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‘It Is the Most Racist Thing!’: Beck Can’t Believe the Outrageous Comment Chris Matthews Used to Bash Ted Cruz

June 14, 2013 at 10:09am

Every day I am more inclined to beleive Chris Matthews became and continues to be a liberal democrat solely to try and convince himself he is not racist.
The ‘Founding Founders’? White House Blog Post Changes After Containing No References to ‘Fathers’

June 14, 2013 at 9:56am

In a world where it is becoming more common for parents to conceal or suppress the gender of their children to make a point, is it all that hard to believe children with a point to make would conceal or suppress the gender of those who founded the country?

I’m sure if the founding fathers fit into any other gender stereotype (how many are there these days?), obviously it would have been given similar treatment – purged as bias and unimportant. Surely.

Maybe a typo, but given all other factors relating to this issue, I find it at least as likely it was intentional.
Here Is the Pro-NSA Surveillance Argument

June 11, 2013 at 4:08am

“There are only three ways we can get information to prevent terrorist attacks:” Not true. Tips from foreign agencies… Information from travel/visa/immigration records…

But that is not even the point. Targeted survielence is fine. It’s called profiling. Making lists of likely suspects. I would think blanket survielence would produce more false flags than other techniques, making detailed analysis on hits more difficult.

The more I think about it the more it looks like a program designed around desperation and politics, not around competence and effectiveness.
Cheerios Forced to Shut Down Comments on New Ad Featuring Interracial Family

June 2, 2013 at 5:40am

“There are many kinds of families,” Tutterow said, “and Cheerios just wants to celebrate them all.”

Uh huh. And that celebration of diversity just happens to start and stop with the focus group? What is hip right now?

I suppose the next commercial will be a black father, a white father and an asian daughter. The one after that will be a 30-year old in his parent’s basement. The one after that will be that guy in Australia with 7 wives and 30 kids. After that they will highlight the family where the housekeeper is providing Cheerios to three kids for breakfast as both parents are working.

Nothing wrong with the commercial at all, except GM is intentionally pandering to people’s appetites to feel inclusive. Whatever they feel they need to do to sell breakfast cereal I guess.
Rand Paul: We’ll Win Again ‘When the Republican Party Looks Like the Rest of America’

June 2, 2013 at 5:20am

In reply to joec578.

I think 99% of the problem is failure of the article to put his comments in proper context. Especially the headline – very poorly written and shockingly misleading. The entire story sounds horrific until the realization that he is speaking strictly in terms of perception and not of policy.
Rand Paul: We’ll Win Again ‘When the Republican Party Looks Like the Rest of America’

June 2, 2013 at 5:11am

I cringe when I hear preaching about “outreach” programs to get votes, but if he is speaking stricly in terms of maintaining principle and policy and changing only the perception, he’s spot on. Perception is the only thing that needs to change.
Fact Check: Was Rand Paul Actually Off When He Made Fun of Obamacare’s Supposed New Health Codes?

May 30, 2013 at 4:11am

In reply to soybomb315_II.

I don’t think Rand Paul was making a point about who drafted or approved it or when, only what requires all doctors to use it – Obamacare. There’s a difference in approving a standard for use and mandating universal adoption.
Fact Check: Was Rand Paul Actually Off When He Made Fun of Obamacare’s Supposed New Health Codes?

May 30, 2013 at 3:58am

I think the point is that while -drafted- by the WHO and -approved- by the Bush administrations, the mandates in Obamacare is what will -require and enforce- it’s use universally by all doctors.

“…would require doctors to comply…” is where Obamacare comes in to play. I think you’ll find the relevent context in the areas of the bill that mandate recordkeeping by doctors. Was there anything Bush approved that required the coding, or just an approval of a standard? Little bit different.
UFO Enthusiasts Spot an ‘Odd Creature’ on Mars — See the Pics

May 30, 2013 at 3:33am

Definately a lizard. Now all we have to do is find the ecosystem that supports this lonely guy.
Ivy League Education: A Surprising Number of Harvard Seniors Admit to Having Sex in the School Library

May 29, 2013 at 11:46am

A graduating class size of about 1,500 – that’s 150 people. As each year graduates are replaced by freshmen the numbers should average over time, which means it would not be a stretch to assume this happens in the library about 1-2 times a week.

Seems like maybe they should have tried to reign in the behavior before it became a tasy forbidden fruit that is appearently not all that forbidden.