Shot Through The Heart

Did Snoop even watch the iconic television show she was on?!

Felica 'Snoop' Pearson, HBO 'Wire' Actress, Plans To Plead Guilty To Drug Charges In 'Operation Usual Suspects':

"BALTIMORE — An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's 'The Wire' pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught by a wiretap in a joint federal-state drug probe of an alleged drug gang."

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Possible worst job ever: The Collector.

Pa. zoo on brink of finishing elephant sperm bank

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Way cool. I'm so ready for technology to leap our inability to govern. Let's 'Snow Crash' this bitch.

Quantum super-computing sees microwave breakthrough | The Raw Story

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Yes, everyone should own a gun and be able to carry it with them.

Also, crack journalism including the 911 operator's instructions. I probably would have continued to shoot at my penis in order to staunch the blood flow. A dry towel or t-shirt makes SO much more sense.

Arizona man hospitalized after shooting penis:

"The Arizona Republic reports a 911 operator told Christopher to apply direct pressure to the wound with a dry towel or T-shirt."

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What is...

The Good. Rick Bragg on the Tuscaloosa tornadoe.

What stands in a storm: When the winds died down - CNN.com:

"I have seldom felt helpless in my life. I hold to the hillbilly standard that there is no situation so hopeless that, through perseverance, I cannot make worse."

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The very bad.

A Plague on the Gulf: Local Fisherman Pulls Up Dozens of Crabs with Oil Stains, Burns and Lesions Off Pensacola | Stuart H. Smith

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The very, very ugly.

Alabama Continues To Tax Citizens To Pay For Confederate Memorial Park | ThinkProgress

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The didn't get married, in Doll-y-wood. And, would a Porter Wagoner look-a-like perform such a ceremony?

Dollywood Bans Visitor's Gay-Friendly T-Shirt

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What is 'Ow, ow, fucking-ow', Alex.

Alex Trebek injured chasing burglary suspect

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We live longer.

San Jose Residents Have Longest Life Spans In U.S. | CBC San Francisco - Yahoo! News:

"It seems as if the farther west you go, the better the longevity. Only two cities in the northeast made the cut.

The west coast had the majority of the spots on the list of 20 cities, with California having the most out of all the states."

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Longevity might have something to do with this guy. See you at Hardly Strictly, Truffle Guy. Glad you got a t-shirt.

Truffle Guy Forever Immortalized on T-Shirt | Uptown Almanac

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Everybody Must Get....

Oh no he di'ent. Snap. (And if another season of The Wire isn't enticement enough to end this stupid war, nothing ever will be.)

‘The Wire’ creator to Holder: I’ll do another season if you end the drug war

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Ha. Keep promises.

Tell Attorney General Holder: Keep Obama’s Promise and Respect State Medical Marijuana Laws | Just Say Now

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Frank/Paul 2012? Sure, why the hell not.

New bill ending federal ban on marijuana to be introduced in Congress | The Raw Story:

"Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) will introduce legislation on Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives that ends the federal prohibition on marijuana."

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Wall Defeating Technology

Grr.

91,000 Gulf oil spill claims, just 1 final payment - Yahoo! News

Grrrrrrr.

First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate

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Uhhhh.

Armed services are urged to stock kitchens with Gulf seafood | NOLA.com

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Serious Grrrr.

U.S.: Sick Gulf Residents Beg Officials for Help - IPS ipsnews.net

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Neat. Via Jez.

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Wicked.

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Wait. Someone has developed the technology to defeat a wall?!? Really???!!!

Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border

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What Do San Franciscans Want for Christmas?

High hilarity:

What Do San Franciscans Want for Christmas? | Uptown Almanac

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Wish I lived in a country where the leaders stuck it to the people who are financially fucking us.

AMERICAblog News: Ireland to failed bank: pay bonuses and you won't get bailed out

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As far as lobbies, go, this one if flush, and I mean FLUSH with cash.

Marijuana-legalization push gets voice on Capitol Hill | McClatchy

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Can this bloody week be over, please, so I can be on my holiday break... bitches.

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Everyday is Cyber-Monday

So much awesome in this video. The suspense is well rewarded.

