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Romney’s bittersweet moment
313Flavia
December 2012
There were MANY comments I wished to answer, but this one seemed to me to be the best jumping-off place, as it seemed to me to be the most sweeping, rather than very specific. re: #26 Our Precious Bodily Fluids ...

From the White House photostream on Flickr, a picture of the heart of American democracy.

GOP Appoints Climate Change Denier to Chair House Science Committee (Again)

The Republican Party’s war on science continues
104wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
November 2012
re: #63 Kragar Rationalwiki classifies Walt Brown's hydroplate "theory" as being in the Not Even Wrong category. The idea that underground water cold spew fast enough (25,000 mph or 11 km/s) to escape earth's gravitational field and then travel hundreds ...

Sen. James Inhofe: Benghazi Is ‘The Biggest Coverup in History’

Republican rhetoric gets more and more absurd
105Patricia Kayden
November 2012
re: #79 Tigger2005 Perhaps to show the Republicans that he is better than them. He had a get together with McCain after beating him in 2008, which I also found baffling. President Obama doesn't strike me as a person who ...

Stephen Colbert on the Dreaded Fiscal Cliff

The two most terrifying words a Republican can hear, other than “Buenos dias”
66Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)
November 2012
re: #28 Killgore Trout Heh. If that's his defense, he's fucking screwed. Firing shots at them as they drive away? Not to mention the presence of a weapon isn't obviously excuse to open fire, or every guy carrying a weapon ...