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Searched LGF articles for: paul krugman (534 matches, in 22 pages)

About President Obama Shaking Raul Castro's Hand...

Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:25:20 pm
Some hand shakes and other hair raising associations through the years. Margaret Thatcher and Robert Mugabe "2012 GOP presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, shaking hands with Yasser Arafat should not be misunderstood!" pic.twitter.com/3Ln9gj0EbF — Gus (@Gus_802) December 10, 2013 Republican President Richard Nixon shaking hands with communist "mass murderer" of all time, Mao Zedong* ...

At Rand Paul's African-American Outreach Event: A Roomful of White People

Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:52:19 pm
YouTube The Republican Party's Great White Hope, the guy who said he would have voted against the Civil Rights Act, is being sent on an outreach mission to African Americans, and no, you can't make this stuff up. In Detroit today, promoting his latest ridiculous scam ("economic freedom zones"), Sen. Paul took ...

Breitbart's Obamacare Expert: the GOPer Who Thinks Evolution and Embryology Are "Lies From the Pit of Hell"

Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:45:57 pm
Today at the increasingly unhinged right wing propaganda site that Andrew Breitbart built, they have a new "expert" on health care, with an EXCLUSIVE breaking news report: EXCLUSIVE: STOP WASTING TIME TRYING TO FIX OBAMACARE!!! This exclusive opinion on health care and medical science is the work of Republican Representative from ...

What's Wrong With Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' Bill? Everything.

Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 9:21:22 pm
It's clear, then, that many of the proponents of Federal Reserve transparency are simply looking for methods to advance a hard-money agenda even though inflation is dangerously low. Instead of a "transparency act," Paul's bill will probably be a "harassment act" in practice. More: Here's What's Wrong With Rand ...

Plagiarist Rand Paul's Column Moves to Breitbart

Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:33:53 am
Sen. Rand Paul's weekly column, axed from The Washington Times this week after plagiarism allegations, has already found a new outlet. The conservative media outlet Breitbart News announced on Wednesday that Paul, the Kentucky tea party favorite and possible 2016 Republican presidential contender, would become the newest contributor amid its ...

Rand Paul Blames Numerous Cases of Plagiarism on His Staff

Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:14:12 am
Like a true Republican leader, Senator Rand Paul is making excuses for his now-undeniable serial plagiarism by blaming it all on his staff. Mr. Paul's office acknowledged that it had made mistakes, but largely sought to play down the charges of plagiarism. "In the thousands of speeches and op-eds Senator Paul ...

Report: LAX Shooter Purchased Guns Legally, Targeted TSA Agents

Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:01:08 pm
The latest information on the news wires about LAX shooting suspect Paul Ciancia reveals that Ciancia went to the airport with the intention of killing as many TSA agents as possible. And he brought a lot of ammunition. In court documents and interviews, authorities spelled out a chilling chain of ...

If You Accuse Rand Paul of Plagiarism, He'd Like to Kill You

Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 10:26:09 am
Loony libertarian Rand Paul is feeling the heat from criticisms that he has repeatedly engaged in plagiarism in his speeches, and today on ABC's This Week he expressed a desire to kill his critics: Rand Paul on Plagiarism Charges: If Dueling Were Legal in Kentucky... Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday ...

Saturday Shred: Paul Gilbert and Marco Minnemann: The Jackhammer

Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 4:43:48 pm
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LAX Shooting Update: Suspect IDed as Paul Anthony Ciancia (w/ Photo)

Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:12:48 pm
According to multiple sources, the suspect in the LAX shootings has been identified as 23-year old Paul Anthony Ciancia, from Pennsville, New Jersey. RT @LukeRussert: . @PeteWilliamsNBC reports LAX shooting suspect 23 yr old Paul Anthony Ciancia, apparently had strong anti-government views — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2013 Ciancia was shot ...

Hilarious: Stephen Colbert Defends Rand Paul Against Plagiarism Charges

Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:51:03 pm
Video Increasingly, it seems like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are doing the best reporting on television. (Click below if you can't see the MP4 video.) Comedy Central

Rand Paul Threatens to Block Janet Yellen Nomination to Fed

Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:40:11 am
I hope no one's surprised that Rand Paul is now making a big push for one of the libertarian right's cherished hopes: auditing the Federal Reserve. And by "auditing," they mean going on a fishing expedition to find something they can use to destroy it. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has threatened ...

Wall Street Is Underestimating How Dangerous Republicans Are For The World's Economy

Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 1:45:02 pm
This post originally appeared at NationalMemo.com. When Standard & Poor's downgraded America's credit rating from AAA to AA+ after 2011's debt limit crisis, President Obama was apoplectic. "Our problems are eminently solvable, and we know what we have to do to solve them. With respect to debt, our problem is not confidence ...

