Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The ugly argument over Open Carry has become significantly uglier.
Courtesy of Salon:
Moms Demand Action, a group formed after the Sandy
Hook shooting to crack down on gun violence, began pressuring the Kroger
supermarket chain to prohibit “open carry” in its stores after gun
extremists...
Fox News has Sarah Palin weigh in on how we are handling Ebola cases in America. For reasons that completely escape me. Update!
VideoCourtesy of Politico: Former
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin agreed Monday that there should be a quarantine for
medical workers coming from West Africa as she took President Barack Obama
and his administration to task over its “incompetency”...
Jeb Bush's son says that it is more than likely that his dad will run in 2016. Oh joy.
I'm baaack.
Courtesy of CBC
News: Jeb Bush's son said it's "more than
likely" his dad will run for president...
Well personally I'm on pins and needles.
I don't want to skew the result but I am kind of hoping for a cross between
and armadillo and a giraffe.I think we can all agree that the
world would be a much better place with arma-giraffe's walking around.Source
...
Congressman Young "apologizes" to the Alaska Federation of Natives, and then promptly ruins it by assaulting a native woman who confronted him afterward.
So after making some incredibly insensitive remarks during an
appearance at Wasilla High, where he essentially told an audience of
students still mourning the loss of their friend to suicide that "suicide
shows a lack...
Joni Ernst, who is currently running for Senator of Iowa, carries a handgun so that she can shoot the Federal Government in the face if they try to take it.
Courtesy of RH
Reality Check: Iowa State Sen. Joni Ernst
(R-Red Oak), candidate for U.S. Senate, has quickly become a national figure
by making outlandish statements that appeal to the far right, including
comments...
The political power of the religious Right is coming to an end, and we have the Millenials to thank for that.
Courtesy of The
Guardian:Even in the deep South, the Republican base of
white evangelical Christians is shrinking – and in some traditional
conservative redoubts like Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky, it’s declined as
...
President Obama. Sometimes it is just the small things that signify his courage.
Courtesy of Slate:
Barack Obama displayed inspiring leadership on
Friday. He also promoted public health, fought bigotry, and helped calm
raging paranoia. His heroic act? He hugged somebody. Nina
Pham, the first...
Well it looks like the Palin attempts to play the victim have had the desired effect.
VideoCourtesy of Mediaite:
Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter, who’s taken
up the mantle as CNN’s unofficial ombudsman, said that fellow anchor Carol
Costello deserved the widespread criticism she received last week for
laughing...
Twenty six year old man arrested for shooting and killing three year old while playing "gun tag."
Courtesy of NBC
Montana: Galen Hawk, 26, appeared in a Polson
courtroom Friday afternoon on a negligent homicide charge. Court
documents say Hawk shot and killed 3-year-old Lonato Moran-Allen in a
Ninepipes-area...
In other 2014 voter news, Senator Mark Begich and Kentucky's Alison Lundergan Grimes receive important endorsements.
First up it's Mark Begich who recently received the very influential Alaska
Federation of Natives endorsement:The resolutions included
an endorsement of Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, who is seeking to be
re-elected...
"Super Swearing Cut." A compilation of Track Palin's greatest hits from the police audio. Update!
Video"I'll fucking beat your ass.""I
was cold clocked from behind.""Like a fucking fish.""Let's
fucking fight, motherfuckers."You know every word is a testament
to Todd and Sarah Palin's parenting.So much class in such a young
man.Update:...
Just in case we forgot why we mocked Sarah Palin before the drunken brawl, Wonkette has some video of her comparing climate change to eugenics to remind us.
VideoPalin starts off making fun of the
computer models the climate scientists use to make predictions concerning
global warming, and calls their concerns about our warming planet a "con
job.'" Which considering she lives in Alaska is...
Alaskan voters angered about letters revealing voting records of friends and neighbors and threatening to reveal more before the election.
Billionaire Paul Singer, whose Right Wing organization is behind the
mailings.
Courtesy of KTUU:
A...
It finally took the Mississippi Supreme Court to tell Chris McDaniels that he lost the Republican primary election back in June.
"Hey, I don't know the meaning of the word 'lose.' No really, I
don't."
Courtesy of TPM:
Chris McDaniel's...
Okay I'm sorry but Sarah Palin is DEFINITELY trying to sabotage the Bill Walker/Byron Mallott campaign.
I early made
the case, in a somewhat tongue in cheek manner, that Palin had now
realized that her endorsements were the kiss of death and THAT was why she
was endorsing Bill Walker instead of her former Lt. Governor...
The number of secular people in America may be much larger than previously believed.
Courtesy of Religion
News:If you’re dismayed that one in five Americans (20
percent) are “nones” — people who claim no particular religious identity —
brace yourself. How does 38 percent sound? That’s
what religion...
The Onion jokingly describes TLC plans for replacing "Honey Boo Boo" but I think they are really on to something.
So I don't usually link to the Onion because when dealing with some of the
things I write about you really have to struggle to define the line between
reality and parody. However yesterday I saw this amazing
faux description...
Possibly the best description of the Open Carry advocates that I have ever read.
Eric Liu founder of Citizen University and a former speechwriter for
President Clinton, has written a
rather compelling article on CNN concerning the 2nd Amendment, school
shootings, and Open Carry advocates.Here are...
Did Mark Begich just take the lead in Alaska's Senate race?
Okay hang on, don't get cocky.
Courtesy of TPM:
An Anchorage polling firm is giving Sen. Mark
Begich (D-AK)...
The Palin family's attempt to play the victim in the media may be working on the Right, but with the rest of the media? Not so much.
The Palin family's attempt to play the victim in the media may be working on the Right, but with the rest of the media? Not so much.
So Chez Pazienzaof the Daily
Banter finally decided to compare the Palin family to their...
The facts are in. Viewers of Fox News are the most misinformed of any other viewer of cable news. And it turns out they like it that way.
Author Chris Mooney has written a book entitled "The
Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Don't Believe in Science."In
it the author explains the findings of seven different studies and what they
tell us about how...
The USDA plans to bring indoor plumbing to Alaska villages. Yeah, kind of a big deal.
Alaska honey bucket. No, there is nothing sweet about this.
Courtesy of ABC
News:A remote Alaska Native village...