Cat-Crow-Cat-Crow fight

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Add one more to this list. Cat fight. And not the cool kind that happens in bars with hair pulling and bra-snapping.

6 Deadly Injuries You Think You'd Survive (Thanks to Movies) | Cracked.com

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Because this is how we roll.

N. Calif. cities bring pot growing into the light | San Francisco Examiner:

"Farther north, the Sonoma County wine country town of Sebastopol passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing for the creation of two large gardens for medical marijuana dispensaries, and two more 'collective' gardens where patients could grow their own."

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This and Cowboy vs. Aliens. Two must sees.

Coen Bros. Rule.

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SOME People are Awesome

Happy November! Eat some turkey:

Making the Case for a $140 Turkey: BA Daily: Blogs : bonappetit.com

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Then make a local FAUX affiliate eat some crow:

Daily Kos: Milwaukee County Dems take on Fox News crew

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Attaboy, Jorge.

Soros gives $1M to Calif. pot legalization measure - Yahoo! News:

"SAN FRANCISCO – Billionaire financier George Soros has thrown his weight behind California's marijuana legalization measure with a $1 million donation a week before the vote. The contribution reported Tuesday by The Sacramento Bee is the single biggest donation from an individual other than Proposition 19's main sponsor, Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee."

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Forward looking NorCal. Thank jeebus. I love the headlands.

Marin Headlands saved when 1960s city plan quashed

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SOME people are Awesome:

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ShaveThat Bitch

Must watch. Liberal media my ass.

The Rachel Maddow Segment You Must Not Miss | Crooks and Liars:

"In this segment, Rachel Maddow does the following:

* Lays waste to every single mainstream media narrative about the midterm elections
* Exposes those narratives as the Republican wish lists that they are
* Reminds us all of the stakes in this election, especially when it comes to the extremists being pawned off as viable candidates.

If there were a Debunkers' Hall of Fame, Rachel Maddow's name would be all over the trophy. It's so good I'm not including the transcript. Just watch. You'll see what I mean."

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No brainer. Unfortunately 'no-brains' runs this joint.

Former Surgeon General calls for legalization of marijuana | Raw Story

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Shave that bitch.

White Truffles: Why They're Such an Expensive Delicacy - TIME

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Wedge Issue

Our wedge issues are so much cooler than their wedge issues.

Will weed be the ‘wedge issue’ that leads Dems to 2012 victory? | Raw Story:

"With one eye on California's marijuana legalization vote, Democratic strategists are sizing up the possibility of placing the issue on other state ballots as a way of helping them win tight races in 2012, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Pollsters have noted a distinct increase in youth voter enthusiasm in California in recent months, attributed largely to Proposition 19, the ballot initiative that, if approved, would decriminalize, regulate and tax marijuana in the state."

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Love Lewis Black.

'The Daily Show' Takes On The Education Crisis (VIDEO)

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Old people do the craziest things.

Irmgard Holm Mistakes Super Glue For Eye Drops (VIDEO)

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Axelrod-hole

Kudos for Susan Madrak.

We really are ruled by infantile assholes. The exchange and Axelrod's response proves how out-of-touch this administration really is.

The Plum Line - Liberal blogger directly confronts David Axelrod, accuses White House of "hippie punching":

"Top Obama adviser David Axelrod got an earful of the liberal blogosphere's anger at the White House moments ago, when a blogger on a conference call directly called out Axelrod over White House criticism of the left, accusing the administration of 'hippie punching.'

'We're the girl you'll take under the bleachers but you won't be seen with in the light of day,' the blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, pointedly told Axelrod on the call, which was organzied for liberal bloggers and progressive media."

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Thank you. May I have another.

Daily Kos: Will Morale Improve With Continued Beatings?

We've seen various iterations of this slogan play out here on Dailykos, where we are continuously treated to hectorings, threats, and outright insults about having to support Democrats in the midterms in November. Instead of taking concerns of voters and Democratic activists seriously, these concerns are instead denigrated, made fun of, and told that one is "aiding the enemy" to a sense in voicing these concerns.

The message is basically thus--"Don't want things to turn worse? Vote Democratic because the Republican alternative is worse!"

Is that the sort of message that gets activists and voters out to vote? Is it the one that gets these people on your side for the midterm campaigns?

