December 2011
25 posts
“Victims of the disease AIDS argue, with no qualms of inconsistency about rights,...”
– Ron Paul on pages 22-23 in Freedom Under Siege
Ron Paul demonstrating that his version of liberty belongs solely to the free market. Oh, and that he’s a heartless asshole that loves making blanket assumptions about people suffering from a debilitating disease.
(via sinidentidades)
BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions Of... →
fearandwar:
United States District Judge Richard Mark Gergel just handed down a preliminary injunction blocking several key parts of South Carolina’s anti-immigrant law. The provisions blocked by Judge Gergel’s opinion include:
Papers Please: The SC law makes it unlawful for immigrants to fail to carry immigration papers. This provision is now blocked under Judge Gergel’s order....
here are some of my favorite newt gingrich quotes
itsinthetrees:
“We must expect the Soviet system to survive for a very long time. There will be Soviet labor camps and Soviet torture chambers well into our grandchildren’s lives.”
“Woody Allen had non-incest with his non-daughter because they were a non-family. It fits the Democratic Party platform perfectly.”
“Public Broadcasting is a sandbox for the rich. The NEA and the HEH are...
Worst. House Speaker. Ever.
liberalsarecool:
“John Boehner vowed early on that as speaker, he would let the House ‘work its will.’ At the end of his first year in charge of the fractious Republican-controlled chamber, it’s clear he has little choice.
An uncompromising band of conservatives, led by GOP freshmen to whom Boehner owes his speakership, has repeatedly forced him to back away from deals with ...
89 Senators, both liberals and conservatives,...
Obama's Approval Ratings on the Rise, Almost 50% →
There are no longer US troops in Iraq.
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Perry Collects Pension From Texas
What will taxpayers in Texas have to say about this? GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry is collecting a $7,798 monthly pension from the state of Texas so long as he serves as governor, he disclosed in a federal filing on Friday. A spokesman for Perry’s campaign said state law permits workers to collect retirement pension in addition to their salary if the sum of their years of service for the...
“[T]he GOP is not now, and never has been (at least not since the 1970s)...”
– Paul Krugman, “They Don’t Care About Deficits.” (via ryking)
Abortion Not A Mental Health Risk But Unwanted... →
The top 10 anti-gay foes spend three times as much...
think-progress:
“We need to ask ourselves, “How would it feel if it were a crime to love the...”
– Hillary Clinton
related: U.S. makes first-ever push for gay rights abroad
(via newwavefeminism)
In today's edition of Words Have No Meaning,... →
San Francisco to be first city in U.S. to set... →
engagedelectorate:
Thanks to a 60% voter approval rate, SF passed Proposition L in 2003. This provision requires that the city enforce an increase in the minimum wage every year that correlates with inflation. That means, if you want to get down to dollars and cents, that this New Year’s Day, SF’s hourly minimum wage will rise from $9.92 to $10.24
“Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority,...”
– Sec. Hillary Clinton To UN: ‘Gay Rights Are Human Rights And Human Rights Are Gay Rights’ | ThinkProgress (via goodreasonnews)
abaldwin360:
Liberals Are Cool: GOP Supercommittee Member Admits Bush Tax Cuts Didn’t Create Jobs, Can’t Explain Why
liberalsarecool:
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and one of three House Republicans on the so-called super-committee, appeared on Bloomberg TV over the weekend, and fielded a very good question from host Al Hunt.
HUNT: Why under...
