Headline of the day

This is a beauty. Via ThinkProgress.

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How to accidentally become a Republican

Ellis said there were concerns about Grussendorf’s party affiliation. Grussendorf was a registered Republican until just weeks ago. He changed his registration to Democrat to qualify for appointment to the seat that opened when Juneau Democrat Kim Elton resigned for a job in the Obama administration.
Palin, who must choose a Juneau Democrat for the seat, [...]

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Please monitor this volcano 54 miles from Seattle

It’s kind of important.

Info on Mt. Rainier, here. This excellent photo is via Seattle rainscreens photostream.
Update: CNN article, here.

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A little late

It seems that now Republicans all of a sudden care about preserving white house emails.
A California Republican congressman has called on President Obama to put in place a system that ensures all White House emails be preserved even if official business was done through private e- mail accounts.
Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the [...]

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Unexpected insight and honesty from the Republicans

I’ve always thought religious extremism was really the same all over the world if you swap out the religion with another. Pete Sessions (R-TX):
“Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban,” Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. “And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to [...]

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What is with the Republican obsession with intellectual lightweights?

John Aravosis asks the question:
What is with the Republican obsession with intellectual lightweights? From Ronald Reagan through George W. Bush, Republicans have not just tolerated a decided lack of brainpower in their political icons, they’ve actually embraced these characters precisely because they’re so “regular guy.” The problem, of course, is that regular guys are great [...]

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Hitler and Stalin rolled into one

According to Rep. Paul Broun (R) from Georgia that’s what Obama is. It’s quite brilliant to get that two-in-one combination to work out logically.
A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.”It may sound a bit crazy and off base, [...]

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Rush is a communist

Giving further proof that right-wing Republicans haven’t a clue what socialism is, we find this statement from Rush Limbaugh:
We’re going to get some rank and file, average American Democrats that are going to vote for McCain.  But these hoity-toity bourgeoisie…
Well, they’re not the bourgeoisie, but… Well, they are in a sense. They’re following their own [...]

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They don’t give up power easily, do they?

investigation of ACORN as a shameful and inappropriate politicization of Justice
voters duped into registering as Republicans
Joe Deters, who serves as John McCain’s Southwest Ohio campaign chairman, has requested personal information for some individuals who registered and immediately cast a ballot

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A fractured party

I’ve been interested in reading about Christopher Buckley’s removal from the National Review following his endorsement of Barack Obama. Most conservatives see Buckley, the son of The National Review founder William F. Buckley, and his endorsement as a betrayal to conservatives. Some conservatives like Kathleen Parker disagree saying “What does it mean that the right [...]

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Charges dropped against RNC protesters

Because of course there was never any evidence to convict in the first place. Besides the objective to eliminate the protester’s right to free speech was already accomplished.
Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested and charged with misdemeanors for unlawful assembly during the Republican National Convention, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said today.

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Travel guides with gay/lesbian sections

This is absolutely hilarious.
A campaign official for the Virginia Lieutenant Governor cancelled an order for 150 guidebooks to entertainment in Minneapolis-St. Paul after discovering they included a 6-8 page section for gay and lesbian nightclubs.
“Having a section dedicated solely to GLBT will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can’t hand [...]

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Unity a problem for Republicans?

Sure sounds like Mitt Romney was a bit miffed about being passed over for Vice President since he’s already talking about his own presidential run should McCain fail.
“I saw my dad serve in the Cabinet, and I learned something from that experience,” the former Massachusetts governor said Tuesday. “He felt he was kind of soldiered [...]

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Freedom to Assemble Peaceably

During the last eight years, I’ve thought a lot about my high school civics class. That’s where I was indoctrinated with the greatness that is the American constitution, but these eight years I’ve found everything I learned was mythology. I’ve come to resent fact that I was force to learn something that I loved only [...]

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Groups predict prostitution spike at RNC

Advocacy groups that fight prostitution in the Twin Cities are gearing up for what they believe will be a surge in activity during the Republican National Convention—even though police say they aren’t expecting it to be a problem.
The Twin Cities will see an influx of 35,000 visitors during the Republican convention from Sep. 1-4.
Vednita Carter, [...]

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Sacrifice

The price of gas is a topic that has consumed Americans for the last year. Now Republican senator John Warner has made a surprising suggestion: reduce the national speed limit to stretch gas mileage. It sounds perfectly reasonable. In fact, there is a precedent. In 1974 faced with an energy crisis Congress decided to create [...]

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Do we stay the course?

I’m the type of person who worries a lot. If I have nothing to worry about, I assure you I will think of something to worry about. My worries are primarily comprised of rare happenings like terrorist attacks, plane crashes, car seat problems, medical mishaps, child abductions, exploding cell phones, re-useable plastic bottles — you [...]

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Anti-Obama Thugs Tag Cars

Police on Sunday were investigating vandals’ spray-painting of dozens of city vehicles here, some with disparaging messages about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Authorities think the vandalism to about 60 vehicles, estimated at $10,000 in damage, was done Saturday afternoon, police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones said.
The vehicles were parked across from City Hall and [...]

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Defining Obama

From The Huffingtonpost:
As a rule, Republicans appreciate the value in defining the Democratic presidential nominee, and the GOP is usually pretty good at it. In 2000, Al Gore, they said, was an “exaggerator.” This was not only effective, thanks to a quick embrace by the media, it was also part of a narrative — when [...]

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Our Articulate President

Upon meeting me for the first time, it’s fairly regular for a person to tell me how much they like Thai food since I am part Thai. I understand it, after all that may be the only connection a person has to Thailand. Better that then mentioning a sex show you saw in Thailand (sadly [...]

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Picture of the Day

One has to give credit to the BBC for the juxtaposition of this photo and headline. The article is here.

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McCain and Judicial Nominees

In his own words, John McCain tells us what his judicial philosophy is. I am struck with how the current president and John McCain really do speak in code. He never uses the word abortion yet there is no doubt that the primary purpose of this speech is to ensure that he will appoint the [...]

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Fox News Doesn’t Know Who Frederick Douglas Is

Fox News anchors think Abraham Lincoln ran for President against a black man. Those were such progressive days after all. In this clip, the TV hosts discuss the stupidity of their intern while never noticing that the photo that is meant to be Lincoln’s opponent Stephen Douglas is actually abolitionist Frederick Douglas.
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Drink Until 4am at the Republican National Convention

Bar and restaurant hours during the Republican National Convention might be able to stretch into the wee hours of the morning after all, with new legislation that some prior naysayers are tentatively embracing.
A proposal for allowing bars to remain open until 4 a.m. around the time of the convention passed unanimously Tuesday through the House [...]

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Why McCain Can’t Win

If the polls are correct and Americans

Think the country is on the wrong track
Think going to war in Iraq was a mistake
Think we should leave Iraq

then I can’t see this man winning. With the exception of being a slightly better public speaker than George Bush, I ask you what does he say in this clip [...]

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