In one short word---NO.

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We can see clearly now...

Even Shepard Fairey's Losing Hope - Hotline On Call:

"The artist whose poster of Barack Obama became a rallying image during the hope-and-change election of 2008 says he understands why so many people have lost faith.

In an exclusive interview with National Journal on Thursday, Shepard Fairey expressed his disappointment with the president -- a malaise that seems representative of many Democrats who had great expectations for Obama."

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Another reason to support Unions.

Marijuana Ballot Measure in California Wins Support of Union, Officials Say - NYTimes.com:

"LOS ANGELES — A ballot measure to make California the first state to legalize the sale and use of marijuana has won the support of one of the state’s most powerful union, officials said Monday, offering the proposition a shot of mainstream legitimacy as well as a potential financial and organizational lift.

The decision by the executive board of the Service Employees International Union of California will be announced in the next few days, according to officials who have been briefed about it but were not allowed to speak publicly before it was announced."

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Dots connecting.

Think Progress � Felipe Calder�n Says U.S. Inaction Has Allowed Organized Crime To Regulate Drugs, Weapons, Immigration:

"CALDERON: The Mexican government is confiscating the guns, the American authorities — you’d have to ask them. I haven’t seen much in terms of stopping the flow of guns. [...] The truth is if it weren’t for the flow of weapons from the United States to Mexican criminals and other parts of the world, we wouldn’t be seeing the levels of violence that we’re witnessing. [...]

The Americans, rather than regulating or establishing an adequate drug or immigration or arms legislation have allowed organized crime to regulate those markets. And the massacre of San Fernando shows the consequences of not addressing issues that need to be regulated such as immigration, drugs, or weapons."

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Via Lurleen. I don't think he misses one breakfast food.

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Enjoy Yo-Self, Courtesy of Unions

If you are lucky enough to have a job, I hope you enjoy today's break brought to you by progressive/liberals/unions of yore.

Labor Unions are the back bone of this country. As they are killed by the government so goes the middle class.

U.S. DOL - The History of Labor Day:

"The First Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a 'workingmen's holiday' on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country."

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This short article only scratches the surface.

Outlaws abound in Shoals’ past - Decaturdaily.com

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California pot legalization ‘could end Mexican drug war’

Canadian pot growers use wild bears to guard stash

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Bubbles

Yesterday's post was a lead in for what I had planned to post today, but Google/Blogger/Bastards deleted my post because their product sucks ass.

So, I'm phoning it in today.

Back when 'sick days' were part of my existence, sometimes, when I took one b/c I was sick of work, I'd go hang out at Stinson Beach in Marin where this video of giant bubbles was filmed.

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U.S.A.! We're No..... wait. Dammit!

CBC News - Technology & Science - Cannabis electric car being made in Alberta:

"An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a company in Alberta."

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Good for Barry.

Barry Cooper fights the law, wins: Odessa drops all ‘KopBusters’ charges | Raw Story

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Alcohol is a hell of a drug.

Man shot in head, but notices only 5 years later:

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Stupid British Hurricanes.

Alcohol is helluva....

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Whatever

So apathetic. So, so apathetic.

Here's... stuff:

Price Is Right Perfect Bid - How Terry Kniess Beat The Price Is Right - Esquire

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Report: Poor People Pretty Much Fucked | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

"'Although poor people have never had it particularly sweet, America has long been considered the land of opportunity, where upward class mobility is hard work's reward,' Park said. 'However, our study shows that limited access to quality education and a shortage of employment opportunities in depressed areas all but ensure that, once fucked, an individual tends to stay fucked.'"

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Why not legalize marijuana and tax it, like liquor? | Cynthia Tucker:

"Researchers associated with the Rand Corp.’s Drug Policy Research Center said Wednesday that not much is certain about the potential impact of Proposition 19 except that the price of California’s choicest weed could plunge more than 80%, down from $300 to $450 per ounce to about $38."

