Unclear on the concept, militia division

There’s a guy on Facebook who’s cheering on the buffoons who’ve occupied a building in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge up in Oregon, saying on his Facebook account “Rise Up Patriots!! If I had the gas money, my girl and I would be there!” One wonders whether his girl agrees with that sentiment, but never …

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Why am I not surprised?

Privatization of government work has not been the cost-saver the Cato Institute and its fellow travelers on the right have claimed it would be, for reasons that are blindingly obvious to those who don’t wear ideological blinders. So argues Donald F. Kettl at the Washington Monthly, in a preview to a new book he’s written. …

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My fellow Americans

include a whole bunch of stupid bigoted people, I’m afraid. Carson, who drew widespread criticism after declaring on Sunday that the United States should not elect a Muslim president, is now raking in the cash from donors who share his anti-Islam sympathies. “We sent out an email to Carson supporters, and we’ve never had an …

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Loathsome, loathsome, loathsome

I can think of stronger words, but those will have to suffice to describe Mike Huckabee and his Forced-Pregnancy with Capitals F & P views. Read and retch. A 10-year-old Paraguayan girl was raped by her stepfather and became pregnant. Paraguayan law states that all abortions are illegal, no exceptions. When CNN host Dana Bash …

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