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• ‘Everything Is Gone’: 1 Dead, 21 Injured After Powerful Tornado Flattens Mobile Homes Near Oklahoma City

  May 20, 2013 at 7:03am

  In reply to shagstar.

  @keaton
  So a community that produces fertilizer is a community of “takers”? Might want to work on that line of thinking.

• ‘Arrogance…Abuse of Power…Rotten to the Core’: Paul Ryan Steamed Over IRS, Benghazi

  May 20, 2013 at 7:00am

  In reply to rwingjr.

  Simple answer: everyone who disapproved was not surprised while everyone else doesn’t see him as involved.

• Sarah Palin Posts Pic of Alaska Snow: ‘Global Warming My Gluteus Maximus’

  May 19, 2013 at 2:56pm

  In reply to The-Monk.

  Fact: CO2 is, and has been for some time, one of the most scarce gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, composing less than 1% or 2% of the total. No measurable increase relative to the whole has been observed. By comparison, O2 makes up about 19% while N2 makes up 70%.

  Shaman
  Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are different compounds. The first, CO, is poisonous but isn’t the one accused of causing global warming. The second, CO2, is not poisonous, though like any gas other than oxygen it can cause suffocation in high concentrations, and is blamed for global warming.

• Sarah Palin Posts Pic of Alaska Snow: ‘Global Warming My Gluteus Maximus’

  May 19, 2013 at 2:27pm

  In reply to Bruce P..

  @keaton
  So wait, if there’s less snow fall, that’s global warming. But if there’s record snow fall, that’s also global warming? What should we expect if there was a drop in global temperatures? Sounds to me like you are taking something which could have any one of a couple of causes and using it to prove that only one of them is happening.

  Besides, data shows that global temperatures peaked years ago.

  As for “97% agree”, I highly doubt that figure. Now, if you said 97% of climate scientists, that I might believe. Of course, climate scientists would have economic incentive to find something wrong in order to justify their source of income so that’s also something to consider. Simply put, as a scientist myself, I see little proof that 1. Temperatures are rising 2. That the negligible increase in CO2 could cause dramatic increases and 3. That temperature increases, when they occur, must be linked to greenhouse gases.

• America off Limits: Soviet Tourists Were Banned from Visiting These Areas During the Cold War

  May 19, 2013 at 1:49pm

  In reply to Smokey_Bojangles.

  @tech
  As for Russia today, they still have state-run media, journalists keep dying mysteriously if they criticize Russia, they support Islamists, they support China, they oppose the US and Britain at every turn, they support and practice dictatorship and totalitarianism while opposing constitutionalism and any form of democracy or republicanism, etc.

  You once mentioned that Russia went from recognizing Israel as a state to opposing them today, but the truth is that has more to do with how Israel changed than Russia. Since its founding, Israel has moved away from socialism continually, with the socialist Labor party losing influence. Just recently, Labor went from second largest party to the third largest, being replaced by a newly formed nationalist party.

  Besides, Russia’s animosity towards Israel started in the 60s, when they were still the Soviet Union and the Cold War was in full swing. Don’t believe me? They explain why the Soviets were the ones calling for an immediate and complete withdrawal of Israel following the 1967 war while US and Britain only called for partial withdrawals in exchange for peace. Explain why Russia was more concerned with Egypt and Syria than with Israel and why said countries used Russian built equipment. Most of all, explain why Russia actually threatened and was prepared to take direct action against Israel in order to protect their proxy, Syria, during that same war.

• America off Limits: Soviet Tourists Were Banned from Visiting These Areas During the Cold War

  May 19, 2013 at 1:36pm

  In reply to Smokey_Bojangles.

  @Tech
  Britain and France didn’t go to war because of the Holocaust. They gave Germany an ultimatum demanding that they not invade Poland. When Germany attacked Poland, Germany essentially declared war on France and Britain. Neither liked Stalin either but they didn’t exactly have the resources to spare while losing to Germany, which, being closer, was more of a direct threat. Moreover, Russia under Stalin showed no initial interest in central or western Europe so Hitler was more dangerous in their eyes.

  The Holocaust was widely publicized until the war was already over. Before that there were rumors and accounts of persecution but the true scale wasn’t understood until the war was almost over.

  As for “discovering” the Soviets to be enemies, none of the allies were so blind as to believe that the the Soviets were anything more than an ally of convenience whose friendship was conditional on having a common enemy. Why do you think the US kept control over West Germany and West Berlin? They needed to keep the Soviets out.

• Head of Pro-Israel Organization Targeted By IRS Speaks Out

  May 18, 2013 at 9:08pm

  In reply to Thor.Perun.

  I think he’s learned that this is one issue he can’t win at. Last time he tried to dismiss this story he got thrashed for disregarding American citizens being targeted for their beliefs. Of course, we all know that he really has no problem with this.

• The Scathing Speech That Just Got a Standing Ovation During the IRS Hearing

  May 17, 2013 at 4:11pm

  In reply to BowfinMike.

  @Jerk
  “Jews push for their communism, then in many instances it comes back to bite them in the ass. They get what they want, communism, then the unintended consequences of their all powerful, centralized government kibbutz goes abusive. The tables are turned and they become the hunted instead of the hunter.”

  For that to be true you’d have to prove that every Jewish opponent of communism was at one point a communist. Otherwise your the one whose talking out of your ass. After all, why can’t it be that this Jew supported communism while that one didn’t? Why should one Jew be held responsible for the actions of others? This statement is as much proof as anything that you don’t believe in individual responsibility. By your line of reasoning Jerk, I can argue that because America elected leftist, progressive leaders, that you also originally supported the progressives and that it’s coming back to bite YOU in the ass.

  Here’s some real facts Jerk: A Jew was one of the primary financiers of the Revolutionary War. A Jew served at the highest levels of the Confederacy for the entirety of the Civil War, even serving as Vice President. A Jewish brigade from British Palestine fought during WWII against the Nazis. A Jew composed the song “God Bless America”.

  Besides, if all or at least most Jews are communist, why did so much communist propaganda blame Jews as the bringers of capitalism? Even Marx himself accused Jews of being profit-driven.

• The Scathing Speech That Just Got a Standing Ovation During the IRS Hearing

  May 17, 2013 at 3:03pm

  In reply to TRILO.

  @Jerk
  “It should be mentioned that Jew is seen by many Jews as a race, ref. Einstein.”

  Actually, Jew is seen as being far too complex to describe with one description. It has qualities of a race, a religion, a culture, and a nationality but doesn’t fit the definition of any perfectly. After all, while one born to a Jewish mother is Jewish (racial quality), one who converts to Judaism is considered equally Jewish as one who was born Jewish (national quality). A Jew who converts to another religion is still a Jew (national/racial) but is seen as having forsaken his people (religious/cultural). Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz wrote that that Jews are not a religion, race, nation, or culture, but rather something unique that none of those descriptors can accurate categorize.

• The Scathing Speech That Just Got a Standing Ovation During the IRS Hearing

  May 17, 2013 at 2:55pm

  In reply to The_Jerk.

  Wolin held the post for only a month. Try again.