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Nutritional value of fruits, veggies is dwindling - Health - Diet and nutrition - msnbc.com:

"It's happening to crops in the United States, too. In 2004, Donald Davis, PhD, a former researcher with the Biochemical Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, led a team that analyzed 43 fruits and vegetables from 1950 to 1999 and reported reductions in vitamins, minerals, and protein. Using USDA data, he found that broccoli, for example, had 130 mg of calcium in 1950. Today, that number is only 48 mg. What's going on? Davis believes it's due to the farming industry's desire to grow bigger vegetables faster. The very things that speed growth — selective breeding and synthetic fertilizers — decrease produce's ability to synthesize nutrients or absorb them from the soil."

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Rumors of debarment for BP

If true and if this occurs, then I'll be somewhat happy.

Rumors of debarment for BP:

"In what would be the most fitting punishment for BP's many crimes, there are rumors that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering debarment for the company. Debarment is somewhere between corporal and capital punishment for scofflaw companies. The most severe form is 'discretionary debarment,' which would cancel all government contracts and leases on federal lands, a move that would cost BP at least 16 billion dollars a year.

An article in ProPublica by Abrahm Lustgarten discusses the prospects for debarment for BP and gives even a cynic like me reason to smile. Let me touch on the points that had me licking my canine teeth."

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Makes a pretty good case that we are:

Sen. Sanders tells the ugly truth "We're an Oligarchy and I think it's getting worse"

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Nice. Great headline. Horse Mint.

Texas cops mistake actual weed for marijuana, spend hours doing yard work

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So much hilarity in this article. h/t Sloan:

Athens man beaten during pot party || OnlineAthens.com

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Picture of the year so far. Not for the faint of heart.

Julio Aparicio GORED IN THROAT During Bullfight (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

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I've been lucky enough to live near 4 of them:

America's Top 10 Road Trips

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Iz Dis For Real?

The Kids are definitely alright:

Shakesville: Drowned Out

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Anatomy of not just a 'lie' but a 'goddamn lie'... that worked.... again.

Skip the article and scroll down to the bottom and watch Maddow's piece. Must see TV

Maddow: Raw footage reveals O’Keefe lied about ACORN tapes | Raw Story:

"When conservative activists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles released tapes last fall purporting to show ACORN employees advising them on how to set up a child prostitution ring, it resulted in widespread praise for their intrepid journalism and a Congressional defunding of the anti-poverty group. But it is now becoming clear to all but their most fervent supporters that the O'Keefe 'expose' was deliberately misleading.

'If you were a member of Congress and you voted to defund ACORN because of the outrage portrayed in these tapes,' MSNBC's Rachel Maddow proclaimed on Tuesday, 'you were had.'"

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This being on the ballot is going to make for some interesting politicking in Cali over the next few months. It gets my ass to the polls, for sure.

Competitive CA Ballot Complicated By Pot Initiative | TPMDC:

"Recent polls show 56 percent of voters support taxing and regulating marijuana. State Sen. Tom Ammiano (D) has a bill proposed to tax and regulate marijuana that is similar to the ballot initiative. The difference is that voters are being asked to allow local counties to opt into legalization.

'This isn't as much a culture war as it also is the long overdue rational conversation on public policy for how we're going to treat marijuana,' said Ammiano spokesman Quintin Mecke. 'We can try and pretend that people aren't using marijuana and that the war on drugs is working or we can acknowledge reality. This question is no longer a joke about 'What are you smoking' or 'How high are you,' and the economics of the situation in California and nationally have provided us a window to have this conversation.'"

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The Push to Legalize Marijuana: It's Real - Politics - The Atlantic:

"You may have heard there's a push to legalize marijuana in California. You may not have heard that it's for real.

Voting ballots in California this November will contain an initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate the sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older, and while this may sound like something that has no chance, whatsoever, of ever becoming law, the thing is: it actually might."

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Philadelphia DA decriminalizes marijuana, but police to continue arrests | Raw Story

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If it is war they want, war they will get! I've said too much...

Timor police declare war on mysterious ‘ninjas’

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Dude is bad ass. Shattered knee.... still gets the out.

Corey Williams Injury VIDEO: Knee SHATTERED By Line Drive

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Super bad ass.

South Street Seaport Rescue: David Anderson Saves 2-Year-Old After Falling Into East River

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U.S.A. defined:

Man Bites Off More Than He Can Chew, Dislocates Jaw on Huge Sandwich - AOL News

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YouTube User Leaves The Best Comment Ever (PICTURE)

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Morality Button

Yup:

Daily Kos: Shorter Anti-Obama Billboards: N***er!

