Friday, October 24, 2014

Salon.com: Why conservatives prefer propaganda to reality

October 24th, 2014
George W. Bush, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell

America's modern political nightmare: Two electorates, separate and unequal

The glee with which the GOP relies on Obama-hate to turn out its base shows the disturbing racial reality of 2014

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Democratic blame game begins: Campaign staffers point finger at White House instead of their own flimsy strategies

Dem staffers are furious at Obama for saying their candidates vote "with him." Maybe these aren't strong campaigns

Staff of the emergency medical services in France (SAMU) wear Ebola virus protection outfits, Paris, October 24, 2014.

How to survive an apocalypse: What pop culture taught me about living through the end of the world

Everything I've gleaned from such wellsprings of post-apocalyptic wisdom as "World War Z" and "The Walking Dead"

Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert worries that gay soldiers "getting massages all day" leave us "vulnerable to terrorism"

A discussion of the U.S. military's campaign against Ebola takes a very strange turn VIDEO

David Koch, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump

One Percent's politics of nothing: Why inequality is absent in these midterms

For all the money spent and all the attention paid, this year's midterms feel incredibly small. Here's why

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles

Midterm campaigns' silver lining: Simpson-Bowles gets toxic!

Democrats are learning the hard way not to support plans with Social Security cuts. But at least they're learning VIDEO

Scott Walker, Bob Beauprez

The right's new "choice" sham: GOP phonies embrace the word while railroading abortion access

Colorado gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez's record on "choice" is bad. His record on access is worse

Margo Howard

Petty, obsessive, egotistical, self-loathing: Margo Howard, William Giraldi and why authors need to stay off the Internet

A rash of wacky essays complaining about reviewers and Cormac McCarthy comparisons is a sign of a deeper problem

Peter King

GOP congressman demands "all out" surveillance of Muslims after Canadian Parliament shooting

Islamophobic New York Republican Peter King comes unhinged in interview with Newsmax TV VIDEO

ISIS representatives; Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

America's great terrorist mystery: When our allies and enemies engage in the same "evil"

From ISIL to the Saudis, our foreign policy -- and very sense of right and wrong -- can be very difficult to decode

Steve King

Tea Party congressman Steve King is pretty sure that gay people are going to hell

In interview with local newspaper, King says he doesn't "expect to meet them should I make it to heaven"

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Report: Shooting at high school north of Seattle

According to local television stations two people were airlifted to a hospital

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Before and after photos show the shocking extent of Sao Paulo's water crisis

Southeastern Brazil is in the middle of its worst drought in eight decades

Barbie, Aaron Paul

Back off Barbie, Aaron Paul

The "Breaking Bad" star throws shade in the wrong direction

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins wants to create a "cosmic tombstone" of humanity and blast it into space

The evolutionary biologist wants there to be a record of Shakespeare, Bach and more after we're extinct VIDEO

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11 truly horrifying fast food creations

Cheese sauce on *everything*

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This award-winning photo stunningly captures the essence of a threatened species

The photo is the winning entry for this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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Oregon court says ripping out clumps of someone's hair isn't necessarily assault

Apparently, pulling a person's hair from their scalp doesn't cause "substantial pain" or "physical impairment"

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"Honey Boo Boo" canceled over matriarch's relationship with convicted child molester

Mark McDaniel was convicted in 2004 and served 10 years in prison

Pope Francis

Pope Francis slams criminal justice system: Condemns death penalty and harsh prison conditions

"A life sentence is a hidden death penalty"







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