Tagged: politics

Sometimes the universe makes something perfect happen… kirklove : pheelmore : Best freudian slip ever. So perfect you couldn't make it up.

Another interesting article from good ol' High Country News , this time about Richard West Sellars, a former NPS employee whose 1997 book, Preserving Nature in the Natural Parks , showed the "gaps" in the National Park Service belief that it was a preservation agency. The book is widely credited for inspiring the Natural Resource Challenge , a 1999 initiative that made resource management and preservation the agency's top priority. Read the article in full here . [...]

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Congratulations in advance to President Barack Obama on his re-election for a second term. The dude 30 seconds in pretty much has it right. Unless the economy goes south, an Obama re-election is a lock IMHO....

Don't believe the hype! Related: 'Obamacare' to the rescue : A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind.

Yahoo: "Did Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus) endorse GOP candidate Ron Paul for president? "Well, sort of. The rapper posted a photo of Paul on his Facebook page Sunday [...]

This new HBO film follows John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from his selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, to their ultimate defeat in the general election. The political drama, which stars Ed Harris as John McCain, Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, and Woody Harrelson as campaign strategist Steve Schmidt, is set to premiere March 10th @ 9PM ET on HBO.

This is not something to sleep on. Sign it you douchenozzle. The "Harper Government" is making major changes to our legal landscape and I for one find it deeply disturbing. Not even getting into the whole "Harper Government" name change either... This is Canada, not Harperland.

By Willee Roberts Last Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of operations at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Bush-era fear tactics rationalized the creation of the military prison despite its defiance of Geneva Convention protocol against torture. In Obama's early days in office, he attempted to follow through on his campaign promise to close the camp and return terror suspects to US soil. Gitmo remains open, with 171 prisoners still confined to living in its inhumane conditions. Obama is not soft on terrorism. Beware America: Osama is dead, but terror lives on. This time, it [...]

Election time means one important thing: crazy ass campaign videos. Here I've been lamenting over the loss of Herman Cain and all those ideas "swirrrrlin'" around his head while forgetting [...]

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Eyewitness, first-person accounts of the January 2011 Egyptian uprising.

soupsoup : via Brett Smiley at New York Mag This is totally a Will and Carlton celebratory hug thing.

Ah, this morning's lavish coverage of Mick Jagger turning up at Dave and/or Boris' expensive Davos tea party must have thrilled the Number 10 press office. The grins have probably faded somewhat , as Jagger has pulled out, fuming at being described, for example, as a Tory by Gordon Smart this morning: The Rolling Stones frontman said: "During my career I have always eschewed party politics and came to Davos as a guest, as I thought it would be stimulating. "I have always been interested in economics and world events. [...]

A mighty rain fell all night and pounded the roof. It was a sweet sound to me, and I easily fell asleep. This morning when I went out to get the papers, I saw the snow was just about gone. Only a few small piles remain, and they won't last long. It will be 50° today. No sun again this morning, just a gray sky, but the sun will be by later. I'll be happy to see it after so long. The Bruins were at the White House yesterday to be feted by the President for winning the [...]

A mighty rain fell all night and pounded the roof. It was a sweet sound to me, and I easily fell asleep. This morning when I went out to get the papers, I saw the snow was just about gone. Only a few small piles remain, and they won't last long. It will be 50° today. No sun again this morning, just a gray sky, but the sun will be by later. I'll be happy to see it after so long. The Bruins were at the White House yesterday to be feted by the President for winning the [...]

Retake With all the issues and deficits he was given, I think he's done a great job. Change didn't happen as fast as many would've liked but change is happening . I think a lot of people think, "He's the president. He can change things at the drop of a dime." No, that's a dictator. Our country is a democratic republic democracy , meaning there are many voices and opinions that go into a decision, bill, or law.

Best blurb..."Maybe this is fun? Maybe it isn't." I am glad Paul calling Santorum "Overly sensitive" made the cut.

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Fuck the internet. Fuck Twitter. Fuck Facebook. Fuck Google. I'm worried about my fucking treasure. Why doesn't the government support a fucking real bill, the god damned Stop Offline Piracy Act of 2012! I hate pirates. They always boarding me ship and swashbucklin' me mates. Gay pirates are even worse. They always boarding me ship and swashbucklin' me mates. [...]