Author - SK Ashby

Ethics

Where’s The Medical Records?

Mitt Romney's tax returns are off-limits, but Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips would like for President Obama to prove that he's not a gay crackhead. Really. Tea Party Nation President...

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Open Thread

Massacres R Us

Artist - Mitt Priggee In other news, according to the non-partisan Environmental Working Group, the current iteration of the farm bill would "prohibit any state or local government from imposing a...

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Open Thread

The Colorado Shooting

Ranting about anything else right now feels inappropriate to me so I'm just going to leave this here for now. Currently available information tells us that at least 12 people were killed and as many...

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Quote

Dick Quote of the Day

Well it does make me wonder, you know with all those people in the theater, was there nobody that was carrying that could’ve stopped this guy more quickly? -Rep. Louie Gohmert on the Colorado...

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Open Thread

Financial Subterfuge

Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Armet Armored Vehicles was indicted by the Department of Justice today for major fraud, wire fraud, and making fraudulent claims for knowingly delivering...

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Wingnuts

Creepy Story of the Day

A high-rolling Republican fundraiser in Utah was arrested today and charged with raping four women, two of which occurred in the same cabin wherein he has hosted high-profile fundraisers for...

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Open Thread

Easy to Swallow

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, the National Immigration Law Center has filed a lawsuit in Arizona challenging the remaining parts of "Papers Please" anti-immigration law left intact by the...

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Ethics

Obscenity

According to data contained in the Survey of Consumer Finances recently released by the Federal Reserve, the six heirs to the Walton family fortune of Wal-Mart fame are worth more than nearly 42...

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Corporate Crime

Progress

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was created after the signing of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, is doing its job. Capital One, the fifth largest bank in the country...

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Open Thread

Olympic Experience

Artist - Dave Granlund In other news, the Obama Campaign filed a lawsuit with the state of Ohio today to restore the early voting period removed by the Republican-controlled state legislature.

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Ethics

Another Theory

via Yglesias, one possible explanation for why Romney is refusing to make more financial disclosures is his possible participation in an amnesty program for disclosing Swiss bank accounts. Wealthy U...

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Quote

The Better Candidate?

"Oh come on, because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate. Why did we not take [Tim] Pawlenty, why did we not take any of the other 10 other people. Why didn’t I? Because we had a...

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Wingnuts

Super Stupid

Did you know the villain in the new Batman film, which Limbaugh doesn't even know the name of, is Bane? And did you know Romney worked for Bain? Holy crap! It's a liberal plot! Bane first appeared in...

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