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8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
By Andy on March 30, 2011
HEADLINE: Cord Blood Cures Baby’s Grapefruit-Sized Tumor – FoxNews.com.
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By Andy on February 20, 2011
Via Metafilter: I get feedback from our patients, and the common thread that people are surprised at the respect with which we treat them. Over and over, I hear how impressed people are that we’re friendly, we’re clean, we don’t make them feel like bad people for accessing (STI services, birth control, abortion services). I [...]
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By Andy on February 17, 2011
Chris Heges on Alternet: The most essential skill in political theater and the consumer culture is artifice. Those who are best at artifice succeed. Those who have not mastered the art of artifice fail. In an age of images and entertainment, in an age of instant emotional gratification, we do not seek or want honesty. [...]
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By Andy on June 30, 2010
‘Manders asks her whether there is “any reason at all for an abortion,” and she answers: “Not in my book.” For clarity, he says: “So, in other words, rape and incest would not be something?” And Angle replies with this reasoning: “You know, I’m a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and [...]
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By Andy on June 30, 2010
Paul, a Presbyterian layman, campaigned at a Christian Home Educators of Kentucky convention where he was peppered with questions about his religious beliefs, brushing aside one about the age of the earth that he later described as ridiculous. ”I’m not running for minister,” Paul said later. “I’m more than willing to stand up and say I’m [...]
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By Andy on June 17, 2010
So happy to know they have crazy assholes down under: The outspoken Steve Fielding, from the conservative Family First Party, [presumably implying all opponents hate families] said women could attempt to cheat the centre-left Labor government’s plans for paid leave by deliberately conceiving a child they never intended to have. ”Drug addicts and welfare cheats can [...]
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By Andy on May 18, 2010
Glimmers: A member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Saudi religious police known locally as the Hai’a, asked the couple to confirm their identities and relationship to one another, as it is a crime in Saudi Arabia for unmarried men and women to mix. For unknown reasons, the young [...]
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By Andy on May 17, 2010
He’s ready for another close-up. The Rove brand was tarnished in 2006, when Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate. His exit from the White House the following year was dogged by scandals, from the political firing of U.S. attorneys to the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. And with his longtime enemy [...]
Posted in 13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption, 3. Enemies and Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause, 5. Rampant Sexism, 6. Controlled Mass Media, 7. Obsession with National Security, 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined, 9. Corporate Power is Protected
By Andy on May 17, 2010
More textbook revision from the assholes in Texas: Cynthia Dunbar does not have a high regard for her local schools. She has called them unconstitutional, tyrannical and tools of perversion. The board is to vote on a sweeping purge of alleged liberal bias in Texas school textbooks in favour of what Dunbar says really matters: a [...]
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By Andy on May 4, 2010
Complete lack of surprise: The profile touts his “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)” and explains he is “sensual,” “wild,” and “up for anything” — as long you ask first. And as long as you pay. That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami — the callboy’s client and, [...]
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