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    politics

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    Democratic Party

    elections

    The Future of American Politics: Moving Beyond Party Lines

    I woke up yesterday morning in my bed in Southeast England. I realized the country of my birth has elected Donald Trump again. I wrote this post in 2016 talking about the many reasons the Democrats lost to Donald Trump. Over the four years after the …

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    climate change

    climate change deniers

    right wing nutjobs

    Climate Change and the Search for Truth

    (Recently on a progressive e-list I’m on a person pointed to the work done by Science and Public Policy Institute and suggested that we “learn the truth” about climate change. The following is my response to him)

    When someone claims …

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    balls

    festival

    Thanksgiving

    turkey testicles

    Great Balls of Turkey!

    Late last Wednesday I started my trek across Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin to Madison for Thanksgiving. About 2 AM on Thanksgiving morning  I stopped at a 7/11 in Huntley, Illinois to take a restroom break and to get a java refill. When I brought …

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    If You've Ever Wondered What Privilege And Entitlement Are All About

    Then you should read this. It's the best piece on white privilege and entitlement I've read in a while.

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    I'M GONNA SEE JERRY SPRINGER

    Well, kinda. I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want to go see “Jerry Springer: The Opera.”

    I mean…who can resist dancing Klansmen:

    [youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

    I’m so there. :)

    It opens in Chicago May 14th.

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    Post of the Day

    Post of the day goes to one of my favorite local bloggers, Steph Mineart:

    "In reality, religious people seem more obsessed with anal intercourse than gay people are. So here's the thing, for all you religious homobigots out there - it's not about …

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    Tucker Carlson Is A Stupid Turd

    Maybe that’s denegrating poop, I’m not sure. From Jen at Transcending Gender:

    "On 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson', MSNBC host Tucker Carlson made defamatory comments about Lily McBeth, a transgender New Jersey substitute teacher. In …

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    Jesus Said "LOVE!"

    In response to the “No Comparison” blog entry at the Indy Star, “Joi” said

    "my religious beliefs are against the act of homosexuality, but I LOVE YOU ANYWAY, just as Jesus loves you."

    S/he went on to say that

    "HOWEVER, …

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    Mitch Loves The Jesus, Not The First Amendment

    Indiana Governor, Mitch Daniels, called the recent ruling on Christian prayer at the statehouse “regrettable.” He went on to say:

    "I just think it's regrettable. "It's in a long line now of, I think, confusing and sometimes clumsy …

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    Salem Aint Got Nothin on Indy!

    For you Indiana locals… did y’all catch the News at 6 on WRTV? Norm Cox did an interview with Pepper Partin about the planned protest at the The Annual Irvington Halloween Festival (you can read about the festival at Indyscribe ). The …

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    The Pledge

    I wrote the following email to John Gregg, a local talk show host here on AM radio (WIBC).

    Hi, First of all, I’d like to say that even though I am sure we are philosophically at opposite ends of the spectrum (I’m a Green), I enjoy …

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    Lend A Hand, Just Not Mine

    "It depends on what the meaning of the words 'is' is."
    "To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility."
    "It depends on how you define alone…"

    Who uttered these quotes? The first and third quotes are …

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    Where Are The Hillbillies?

    Where are all those gun toting 2nd amendment right wingers? An AP piece today said that

    Police fearing deadly confrontations with jittery residents enforced a new order that bars homeowners from owning guns. That order apparently does not apply to …

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    Freedom Is On the March For Crackers

    Watching President Bush on CNN this morning talk about the “war on terror” something hit me. How can we be in “a global war on terror” as President Bush calls it, yet we don’t call the “detainees” down at …

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    How Low Will You Go?

    Friday, George Bush seemed to shoulder some of the blame for the slow reaction of federal rescue and relief efforts. Not a day later he shifted the blame to state and local officials in Louisiana. Bush said “The magnitude of responding to a …

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    New Orleans Wisdom

    "I don’t treat my dog like that," 47-year-old Daniel Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair. "I buried my dog." He added: "You can do everything for other countries, but you can’t do nothing for your own people. You can go overseas …

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    Mad Cow's Ain't Sexy Enough

    Has anyone seen any of the major United States media outlets reporting that Department of Agriculture inspectors have found over 1,000 violations of rules instituted to prevent mad cow disease from reaching Americans? I haven’t either, but I …

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    Holy Water of Jesus!

    US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, said recently “That [the] insurgency could go on for any number of years. Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years. Coalition forces, foreign forces are not going to repress that …