Not A Picky Eater, You Just Have Bad Taste

  

  Everyone has their own unique food quirks, (says the girl whose favorite snack growing up was cream cheese slathered on saltine crackers that had been broken... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   Katie Hoffman
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• The GOP's Never Ending Battle for Political Dysfunctional Supremacy

  By RF SchattenNo words can ever express such a dysfunction in someone's mind, no less, an entire Political Party. Why in the name of God, would someone... Read more

  The 11 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Dogs Are Better at Spotting Liars Than Obama Supporters

  

  U. of British Columbia Professor of Psychology Stanley Coren writes in Psychology Today, Feb. 24, 2015, that like human children, young dogs approach almost... Read more

  The 09 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Abstinence Only Or Cancer -- The Republicans' False Dichotomy

  

  There was a very interesting special on NOVA, PBS, last night dealing with vaccinations in America; their history, development, and some of the controversy... Read more

  The 28 august 2015 by   Rvbadalam
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• Americans Concerned About Inflation - And They Should Be

  

  The chart above was made from a recent Rasmussen Poll. That survey was done on January 18th and 19th of a random national sample of 800 adults, and has a... Read more

  The 25 january 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• My Wife's Shattered Arm is Latest Sign of an Assault on Web-based Journalism...

  

  An assault by Missouri deputies that left my wife with a shattered left arm likely is the latest attack on independent, Web-based journalism, the kind that... Read more

  The 15 october 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Iran Deal Can't Be Stopped Now - 37 Senators On Board

  

  Wednesday was a great day for the president -- and for the people of the United States and Iran. It was a great day because there are now enough votes to suppor... Read more

  The 04 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Rep. Admits Benghazi Comm. Is Just To Smear Hillary

  

  (This caricature of Rep. Kevin McCarthy is by DonkeyHotey.) The House Committee supposedly investigating the tragedy at Benghazi has droned on for over 72 month... Read more

  The 03 october 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Rick Santorum On Climate Change: The Wisdom of a Shyster

  RF Schatten"A Wise Man can learn more from a Foolish Question than a Fool can learn from a Wise Answer" ~~~ Bruce Lee Rick Santorum is neither wise...or a... Read more

  The 07 june 2015 by   Rfschatten
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