Thursday: Friday is so close I can taste it!
Republican Diversity – 19 White Males Chosen For All 19 House Committee Chairs by Don Hamel:
Just a few weeks after Republicans began contemplating how to broaden their appeal across America’s diverse population, John Boehner announced his party’s nominees for all the major House committees for the 113th Congress. Of the 19 committee chairs, zero will go to women, and zero will go to minorities. Read more
The image of the President in a Jesus-like pose, wrapped in a crown of thorns, arms outstretched in front of the Presidential seal, certainly does what art is meant to do – elicit emotional and stir controversy – but the artist feels critics who’ve labeled his work “blasphemous” are missing the point. Read more
In what is now a building controversy, CCA (Corrections Corporation for America) officers helped search an Arizona school during a “drug sweep” that included a “lockdown.” While drug sweeps and no-tolerance policies are becoming more and more commonplace in America, the use of a for-profit prison corporation’s corrections officers was both illegal and wrong. Read more
Tom Ricks Calls Fox News Apology Claim ‘Horseshit’ (VIDEO) by Justin “Filthy Liberal Scum” Rosario:
Fox News really needs to slowly back away from Tom Ricks. In the ongoing drama over Fox getting butt hurt over Tom Ricks’ short but total takedown of its Benghazimania, executive VP of news, Michael Clemente, keeps digging the hole deeper. Read more
Arab Autumn? Deadly Clashes Once Again Fill Cairo’s Tahrir Square (VIDEO) by Lorraine Devon Wilke:
In a scene eerily reminiscent of events a year ago in the same location, upwards of 200,000 Egyptian activists and citizen protesters poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square in an outpouring of anger and frustration over the tactics of their new leader, President Mohamed Morsi. Read more
Creationists Too Insane…Even For Pat Robertson (VIDEOS) by Nathaniel Downes:
It’s not every day when the founder of the 700 Club takes a stand for science, so mark it on your calendars. On November 27, 2012, the noted televangelist went on record for the side of science. Don’t believe me? See the video yourself. Read more
A Painful Confession From A Republican That The GOP Is Broken (And Likely To Stay That Way) by Justin “Filthy Liberal Scum” Rosario:
It’s a fascinating read and an absolute confirmation that pretty much everything liberals say about the right going insane is spot on. Take the ten minutes or so to read it carefully and you can hear the death scream of the Republican Party. I have to say, it’s quite lovely. Read more
B.P. Banned From New Federal Contracts In The U.S. by Justin Acuff:
British Petroleum has been banned from new federal contracts in the United States following the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which was the worst oil spill in United States history. The Environmental Protection agency has made a statement to the effect that the practice (banning companies) is “standard practice” when criminal actions are a consideration. Read more
When you get drubbed in an election and have to face the fact that your opponent won the vote of a growing contingent of the electorate – Latinos – by 44 percentage points, you can’t sit back on your haunches and continue to dismiss an entire population of voters by calling them “takers,” “freeloaders” and drains on the economy. Particularly when so many of them are hardworking, tax-paying members of the community, providing services that support almost every industry in the land. Read more
AIDS Activists Share Some Naked Truth With Speaker Boehner – While Totally Naked by Lorraine Devon Wilke:
Tuesday was cool and cloudy in Washington, D.C., somewhere in the mid-40s; just the sort of day you reach for a snug parka or warm hat, head out with an umbrella or pair of good rain boots…or stop by the lobby of House Speaker John Boehner’s office and strip down to your buck-naked birthday suit. Read more
