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• Draft Dick Cheney Web Site

  
  
  Conservative bloggers are salivating at the possibility of Dick Cheney running for President in 2012.
  
  
  The noise is made from the rapid release of air that occupies the space where brains should have been. Heh.
  
  
  As a progressive, I [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:12pm EST
  

• Better Understanding of Conservatives

  Ken Kupchik has created a list of definitions to help better understand conservatives. Examples:
  
  
  def-i-cit [def-uh-sit; Brit. also di-fis-it] -noun: The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount, which only matters when a Democrat is elected to office.
  
  fil-i-bus-ter [fil-uh-buhs-ter] [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:47pm EST
  

• Washington Post Poll on Republican Voters

  A Washington Post poll finds Republican voters aren't as conservative as the tea baggers the GOP is pandering to.
  
  Abortion
  
  35 percent of Republican voters support abortion being legal in most cases. 19 percent support abortion being legal in all cases. Only 16 percent of Republican' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:46pm EST
  

• LisaNova Visits IRC Community

  
  
  Youtube star Lisa Donovan (aka LisaNova) did a Thanksgiving video to spotlight the work of International Rescue Committee. The organization helps displayed refugees forced out of their countries because of violence. The refugees grow their own food on a green community. The work they did to build [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:38pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  
  
  "No, no I’m just saying — Beck-Palin, I’ll consider. But Palin-Beck — can you imagine, can you imagine what an administration with the two of us would be like? What? Come on! She’d be yapping or something, and I’d say, 'I’m sorry, why am I hearing your voice?'" [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  

• CBO Report on Senate Health Care Bill

  A Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation study on the Senate health care bill. Younger people would see an increase in their health insurance premiums.
  
  
  Many individuals and families would experience changes in premiums that differed from the changes in average premiums in their insurance [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

• Party of No Votes Against Health Care Legislation Appearing Online

  Republicans have been beating the drum over the text of the health care bill being online. All 40 Republican Senators signed a letter demanding Majority Leader Harry Reid put the health care legislation on the internent.
  
  
  With an issue this large and complex, we need full transparency [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  

• Alan Grayson Goes Nuclear

  
  
  Rep. Alan Grayson urges Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use the nuclear option. Grayson believes Republicans have become obstructionists. He proposes bringing to filibuster down to 35 votes. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:17pm EST
  

• Why Miley Cyrus Deserves Ridicule

  The Crista Flanagan's MadTV parody of Miley Cyrus nails the vapid of this bizarre pop culture phenomenal.
  
  
  
  However, it is hard to top the sheer horror of the real Miley Cyrus. Miss Hannah Montana's goodbye to Twitter is unintentionally hysterical.
  
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:44pm EST
  

• Troll Hall of Fame: Anonymous Blog Critic

  
  
  We received a critique of the blog post "Palin Supporters Up Close." We thought we would share this insightful... err, something with you.
  
  
  The only ignorant and dishonest people live in this little world of your goofy website. You people who [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  

• Hooray For Hollow Wood

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lagniappe:Loads of linkage at Blckdgrd.Also, too, Neil Young
  
  
  
  
  Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  

• Drunk Larry King

  
  
  This clip goes beyond description. Listen and laugh. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  

• Daffy Duck Thanksgiving

  
  
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

• I'm Thankful for the Funny People

  
  
  
  Gag stolen fromSandy Underpants , one of the funniest persons around.
  
  I'm starting up a new Zencomix feature called "Lead Free Comix". Basically, it is going to be a cartoon jam, sketching with pens, no pencils allowed.' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

• I'm Thankful for the Funny People

  
  
  
  Gag stolen fromSandy Underpants , one of the funniest persons around.
  
  I'm starting up a new Zencomix feature called "Lead Free Comix". Basically, it is going to be a cartoon jam, sketching with pens, no pencils allowed.' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

• Glenn Beck Is Truly Despicable

  
  
  To show how unpatriotic Glenn Beck really is: the pundit tells his "nephew" not to re-enlist. Beck falsely claims President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress want to portray soldiers as baby killers. Beck is attempting to restart the political culture wars of the Vietnam era.
  