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Can they at least try to live by the principles that foam from their mouths?

ABC: Militia members receive government money | Raw Story:

"ABC News' Ryan Owens reported on Tuesday's Nightline that most of the LightFoot members he talked to during a weekend training session 'don't have a job, and most do take unemployment from the state. They argue it's insurance, not welfare.'

Owens reports that Jeff Stankewicz, the group's leader, is unemployed and formed the group a year ago, after attending a Tax Day Tea Party event."

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Dangerous Dinosaurs

Vivian Norris de Montaigu: An Ode to a Disappearing Texas:

"It seems that the Conservatives are hunkering down because they are scared. The world has changed and it is unfamiliar to them and the good ole boys don't control it anymore. We have elected a progressive intelligent well educated President and there are a few people in Texas who don't get it. They are the dinosaurs.

But dinosaurs can also be dangerous. Don't let this insanity spread. Write to your representatives, school boards, schools, teachers, friends. Education will save the United States. It will help us through the financial crisis, but not if this kind of fear spreads and questioning and free thinking is stifled."

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Shocking.

Rupert Murdoch Firm Goes on Trial for Alleged Tech Sabotage:

"Did a Rupert Murdoch company go too far and hire hackers to sabotage rivals and gain the top spot in the global pay-TV war?

This is the question a jury will be facing in a spectacular five-year-old civil lawsuit that is finally being tried this month in California but which has, oddly, received little notice from U.S. media."

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Very cool. Only lasted a few months.

Pony Express ran into history 150 years ago:

"This is a day when a legend of the Old West began: The first Pony Express riders set out 150 years ago today from San Francisco and St. Joseph, Mo."

"We stopped for nothing," express rider Charles Cliff was reported to say.

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Be sure to add several happy meals to your panic shelter. You never know how long you might be in there.

We eat a bunch of crap in the U.S.

BabyBites.info – Transforming a picky eater into a healthy eater.� Spoonful of Love � Happy Birthday to My Happy Meal:

"The photo above on the left is the one I took today. Because Colorado has an arid climate, over the year the moisture has been slowly pulled from the Happy Meal. The bread is crusty and if you look closely, you will see a crack across the top. The hamburger has shrunk a bit and still resembles a hockey puck. Yet, the French fries look yummy enough to eat. I never had an odor problem, after a couple of weeks, I couldn’t even smell the fries.

Now look at the photo on the right, I took it a year ago. Not much difference. The bread is plumper and the fries a tad bit perkier."

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They took Tom's stash. He's a regular online read.

Chronicle outdoors writer arrested in pot case:

"(04-02) 11:57 PDT WEED, SISKIYOU COUNTY -- Chronicle outdoors writer Tom Stienstra and his wife were arrested at their Northern California home on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale, and later released with no charges filed pending an investigation, officials said."

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I keep pressing it but nothing happens.... though I did wake up covered in..... hmmm.

EM field, behind right ear, suspends morality | The Sci-Tech Heretic:

"This new finding, from MIT, should cause scientists to more closely examine the risks to human health posed by mobile phones and other wireless, personal technologies. — M.B.

MIT neuroscientists believe they have isolated the brain region — just behind the right ear — where moral judgements take place.

And they can suspend someone’s ability to judge right from wrong, simply by generating a magnetic field near the same spot where many of us hold our cellular phones and wireless, Bluetooth, headsets."

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Teabagger Hero

You know what this means, right. Everybody wants this, right?

Polls: In Key States, Public Option Far More Popular Than Senate Plan | The Plum Line

Time for the march of the pouty, douchebag conservadems. If we, the people want it, then, guaranteed the Liebermans/Nelsons/asshole dems will stop us from getting it.

I really hate those guys.

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Two in a row from Atrios b/c he was tearing it up last night.

A-to-the-men:

Eschaton:

"Nobody Cares

As Bowers says, people don't give a crap about process. No matter what they say in polls, they don't give a crap about bipartisanship. The best it does is have the bipartisan fetishists in the press write nice things about you, but even that hasn't happened.

