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Flakies – The Wingnut Series

Flakies - The Wingnut Series

Thanks to E.A. Blair for suggesting this wonderful new product...and illustration. We're planning on introducing more of your favorite wingers on Flakies boxes because...well, because every wingnut deserves the recognition. Let ...

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Voices In Their Head

Voices In Their Head

Is there not an ounce of sanity left anywhere in the Republican party? Barely 36 hours after the caustic New Year’s Day vote, Boehner faced a coup attempt from a clutch ...

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Michele, my Belle, these are words that go together well

Michele, my Belle, these are words that go together well

From The Onion: Saying that she’ll be gone soon anyway so she might as well, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann introduced H.R. 259: The Homosexual Decapitation Act, which would give the United ...

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GOP – America’s White Party

GOP - America's White Party

Surprise, surprise. Stupidity is alive and well in the racist wing of the conservative movement. Eagle Forum’s Phyllis Schlafly is riled up about comprehensive immigration reform, and she has hardly been ...

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Bye, Bye Bachmann

Bye, Bye Bachmann

All good bad things must eventually come to an end. Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann, who last year ran for the Republican presidential nomination, announced on Wednesday that she will stand ...

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Late Night Political Humor

Late Night Political Humor

The best of late night political humor via Daniel Kurtzman’s Political Humor. Happy Friday. ___ "During a Senate hearing yesterday, Senator John McCain said it was too hard to always have to update ...

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Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

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McCain Does A Little GOP Ass-Kicking

McCain Does A Little GOP Ass-Kicking

John McCain has finally had enough of his Republican teabagging cohorts, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. In the latest expression of Republican frustration with conservative GOP colleagues, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) ...

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How Does God Answer Political Prayers?

How Does God Answer Political Prayers?

Our friend, John Liming, wonders how God might deal with two conflicting prayers of a political nature. I have been reading an article on the website, Raw Story, where it is ...

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Making ‘Cents’ of Tom Coburn and Disaster Aid

Making 'Cents' of Tom Coburn and Disaster Aid

Item 1: The Oklahoma tornado disaster has killed at least 24 people, left hundreds injured and caused millions of dollars in damage. But that has not stopped a senator from that ...

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The Right Needs Smarter Bigots

The Right Needs Smarter Bigots

If you're new to right-wing think, here's an easy to remember rule of thumb to help you along; any and all evil in the world can be attributed directly to ...

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Another Dick Cheny ‘STFU’ Moment

Another Dick Cheny 'STFU' Moment

From a political party overflowing with sociopaths and creeps, none other than Dick Cheney encapsulates to a greater degree what it is the Republican party has become. The blood of ...

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Scandals: Real and Imagined

Scandals: Real and Imagined

It can be debated as to whether the filibuster came about as a political accident or was created to give minority parties a stronger say in opposing specific legislation they ...

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The Crazy, The Scum and The Dead

The Crazy, The Scum and The Dead

While gun nuts sink a little deeper into madness with each passing day, Seattle is turning guns into bricks. The Seattle Police Department collected more than 700 guns during a buyback ...

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To Infinity and Beyond!

To Infinity and Beyond!

Had enough of right-wing political crap and find yourself with a deep desire to get as far from the madding crowd as you can? Read on... The opportunity to travel to Mars ...

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In Leviticus v. Deuteronomy, There is No Winner

In Leviticus v. Deuteronomy, There is No Winner

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NRA – The Blood on Their Hands

NRA - The Blood on Their Hands

  LaPierre's speech of lunacy here. ___ Follow MarioPiperniDotCom on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. .

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Guns ‘n Kids and NRA Loons

Guns 'n Kids and NRA Loons

Here's the full quote from Charles P. Pierce. If your "way of life" involves handing deadly weapons to five-year olds, your way of life is completely screwed up and you should ...

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America The Brave…or is it America the Fearful?

America The Brave...or is it America the Fearful?

A guest post from James Fidlerten. ___ After September 11, 2011, America became united, as it grieved the loss of so many lives on American soil. The tragic event also changed so ...

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Gun Crazy Arizona Does it Again

Gun Crazy Arizona Does it Again

I'm not sure that 'crazy' is strong enough an adjective to describe the many (or few) who go to the absurd lengths they do in defending America's out-of-control gun culture. ...

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Romney’s Extreme Positions on Women’s Issues

Democrats definitely have it easier when it comes to creating political ads. Unlike Republicans, they have no need to lie or exaggerate their opponent’s positions. They simply need to quote them and, presto, the damage is done.

 

I’m not sure if the line between ‘left and right’ or ‘fair and unjust’ has ever been as clear and well defined as it is now.

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Obama’s Move Forward

Beyond the rhetoric, the political BS, the lies – that is, the concerted effort by the right-wing noise machine to distort and misinform at every opportunity – is the very real progress made by the Obama administration.

You might want to send the following video to every conservative on your email list. It probably won’t change their minds but it will give you the opportunity to rub the truth in their faces while having them jump through hoops trying to explain why none of it is true.

 

Send it to every lib on your email list too. Three and a half years of dirt from the right can play havoc with one’s recollection of this guy’s accomplishments.

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Right-Wing Insanity Illustrated – Slideshow No. 31

What do you get when you combine Nana Mouskouri, one of my favorite operas (Bizet’s Carmen) and a few of my latest illustrations?

This, of course.


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Dear, The Printer is Out Of Cells

Amazing. The age of organ donors is being supplanted by technology and innovation which strives to perfect the science of lab-grown organs.

Some researchers are excited by the potential organ-building capabilities of three-dimensional (3-D) printers. These devices are modified versions of everyday inkjet printers that squirt living cells rather than drops of ink. Layer by layer, they can make three-dimensional structures such as organs and, as of September last year, the blood vessels they contain. [Anthony] Atala is developing this technique – he wowed the audience at a TED conference last year by printing a kidney on stage (although not a functional one).  He says,For the level four organs [heart, lungs, etc.], it’s just a matter of time,” says Atala. “We’re still a long way from full replacement, but I do believe that these technologies are achievable.”

Dr. Atala’s TED talk.

 

(h/t: The Dish)

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Obama The Campaigner

In case you’ve forgotten the kind of campaigner Barack Obama can be, take a listen.

 

That’s some good stuff.

No one should take anything for granted in this election. One huge economic downturn in late October and a President Mittens becomes a real possibility. That said, one can’t help but be anxious to get Barack Obama back on the campaign trail to counter the barrage of lies and misinformation Republicans have been throwing out there for the last year. No one, Democrat or Republican, delivers a message better than this president…and it becomes a whole lot easier when he has truth and facts to back him up.

How good a campaigner is Barack Obama? Well, in the words of Ezra Klein, “That’s how he went, in four years, from Illinois state senator to first African-American President of the United States.”

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