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Politics
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05.26.08How Astrology Ruined Myanmar’s EconomyIf you have been following the news, you no doubt would have heard by now of Cyclone Nargis hitting Myanmar (also known as Burma) and the ruling military junta's piss-poor disaster relief initiatives that makes FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina look like a shining moment in the Bush Administration's history. It is estimated as of today that 155,000 people are dead and that number is certain to rise given the complete lack of food or medical aid and the completely unwillingness of the government to aid its own people. Apparently the regime is more concerned that foreign journalists and aid ...
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05.22.08“God sent an angel, and his name was Adolf.”That's what controversial Pastor and John McCain surrogate might as well have said during a speech in the late 1990s claiming that Adolf Hitler was fulfilling the will of God by driving the Jews out of Europe and back into the Levant so the world would be one step closer to the Rapture and Armageddon. You can hear the entire sermon here (thanks to Crooks and Liars for the link) - Continue Reading...
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05.20.08CANCELLED EventCANCELLED We will be rescheduling this for the upcoming Fall 2008 quarter. See you then! Today's hard right seeks total dominion. It's packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself. From Theocracy Watch This presentation by Eddie Tabash is a sobering and chilling account of how a shift of just one vote on the U.S. Supreme Court could usher in a religious tyranny, and how the upcoming presidential election is pivotal to the future of the Court and to our most basic freedoms. Eddie Tabash is a constitutional lawyer in private practice in the Los Angeles area. ...
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05.18.08Random Thing of the DayThe 15-or so voters have spoken, so here it is, the FOX piece I was referring to. Warning - only cynics and masochists need press "Play" This is a FOX Opinion News Network documentary propaganda piece featuring Newt Gingrich that appeals to their right-wing audience and runs through all the talking points of why church and state should be joined at the hip. They never mention specifically what kind of religion the US should adopt, but it's pretty obvious by looking at the logo. [poll id="4"]
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05.10.08Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Refutation Part III - 1:00:01 to the EndHere's the last part of my refutation (it's a good thing midterms are over). This one will be shorter, since many of the points Stein tries to bring across are redundant. Here is Part I and Part II of my refutation. 1:00:52 - Hitler's views on superior races mirrors Darwin's own theories, and a necessary pre-requisite to Nazism was Darwinism. At the time, many eugenicists used Darwin's theory to justify the slaughter of Jews, Slavs, and infirms en masse. The Anti-Defamation League respectfully disagrees - "The film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed misappropriates the Holocaust and its imagery as a part of its political ...
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05.08.08Socially Conservative GOP Congressman Admits to Fathering Love ChildIf you ever needed another case of an exemplar of the religious right engaging in depraved behavior that s/he has spent his/her life decrying and passing legislation against*, then look no further than GOP Congressman Vito Fossella of New York. According to Ontheissues.org, Fossella is a "hard-core conservative" who voted for mandatory school prayer in public school, is a hard-liner on reproductive rights, and has the following ratings from the following advocacy groups: Americans United For Separation of Church and State - 0% Human Rights Campaign (Pro-LGBT) - 0% NARAL Pro-Choice America - 0% National Right to Life Committee ("Pro-Life") - 82% Christian Coalition (Pro-Theocracy) - ...
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