What's up with the skeptics?

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Sunday May 01, 2011 · 10:48 PM PDT

2011/05/01 · 22:48

I was watching C-span and becoming increasingly bemused by the callers who wanted "evidence" that Osama bin Laden had been killed. It seems like the flip side of "birther" skepticism.

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Should Osama's dead body be displayed to "prove" that he's dead? Or will nothing satisfy the skeptics?

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Should Osama's dead body be displayed to "prove" that he's dead? Or will nothing satisfy the skeptics?

Show footage and photos of the body

36 votes

Post DNA profile

9 votes

Don't show photos of the body

24 votes

Let's Stage a Die-In!

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Saturday April 16, 2011 · 2:45 PM PDT

2011/04/16 · 14:45

Let’s Stage a Die-In!

An article in today’s Guardian announces that “coalition cuts prompt local authorities to set bar higher for elderly and disabled to receive care” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/...).

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 11:11 PM PDT

2008/08/31 · 23:11

What the right-wingers at the National Review are saying about the Palin pick.

redemma

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Monday December 31, 2007 · 9:18 AM PST

2007/12/31 · 09:18

Here's my selection of the next administration (President, VP, and cabinet secretaries) after the election of 2008.

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Who is the most frightening Republican presidential candidate?

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Who is the most frightening Republican presidential candidate?

Duncan Hunter

2 votes

Rudy Guiliani

22 votes

Mitt Romney

7 votes

Ron Paul

6 votes

John McCain

4 votes

Mike Huckabee

22 votes

Fred Thompson

1 vote

The Curmudgeon Party

redemma

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 11:57 PM PDT

2007/10/17 · 23:57

Mike Gravel and Ron Paul should run together on a third-party ticket. They could call themselves the Maverick Party, the Odd Squad, or, more affectionately, the Curmudgeon Party.

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The best Democratic candidate for VICE-president would be

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The best Democratic candidate for VICE-president would be

Wesley Clark

12 votes

Bill Richardson

3 votes

HIllary Clinton

0 votes

Bill Clinton

0 votes

Christopher Dodd

4 votes

Barack Obama

7 votes

Joe Biden

2 votes

Stephen Colbert

6 votes

Dennis Kucinich

3 votes

John Edwards

2 votes

Nancy Pelosi

1 vote

Sam Waterston

0 votes

Mike Gravel

3 votes

The Dartmouth Debate

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Friday September 28, 2007 · 5:01 AM PDT

2007/09/28 · 05:01

At the Dartmouth debate the other night, Tim Russert asked at least two absurd and pernicious questions. One is "would you torture Al Quaida's #3 man to save American lives?" The second objectionable question was whether Israel would have the right to make a preemptive strike if it "felt in danger"?

No one has mocked Russert for these questions, so I will proceed to do so.

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What is the first action the next president should take?

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What is the first action the next president should take?

Restore the Constitution, especially habeas and the 4th amendment

50 votes

Shut down Gitmo

2 votes

Begin withdrawal of troops from Iraq

12 votes

Begin prosecuting Bush and Cheney for high treason

5 votes

Paint it (the White House) black

4 votes

Conscience Voters

redemma

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Tuesday September 25, 2007 · 12:46 PM PDT

2007/09/25 · 12:46

The Rovian wordsmiths on the Right have coined the phrase "values voters" to imply that we on the Left, with our hedonistic, urban lifestyles, our internationalism that precludes any patriotic feelings, our tolerance for weirdos and perverts, and our eagerness to consume strange meals thought up by Berkeleyites like Alice Waters,lack any moral sensibility. But of course, we’re values voters too.

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Tuesday September 11, 2007 · 2:34 PM PDT

2007/09/11 · 14:34

Hillary Clinton claims to be a "progressive," rather than a "liberal." What do these terms mean? What's the distinction between them? The answer lies in political history.

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Which of these political identities do you identify with?

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Which of these political identities do you identify with?

Liberal

42 votes

Progressive

33 votes

Moderate

7 votes

Libertarian

3 votes

Anarchist

9 votes

Czarist

2 votes

Should We Boycott Chinese Goods?

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Wednesday August 15, 2007 · 3:10 PM PDT

2007/08/15 · 15:10

There seem to be multiple reasons for a consumer boycott of Chinese goods. What do you think? A poll is attached.

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Should consumers boycott Chinese goods?

119 votes Vote Now!

Should consumers boycott Chinese goods?

No. Free trade is essential.

11 votes

Yes. Human rights, our safety, and our economic well-being mandate a boycott.

99 votes

Not sure.

9 votes

A Christian Nation?

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 3:23 PM PDT

2007/08/14 · 15:23

Are we a "Christian nation"? Is the separation of church and state some kind of nefarious myth that godless liberals invented in the late 20th century? Must our political candidates talk about their own "faith" in their campaigns?

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Which of the following do you most identify with?

117 votes Vote Now!

Which of the following do you most identify with?

Catholic

11 votes

Episcopalian

4 votes

Presbyterian

2 votes

Lutheran

1 vote

Unitarian

2 votes

Baptist

0 votes

Methodist

4 votes

Jewish (Orthodox or Reformed)

5 votes

secular humanist freethinker

57 votes

non-observant Jew

1 vote

lapsed Catholic or Protestant

5 votes

Mormon

0 votes

Evangelical

1 vote

practicing Pagan

5 votes

it's nobody's business but mine

19 votes

"I'm Your Girl!"

redemma

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Saturday August 11, 2007 · 1:21 PM PDT

2007/08/11 · 13:21

Yesterday on Hardball, Chris Matthews had invited two women guests to respond to Hillary Clinton's use of the phrase "If you want X, I'm your girl" at the recent debate in Chicago. Was "girl," in this context, anti-feminist? The conservative spokeswoman said yes: HC's use of the word was a betrayal of her "radical feminist" position. (Radical feminist?) The other spokeswoman said that it was just a contemporary idiom, like, "you go, girl!" and was not offensive. No one pointed out the obvious--all the issues around gender parity in American English.

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Monday July 30, 2007 · 3:16 PM PDT

2007/07/30 · 15:16

Today I heard this on NPR:

"Israel will receive a total of $30 billion in U.S. military assistance while Egypt, which along with Jordan has made peace with Israel, will get $13 billion as part of the broader package."

http://www.npr.org/...

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A Christian Nation?

"I'm Your Girl!"

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