More than that, in my humble blogger opinion, bipartisanship is bad. Achieving it often requires splitting the baby type compromises. It spreads the blame around by making everybody and therefore nobody responsible. It obscures the real differences between the parties, and those differences are good because they provide voters with a real choice.

I'm not suggesting that lawmakers should never vote with the other side, but in general voters and democracy are much better served by having political parties with clear, if not extreme, differences."

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Hahahaha.

How fast before he's kissing teabag sack on FAUX News.

Baggers are PISSED. Again.... Hahahahaha.

Eschaton:

"Teabagger Hero

Scott Brown just sided with Dems and voted for cloture on the jobs bill...

Jobs Bill VOTE: GOP Filibuster Fails As Scott Brown And Others Break With Party

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V-PILF gets Corky schooled.

"Like a loaf of French bread". Classic. I love this chick.

Family Guy actress hits Palin for carrying son around ‘like a loaf of bread’ | Raw Story:

"'In my family we think laughing is good,' actress Andrea Fay Friedman quipped. 'My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.'"

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Mr. 27% approval sure is getting all Democraty lately.

Schwarzenegger Rips Romney, GOP For Stimulus Hypocrisy:

"'I find it interesting that you have a lot of the Republicans running around, and pushing back on the stimulus money and saying, 'This doesn't create any new job,'' said Schwarzenegger. 'And then they go out and do the photo ops, posing with the big check and they say: 'Isn't this great, look at the kind of money I've provided for the state and this is money to create jobs, and this has created 10,000 new jobs, this has created 20,000 news jobs, and all those kinds of things.' It doesn't match up.'

It's hypocrisy, said host Terry Moran. 'Exactly,' Schwarzenegger replied.

Case in point:

Republicans Voting Against Stimulus Then Asked Obama for Money - Bloomberg.com

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Hilarious and exactly why I advise anyone to never watch those Sunday passion plays that are suppose to serve as some type of 'news' and 'commentary'. Those fuckers live in there own little village.

Turn the tube off and read your news.

The Bobblespeak Translations: Meet the Press - February 21, 2010

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Oh boy. I hope the people who put this together see some jail time.

Student claims school spied on him via computer webcam | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/19/2010

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My own extensive study has confirmed these results, especially if accompanied by a six pack of pale ale.

Marijuana Provides Pain Relief, New Study Says:

"SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The first U.S. clinical trials in more than two decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain caused by certain neurological injuries or illnesses, according to a report issued Wednesday."

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What Tiger Should Do

Justin (shitmydadsays) on Twitter

"'I like See's candy. Put me in a See's store, I'm eating candy. The whole world is Tiger's See's store, and the candy is vagina.'"

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It is no secret how little I think of what passes as news media today. I'm equally disgusted with the predictable kabuki of the fallen media star. Build 'em up, tear them down. Go to some sort of rehab then get on the cover of Whatever Magazine with a big 'Sorry! I fucked up'. Apologize, go on Oprah, rehabilitate the 'image' only b/c the ' image rehabilitation' is mandated by the marketers who still want to make money off your ass.

Thus is the trap Tiger is in.

My fantasy:

Tiger steps to the podium tomorrow gives the ol' 'trying time for me, my family and my fans'.... next he says "But, I was checking my bank account this morning and, well, fuck every last one of you. I'm Tiger Woods, bitches! I'll fuck who I want to fuck when I want to fuck them"!

Then Tiger just goes all gansta. Pulls out a big ass chain with a full sized gold-plated bent golf club dangling from the end.

Next he introduces Kanye as his new caddy.

Lastly he whips out his (some say large) dick and pimp walks to the front row where Jesper Parnevik and David Feherty and other faux outraged Tiger commentators and fake news people are sitting (yeah, Fox and Friends need to be there too) and slaps each and everyone of those bitches in the face with his prodigious member.

Still at the podium, Kanye screams "White America's Worst Nightmare: Rich, Black, and Just Don't Give a Fuck" and "Where are the white woman at!"

Still holding his dick, Tiger returns to the podium where he states "If any of y'all motherfuckers has anything additional to say about me, about what I do, or about my family, you can talk to this motherfucker I'm holding in my hand" (gets a little Samuel Jackson here).

