October 2008
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“This is Bill Clinton calling to ask you to vote NO on Proposition 8 on Tuesday, November 4th. Proposition 8 would use state law to single out one group of Californians to be treated differently — discriminating against members of our family, our friends and our co-workers. “If I know one thing about California, I know that is not what you’re about. That is not what America...
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Dr Laura, Homosexuality and the Book of Leviticus
Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination… End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however,...
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This cannot be another election where the choice is based merely on fear. In terms of painting a brighter future for America and the world, Mr Obama has produced the more compelling and detailed portrait. He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his opponent. Whether he can fulfil his immense potential remains to be seen. But Mr Obama deserves the presidency.
Barack...
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“Somehow Ronald Reagan’s party of western individualism and limited government...”
– Barack Obama should be the next president of America | It’s time | The Economist
If her own family doesn’t trust her, why should we? I’m begging the McCain campaign to make me look like a total fool for even wondering. Please, blow my skepticism out of the water. Prove I’m full of “crazy shit.”
Still No Palin Medical Records: Why?
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Ms. Palin has had long associations with religious leaders who practice a particularly assertive and urgent brand of Pentecostalism known as “spiritual warfare.” Its adherents believe that demonic forces can colonize specific geographic areas and individuals, and that “spiritual warriors” must “battle” them to assert God’s control, using prayer and evangelism. The movement’s fixation on demons,...
For the robocalls to be effective, the Republicans would need Bill Ayers to plant bombs today and not when Barack Obama was 8 years old. They need Ayers to plant bombs in key states right now with stickers on them that say: “I am Barack Obama, and I endorse this bomb.”
Democrats’ gloom deepens - Yahoo! News
If Obama loses, it would be easier to live with it if it’s due to racism rather than if it’s stolen. If it’s racism, I can say, “Okay, we lost, but at least it’s a democracy. Sure, it’s a democracy inhabited by a majority of disgusting, reprehensible turds, but at least it’s a democracy.”
Larry David: Waiting for Nov. 4th
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Early voting in Evansville
For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old woman left the voting booth she made it about halfway to the door before collapsing in a nearby chair, where she began weeping uncontrollably. When...
Or perhaps homosexuality is neutral, neither reducing nor boosting overall fitness. Attempts to find an adaptive explanation for homosexual behaviour in macaques have failed, leading to suggestions that they do it purely for pleasure.
Evolution myths: Natural selection cannot explain homosexuality
“In the 48 hours following her comments, [Bachmann’s] opponent, Elwyn...”
– London Free Press - Lisa Van Dusen - Canada, socialism in McCain’s sights
“We don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk”
– iPhones, Macs Give Apple a Strong Q4 2008 (via feedly)
“After all, what if he were to find out something he didn’t want to know?...”
– Imaginationland
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Lugar Lays Out Foreign Policy Agenda for Next...
I am not suggesting that the United States can ignore states like North Korea and Iran. I am suggesting that we cannot afford to allow our concern with such regimes to shorten our strategic horizon, militarize our foreign policy, unjustifiably concentrate our resources, or rob us of our strategic initiative.
Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana - Press Releases
“As it is, it looks a bit absurd [for Palin] to be breathing fire against [the...”
– EzraKlein | The American Prospect | Sarah Palin on SNL
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Demand a press conference
Again, I have a question: Did Palin know that she was telling a lie? Or did her handlers simply assume that she would read anything that was put in front of her, however mendacious? And which would be worse? And when will she issue the needful retraction? There seems no way of putting her in a forum where these points could be raised. So, continued media coverage of her appearances is no better...
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Among those was Paul Maez of Las Vegas, New Mexico - a victim of an unreported but devastating purge of voters in that state that left as many as one in nine Democrats without a vote. For Maez, the state’s purging his registration was particularly shocking - he’s the county elections supervisor.
Greg Palast » ROLLING STONE: It’s Already Stolen
“I think people who say Obama is liberal haven’t bothered to find out...”
– I’m not a liberal (Scripting News)
“In an interview, Fanning said, “I still think he’s a closet Muslim.”
– ‘Socialist,’ ‘Muslim’ — Ugly reception for Obama - Politico Staff - Politico.com
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So a canvasser goes to a woman’s door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she’s planning to vote for. She isn’t sure, has to ask her husband who she’s voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, “We’re votin’ for the nigger!” Woman turns back to canvasser, and says...
