Submitted to a Candid World

According to… *ahem*… conservative talk radio, and Faux News, McCain is considering choosing a pro-choice running mate.  Honestly, I’d be shocked if he did.  I consider this an attempt to bluster one’s way into the spot light, and accrue some moderate “street cred” with a little talk and no action.  If turnout is the key [...]

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Conservapedia was just hacked and replaced with viruses.  DO NOT follow any links from this site to Conservapedia; your computer could potentially be infected.

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I’ve written about this before, but Christina of “Yes to Democracy” sets the important talking points - the easy, one-liner ways of getting across message - to snappy classical music:
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I understand that there do exist anti-feminist women - those paradoxical entities who think that [...]

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Talk about witness impeachment on character for truthfulness. Corsi, the “author” of debunked hit jobs and fake-bestsellers “Unfit for Command” and “The Obama Nation,” buys into the whole “government responsible for 9/11″ movement. Check the clip here.

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Overheard at an Atlanta restaurant: “I’ve had it up to here with those university eggheads.  I see a situation, I go with my gut.  That’s why I love Bush; he’s the kind of man to get something done.”  *glasses clink*
For some - not just for fundamentalists - the difference between parody and serious political insanity [...]

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Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of bad information circulating out there on the internet.  There’s also a lot of bad argument.  By taking the time to delve into some of the spin propogated by conservative websites, I hope to offset both, at the minimal price of my sanity and blood pressure, typically raised to unhealthy levels [...]

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God and Editor-in-Chief willing, I’m soon to be published in NYU’s Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, for a piece arguing that the Supreme Court’s recent decision on abortion, Gonzales v. Carhart,1 misunderstands science, and gives the legislature carte blanche to use sham science to prop up otherwise unconstitutional laws.2  Among other instances of the [...]

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Thanks to Christina of “Yes to Democracy” for inviting me to be a guest contributor (an offer which I’ve happily accepted).  I’ve written my first post over there, on the impact John McCain would have on the U.S. Supreme Court, and why feminist PUMAs’ opposition to Obama makes so little sense.  Please read the rest [...]

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