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October 19, 2011 450

Modern Day Slavery in Alabama

Alabama's harsh anti-immigrant laws that send both legal and illegal immigrants fleeing. The obvious and expected result is that there is a huge shortage of workers for farms. But wait! Many if not most of the Latinos arrested - falsely or correctly - on…
October 19, 2011 380

Occupy Wall Street, Occupy the Constitution

The protestors and leaders of Occupy Wall Street have not made any explicit references to the Constitution - they aren't explicitly claiming that their movement represents or promotes any 'true' Constitutional vision. The Occupy Wall Street movement is,…
Oct 18, 2011 378

Maintain Journalistic Balance by Ignoring Facts, Experts

If you thought that the corporate media's penchant for 'balance' couldn't get any worse,…
Oct 18, 2011 318

Fight the System by Using the System

Our court system depends heavily on assumption that most people will take a plea deal…
Oct 17, 2011 362

Greater Economic Inequality = Slower Economic Growth

Some pundits and politicians insist that economic inequality is a necessary consequence…
Oct 17, 2011 347

You Can't Be a Protestor and a Customer at the Same Time

Can you protest a company while also being a customer? On the one hand, customer are…
Oct 16, 2011 290

Olympia Snowe: Senator for the .1% Richest Americans

Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is often cited as a "moderate" Republican. And what qualifies as…

Recently Quoted

January 16, 2012 217

Purge the Government of Politically Liberal Employees

"I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal employees delivering the right services in a highly efficient way and then wants to get rid of those folks who are in fact wasteful, or those folks who are ideologically so far to the left, or those…
January 10, 2012 207

Elected Office is for the Wealthy & Rich

"I happened to see my dad run for governor when he was 54 years old. He had good advice to me. He said never get involved in politics if you have to win election to pay a mortgage. If you find yourself in a position when you can serve, you ought to have a…
Nov 29, 2011 239

I Don't Read Newspapers - They Aren't Very Uplifting

I don’t read newspapers in the state of Ohio. Very rarely do I read a newspaper. Because…
Nov 29, 2011 248

Sexual Harassment Doesn't Really Exist

Is there anyone who thinks sexual harassment is a real thing? Is there anyone who doesn’t…
Nov 11, 2011 330

Passive Resistance to Police if a Form of Violence

The individuals who linked arms and actively resisted, that in itself is an act of…
Oct 28, 2011 276

The HPV Vaccine is Bad Because Sex is Worse than Death

Ideological fuckwittery: They're actually arguing that, given the choice between women…
Oct 28, 2011 262

Paul Krugman on Keynesians and Austrians

A Keynesian is an Austrian whose campaign contributors are about to lose a lucrative…

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Heinrich Kramer & Johann Sprenger's Book 'Malleus Maleficarum' Gets Approval
Pentagon Documents Reveal Military Probing More Abuse at Abu Ghraib
Queen Anne Boleyn Beheaded for Adultery, Treason, Incest, Witchcraft
'Friends of Israel' Closed by Vatican for Covering Up Jews' Defects
Body of Pope Pius X Exhumed to Begin Process of Beatification