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Preconceived Prejudice

Okay, I got withdrawal symptoms and had to get a blogging fix: Academics dub tea partyers devout, racist Two years after it burst onto the political scene, the tea party is getting a critical eye from political science academics who say the movement generally is populated by knowledgeable and religiously devout voters, but they are [...]

That’s a strange definition of “fight”

Think Progress: Florida Republicans Fight To Keep ‘Cohabitation’ Of Unmarried Couples Illegal The TP post is based on this article: Unmarried? Living together? You’re breaking the law in Florida Unmarried couples who want to take the plunge and move in together, take heart. A Florida legislator is seeking to make you legal. “Cohabitation” of unmarried [...]

Turn out the lights, the party’s over

Obama has lost MoDoDo: One and Done? [...] Obama is still suffering from the Speech Illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from a Teleprompter, cast a magic spell with his words and climb back up the mountain, while we scurry around and do what he proclaimed. The days of [...]

Too late, you signed in blood

Common Dreams: “I know [Obama] thinks all these people voted for him and they have nowhere to go in 2012 because the Republicans are worse,” said Nader, speaking during yet another day of White House protests against a proposed tar-sands-oil pipeline from Canada. “But they can stay home. They can closet their enthusiasm. They can [...]

The media darling

Michael Tomasky: A President Adrift More dispiriting news, this time about the White House overturning the EPA’s proposed new rules on smog. That comes a few hours after the jobs report from Friday morning, one of the bleakest yet. And it comes a few days in advance of what everyone expects will be a small-thinking, [...]

No Klowning around today

The Klown took today off so you’re stuck with me. This is an open thread. I’ll post some other stuff later.