Posts tagged with “politics”

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Posted 4 months ago
A little food for thought: the AK-47 was specifically banned from the United States in 1994 under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. That ban expired on September 13, 2004.

A little food for thought: the AK-47 was specifically banned from the United States in 1994 under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. That ban expired on September 13, 2004.

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Posted 4 months ago

So Much Fun. So Irrelevant.

“What if the 2012 campaign were actually about the world in which we’re living and how we adapt to it? What would the candidates be talking about?”

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Posted 5 months ago
motherjones: Was Kim Jong Il’s hearse a souped-up ‘75 Lincoln Town Car? We’re going with yes. Capitalism FTW. It really was a Lincoln. I was wondering when someone would catch on to the fact that he was being carried out in an American-made car. Zoom

motherjones:

Was Kim Jong Il’s hearse a souped-up ‘75 Lincoln Town Car? We’re going with yes.

Capitalism FTW.

It really was a Lincoln. I was wondering when someone would catch on to the fact that he was being carried out in an American-made car.

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Posted 5 months ago

Keeping Students From the Polls

“To limit Democratic turnout on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are making it harder for students and other liberal-leaning groups to vote.”

I don’t have to explain why you should read this editorial; its a must read.

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Posted 6 months ago
motherjones: politicalprof: ACLU … CIA … I mean, they’re both acronyms … mohandasgandhi: cognitivedissonance: Hey Michele! The ACLU heard your claim that they’re running the CIA. American Civil Liberties Union, 1; Michele Bachmann, 0. Why am I laughing this hard? (Full context here) Today, in hilarious accusations. Zoom

motherjones:

politicalprof:

ACLU … CIA … I mean, they’re both acronyms …

mohandasgandhi:

cognitivedissonance:

Hey Michele! The ACLU heard your claim that they’re running the CIA.

American Civil Liberties Union, 1; Michele Bachmann, 0.

Why am I laughing this hard?

(Full context here)

Today, in hilarious accusations.

(Source: twitter.com)

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Posted 7 months ago

kateoplis: “The truth is that this President has done a good job in what has been...

kateoplis:

“The truth is that this President has done a good job in what has been one of the most difficult periods of modern history. He saved the economy from ruin (until the Tea Party took over Congress) with a stimulus that was as large as possible given the political realities, presided over a stock…

At the end of the day, many of his critics fail to realize that the last few years could have been far worse.

“… repealed DADT, joined the international community in a measured and responsible way to bring down an odious tyrant in Qaddafi, and killed a whole generation of al Qaeda leaders. And taking out Osama bin Laden the way he did will go down as one of the bravest military actions in American history.”

(Source: thedailybeast.com)

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Posted 8 months ago
I mean, has anybody been watching the debates lately? You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change. It’s true. You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have healthcare. And booing a service member in Iraq because they’re gay. That’s not reflective of who we are.

Barack Obama, Sunday at a Democratic fundraiser. (h/t Joe.My.God.)

Where has this side of President Obama been in the last 2 years?

(Source: motherjones)

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Posted 8 months ago

Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: From Our "10 All-Time Worst Military Contractor Boondoggles" listicle.

motherjones:

10. Welfare for Warlords: Paying Afghan truckers to pay the bad guys.

9. The World’s Most Expensive Road: Guess how much? Guess how long? Sit down first.

8. The Grifter, His Villas, and the Exploding Wall Outlets. Um, yeah. Just read it.

7. Rent-a-Ripoff: How much does the world’s…

You’re going to want to sit down for these… so shameful on the part of the contractors.

“ In its final report to Congress(PDF), it estimates that the federal government has lost between $31 and $60 billion to contractor fraud and waste since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq started.”

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Posted 9 months ago
shortformblog: thedailyfeed: Nearly 1 in 5 children lived in poverty in the U.S. in 2009. That’s 15 million kids. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi ranked lowest on the study’s 10 indicators of child well-being. New Hampshire, Minnesota and Massachusetts ranked highest. A sad number, even sadder in graphical form. Memo to everyone: can we try doing something about this statistic? Zoom

shortformblog:

thedailyfeed:

Nearly 1 in 5 children lived in poverty in the U.S. in 2009. That’s 15 million kids. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi ranked lowest on the study’s 10 indicators of child well-being. New Hampshire, Minnesota and Massachusetts ranked highest.

A sad number, even sadder in graphical form.

