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Plans for a 17-city Army Special Operations exercise in Texas stirred some ultra-right-wing fears of a government takeover in the Lone Star State, but local law enforcement say they've long been ...
by annieli
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on Sat Mar 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM PDT
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In a week of weak sauce with the Israel election and the beginning of March Madness, the national GOP decided to show how adept they are at satire, remembering of course that noted ...
by annieli
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on Sat Mar 21, 2015 at 09:29 AM PDT
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So the usual malware was at work at Breitbart and Town Hall seems to have adopted a policy of deleting its comments for perhaps the obvious reasons, so we're left again with NRO and the guy who ...
by annieli
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on Sat Mar 14, 2015 at 10:12 AM PDT
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They were quite conflicted over at Breitbart this week --- "Who should we hate more?" the article itself was mainly cribbed from ...
by annieli
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on Sat Mar 07, 2015 at 11:02 AM PST
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Another week of RW craziness, but this time they were all in one place at CPAC and because Breitbart's site tries to sucker you into malware, I went to the place for all things (ir)rational: ...
by annieli
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on Sat Feb 28, 2015 at 11:03 AM PST
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Today's comment parade comes from Breitbart (dot) com, that neighborhood of rational thought in Toon-town, ginning up that ISIS is more of an "existential threat" to the Nation than domestic ...
by annieli
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on Sat Feb 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM PST
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Noted nutlog Pam Geller is trying to provoke a terrorist response in Texas, the state of Open Carry mania - the goods are below the fold after Norman Rockwell rolls over a couple of times...
by annieli
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on Sat Feb 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM PST
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Now there's a title that'll let the Fox News audience shine.
Hello, connoisseurs of exceptional internet lunacy; since Markos is taking a break, I'll be this week's guide to the far corners of ...
by Hunter
106 comments
on Sat Jan 10, 2015 at 10:00 AM PST
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The Nutpick is still on its vacation so here's a poor substitute from the 'baggers' own Network(sic) News....
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by annieli
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on Sat Dec 27, 2014 at 10:45 AM PST
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The nutpick seems to be on vacation so here's a poor substitute for the thin-skinned
I'm surprised all 5 weren't Obama.
teh goods are below the ...
by annieli
9 comments
on Sat Dec 20, 2014 at 10:30 AM PST
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Today's source material:
1. What do you think of Speaker Boehner having President Obama 'whip votes' from the White House in order to pass this bill?
It stinks to high ...
by kos
118 comments
on Sat Dec 13, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST
with 70 Recommends
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Today's source material isn't your typical right-wing material, it's a forum site for police officers:
EXCLUSIVE! Don't ...
by kos
100 comments
on Sat Dec 06, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST
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Civilization is only “nine meals away from anarchy,” said the head of the UK's Countryside Agency, Lord Cameron of Dillington.
The FP nutpick seems to be on vacation, so here's a poor substitute..
by annieli
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on Sat Nov 29, 2014 at 11:31 AM PST
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This week's source material:
President Barack Obama is for Net Neutrality? We have to oppose!
I am not an expert on the subject, which is fantastically complex, but the case for giving the FCC ...
by kos
106 comments
on Sat Nov 15, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST
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This week's source material:
That should be riveting ..
Ben Carson is officially a Republican again, and he's unofficially running for president.
The conservative physician switched his ...
by kos
161 comments
on Sat Nov 08, 2014 at 10:00 AM PST
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Today's source material:
With less than a week until the midterm elections, Republicans maintain pole-position in enough races to gain control of the Senate. They hold slim leads in a number of ...
by kos
128 comments
on Sat Nov 01, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT
with 105 Recommends
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Today's source material:
No.
No it wasn't.
Why do I think it matters how old the Earth is?
There are two reasons:
I take the Bible ...
by kos
335 comments
on Sat Oct 25, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT
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This week's source material:
Those who run watchdog news websites are scratching their heads and trying to make sense of the latest data released by a California company that ...
by kos
148 comments
on Sat Oct 18, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT
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The wacko rightwing evangelist have discovered another sign of the end times or at least the end of America as we know it... and this time, it happened right under their wacko rightwing evangelical ...
by R o o k
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on Fri Oct 10, 2014 at 05:02 PM PDT
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Today's source material:
I know what you're thinking. It's "who gives a shit?", right?
Appearing on the American Family Association’s radio show this week, Huckabee was discussing gay ...
by kos
183 comments
on Sat Oct 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT
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