If anyone you know is under the delusion that Ron Paul is some kind of non-interventionist civil liberties hero, you might want to tell them the truth. Ron Paul is no saint. Primarily, Paul voted for...
Ron Paul's Record on Terrorism
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Ron Paul Bashes Civil Rights Act
No, not in a newsletter from years ago. It was yesterday. He bashed the Civil Rights Act yesterday. WASHINGTON -- Despite recent accusations of racism and homophobia, Republican presidential...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "New Year" Light day today, then madness for the rest of the year.
Ron Paul: Bounty Hunter
If you believe Ron Paul is not only opposed to the war on terrorism but is also opposed to assassinating perpetrators or terrorism regardless of nationality, then you're dreaming. Via Ashby, here's...
Chris Christie Shouts at People
Chris Christie in Iowa, evidently campaigning for vice president: "If you don’t do what you’re supposed to do for Mitt Romney on Tuesday," Christie said, defiant in only a suit jacket against the...
Funniest Local News Bloopers of the Year
Via Sullivan, my favorite begins at around 3:16. The barely-contained rage expressed by the reporter at the end of that clip makes me laugh the laugh of all laughs.
Another Reason to Not Vote for Gingrich
As if the thousands of other reasons weren't enough, there's this: Gingrich responded that Palin “is certainly one of the people you would look at” [for vice president] and told the caller that he is...
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MST3K Saturday - "The Day the Earth Froze"
Chart of the Day
Of all ideological labels, Americans love "progressive" the most.Glenn Beck's campaign the demonize progressivism is, for now, a failure.
Ron Paul Would Ruin America
It appears as though Andrew Sullivan is developing a pitch for Ron Paul. Matt Stoller is, too. I've received quite a few emails and tweets from progressive Ron Paul supporters. And everything is...
Ironic Congressional Torrent Pirates
The same people who are destroying the internet in an attempt to attack pirates are actually engaged in the illegal downloading of copyrighted materials: In recent weeks we discovered BitTorrent...
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Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt - "What Are You Doing New Years Eve?" By the way, if you haven't seen "New Girl" you're missing the funniest new show of the year. (via Chez)
Super Rootworm Resistant to GMO Corn
Really bad news for farmers and their crops: One of the nation's most widely planted crops – a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide – may be losing its effectiveness...
Doof Quote of the Day
“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don’t have to buy from a foreign source.” Rick Perry Uh. Yeah.
What Does Ron Paul Stand For?
You've probably overheard or observed various progressives and anti-war idealists praising Ron Paul for his foreign policy record while virtually ignoring his awful record on an array of other issues...
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Is President Obama a Centrist Republican?
Glenn Greenwald thinks so, and his primary evidence is that Paul Krugman thinks so. He also off-handedly dismissed the president's progressive record on such meaningless issues as abortion, the...
Ben Nelson's Retirement is Bad News
I hate Ben Nelson. But I will hate the Republican who replaces him even more. Which do you choose? The devil you know or the potentially maniacal wingnut who will very likely win his seat?
The Rise of Ron Paul
Ron Paul has caught Gingrich in New Hampshire. The poll of polls puts them now only 0.7 percent apart, basically a tie for second. The two most recent polls show Paul edging ahead. In a very...