Memo to everyone: can we try doing something about this statistic?

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Posted 9 months ago
I very nearly flipped a shit when this came up on my dashboard, until I checked the source. whiporwill: Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam (via The Onion) SAN FRANCISCO—In coordinated raids Monday at locations in Delaware, South Dakota, and California, federal agents apprehended dozens of executives at Visa Inc., a sham corporation accused of perpetrating the largest credit card scam in U.S. history. According to indictments filed in U.S. District Court, Visa posed as a reputable lender, working through banks to peddle a variety of convincing-looking credit cards carefully designed to dupe consumers into spending far more money than they had. 

I very nearly flipped a shit when this came up on my dashboard, until I checked the source.

whiporwill:

Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam (via The Onion)

SAN FRANCISCO—In coordinated raids Monday at locations in Delaware, South Dakota, and California, federal agents apprehended dozens of executives at Visa Inc., a sham corporation accused of perpetrating the largest credit card scam in U.S. history.

According to indictments filed in U.S. District Court, Visa posed as a reputable lender, working through banks to peddle a variety of convincing-looking credit cards carefully designed to dupe consumers into spending far more money than they had. 

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Posted 10 months ago

ACT NOW: Tell President Obama to Save Pell Grant Funding

markcoatney:

savepell:

Save PellStudents struggling to afford higher education are at risk of being among the first victims of Washington’s current budget battle. 

One GOP leader recently called Pell Grants “the welfare of the 21st century.” Another top Republican called this critical financial-aid program “unsustainable” and blamed it for the skyrocketing cost of college — despite both empirical evidence and common sense.

Poor and working-class students have already contributed to deficit reduction. With the elimination of the summer Pell program earlier this year, they “contributed” $4 billion per year to debt reduction. Enough is enough!

We need to make it clear to President Obama that protecting Pell Grant funding is non-negotiable. He needs to know that we must not sacrifice even a single dollar of support for hard-working, poor and working-class students.

Follow, and do likewise.

Pay attention, college students, part II

Its no secret that college degrees have become a near-necessity to survive in a 21st-century professional workforce. Cutting Pell grant funding would effectively slice the chances of numerous poor and working-class students of working their way towards an improved economic future for themselves through higher-education institutions. How is this even a debatable topic?

Follow savepell and sign the petition for all the students and families you know who are struggling to pay their way through college for a brighter future.

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Posted 11 months ago
I found this funny in an awkward “what can I do but laugh” way for this reason: when pre-Civil War tensions were running high in the years leading upto the first shot fired, slavery-supporters also often turned to the Old Testament Bible for proof in order to defend their positions and opinions. With that said, can we try to save some morsel of dignity for our First Amendment and save the dignity of our holy books in the same process?  In the case of New York’s decision, I agree; its not about religion, I believe its a matter of law. Yes, the Bible’s first marriage was the union of Adam and Eve (it was the first holy union for the book I read, as well), but that does not mean that a state’s legislative ruling or even a federal legislative ruling, for that matter, is mandated to concur with the beliefs of any particular religion (see the First Amendment). I’ll ignore the fact that the context of the opinion given is completely mismatched with the tone of article in the link. I just feel pity for the person who believed that this poorly-written rant fits the bill of her/his own thoughts well enough for the person to hit “share.” As a straight man who believes the bond of marriage is for every human to be able to consider, I say let them eat their wedding cake in peace.

I found this funny in an awkward “what can I do but laugh” way for this reason: when pre-Civil War tensions were running high in the years leading upto the first shot fired, slavery-supporters also often turned to the Old Testament Bible for proof in order to defend their positions and opinions. With that said, can we try to save some morsel of dignity for our First Amendment and save the dignity of our holy books in the same process? 

In the case of New York’s decision, I agree; its not about religion, I believe its a matter of law. Yes, the Bible’s first marriage was the union of Adam and Eve (it was the first holy union for the book I read, as well), but that does not mean that a state’s legislative ruling or even a federal legislative ruling, for that matter, is mandated to concur with the beliefs of any particular religion (see the First Amendment).

I’ll ignore the fact that the context of the opinion given is completely mismatched with the tone of article in the link. I just feel pity for the person who believed that this poorly-written rant fits the bill of her/his own thoughts well enough for the person to hit “share.”

As a straight man who believes the bond of marriage is for every human to be able to consider, I say let them eat their wedding cake in peace.