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Put me in coach.
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This is all true…but there is an equally strong and valid case to be made that social media and cable news aided in the capture of the suspects. Plastering images of the suspects everywhere, using every tipster and resource to help in the investigation…these things are not irrelevant. How long did it take to find the 1996 Olympics bomber? Months.(Source: Slate)
Boston is OG.
Skip to about 2:45 to hear some nicely stated thoughts on this matter (from a Republican). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but when your right to bear arms infringes upon the rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of thousands of Americans every year, then I stop caring about the 2nd amendment.
Moreover, let’s think about the second amendment a little — forming a militia and the right to bear arms made sense when you had a fledgling nation facing an uncertain future. But guess what, we’ve basically got this whole democracy thing down. Does anyone really think that the second amendment would allow for some well-meaning defenders of freedom to overthrow a government taken over by zombies or (even worse) Mullahs? And the idea that some wackadoo with an assault rifle could gun down our most powerful leaders — or voters at the polls, or protestors — poses a greater threat to the stability of our nation than the possibility of some sort of military junta.
It’s absolutely asinine.
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Leader of an opposition research meeting held with MITCH McCONNELL (R - Kentucky), about McConnell’s prospective opponent, actress Ashley Judd; she would later announce she would not run for McConnell’s Senate seat.
Listen to the whole recording, obtained by Mother Jones, and hear a gleeful, cackling Republican political teardown operation in all its sickening glory.
(via inothernews)
Look, this is clearly pretty despicable. But I have a hard time believing the DNC leadership would have reacted any differently if they stumbled upon a cache of information about the mental health struggles of some GOP challenger.
19-year-old science education advocate figures out how to smack down a conservative economist calling for cuts to scientific research: by telling him “You’re not a scientist.”
(Real Time With Bill Maher via Upworthy)
Everybody loves a sassy 19 year old.
So this Vice series is pretty powerful.
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God dammit. I wish women were in charge of things. I would counter every anti-abortion proposal with anti-masturbation, anti-adultery and anti-pornography measures. Because if you’re that interested in what I do with my body, I’m gonna get real interested in yours.(Source: The New York Times)
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That Scalia! (The title to a new half-hour comedy on Fox).(Source: The New York Times)
Nope. Sorry but this is false equivalency. First of all, who is talking about social justice? I think we’re talking about survival first. Second, in instances where this sort of model has worked — Post WWII Europe or Japan, Post-Iraq even — there is a general consensus that the victor is…the victor! That they are in a position of dominance, superiority…that they are established as being the one that holds the cards and is classified as the strongman in whatever contest has been settled.
In the case of Israel and Palestine, there is zero consensus around who has won what. Israelis take a defensive-aggressive stance because they quite plainly do not see themselves as the “strong and rich state.” And quite frankly, though Palestinians might claim poverty, they certainly do not claim submission or defeat. And you can’t be all magnanimous and social justicey if the receiver views the outstretched hand with condemnation, suspicion and resentment…much less rocket launches.
While I don’t know if I would classify Israelis as victims, that doesn’t necessarily make them tormentors by default. As long as the boundaries of a state are in dispute, as long as there remains a disagreement about what belongs to whom, there can be no victory. And until there is a victor (and a loser), no one will take the high road.
(via aatombomb)
A list of what Republicans support, so far:
That is all.
UPDATE: That is still all they support.
To John Boehner’s visible eye-rolling during the climate change section:
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This shit is ridiculous. The guy killed two people and shot three cops while going on the run. The cops have since shot two people while trying to apprehend him. He’s only targeting cops, which means the only people who are afraid of him are cops…thus the cops are now the terrorists for the rest of us, shooting up trucks and civilians as they see fit.(Source: The New York Times)
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Susie Ehrens, whose daughter, Emma, escaped from Sandy Hook, appealed to the legislators to act as if it were their own children who did not come home alive that day.(Source: The New York Times)
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MARK KELLY, gun owner, ex-Navy captain, former NASA astronaut and husband of Gabby Giffords, testifying before a Senate committee on reducing gun violence.
Gun owner: check. Shot at: check. Suggesting rational gun control measures: check.
Probably hated by NRA: check.
This guy. Holy smokes.
She killed it. But seriously, look at Chuck Schumer’s face.
