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What the hell is SOPA and PIPA and why should I care?

by Laurel on January 18, 2012

The Real World – Washington D.C.

November 15, 2011

It’s Republican Presidential Primary Debate Season… seems like they are having debates 2 or 3 times a week, literally. I don’t watch, I just let Jon Stewart pull the the amusing highlights and share them with me. The Daily Show is like my political Talk Soup or The Soup or whatever the hell that show [...]

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Fuck you, Melissa Brookstone.

October 20, 2011

Really? No… really, are you fucking kidding me? From the Huffington Post: Melissa Brookstone, a member of one of the nation’s largest Tea Party groups, pushed the envelope on anti-Obama suggestions Wednesday, urging small business owners to stop hiring new employees until the president gives up his “globalist socialist agenda of redistribution of wealth.” In [...]

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Reckless Presidential Spending – By The Numbers

July 21, 2011

I totally ripped these numbers off from my friend, Sean, who posted them to his Google+ account. Numbers to process… Reagan Inherited $908 billion in debt that grew to $2.6 trillion. Change: +186%. H.W. Bush inherited $2.6 trillion in debt that grew to $4.2 trillion. Change: +62%. Clinton inherited $4.2 trillion in debt that grew [...]

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The Collections Agents Are About To Start Calling

July 12, 2011

The GOP’s rigid stance on not raising taxes would be funny if it were not so maddening at the same time. My only solace is in the likely possibility that their refusal to compromise with Democrats in any way whatsoever will reveal to most people why they shouldn’t be in office come 2012. It’s pretty [...]

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If It Weren’t for Feminists, Congressman Weiner Never Would Have Sent That Picture of His Dick…

June 21, 2011

The National Review is this really funny publication I like to read from time to time for comic relief. They did not let me down recently, with Sabrina Schaeffer’s article on Andy Weiner and Gender Politics. I’ve been studiously trying to avoid reading, writing or participating in any dicussions on Andy Weiner (beyond my 8 [...]

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8 Things More Important Than Weinergate

June 9, 2011

I am frustrated by our need to sweat the small stuff and Weinergate just seems so fucking trivial in the scheme of things. I mean, don’t we have more serious issues to be focusing on, more serious problems that need fixing? I think we do… 1. Catholic School Bans Rainbows What’s next? Teddy Bears and Cupcakes? [...]

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