Destroying The Environment: It’s Part Of Nature!

Part Of Nature Comic

And yet it is the proponents of exponentially increasing the depletion of finite resources who stick to the conservative schtick of “living within our means”. If only the hypocrisy were surprising.

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Indefinite Detention. Thanks, POTUS

The Article: Obama wins right to indefinitely detain Americans under NDAA in RT.

The Text: A lone appeals judge bowed down to the Obama administration late Monday and reauthorized the White House’s ability to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or due process.

Last week, a federal judge ruled that an temporary injunction on section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 must be made permanent, essentially barring the White House from ever enforcing a clause in the NDAA that can let them put any US citizen behind bars indefinitely over mere allegations of terrorist associations. On Monday, the US Justice Department asked for an emergency stay on that order, and hours later US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier agreed to intervene and place a hold on the injunction.

The stay will remain in effect until at least September 28, when a three-judge appeals court panel is expected to begin addressing the issue.

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Ashley Judd For Senate?

Judd on women’s issues, Rick Santorum and the uber-right wing movement. Many hope the actrivist will take on Mitch McConnell in 2014.

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The Internet’s Best Right-Wing Conspiracies

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Sure, it’s hard for radical Republicans (redundant?) to believe in silly things like global warming and contraception, but as the following images suggest they aren’t turned off by the magical complexities of Photoshop. Please, don’t bill us for your inevitable Zoloft prescriptions.

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Right Wing Conspiracies Obamacare Tax

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Mark Twain On Stupid People

Mark Twain On Arguing With Idiots

In summation: an argument in favor of striving for bipartisanship.

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