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I'd be more impressed if Obama debated Progressives rather than Republicans

For the less astute political observers, it looks like Obama did a 360 slam dunk on these sorry fools. But it's painfully obvious that this was just another diversion to help boost Obama's "grown-up" meme. We just spent the last decade living the Republican Wet Dream.

Conservative e-Mail: "Retribution is less than 1 year away!"

My Mother-In-Law sends me these all the time. She's a retired federal employee and conservative to the nth degree. I try to remind her of the hypocrisy of decrying federal "entitlements" while having worked her entire adult life as a federal employee.

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Will the Citizens United Ruling Let Hugo Chavez and King Abdullah Buy U.S. Elections?

J. Gerald Hebert, executive director and director of litigation at the non-partisan Campaign Legal Center, told the Center for Public Integrity that the existing prohibition on foreign involvement does not refer to foreign controlled domestic corporations.

I just donated my Newsvine earnings to the Red Cross .. how about you?

$17.82. Yeah, not much, I admit. Took a year of Newsvine interaction to get it though ... (okay, so I'm a lousy earner!)

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A Holiday Gift for the Democrats: A well-used Occam's Razor

Neoliberalism is a recipe to ensure that poor and working people sniff in disgust at the Democratic Party and either stay home on election day or show up angry and in an unpredictable mood.

3 Biggest Blown Opportunities of Obama's Presidency

Imagine if these three huge economic engines -- the banks, the auto companies, the stimulus bill -- had been harnessed to a common green vision. If that had happened, demand for a complementary energy bill would have been part of a coherent transformative agenda.

SEIU: If We Had The Banks' $150 Billion Payday, We'd All Be Rich (Or At Least Financially Solvent)

SEIU crunched the numbers, and according to the union's new report, the nation's largest banks are on track to pay out $150 billion in bonuses and compensation this year.

A liberal prayer for our conservative U.S. Senators

O, Wrathful Jesus! We Beseech You, O Lord, to use your Divinely Chaff-separating Staff, or Rod, or Whatever, to do some Righteous Rebuking of our conservative U.S. Senators!

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American Hellboy

Not so many years ago, In the religion-as-opiate reality of Osama bin Laden and his ilk, a vision of the Twin Tower Devil Horns appeared, and they oh so needed to be cut off.

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If capitalism is crap, what's the solution?

"Humanity is exceeding the planet's carrying capacity for our species … If the Earth were to suffer a catastrophic…event over the next ten years, which it will, American business would continue to focus on its quarterly profit and loss.

How the heart tugs

What does it mean To be alive, to peer Into the emptiness of loss And yet still wonder How the heart tugs

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There's more than one way to split an atom

Fast reactors could power this country for decades using that same waste as fuel. Fast reactors also happen to be about 100 times more efficient in converting that radioactive mass into electrical energy than thermal reactors, meaning they use relatively less fuel over time.

Bhopal: Corporate Terrorism?

This is the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, an epic mess that started one night when a pesticide plant owned by the American chemical giant Union Carbide leaked a cloud of poisonous gas.

Arianna Huffington on Internet Journalism

A really great article on the current state of Internet Journalism.

AIG now owns your water supply

"We have long considered water infrastructure as an attractive investment opportunity and an excellent complement to [our] existing energy infrastructure portfolio. Utilities Inc.

Impeach Obama Fund

Townhall.com ... ya gotta admire these folks' fearmongering tactics in getting suckers to send them money. Here's some excerpts from the e-mail I got: Radio-personality Tammy Bruce may have said it best:

Some tips for the job summit

Conservatives are always going on about how some bill will hurt mom and pop by taxing billionaires. Sometimes mom and pop even start to believe them. But hey, they'll believe this a lot quicker -- deal directly with mom and pop.

Burning Man Obama Sculpture Controversy

Lui Bolin, a Chinese artist, has recently gained international notoriety for his sculpture "Burning Man Obama." He is also famous for his "invisible" photographs.

SJ21 - Congressional Term Limits

S.J.Res.21 - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.

Liberal Mind Disease

Tribal survivalism run amok In an era of global Capitalism Your god's insane while Mine's a schmuck Best/not best bets on luck

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Black & Decker to merge with Stanley - goodbye another 10,000 jobs

"It's a match made in heaven," Stanley flack Tim Perra told reporters.

Paul Krugman: Free to Lose ... more jobs

But these aren't normal times. Right now, workers who lose their jobs aren't moving to the jobs of the future; they're entering the ranks of the unemployed and staying there.

The Corporate Empire Strikes Back: Corporate Dems Seek "Alternative" To Public Option. Again.

Every bill they support seems hand-tailored by lobbyists.

Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It

Appearing cheerful is vital in a society where all of life is monitored by an employer, a credit rating bureau or the media's projection of the world, and mediated by the financialization of life's every aspect.

The Wizard of Fools Gold

The fact of the matter is at the end of the day you won't know the half of it For the known unknowns exponentiate unexpectedly just when you think you got it all figured out This delightful puzzle fools you with a pot 'o gold at the end of the rainbow

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