Here are some excerpts from the January edition of the
Harper's Index:
• Estimated portion of black U.S. men who are ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction: 1/8
• Number of prison inmates per 1,000 people in China: 1.2
• In Russia: 4.8
• In the state of Louisiana: 13.4
• Percentage of the U.S. population that the average American says is Muslim: 15
• Percentage that actually is: 1
• Amount the U.S. Navy paid the brother of a Navy intelligence official in 2012 for 349 MK-15 silencers: $1,675,750
• Total amount the silencers cost in parts and labor: $10,000
• Number of the silencers that effectively silenced weapons: 0
• Percentage of Americans who believe economic conditions are getting worse in this country: 54
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in
2012—
Fox News already peddling War on Christmas reruns. You suck, Fox News:
It's once again time to get your War on Christmas on, it seems. Fox News wants to beat that horse good and dead and pulpy, and if they can make the irritatingly non-Republican president look anti-Christian while doing it, so much the better. So bring on the excruciatingly forced outrage about how the 2012 White House cards are anti-Christmas because they feature a dog:
The 2012 White House “Holiday” card spotlights the Obama’s family Portuguese water dog — instead of Christmas. […]
The inside of the card reportedly reads, ”This season, may your home be filled with family, friends, and the joy of the holidays.” The card is signed by the entire First Family — along with Bo’s paw print.
Vanity Fair deemed this year’s Obama ‘Holiday’ card his best-ever in a posting titled, “Bo Obama: the True Meaning of Christmas.”
The 2012 card made no mention of any specific holiday nor did it include a Bible verse noting the birth of Christ.
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Wait, didn't we do this exact same crap last year? Oh, right, we did. And it was even the same damn Fox News writer, Todd Starnes, only last year it even included snippets about how Obama Christmas ornaments were a secret homage to Chairman Mao, according to professional dim bulb and conspiracy hearer-abouter Sarah Effing Palin. Oh, and last year the dog was portrayed as inside the house. This year the dog is outside. That's right, the family dog has changed positions, necessitating a whole new story suspecting that Barack Obama and the entire professional White House staff hates Christmas.
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