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If you're not pissed off you're not paying attention

This was originally posted at Atheism Resource. The situation in Wisconsin has been all over the news recently. Newly elected Governor Scott Walker has brought forward legislation that would strip unions of their co…
Off to CA and tid bits

Gonna pop in real quick to say that I'm mending from my ER visit and should be back at 100% in about a week. Also, South Dakota is trying to legalize the murder of abortion doctors. It's delightfully crazy, but it passe…
Power to the people!

Feeling better today so I drove down to Arcon and am spending today and tomorrow gaming with a bunch of unwashed guys. w00t! Also, interesting story, did you know that you don't need to be a hacker to join the insurgenc…
Long day

I was feeling a little peaked yesterday. Overnight that turned into a raging cold that is pretty much on its way to eliminating my voice. Add onto that the fact that I have to drive 3 hours to St. Louis today to debate…
Bernie Sanders on the economy

Bernie Sanders hits the nail on the head. There is a war on the middle class. I forget who said it, but it's apropos: "Give me the money and I don't care who the leaders are." Part of the problem is that the p…
GOP digs the hole deeper

Remember how the Republicans are fucking over the US in order to gain the political 'victory' of denying Obama a foreign policy success? That hole is getting dug deeper. Russia will have to build up its nuclear forces i…
GOP doesn't care about national security

Ed Brayton hits it out of the park again. This bears re-posting. Every single living Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense and National Security Adviser, including Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft, agrees t…
PZ on the election

PZ captured my thoughts of this election beautifully. It's not surprising that Democrats lost ground. The economy sucks, which means many people are flailing about for change, and we have to admit it: the Democrats are…
Brayton does it again

Man, Ed Brayton is on a roll lately. Here's another bulls-eye. Daniel Larison quotes this from Peter Suderman: You might think that in a time of near-universal worry about the growing deficit, a Democratic president m…
If you read polls, O'Donnell is not fringe

"Debating creationists is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon — it doesn't understand the rules, knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory." ~ Eugenie…