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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. (St. Francis of Assisi)
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. (Lincoln)
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. (Churchill)
Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow. (Dacey)
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. (Emerson)
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. (Einstein)
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Hey teabaggers - you can't have the country back »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
There are no two single acts in the average American's engagement in politics more responsible for the current state of our country than the ...
(read more)Read (63) | Share | Discuss (13) | Read Full Story at dailykos.com
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If It Were Me, I'd Be Embarrassed »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
It's nice to see that even after the election, conservatives are still playing the "liberal gotcha media" card every time they expose themselves as ...
(read more)Read (69) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at huffingtonpost.com
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Michelle Goldberg Gets It »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
The lies of Sarah Palin are different from any other politicians'. They are different because they assert things that are demonstrably, empirically untrue; and they ...
(read more)Read (33) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
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Sarah Palin doesn't speak for me »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
An evangelical soccer mom parts ways with the GOP star.
(read more)Read (104) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at baltimoresun.com
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Lawmaker asks people to stop complaining, and gets an earful »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Political News
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings.
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What he got, however, was just more complaints.Read (57) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at mcclatchydc.com
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The CRU hack »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Science & Technology
More interesting is what is not contained in the emails. There is no evidence of any worldwide conspiracy, no mention of George Soros nefariously funding ...
(read more)Read (135) | Share | Discuss (11) | Read Full Story at realclimate.org
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Climate change Deniers hoax themselves…again »
Posted by: 1 week, 2 days ago in Science & Technology
For all the Sturm und Drang and Denier promises of “final coffin nails”, there doesn’t actually seem to be anything to the story. Sure ...
(read more)Read (92) | Share | Discuss (6) | Read Full Story at greenfyre.wordpress.com
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Climategate? Not likely »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
In case you were unaware, hackers got into the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (CRU) servers and published hundreds to thousands of ...
(read more)Read (131) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at scholarsandrogues.com
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Bowing ever lower to the hate mongers »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
The right-wing lunatics who are still peeved about a black man attaining the most-powerful office in the world are always on about some sort of ...
(read more)Read (53) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at houmatoday.com
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Sarah Palin and the conservative descent »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
The 19th century American writer Henry Adams said the descent of American presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant was enough to discredit the ...
(read more)Read (93) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at chicagotribune.com
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Huckabee: Republican attacks on Obama 'deplorable' »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Political News
He could go down as the first Republican to spar with conservative icon Rush Limbaugh and live to talk about it.
(read more)Read (161) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at latimesblogs.latimes.com
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A Gift to Credit Card Companies »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Business & Finance
Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months to end the deceptive predatory practices outlawed in ...
(read more)Read (54) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at www10.nytimes.com
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The real reason Obama is not making much progress »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
Despite the real improvements on Bush – such as the end of torture, the resumption of stem-cell research, and opposition to the coup in Honduras – many ...
(read more)Read (67) | Share | Discuss (7) | Read Full Story at independent.co.uk
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Republican Deficit Hypocrisy »
Posted by: 1 week, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
The human capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me, so it shouldn't surprise me that so many Republicans seem to genuinely believe that ...
(read more)Read (62) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at forbes.com
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The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors »
Posted by: 1 week, 4 days ago in Political Opinion
They’re not just against health care reform. They think Obama may have hypnotized voters and that climate legislation threatens your health.
(read more)Read (43) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at motherjones.com
