Monthly Archives: December 2010

December 30, 2010

This is your brain on Rush

Reuters photos AFP photo Associated Press photo AFP photo Do all of these creatures have big ol’ amygdalas? There is news out that British scientists have discovered a difference between the brains of liberals and the brains of conservatives (yes, apparently scientists actually have … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Alaska, amygdala, anterior cingulate, brain, Brain research, Christine O'Donnell, conservative brain, conservatives, Joe Miller, left-wing brain, liberal brain, liberals, Lisa Murkowski, right-wing brain, winguts

December 28, 2010

‘HoBos’ in HELL

In his syndicated column for which he presumedly actually is paid, wingnut Jonah Goldberg — perhaps best known for having penned this lovely little tome: (Ha ha ha! Comparing liberals to Adolf Hitler is funny! And original!) – makes the “argument” that … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "patriotism", "don't ask don't tell", Bobos in Paradise, capitalism, civil rights, co-option, DADT, equal rights, Gay rights, homosexuals, human rights, Jonah Goldberg, liberals, marriage, militarism, military, monogamy, non-heterosexuals, progressives, Same-sex marriage, U.S. military, wingnut, wingnuttery

December 26, 2010

DADT down, DOMA to go

Reuters photo Barack Obama proclaims that his stance on same-sex marriage is still “evolving.” So is this guy’s: Getty Images After eight long years of nightmarish rule by the unelected troglodyte George W. Bush, it sure would be nice to … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Advocate, Barack Obama, Biden, civil rights, civil unions, DADT, DOMA, equal rights, Gay and lesbian rights, Gay rights, GLBT, GLBT rights, Homophobia, human rights, Joe Biden, leadership, Obama, Politics, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Same-sex marriage, separate but equal, Vice President Biden, Vice President Joseph Biden

December 18, 2010

Don’t be fooled: Repeal of DADT is just a scrap of a scrap

So today the U.S. Senate voted 65 to 31 to repeal the woefully misguided and unconstitutional “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that then-President Billary Clinton got into law in 1993. The U.S. House of Representatives had already voted to repeal DADT … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "don't ask don't tell", Adm. Mike Mullen, Barack Obama, Benedict Lieberman, civil rights, DADT, equal rights, Gen. James Amos, Gen. James Cartwright, human rights, John McCain, John McCainosaurus, Jon Stewart, Joseph Lieberman, military, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, treason, U.S. military, United States military, war profiteering

December 12, 2010

Julian Assange, my hero

Reuters photo WikiLeaks crusader Julian Assange of Australia, shown above in a photo taken last month, is closest that we have to this guy: I’ve been following the WikiLeaks saga for some time now but until now I have yet to … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "Fair Game", 9/11, aristocracy, aristocrats, Assange, Barack Obama, BP, BP oil spill, Britain, British Petroleum oil spill, corporatocracy, corporatocrats, George W. Bush, hero, Hurricane Katrina, Joe Wilson, Julian Assange, London, national security, Obama administration, plutocracy, Plutocrats, power elite, powers that be, Prince Charles, public safety, royalty, V for Vendetta, Valerie Plame, WikiLeaks

December 10, 2010

Trotting out Mr. Billary was a big mistake

Reuters photo Match made in hell: Barack Obama doesn’t want to do the job of Democratic president of the United States of America and Billary Clinton wishes that he still were in the job of president, so Billary pontificated on … Continue reading →

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December 6, 2010

Howard Dean in 2012

Associated Press photo “[President] Obama almost seems as if he’s trying, systematically, to disappoint his once-fervent supporters, to convince the people who put him where he is that they made an embarrassing mistake,” notes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Barack Obama, bipartisanship, Howard Dean, Howard Dean 2012, Howard Dean in 2012, leftism, liberalism, Obama, Paul Krugman, Politics, progressive politics, progressivism

December 3, 2010

An austerity plan for the RICH (or, Plan Robin Hood)

It’s interesting how it is just a given in the United States of America (and in other plutocracies) that in an economic downturn, it’s the poor and the vanishing middle class who will have to do with even less — certainly … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: December 2010

This is your brain on Rush

‘HoBos’ in HELL

DADT down, DOMA to go

Don’t be fooled: Repeal of DADT is just a scrap of a scrap

Julian Assange, my hero

Trotting out Mr. Billary was a big mistake

Howard Dean in 2012

An austerity plan for the RICH (or, Plan Robin Hood)

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