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Did people think they'd just get together and boink on national TV or something ? So putting sexually repressed religious authority figures around young children is still a bad idea ? Cue anti-New York ads from the pro-Big Gulp PAC . Two down, two to go .

Veterans support Mitt Romney more than Barack Obama , but Obama is receiving more contributions from the military than Romney .

  Duct Tape for Warts ? Sure; why not? Sleep better . As about as close as a confirmation as we're going to get from her . Boost your energy . Half of wrongly accused prisoners are ____ . Joss Whedon is one of the few people that can be simultaneously loved and hated . I thought by " Role Models ," they meant a sequel to the movie. Guess I was wrong. Figure out what your boss really wants . ( pic via )

What can I say? These guys get all the good pics .

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Bernie Sanders thinks so .

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17-year-old with possible drug problem yells at grandmother, gets shot eight times .

He can't let facts get in the way of him trying to create a good controversy .

It was a great political scam: denounce the GOP in the wake of the end of the Bush presidency, claim to be a new group called the Tea Party and then run for office (all in GOP primaries, mind you) to "take back" the party . But now, all pretense is gone: the banking industry (aka, the group that got the bailout that supposedly made those Tea Party people so angry) has all but bought the Tea Party candidates who were elected to the House of Representatives .

Dave has a very interesting post where he ends with, "It's no wonder the nation is in decline (and don't let anyone tell you it's not); it's not just our citizens that are bankrupt." But my friends, it's not just Hollywood that's suffering, oh no; it's also our government : We've gone from being able to articulately argue key differences in ideology while still maintaining the long-term goal of getting something -hell, anything- accomplished to the verbal equivalent of pounding our chests and flinging poo.   And people wonder why education is being mocked and attacked now.

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Looks like both Zimmerman and Martin had something in their respective systems .

Up until this past  Sunday, Cory Booker was one of the few elected politicians the average liberal could rally around. That was before he went on TV and made it harder for Democrats to argue that Bain Capital specializes in wrecking companies and firing people for profit. Now ? Nice knowing ya, pal! Look, I believe it's the liberal base's job to hold the politicians and pundits responsible when they slip or sell out. But there's a difference between that and getting puffy because you didn't know where they stand on all of the issues. And surprise, surprise, not every elected Democrat or regular left-leaning TV pundit is liberal on every issue! So my advice is check these jokers out before you fall in love with them. Me? I'll be waiting for the liberal blogosphere to turn on Elizabeth Warren for saying something more moderate/conservative in a year or two. UPDATE : This is what I mean about doing a background check, people: he isn't a traitor; he's jus...

Much like Jews and Muslims aren't Christians, really. But there are some things that people who aren't that familiar with the religion should know . Oh and this is one link where some of the comments are worth reading.

Didn't think I'd be doing it this long, to be perfectly honest. Thanks to all of you who've visited my site, whether by desire or accident. I'll continue to do my best to be equal parts entertaining and informative. Maybe.

Dating is hard...and hilarious . What causes depression ? If you are black, odds are you have been misdiagnosed for one of these . Pay attention to your oil light . There's always a childhood memory worth re-inventing/exploiting. 

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Seriously, this is just weird for a guy with WWII experience, let alone a nigh-unbreakable shield. I hoping it's a "flashback" issue .

Well, actually it's the birthrate: white births are under 50% for the first time in like ever . Such a turn has been long expected, but no one was certain when the moment would arrive — signaling a milestone for a nation whose government was founded by white Europeans and has wrestled mightily with issues of race, from the days of slavery, through a civil war, bitter civil rights battles and, most recently, highly charged debates over efforts to restrict immigration . While over all, whites will remain a majority for some time, the fact that a younger generation is being born in which minorities are the majority has broad implications for the country’s economy, its political life and its identity. “This is an important tipping point,” said William H. Frey, the senior demographer at the Brookings Institution, describing the shift as a “transformation from a mostly white baby boomer culture to the more globalized multiethnic country that we are becoming.” ...

Of course, when your "Get Rid Of Unions" Plan ends up losing jobs instead of creating them, what else are are you supposed to do ?

Thanks to the success of Avengers, the Jade Giant may end up returning to the small screen .

"A trading loss of this nature is something from which JPMorgan should learn, and I think as well regulators should look at it just to understand what happened and why it happened. But…this was not a loss to the taxpayers of America. This was a loss to shareholders and owners of JPMorgan and that’s the way America works Some people experienced a loss in this case because of a bad decision. By the way, there was someone who made a gain. The $2 billion JPMorgan lost someone else gained ." -- Mitt Romney, basically saying what happened at JPMorgan isn't a big deal . One commenter noted that Romney has basically concluded that, " the investment banking industry adds no productivity to the U.S. economy ."

George W. Bush is putting out a book on economic growth ? Unless it includes the sentence "Elect a Democrat President to clean up my mess" I don't see how any doesn't assume he's doing this for comedic purposes.

I believe if the people behind a show only plan for it to be on-air for 1-to-3 seasons it will last longer. Why, because like British television, they'll just be concerned about making awesome episodes and not trying to stretch things out to keep the cash cow going. Knowing you have only 15-to-45 episodes to tell your story will lead to good plots and better characterization, leading fans to want to see more. Then you can sell out and do crazy shit like time travel and magic (assuming that wasn't part of the cannon early on).

It's called " having an old team ." Color me shocked . Trust takes time . I said it before and I'll say it again: America dodged a bullet .

I don't know why, but it seems like some written for Sarah Michelle Gellar, if she did straight comedy. But she doesn't and Kaling does, so I hope it works out.

The Avengers movie wisely chose not to go into how horny Hawkeye is . Just because Paul Ryan likes the writings of an abortion-loving atheist doesn't mean he supports her politics (or maybe he just didn't know her politics). Lego Guns ; as in, "a gun made out of Legos." When does the Bible say life begins ?  Finally; hockey games I can watch . To paraphrase Will Ferrell in Land of the Lost : That's a bitch-slap of truth right there .

Look, I have a lot of criticisms of Obama. I have been profoundly disappointed by him. But when he does the right thing, he needs to hear from the majority that we support what he did. You can't stay stuck in your cynicism every single day. -- Michael Moore, commenting on President Obama's opinion regarding gay marriage . 

But lame-ass attempts to start a race war sure will be .

Apparently it was Wall Street, not the Tea Party .

Don't retire just yet . When spies do their jobs , armies don't have to do theirs. Think God this guy wasn't around during the Women's Suffrage Movement . They say it's inhabitable , but if a rocket ship carrying a baby comes from there you've been warned. The Celtics need Rondo to pull it together .

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RG3 will be the starting QB for Washington .

Filter out the BS political stories . Preventive care saves money . Now if GWB had killed bin Laden ...  That's Amar'e ! Avoid saying this to the kids . ( pic via ) 

Florida appears to have a problem relating to black people . Missouri appears to have a problem relating to gay people . Pennsylvania appears to have a problem relating to women .

One bright day in the middle of the night, two men named Paul came out to fight. TPM says Krugman was a bruiser ; C&L claims the whole thing was a snoozer .

Over at C&L, "Epinnoia" has a very good comment regarding Leviticus . In this case, the usual cut & paste would not do it justice.