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Well, via DU (who did this via The Huffington Post ;and can also be found on DK): Two Years Ago, John Boehner promised to be "Laser Focused on Jobs and the Economy" So what has the GOP House been up to? House Bills passed: 46 Bills on Abortion 113 Bills on Religion 73 Bills on Family Relationships 36 Bills on Marriage 72 Bills on Firearms 604 Bills on Taxation 437 Bills on Govt Investigations Bills attempted and failed to be passed even by the GOP : 33 attempts to Defund Obamacare.....Failed 15 attempts to Cut Funding for Planned Parenthood......Failed 3 Attempts to Cut Funding for VA Hospitals.......Failed. GOP blocked bills: Blocked bill to aid Small Business Blocked Unemployment extension Blocked Bank Reform Bills Blocked Campaign Finance Reform and open Contributions Law Blocked MULTIPLE Jobs Bills Blocked Infrastructure Bill Blocked Ending Tax Breaks for companies that Outsource Jobs Blocked Wall Street Reform Blocked Energy Legislation

According to one of his sons, he never wanted the job .

It's not hard to see why people who don't really need guns find collecting them so attractive . Shorter David Wong: get up, get out, and do something .   One easy way to test your longevity .   Cute women wearing geeky outfits . Fox News interviews Santa Claus .

Santa about to get it on with his wife. More here .

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Cultural history and laws be damned .

It seems that a lot of the perpetrators of school attacks were either on an experimental drug or suffering withdrawal from one . But for the 24-hr cable news cycle, it's easier (and less detrimental to your Big Pharma sponsors) to just classify them as nuts. Doesn't change the fact that gun control needs to be addressed, and seriously, this time.

The “ if the employees had guns, this would never had happened ” mumbo-jumbo ain’t gonna fly this time .

Ann Coulter continues to be Ann Coulter . Question: " Should Christians drink? " Mitt Romney is unexpected places is starting to become a meme. Americans are becoming too fat to serve in the military.  If you like black cinema, then these are some movies worth watching . About " Right to Work ..." Still fighting with your SO? Try this . How awesome is Adele ?  Wheat isn't what it used to be, and we should probably rethink eating so much .

FedEx overcharged their customers ? That's unpossible!!!

The animated version is even cooler.

To me, it would be a body-shape like an "S" or an hour glass. But not surprisingly, it's an adjective that's been altered and misused so much that it may not have any real meaning .

"Perhaps one day we can shrink Norquist's ego sufficiently to drown it in a bathtub." -- Eldon Lazar , on the TPM story about GOP members who are taking issue with the Grover Norquist "Don't Raise Taxes Ever" pledge .

Cool .

( pic via ) President Obama called the Tom Joyner Morning Show . The TV show Homeland may have helped the Washington Wizards . All of Taylor Swift's men (so far). Joan Rivers on Johnny Carson and being a female comedienne.  Some people can't handle a breakup . 

As "Obama" cheerfully demonstrates.

Well, everything else about the election was a fantasy for them, so why not this ?

Anne Hathaway decides to keep a health secret, and she has a good reason to do it . The Boy Scouts weren't prepared for this . Mayor Cory Booker begins his stamp food diet. Nicole Kidman on her previously broken heart . Stop me if you heard this one before : a US President warns a Middle Eastern country not to attack its own people. Sen. Jim DeMint boxes Speaker John Boehner in on the budget. I'm surprised that someone with Tim Duncan's reputation was in a photo like this ; but then again, it probably wasn't meant to go public.

While some may not like his answers, at least he's making an attempt to addressing the varying opinions people have .

This Wizards' story by Jason Reid all but says this . Sure, Grunfeld knows how to cash the checks owner Ted Leonsis is writing for him, but with a record of drafting bums, burnouts or mix-matched pieces, the guy (who's more well known for trades anyway) seems to be the anti-thesis to Leonsis' "build through the draft philosophy." Sadly, that's the only way the Wizards are gonna build a winner because free agents (still) don't want to come here.

"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like, 'you're an infidel whore!!!'"  -- Miz Jenkins, responding to this Kim Kardashian/Middle East Gawker post .

( Pic via ) I'm sure Jamie Foxx is joking here . Tossing out one or two minorities isn't going to address t he GOP's race problem . What a difference marriage makes . Breakfast options .