New Frontiers in GOP Ridiculousness: Ted Cruz's Faux Filibuster

Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:37:30 pm
You may have thought the Republican Party's irrational hatred of Obamacare couldn't possibly get any more ridiculous, but think again: Ted Cruz Launches Faux Filibuster as Senate Readies Spending Bill Vote. Congress continued its steady march toward a government shutdown Tuesday with another round of posturing but little action to ...

Saturday Night Jam: Basement Jaxx - What a Difference Your Love Makes

Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 6:59:27 pm
Vimeo Director: Damian Weilers D.O.P's: Robo Wilson and Damian Weilers Production Managers: John Norman, Paul Mosotho Moabelo, and Charles Phasha Editor: Ben Harrex (Final Cut) Grading: Julien Biard (Finish) Stylist: Gareth Cowden Main Dancers and Brothers: Donald Shongwe and Investment Shimane Mdluli Older Mother: Grace Pilane Younger Mother: Tebogo Khalo Younger Brothers: Loyde Mabasa and Phasha Mogale Group Dancers: Leaders of ...

Today's Incredibly Creepy Republican Anti-Obamacare Video

Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:37:09 am
YouTube The Republican Party just keeps getting stranger and more dysfunctional. Today's freakishly bizarre train wreck is a video funded by the Koch Brothers that attempts to convince young women to "opt out" of the Affordable Care Act by scaring them with a creepy giant puppet-headed speculum-wielding Uncle Sam, getting all ...

Instead of Gun Violence, Republicans Want to Talk About 'Mental Health'

Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:11:50 pm
Photo: Brittany Randolph via Flickr.com This post originally appeared at NationalMemo.com. In the wake of a mass shooting, the National Rifle Association goes silent as its members and fans spew insults they learned from the movie Mean Girls at anyone who would dare talk about gun safety. This is typically followed in the ...

5 Ways Republicans May Be About To Permanently Destroy The GOP Brand

Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:05:54 am
This post originally appeared at NationalMemo.com. All signs continue to point to a House GOP crackup that will either lead to a government shutdown or -- even worse -- a default on America's debt. Republican leaders had hoped that the situation in Syria would give them cover, allowing them to somehow keep ...

The End of Kindness: Weev and the Cult of the Angry Young Man

Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 11:26:36 am
But disappear is exactly what she did next. Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, a well-known provocateur, hacker, and anti-Semite, circulated her home address and Social Security number online. He also made false statements about her being a battered wife and a former prostitute. Not only did Sierra find herself a target ...

Why Is Glenn Greenwald Promoting an Extreme Right Wing 9/11 Truther?

Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:58:59 pm
Just a couple of days after he promoted the extreme right wing militia Oathkeepers (referring to them as "a coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials"), activist Glenn Greenwald is now hyping an article by another far right conspiracy monger: Judge Andrew Napolitano. In Barrons, @Judgenap raves ...

Rand Paul, Great White Hope of the GOP

Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:49:09 am
Just more proof that libertarianism has wrecked the Republican Party, as the crazy scion of the Ron Paul far right is now the 2016 Republican Front-Runner. Paul -- as he showed with his civil rights comments during the 2010 Kentucky Senate campaign - holds some controversial views that can (and ...

Rand Paul: We Should Leave Assad Alone Because He's Only Killing Muslims

Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:44:53 pm
Today's totally cock-eyed opinions on Syria come from one of the true Republican weirdos in the Senate: Rand Paul: No American Interests in Syria. According to Aqua Buddha, America has no interests in Syria and we should leave them alone. And besides, Bashar al-Assad is only killing Muslims, so who cares? I ...

What Obamacare Supporters Can Learn From The Gay Rights Movement

Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:17:30 pm
As the first openly gay person ever elected to public office in California, Harvey Milk helped change America with a simple message to his community: Come out. "Every gay person must come out," Milk said on Gay Freedom Day in 1978. "As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate ...

The Convergence of Glenn Greenwald and Rand Paul's "Southern Avenger"

Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:05:51 pm
Former Rand Paul adviser Jack Hunter, in his “Southern Avenger” mask. In the middle of a pretty fascinating rant about Bruce Fein (who is acting as Lon Snowden's lawyer, Lon being Edward's father) on NSFW, I saw something that actually made me lose some more respect for Greenwald, which I didn't ...

The GOP doesn't want Americans to know anything about its candidates

Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:05:54 pm
The GOP has bet everything on white and is throwing the dice with arrogance even though it can't afford to lose even a single chip. The only hope that the GOP have of winning is to make some inroads into the minority vote: to put it simply, white people ...

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