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He Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
Friends on the left, Gov. Bobby "What's a Volcano?" Jindal tells you what you believe: Because the left wants: The government to explode; to pay everyone; to hire everyone; they believe that money grows on trees; the earth is flat;... Continue reading
Posted 1 hour ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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That's Just Wonderful
Obama sure picked a winner: President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission told a Senate committee on Tuesday that his experience as the leader of lobbying groups for the cable television and cellphone industries had convinced him that... Continue reading
Posted 2 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Good Old-Fashioned Nightmare Fuel
At least, if you're afraid of snakes: Julius Escaping from Jenner on Vimeo. (If you have trouble with Vimeo embeds, as I do, click "Julius Escaping" above.) [Via Genevieve Koski.] . Continue reading
Posted 5 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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The Authoritarian Mind
The police commissioner of New York City, Ray Kelly, voices his opinion on the NSA's spying program: “I don’t think it ever should have been made secret.” Unsurprisingly, Kelly believes that the public will happily give up some privacy in... Continue reading
Posted 6 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Produce
Posted 7 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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What A Country!
You would think that anyone who lends or invests money would understand that they might take a loss or lose it all. Them's the breaks, after all. Happily for our financial betters that isn't the case. At some point we... Continue reading
Posted 7 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Consertives Is Weird - Part The Infinite
Say hello to Michael Burgess, Representative from the Great State of Tejas, who has advised his fellow representatives to observe a sonogram of a 15-week "baby". What might they see? Rep. Burgess informs them: They stroke their face. If they’re... Continue reading
Posted 9 hours ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Logic!
Shorter Fred Hiatt, editor, Daily Kaplan crayon-scribble page: If progressives don't dismantle government programs that help the less fortunate with a progressive president in the White House, conservatives will dismantle those government programs that help the less fortunate with a... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at A Spork in the Drawer
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Samll-Government Conservative
Down in Ol' Virginny: Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) and his wife, Maureen, have used taxpayer money for a range of small personal items they should have paid for themselves under state policy, according to spending records. The McDonnells... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at A Spork in the Drawer
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Saturday Palate Cleanser
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Posted 3 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Dandy
Perhaps backing into another war: So when Mr. Obama agreed this week for the first time to send small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebel forces, he had to be almost dragged into the decision at a time when critics,... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Pathetic? It's Newt!
(Also, subtext: he's really thinking about the secrets he's kept from his numerous wives.)
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Commented 4 days ago on The Wisdom Of Newton Leroy Gingrich at A Spork in the Drawer
The Wisdom Of Newton Leroy Gingrich
Sayeth the legend in his own mind: What Snowden did was very damaging at one level because there are a lot of things a democracy can do to protect itself, as long as they're genuinely secret. And people will tolerate it as long as it's genuinely secret. Unravel that! .
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Posted 4 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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The Wisdom Of Newton Leroy Gingrich
Sayeth the legend in his own mind: What Snowden did was very damaging at one level because there are a lot of things a democracy can do to protect itself, as long as they're genuinely secret. And people will tolerate... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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A Useful Designation
Before too long everyone disliked by the Powers That Be will simply be called terrorists. It will clarify matters and make business decisions that much easier. . Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Why It Is
Listening to voices: The poll also finds that 71 percent of Hill staffers found meetings with CEOs and top executives useful to do their jobs, while only 45 percent said the same about meetings with labor leaders. In addition, 64... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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A Question Not Being Asked
If America's secrets are so secret that exposing those secrets guarantees death and destruction for the Great American Citizenry then why are low-level, low-paid schnooks like Manning and Snowdon allowed unrestricted access to the most secret secrets? . Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Rigged Game (As If You Didn't Know That Already)
Example #1: Traders at some of the world’s biggest banks manipulated benchmark foreign-exchange rates used to set the value of trillions of dollars of investments, according to five dealers with knowledge of the practice. Employees have been front-running client orders... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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They Just Can't Help Themselves
Rep. Trent Franks takes to the microphone during a committee hearing: The incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low. Let a thousand Todd Akins bloom! Franks proceeded to venture into complete incoherence: But when you make that exception... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Your Liberal Media
Oy: The Washington Post today announces “Sponsored Views,” a new online advertising feature that invites organizations to post commentary related to or in response to content from The Washington Post’s Opinion section. [...] “Sponsored Views’ premium placement enables participants to... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Mindset
Lurking barely below the surface is a pretty strong authoritarian impulse: "In World War II, the mentality of the public was that our whole way of life was at risk, we're all in. We censored the mail. When you wrote... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Rockin'
New Neko: . Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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Depends on who is the victim of the abuse.
(Hint: it won't be Joe or Jane Average.)
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Commented 7 days ago on Team Players at A Spork in the Drawer
Team Players
Poll: A large majority of Americans say the federal government should focus on investigating possible terrorist threats even if personal privacy is compromised, and most support the blanket tracking of telephone records in an effort to uncover terrorist activity, according to a new Washington Pos...
The Gay Lobby
Found at last. Dominus vobiscum! . Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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The Most Important News You'll Read All Year. Perhaps All Century.
Sen. John McCain (who was once a POW, if you didn't know) approves of Apple's new iOS 7. Now if only the Senator could remember in which one of the houses he's forgotten about he left his iPhone. Boom! Pow!... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at A Spork in the Drawer
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