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:02pm EST
  

• Palin Supporters Up Close

  
  
  New Left Media interviewed Sarah Palin supporters outside of a book signing. It is depressing how ignorant Palin supporters are about policy. These people can't even say what they want Palin to do if she becomes President. Foreign policy, cap and trade health care? Palin supporters don't have [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:16pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "She did not feel comfortable speaking about issues regarding Hispanics and Latin America. Those are not topics that come up frequently in Alaska. So she asked to cancel the interview and, unfortunately, you were already there."
  
  Ana Navarro, Hispanic issues advisor to the McCain campaign, explaining to Univision [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:25pm EST
  

• Alex Sink's Green Plan

  
  
  Florida CFO Alex Sink plans to save $1 million and go greener by getting rid of payment paper warrants. Sink will have future payment warrants sent electronically. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:09pm EST
  

• Glenn Beck Loses Another Sponsor

  The blog Stop Beck reports Nestle’s Nescafe Dolce Gusto will no longer run ads on Glenn Beck's Fox News program.
  
  
  Today, Nestle confirmed that their ads will no longer appear on Glenn Beck or on any Fox News show. According to the spokesperson, “airing the spot on [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:48pm EST
  

• Big Chief

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lagniappe: Arlen Spector and Gerald Ford can Fuck Off.
  
  
  Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:14pm EST
  

• Joy Division - Dead Souls

  @import url(http://skreemr.com/styles/embed.css); Joy Division - Dead Souls Found at skreemr.com
  
  Barney the Dinosaur should sing this song for kids. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:21pm EST
  

• George Lemieux Panders to Cuban American Conservatives

  Sen. George Lemieux has blocked the nomination of State Department official Tom Shannon. Lemieux is not a foreign policy expert. The only reason to block the nomination is to pander to elder Cuban conservative voters. Shannon was the top Latin America State Department official under President George W. Bush. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:50pm EST
  

• The Daily Show Goes Rogue

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cDaily Show: The Rogue Warriorwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis
  
  The Daily Show pokes fun at the media frenzy surrounding Sarah Palin. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:29pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  
  
  "I don't mind gays. But I don't stuffing it down my throat all the time and certainly in my kid’s face."
  
  Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars
  
  Senator, that is way too much information.
  
  Hat tip to GottaLaff. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• Provider Clause Is Dangerous

  I have serious objections to the provider clause in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
  
  
  PROVIDER CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS.—No individual health care provider or health care facility may be discriminated against because of a willingness or an unwillingness, if doing so is contrary to the religious or moral [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:21pm EST
  

• Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan

  Frontline has a documentary on the slained Neda Agha-Soltan. A Basij member fired into a group of protesters. Indications are Agha-Soltan was an innocent bystander. The Iranian government would not let Agha-Soltan's family bury her body. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:02pm EST
  

• Tampa City Council Passes Transgender Protection Ordinance

  Great news: the Tampa City Council passed civil rights protections for transgender people 5 to 1. Councilman Charlie Miranda was the lone dissenting vote.
  
  
  The new rule prohibits discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on "gender identity and expression," with that defined as someone [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:19pm EST
  

• David 'Dean' Broder Wrong Again

  David Broder contends it is more important for President Barack Obama to make a quick decision on Afghanistan than be right.
  
  
  It is evident from the length of this deliberative process and from the flood of leaks that have emerged from Kabul and Washington that the perfect [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:42pm EST
  

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

  The U.S. Senate has released the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I am reading the bill now. President Barack Obama issued a statement on the bill.
  
  
  Today we passed another critical milestone in the health reform effort with the release of the Patient Protection [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:25pm EST
  

• Poser

  Marco Rubio is a conservative poser. Rubio appears on paper as a red blooded tea party-loving wingnut. The record reflects a man who will reinvent himself.
  
  Rubio talks a mean Second amendment game. NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer gives Rubio a lower rating than Crist.
  
