Sword of Chomsky posted:

So Michelle Malkin tried to make fun of the first lady, and ended up embarrassing herself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1iRdUwnFWo

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/theres-a-conservative-parody-of-michelle-obamas-evolution-of

I love the faces she makes. You can feel the spite and hatred emanating from her dance moves.

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The findings from this paper indicate that while bicycle helmet laws are widespread and thought to be effective, the net effect of these laws on health outcomes is actually not straight-forward. It is clear that there are offsetting behaviors and unintended consequences of these 21 laws, and these effects need to be considered by policymakers.

anonumos posted:

How is she even relevant still? Are we Americans that shallow?



(found here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2966593/posts)

Sword of Chomsky posted:

You're all going to hate me for this.

New study came out this week on our favorite subject.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w18773






It seems to me after doing a brief reading, that while there is a definite decrease in the number of children hurt, it may be resulting in less people riding bikes. I say it is worth it.

Sword of Chomsky posted:

You're all going to hate me for this.

New study came out this week on our favorite subject.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w18773






It seems to me after doing a brief reading, that while there is a definite decrease in the number of children hurt, it may be resulting in less people riding bikes. I say it is worth it.

Broken Machine posted:

In today's conservative PAC news, we have racism, sexism, conspiracy theory and jingoism all wrapped up in a nice slimeball from Progress Kentucky:



...Oh wait, did I say conservative? Sadly, Progress Kentucky is ostensibly progressive. (more context)

spankmeister posted:

Cool, make them mandatory for kids, but not adults, problem solved.

Broken Machine posted:

In today's conservative PAC news, we have racism, sexism, conspiracy theory and jingoism all wrapped up in a nice slimeball from Progress Kentucky:

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For italian workers in the construction industry, crippled by the recession, yesterday [february 13 i guess?] was 'La Giornata della Collera' - 'the Day of Anger'.
In front of the milan stock exchange, workers, laborers, clerks, surveyors, architects and real estate agents brought attention to a sector that in the past five years,
according to data from the center for economic research and market sociology, has lost 157 thousand companies as well as 893 thousand employees.

Broken Machine posted:

In today's conservative PAC news, we have racism, sexism, conspiracy theory and jingoism all wrapped up in a nice slimeball from Progress Kentucky:



...Oh wait, did I say conservative? Sadly, Progress Kentucky is ostensibly progressive. (more context)

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The people who started and support Progress Kentucky are united behind three simple convictions:

First, we can’t keep going on like this. McConnell’s been in Washington too long.

Second, Kentucky deserves better than this. Our kids deserve a better future than this.

And third, it’s up to all us to bring the change about. No one else is going to do it for us.

Snoggle posted:

It seems like the only thing progressive about the organization is that it has "progress" in its name. After looking at the website, and PAC's tweets the only mission objective is to out Mitch McConnell and have any kind of (D) senator instead. There is about zero mention of any kind of issue at all other than the idea of Ditch Mitch. The entire about us page consists of two things: 1. Mitch is a dumb head. 2. Here's how you give us money.

Joementum posted:

Saint Sputnik posted:

Muhammad Ali posted:

“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me friend of the family."

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Colin Powell posted:

"In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between Americal Division soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent."

The Observer posted:

Senor Gato posted:

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Hey, did you know Border Patrol agents are fond of destroying the food and water caches left in the desert crossing so people don’t die of hunger and thirst? 179 people died crossing between Mexico and Arizona last year, where this happened.

Way to contribute to the deaths of innocent people, sworn officers of the American government!

ekuNNN posted:

Gazpacho posted:

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Thomas and Olive Hamilton were also instrumental in expanding the Klan’s influence in Augusta. Early in October, for example, during a Billy Graham revival in Augusta, the Klan’s Grand Dragon, Dr. Samuel Green chartered a women’s Ku Klux Klan in Augusta. Though the Grand Dragon refused to reveal their actual numbers, he said that “the Augusta women had the minimum requirement of 100 more than three months ago.” The Grand Dragon also told the press that the number of klansmen in the Augusta Klavern “spurted forward 500 in membership in the past three months and is continuing that rapid growth.”

Less than a week after the Graham crusade ended, moreover, Hamitlon’s church, the Woodlawn Baptist Church, started its own revival. Not surprisingly, the Klan’s Grand Dragon, Dr. Samuel Green, appeared in Augusta on the second night of Woodlawn’s revival. This time he initiated 164 new Klansmen in ceremonies witnessed by some 1,000 members of the Augusta Klavern. The Klan was growing by “leaps and bounds,” Green explained, and Augusta had “a strong outfit” with “some of the best people in the community” as members. “The people in Georgia,” he stated, “are becoming more and more cognizant that they must fight for states’ rights, and they are beginning to do something about it.”

Woodlawn’s revival was in its final days on November 2 when the States’ Rights Democratic Party, with South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond at its head, won only 4 states in the presidential elections: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. Indeed, the party quickly dissolved in the aftermath of President Harry Truman’s upset victory in 1948.

Hamilton and his family continued their efforts, however, to improve the Klan's image in Augusta. He and Olive led the local klavern in distributing food and money "toward brightening Christmas for Augusta's needy." The Augusta Chronicle briefly described the Klan campaign in an article accompanied by a photograph showing Hamilton and other Klan leaders sorting canned goods as his daughter Sally watches. Though the Klan "spokesman" interviewed for the story was never identified by name, there can be little doubt it was Hamilton.

ekuNNN posted:

Broken Machine posted:

Does anyone else think this picture looks a little... off?




In today's conservative PAC news, we have racism, sexism, conspiracy theory and jingoism all wrapped up in a nice slimeball from Progress Kentucky:



...Oh wait, did I say conservative? Sadly, Progress Kentucky is ostensibly progressive. (more context)

Peven Stan posted:

I'm a former Progress Missouri staffer. Assuming they're all part of the same franchise, Progress _______ is basically a labor backed progressive political action group.

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Shane continued to scream in Maggie's face as Memphis wedged herself between them. At some point, the toddler had stopped crying and began trying to soothe her weeping mother.

The Observer posted: