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If the claim that giving more money to the top 1% yields more jobs were accurate, then we would be in a period of record low unemployment. We’d be swimming in jobs. The top has more money, proportional to the GDP, than at any time in American history, and yet we’re in an unemployment crisis. Read Full Story

Not kidding. Fo’ reals. I can only imagine how much these guys hate themselves. Read Full Story

          NRA official claims Obama wants to outlaw guns » By Hanlon, on February 11th, 2012 at 11:36 AM At that same CPAC, they suggested referring to birth control as “abortion” to try and get public support to turn against it. I wish I was kidding . “This is religious freedom. If they can tell the Catholic Church that they have to provide contraception to their employees, then they can also tell National Right to Life that we have to provide abortions for our employees... Read Full Story

      « Speaking of right-wing insanity     The birth control controversy infuriates me » By Hanlon, on February 11th, 2012 at 11:25 AM Why do conservatives get away with spouting conspiratorial nonsense and still be considered mainstream and respectable? “All that first term, lip service to gun owners is just part of a massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the Second Amendment during his second term,” [NRA Executive Vice President... Read Full Story

          Pelosi launches campaign to Stop Colbert, and the DISCLOSE Act » By Hanlon, on February 10th, 2012 at 02:03 PM This is the very definition of American Taliban . “If the president does not reverse the Department’s attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people and the Constitution we are sworn to uphold and defend, must,” Boehner said. “This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country cannot stand, and... Read Full Story

“Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby’s cast when he hurt his hand,” Pelosi deadpans. “But since the day he started his super PAC, taking secret money from special interests, he’s been out of control, even using his super PAC to attack my friend, Newt Gingrich. And if that weren’t enough, I hear he doesn’t even like kittens.” Read Full Story

Oh sure, this is awesome , but truth be told I’m kinda looking forward to when 49 out of 50 states have it legalized. When there’s just that ONE state that refuses to give in. Read Full Story

Such as Sean Hannity making the rather perplexing claim that Obama didn’t really  want to get bin Laden, and if he’d “had his way” it wouldn’t have happened. I mean, there’s hating on the guy’s policies, there’s hating on his personality, and then there’s just making shit up because you’re that  unable to give the man credit for anything. Read Full Story

          Poll: conservatives not a big fan of PP’s cancer screening » By Hanlon, on February 8th, 2012 at 01:15 PM I am in no way being sarcastic. So I caught some of Ellen, and discovered there was a big ol’ kerfuffle with her and JC Penny, with some group called One Million Moms complaining and raising a stink that a company would allow a lesbian  to represent them. Ellen fought back, and who came to her defense? Bill O Motherfucking Reilly . He tears into this woman, and... Read Full Story

Now, if I had to take a guess about what’s happening here, I’d say the answer is that the right is so goddamned against Planned Parenthood that it really doesn’t matter what they do. PP makes abortionplexes, so everything they’re a part of is unfavorable. Although I’m pretty amused at the “not sure” chunk. I like to imagine people agonizing over whether they like the idea of cancer prevention despite political bias. Read Full Story