Next tournament, he moon walks in his spikes across the 18th. Taunts little old white ladies in the gallery. Bangs the course President's daughter in a port-a-potty in between the 9th green and 10th tee....

I would empty my bank account purchasing new and improved Tiger products. I swear to god.

Alas. A boy and his dream.

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Somethings afoot with the Public Option, but I'm waiting to see it is all for show once again.

Making those phone calls, though.

Exclusive: Sanders joins Dems in final push for public option | Raw Story:

"The public option is not just important for the individual consumer, it is an important mechanism to provide competition for the private, for-profit health insurance industry, to keep them honest, and to lower the overall cost of health care in our country,' he said."

And before yesterday, I would have bet a pretty penny that Feinstein wouldn't sign on.

Happy and surprised to be wrong.

Dianne Feinstein Signs On To Public Option Push

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More on Bayh-douche. His daddy he ain't

Bill Maher: 'Corporatist' Evan Bayh Is What's Wrong With Senate (VIDEO):

"Evan Bayh is not a centrist, he's a corporatist, according to Bill Maher.

Maher appeared on 'Anderson Cooper 360' Tuesday night to comment on the state of affairs in Washington, D.C. He argued that Evan Bayh, the retiring Senator from Indiana, is what's wrong with Congress. The Senate is 'where legislation goes to die,' Maher says, because 'corporatist Democrats' like Bayh act like Republicans.

Maher told Cooper that politics are not polarized enough and that the U.S. lacks a real progressive party."

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Robert L. Borosage: Bipartisan Blight III: Evan Bayh Bye:

"The harsh reality is that Bayh has been wrong about virtually everything. And the country suffers not because partisanship blocked action, but because the establishment consensus got too much of his agenda enacted.

Bayh supported the catastrophic invasion of Iraq. He joined the bipartisan celebration of banking deregulation. He favors more military spending. He favored tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans in an age of Gilded Age inequality. He was an advocate of corporate free trade policies that encouraged multinationals to ship jobs to a mercantilist China willing to subsidize them. He's a champion of bipartisanship -- bipartisan folly."

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I share philosophies with the next two posts from DKos posters.

Hell raising, uncompromising Progressives.

None of this pragmatic, slicing babies horse-shit.

Daily Kos: I'm sick of centrist do-nothingism:

"I'm sick of do-nothingism. I'm sick of excuse making for political stagnation. I'm sick of no results. I'm sick of attacks on those of us who want to change things. Those of us who actually have hope that we can change everything if we want it, and we can do it now. I'm sick of the hopeless and heartless centrists telling us we can't do what we want right now."

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This guy takes it to the wussy Dems (not the elected ones, the base party members) as succinctly as I've seen.

Daily Kos: Throw The Bums Out:

"The People voted for Change....and they ain't getting it.

And past a certain point, they don't REALLY care why.

And they sure don't care about excuses.

So if The Dems don't want to get their asses Thrown Out, they better start delivering Change.

Period.

End of Story."

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It worked, but it wasn't large enough to bring unemployment down just like we dirty fucking hippies said.

Economic Scene - Success of Stimulus Bill Is Noteworthy as Another Is Weighed - NYTimes.com:

"If that had happened, what would the economy look like today?

Well, it would look almost exactly as it does now. Because those nice descriptions of the stimulus that I just gave aren’t hypothetical. They are descriptions of the actual bill."

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Lot of good folks down there. I'm glad those good folks righted this wrong.

Think Progress � Nashville residents of all faiths pledge support for local Muslims after hate crime vandalism.

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An issue of prohibition. If weed was legal, there wouldn't be a market for a fucking chemical with god-knows-what in it mimicking the real deal.

Only for idiots:

Cops: Imitation pot as bad as the real thing - Yahoo! News

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I bet that percentage is higher in the deep south of the U.S.

I happen to like sexy Canadian Bacon. Oh yeah.

MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. | Asked to choose between bacon and sex, 43 per cent of Canadians would choose...bacon!:

"MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 3 /CNW/ - According to a recent national survey, Canadians are passionate about bacon. When asked to choose between bacon and sex, more than four in 10 (43%) chose bacon! Maple Leaf commissioned this Angus Reid For the Love of Bacon survey to mark the launch of their newest product innovation, Maple Leaf Reclosable Bacon."

