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1 day ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Megan McCardle’s Review Of Half Of A Book Doesn’t Get It Half Right
Some seriously embarrassing stuff here by one of the conservatives who is supposed to be one of the deep thinkers of the right. But then, those of us who have been paying attention for years now know that the blogger formerly known as “Jane Galt” in homage to the infamous Atlas Shrugged often says stuff [...]
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2 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Why Did The Bush-Era Pentagon Ignore Child Porn Purchases By Defense Dept. Employees?
I’d really like to know. A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department — including some with the highest available security clearance — who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: PBS: God In America
This looks pretty awesome. And since its from PBS/Frontline/American Experience it’ll be an accurate look at faith in America, and not Glenn Beck’s perversion of it.
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: NASA: Actually, Viking DID Find Organic Material On Mars
We need to go. Thirty-four years after NASA’s Viking missions to Mars sent back results interpreted to mean there was no organic material – and consequently no life – on the planet, new research has concluded that organic material was found after all. The finding does not bring scientists closer to discovering life on Mars, [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Did Chris Christie Lie About What He Knew When He Attacked Obama? Sounds Like It
Bret Schundler has released a chronology of events pertaining to his firing in New Jersey, and if his version of events is to be believed, it doesn’t look good for conservative hero Chris Christie. In the document, Schundler claims that at multiple instances he told Christie not to mischaracterize the mistake, and yet Christie explains [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: VIDEO: Jan Brewer’s Debate Fail
The idea that this woman is at the tip of the spear for conservative action against immigration makes so much more sense now. Detail: But it was 13 seconds or so of silence that is being talked about more than anything else. During her opening statement, Ms. Brewer began by defending her stewardship: “I have, [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Overwhelming Majority Still Blame Bush For Economic Problems
Oh my God America, still blaming Bush? It’s like people haven’t listened to con efforts to disappear the last eight years. Nearly two years after Barack Obama was elected president, Americans still are inclined to blame his predecessor for the nation’s current economic problems. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, more than [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: AUDIO: Tea Party Senate Candidate Christine O’Donnell Has Epic Radio Fail
Oh my God, this is awesome. MP3 Not surprisingly, she shot an ad at Glenn Beck’s revival meeting.
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: The Crisis Of Overmedicated Children
Too often nowadays, parents just don’t want to do the job of raising their children, and instead put them on dangerous, mood-altering drugs as a substitute for parenting. It’s very sad. At 18 months, Kyle Warren started taking a daily antipsychotic drug on the orders of a pediatrician trying to quell the boy’s severe temper [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: James Lee: Hostage Situation At Discovery Building In Silver Spring, MD
UPDATE: Montgomery County Police report that the gunman has been shot, the devices attached to him went off. There were 3 hostages, all safe. They are looking for more devices in the building to deactivate. UPDATE: Reports are now that the gunman is dead. James Lee photo via Flickr (via Silver Spring Singular) Multiple outlets [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: “Obamacare Worked Today”
From Reddit: My mom has been trying to get health care for years. She’s 57 years old, has rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. As bad as that may sound, these are all very treatable conditions if you have insurance. Ten years ago, my mom started a non-profit performing arts school and theater company [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Glenn Beck Lied About Holding Washington’s Inaugural Address
Of course he lied. Beck also invoked Washington while describing the inspiring experience of visiting famous tourist destinations around the nation’s capital. ‘I have been going to Mt. Vernon,’ he explained. Holding out his hands for emphasis, he declared with emotion, ‘I went to the National Archives, and I held the first inaugural address written [...]
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3 days ago
From: Oliver Willis
Title: Text Of Obama Address On End Of Combat Operations In Iraq
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Oval Office Address on Iraq Washington, D.C. August 31, 2010 As Prepared for Delivery— Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation [...]
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