August 23, 2012
Stories You Should Be Reading, August 23, 2012
Gawker releases over 950 pages of Bain Capital financial records:
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August 23, 2012
Republican Rank Hypocrisy on Issues of Personal Freedom and Liberty
Have you ever noticed how often the Republican Party attempts to trample freedom and liberty? They say they are the defenders of freedom and liberty but the Republican Party, if left unchecked, appears hell-bent on passing laws that discriminate against millions of Americans.
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August 23, 2012
VIDEO: Rachel Maddow High School Graduation Speech (1990)
I’ve seen Rachel Maddow’s high school yearbook picture, but I’ve never seen this graduation speech before. It’s very much recognizable as a Rachel Maddow speech (other than the long blonde hair).
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August 22, 2012
GOP Logic: Issue Three
The crazy things that only make sense inside the conservative bubble:
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August 22, 2012
A Liberal Exhortation on Government, Capitalism, Free Markets and Privatization
GOVERNMENT
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August 21, 2012
Insomniac Edition: Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle (1973)
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August 21, 2012
Eliot Spitzer – Number of the Day: Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
Eliot Spitzer explains the total lack of congressional hearings or investigations into right-wing terrorism in America:
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August 21, 2012
Rush Limbaugh, Mike Huckabee on Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment
First Congressman Todd Akin’s comment about pregnancy and rape:
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August 21, 2012
Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment represents last bastion of white male authority
Alright, maybe it’s not the last bastion of white male authority, as there is still a lot of ground to cover in that area. But make no mistake, people like Todd Akin, who try to define what is “legitimate rape” or what is “forcible rape,” are doing so because they are part of an antiquated authority structure.
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August 20, 2012
VIDEO: Parody commercial uses Mitt Romney’s own voice against him
YouTube user Hugh Atkin created a mock Romney campaign video by slicing together Mitt Romney’s own voice. In the parody video, uploaded on August 17th, Mitt Romney says, “I don’t really know who I am. I don’t know what I believe. I served as governor for four years, like a mini skirt it was short and revealing. I was liberal, but I was conservative as well.”
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