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Falling Iguana

I think my today's post name would be a good band name.

*Dude, F.I. rocked it last night*

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Yesterday's most perfect snark:

Corn: McGwire used steroids, Fox signs Palin, sun sets in west | Raw Story:

"'McGwire used steroids. Palin signed with Fox. Sun sets in the west.'"

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Concerning the 'California is DOOOOOMED' meme....

No. No we are not.

Coolest state ever.

Calif. judge orders police to return 60 pounds of marijuana | Raw Story:

"A Los Angeles judge has ordered that 60 pounds of pot confiscated by the California Highway Patrol during an arrest be returned to the defendant.

Superior Court Judge William Sterling on Friday ordered the marijuana returned to Saguro Doven. The 33-year-old's attorneys successfully argued that he had the legal right to transport it under medical marijuana guidelines issued by state Attorney General Jerry Brown."

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No climate change here folks. Nothing to see. Move along and go teabag a loved one if such a thing is legal in your state.

Kamikaze iguanas fall from Florida's frozen trees - Telegraph

BBC News - 'Wildlife in crisis' in frozen UK:

"'With the icy weather predicted to last at least another week, this winter could be the single greatest wildlife killer of the new millennium.'"

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Quantum physics fascinates me to no end.

Daily Kos: Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World

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Best Products Of CES 2010: The Coolest New Tech From The Consumer Electronics Show (PHOTOS)

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On Flat-Earthers and Flat-Out Liars

Nothing to see here, folks. Just a liberal climate conspiracy... or something.

We can't pass any meaningful legislation but we can alter the weather for our political gain.... or something.

Oh, and the Earth is Flat.... or something.

World's hottest decade adds to pressure for climate accord:

"'The decade 2000-2009 is very likely to be the warmest on record, warmer than the 1990s, which were in turn warmer than the 1980s,' World Meteorological Organisation Secretary General Michel Jarraud told a press conference.

Jarraud also said that the year 2009 would probably rank as the fifth warmest since accurate records were started in 1850."

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Conservatives are just damn set against any kind of change, man-made or not.

Very hard to understand them.

Report: Bush insiders ‘distorted,’ still ‘influence’ climate change debate:

"Numerous environmental officials from the Bush administration have taken jobs lobbying on behalf of the energy industry, and some are now working to undermine efforts at a global climate change deal in Copenhagen, says a new report from a government watchdog group.

Some members of the Bush White House's environmental team 'deliberately distorted critical scientific reporting on global warming' before taking jobs at oil, gas, mining and other energy companies, says a report (PDF) from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

'CREW identified at least 22 former Bush-era officials who have gone on to lobbying or government relations, 14 of whom are registered lobbyists,' the report states. 'Through lobbying and industry-manufactured 'grassroots' activities, these individuals continue to influence and confuse the debate over global warming and hamper the efforts of the current administration to help establish a public consensus on this issue.'"

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ABC will not be Out-FAUXed.

ABC uses Fox tactic to make Stewart seem like climate change denier | Raw Story

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Won't happen again, promise.

Fox News Management Fed Up by Mistakes - mediabistro.com: FishbowlDC:

"By Matt Dornic on Nov 23, 2009 11:38 AM

After a few footage mishaps at Fox News like their recent slip-up: 'Fox News Uses Old Palin Footage,' the higher ups at the network have had enough.

In an email obtained by FishbowlDC, FNC management alerted the Newsroom that they were going to a 'zero base' newscast production, defined in the memo..."

OK, it'll happen again, because we mean for it to happen again, but we'll just lie about it.

Fox: Nothing inaccurate about our 120% poll graphic:

"As anyone who was actually listening to President Obama knows, he said $200 billion. But what's $198 billion when you're busy being Fair & Balanced, right?"

Stewart has the last word, though.

Daily Kos: State of the Nation:

"As Jon Stewart said in his take down of Fox's claim, 'So in attacking scientists for falsifying their data to support their theories on global warming, you've cited a poll that adds up to 120%.'"

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More Americans are in need of numbing the stupidity:

Most Americans support legalizing marijuana: poll:

"Fifty three percent support legalization, while 43 percent are opposed, according to a poll conducted Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 involving 1,004 voters."

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