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Thursday June 23, 2011 · 5:17 PM PDT

2011/06/23 · 17:17

Crossposted from Motley Moose

Recently, another battle in the war on science was lost when the State of Utah summarily fired nearly all of their state archaeologists to comply with ‘budget cuts’:

The Utah Department of Community and Culture on Tuesday laid off the state archaeologist and two assistants, leaving the Antiquities section with just two employees: those responsible for maintaining a database necessary for development of roads, railways, buildings and other projects.
Department acting Director Mike Hansen said he was simply carrying out budget cuts ordered by the Legislature to eliminate programs that receive state funds and that do not carry out requirements of state or federal law.

Coincidentally [!!], the firings come just as Utah legislators have ordered the Department of Community and Culture to ‘restructure’ or get this, eliminate itself. Wayne Harper, both a Republican State Representative and a developer, has introduced H.B. 287, a law that requires the agency to improve efficiency, reduce the cost of government, and "better focus the state and its employees." Naturally, some wonder if the terminations are more politically motivated than driven by budgetary concerns.

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Monday May 24, 2010 · 5:17 PM PDT

2010/05/24 · 17:17

A day or two ago, after reading some of the 'Obama's Katrina' diaries (and the flaming comment sections thereof), I wrote a rather pointed diary at The Motley Moose (my little shared home on the 'net). In said diary, I made my feelings about a certain segment of the DKos community that irked me very clear.

Truth be told, I'd have to go to FreeRepublic to see the same amount of utterly uninformed, hyperbolic bullshit. The place is overrun with imbeciles. Save the lesser objects of scorn, there is literally no difference between these knuckleheads and the very worst of the Teabagging Birther set. The obvious, and excruciatingly irrational hatred of all things Obama leads me to conclude that they are kindred spirits, drooling sycophants trapped in an endless For/Next loop.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've always known that wingnuts turn both ways, but up until now I've always taken comfort in the thought that, for the most part, we that skewed left were better, more rational, more reasoned. Smarter. Today, that illusion is shattered.

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Wednesday March 17, 2010 · 2:33 PM PDT

2010/03/17 · 14:33

Crossposted from The Motley Moose

Bear witness to compassionate conservatism in action, Teabagger style:

...the clip shows a man holding a sign, explaining that he has Parkinson's and needs health care reform to pass. When he sat on the pavement near the reform opponents, a conservative activist proceeded to lecture the man: "You're looking for a hand-out, you're in the wrong end of town. Nothing for free over here, you have to work for everything you get."

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Sunday March 07, 2010 · 4:39 PM PST

2010/03/07 · 16:39

Crossposted from The Motley Moose

Below the fold is a collection of fan photos, associated captions, and selected comments from a Facebook group entitled O.B.A.M.A. (One Big Ass Mistake, America).

As of this post, the group has 721,718 'fans'. By comparison, the fan page for Ghandi has 8,100 members. I believe in exposing racism wherever it's found. I’ll not be providing any commentary, as this kind of garbage speaks for itself. It isn’t pretty, so brace yourselves.

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Sunday September 13, 2009 · 1:06 PM PDT

2009/09/13 · 13:06

Crossposted from The Motley Moose.

According to recent reports from the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are clear signs of a resurgence in the virulent "Patriot" movement--a broad coalition of previously autonomous and loosely related anti-government paramilitary militias, anti-tax rebels, "sovereign citizens", and so-called Constitutionalists--thought to have reached its zenith in the 1990s.

<FONT SIZE=1>An inverted flag is a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.</FONT>

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Monday August 10, 2009 · 3:13 PM PDT

2009/08/10 · 15:13

Cross posted at Motley Moose

Dear Ms. Orly Taitz,

I am Barrister Lee H. Fogiv a member of Kenya Bar Association (KBA).Your contact reached me through the World PUMA Encyclopaedia.Hence,I made up my mind to introduce this business to you in confidence for the mutual benefit of both of us.

Fogiv

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Monday April 13, 2009 · 11:51 PM PDT

2009/04/13 · 23:51

Crossposted from The Motley Moose.

I’m going to rant a bit:

The political party that barfed up the hairball that is Sarah Palin, helmed by Michael Keepin' it Real Steele--or depending on the time of day--Rush Limbaugh (the talk radio equivalent of government cheese) has bought the proverbial farm. Dead. Teets up, like Colonel Sanders and Ayn Rand.

The latent racism...err...immigration reform, culture wars, senseless real wars, homophobia, greedy deregulation, trickle-down (i.e. pissing on middle class heads) economics, spreading democracy one smart bomb at a time, and other sundry GOP asshattery has brought about their inevitable (and overdue) demise.

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Saturday January 31, 2009 · 8:45 PM PST

2009/01/31 · 20:45

Cross-posted (w/ cool photo) at The Motley Moose.

Tomorrow is a big day for football fans. No, not futbol. Apologies to foreign readers, but I’m talking about the uniquely American sports tradition known as the Super Bowl, the Granddaddy of extravagant sporting events. An epic battle first waged on January 15, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Vince Lombardi and Quarterback Bart Starr led the Packers to a 35–10 victory.

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BREAKING: Santa Presumed Lost Over Bering Sea

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Wednesday December 24, 2008 · 1:05 PM PST

2008/12/24 · 13:05

Crossposted at the always intelligent and irreverent Motley Moose

The US Air Force, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), and Pentagon sources confirm that Santa’s Sleigh was lost from radar screens at 2,300 feet, somewhere over the western Bering Sea, after tracking a steep descent. Aviation experts said that if the descent continued at that rate, Holiday celebrations around the globe would likely turn somber this year.

Governor Sarah Palin (R – AK), has declared a state of emergency and insists that every available resource would be dedicated to the search and rescue effort. At a press conference with Gov. Palin, which included an odd ceremony in which a large caliber rifle was boiled then buried in her back yard, the Governor said, "We think Putin raised his head up over there in Russia, under the umbrella of job creation, also Maverick".

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 6:30 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 06:30

Crossposted at Motley Moose.

On November 7th, 1860, in the still dark hours of the morning, President Elect Abraham Lincoln excused himself from the Telegraph Office in Springfield, Illinois to walk home and wake his sleeping wife with the news. Lincoln was "gently touching her shoulder" and received no reply when he whispered her name. He later recalled, "I spoke again, a little louder, ‘Mary, Mary! We are elected!’"

The celebrations had begun hours prior as the returns poured from around the Nation by wire. Despite the air of elation around him, it’s clear that the burdens of the Presidency weighed heavily on Lincoln’s mind. Only a matter of minutes before he woke Mary, Lincoln uttered to friends, "God help me, God help me".

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 8:57 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 08:57

Crossposted at Motley Moose.

No, not really, but according to the PPP poll released very early this morning Ron Paul is pulling about 4% that John McCain might otherwise get.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 4:46 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 16:46

Crossposted atMotley Moose.

Desperation to resurrect his increasingly hopeless Presidential aspirations has led John McCain to press his divisive rhetoric even further beyond the pale: associating Barack Obama with the specter of socialism. Consequently, he has fueled the irrational fears of his less than reality based supporters to such an extent that they equate Obama with terrorism, with treason, and with the bizzaro belief that the Democratic nominee is somehow a danger to the Nation. Fostering an atmosphere of anxiety and anger may likely earn McCain a place in history alongside the likes of Joe McCarthy. Whatever honor lies extant in him has suffered under the yoke of his blind ambition.

How will history judge John McCain? As the son of a public high school History teacher, I learned early to look to the past when seeking to learn about our present--and our future.

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