  
  "He voted" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

• Glen Beck's Greatest (Fearmongering) Hits

  
  
  Crooks and Liars compiled Glenn Beck's most disturbing fearmongering moments. Beck compares the Obama administration to socialists, Nazis, communists and totalitarians. Never mind that these political idealogies have stark differences. Beck throws out code words to scare the shit out of people. Beck has Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  

• Thought of the Day

  Suffering from Sarah Palin, Carrie Prejean and Levi Johnston burnout. When did the Republican Party become a reality television show? [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:40pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I'm not there yet. But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He's a hoot. He gets his message across in'" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:39pm EST
  

• Bill O'Reilly: Is Obama the Devil

  
  
  Bill O'Reilly asks Lou Dobbs if President Barack Obama is the devil. Dobbs treats it like a serious question. There is something about cable television that makes grown men become batshit insane.' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:22pm EST
  

• Compassionate Conservatism: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Edition

  Raw Story reports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent out a mass email asking supporters to lobbying against Amendment 2588. The legislation forbids the Defense Department from doing business with any contractor that requires "employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims. The amendment" [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:51pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  "Yeah, tax revolt. I think people, when they figure out how badly they're going to get hurt in the next few years, there's going to be a tea party on taxes and its gonna get nasty. Nancy Pelosi's going to be bobbing up and down in the Boston Harbor."
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:01pm EST
  

• Michael Steele's Dance of Death

  RNC Chairman Michael Steele tells Neil Cavuto health care reform will create death panels. This is a Republican myth backed with zero factual evidence.
  
  
  CAVUTO: Now obviously in this environment a lot of vitriol comes forth. Michael, I just wanted to get your reaction to some of [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:49pm EST
  

• We All Derserve Health Care

  
  
  Organizing For America have announced their winner for best health care video. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  

• Why Reforming the Banking Industry Is Most Important Issue

  Reforming the banking industry is the most important matter facing America. The issue takes precedence over health care. There is of financial safety net to more systemic risks from occuring. The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee is tackling the problem. Chairman Chris Dodd has unveiled the ambitious [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  

• Simon Eyes

  
  
  
  
  Lagniappe: Are you OK, Mr. Swift? Please send us a sign....
  
  
  
  
  Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, political cartoons
  
  Zencomix[...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:35pm EST
  

• Tom Harkin on Republican Obstructionists

  Tom Harkins explains how Senate Democrats plan to counter Republic attempts to delay the health care bill.
  
  
  If the Republicans want to stay here this Saturday and Sunday to read the bill, then let them stay here," he said. "We are planning to do something that would [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:34pm EST
  

• Learn to Speak Teabag

  
  
  You too can learn how to speak the language of Dittoheads.
  
  Hat tip to Gottalaff. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  

• CBS Poll on Sarah Palin

  
  
  A CBS News poll only 23 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Sarah Palin. Considering the amount of national media attention Palin - that number is far from impressive. 48 percent of Republicans want to see Palin run. An equal amount of [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:10pm EST
  

• Alex Sink Supports Gays Adopting

  Florida CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink announced her surport for allowing gays to adopt.
  
  
  ``We need a system in which all of our children are assured that they live in a healthy, loving home -- a home that's determined not by any law,'' Sink told about [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  
  No, I don't think there's anything wrong with getting breast implants as a Christian. I think it's a personal decision. I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants.
  
  
  Carrie Prejean, on her boob job
  
  The Bible doesn't say [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  

• McGill University Suspends Choose Life

  McGill University is in Montreal, Canada. The school's SSMU Council voted 16 to 7 to suspend the club status of Choose Life. The anti-abortion club gave out false health care information and showed graphic images. The school had fears Choose Life events created an environment that threatened student safety. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:51pm EST
  

• Lady Gaga - The Fame

  
  The Fame - Lady Gaga
  
  Prince used to make dance pop songs this catchy. What happened to his career? [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:08pm EST
  

• Terry Kemple On Wrong Side of 14 Amendment

  The Tampa City Council will take it's final vote on, if transgender people should be protected from decrimination. On November 5, the Council held a preliminarily on transgender protection. The Council voted unanimously in favor. Longtime Pushing Rope reader (and punching bag) Terry Kemple sent out a [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:11pm EST
  

• Breaking News: Obama Wins the Woman of the Year

  
  
  The Nobel Peace Prize was just the beginning of Barack Obama's hot streak. Obama beats Hillary Clinton for Democratic Woman of the Year. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:40pm EST