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Mitt Romney: 'I'll Take A Lot Of Credit' For Auto Industry Recovery

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 1:48 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Despite his 2008 call to "let Detroit go bankrupt," presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that he would "take a lot of credit" for his impact on the U.S. automobile industry's comeback. During an interview with WEWS-TV in Cleveland following a cam …

politics, op-ed, delusion, bankrupcy, auto-bailout, mitt-romnet, nrw-york-times

The Flip Side of Romney's Flops [VIDEO]

Sun May 6, 2012 2:07 PM EDT

So this is the guy the Right is supposed to get behind? Seriously? If you're a conservative you need to ask yourself how and who really picked Mitt. If you're true to your cause you need to be thinking 3rd party or a brokered convention at the very least. CoH please.

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politics, republican-party, flip-flop, third-party, etch-a-sketch, mitt-romeny, campaign-2012

Why Is Mitt Romney So Incredibly Weird?

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:59 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

[...] He seems incapable of natural conversation and frequently uncomfortable in his own skin. He’s simultaneously dorkily earnest and ingratiatingly insincere. He suggests a brilliantly designed politician android with an operating system still clearly in beta. [...]

politics, gop, mitt-romney, mormon-church, weirdness, campaign-2012

ALEC Retreats Under Pressure, Ends Push For 'Stand Your Ground,' Voter ID Laws

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

WASHINGTON -- The American Legislative Exchange Council, the controversial corporate-sponsored lobbying group whose push for "stand your ground" gun laws and voter ID legislation ignited grassroots protests, announced Tuesday that it is getting out of the social policy field to …

us-news, state-legislation, voter-id, social-legislation, alec, stab-your-ground

George Zimmerman To Be Charged In Trayvon Martin Shooting: Report

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

George Zimmerman will reportedly be charged in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to the Washington Post. NBC News confirms the report. On Tuesday night, Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey told reporters that she would hold a news conference with an announcement on …

us-news, trayvon-martin, george-zommerma, angela-cory

Tacocopter Aims To Deliver Tacos Using Unmanned Drone Helicopters

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:49 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an unmanned drone helicopter shooting a taco from space down at you and your colleagues during lunchtime! The Internet is going wild for Tacocopter, perhaps the next great startup out of Silicon Valley, which boasts a busin …

business, helicopter, start-up, taco, tacos, drones, taco-delivery

Extremists Go To 'War' In The Arizona Desert

Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:38 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Early last year, a young neo-Nazi called his girlfriend from a jail cell in Phoenix. She was upset. She was confused. She wanted to know why FBI agents were in her living room saying they caught him making pipe bombs and stockpiling other explosives. “Why were you guys m …

fbi, mexico, arizona, immigration, terrorism, border-patrol, us-news, white-supremists, ied, national-socialist-movement

Federal Judge Sent Joke Email Implying Obama's Mother Had Sex With Dog

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 9:54 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Montana Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull, a George W. Bush nominee, admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded a racially-charged email implying that President Barack Obama might have been the product of a sexual encounter between his mother and a dog.

politics, email, barack-obama, racist, montana, us-federal-justice

House Republicans Reject Payroll Tax Cut Deal

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday soundly rejected a bill approved by the Senate that would have extended the payroll tax cut for most Americans beyond the end of the year and allowed millions of unemployed people to continue receiving jobless benefits.

taxes, politics, unemployment, republicans, tax-break, harry-reid, christmas, john-boehner, democats

Record-high 50% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana use

Seeded on Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:20 PM EDT (CNN)

PRINCETON, NJ - A record-high 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year.

marijuana, pot, us-news, cannabis, gallup, growing-support

Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dies At 56 : NPR

Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 7:54 PM EDT (NPR)

Steve Jobs — the man who brought us the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac — has died. The co-founder of Apple was 56 years old.

business, cancer, death, apple, steve-jobs

Borowitz Report: Rebels Fan Across Libya Dressed as Condoleezza Rice

Seeded on Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:48 PM EDT ()

TRIPOLI (The Borowitz Report) – In an all-out effort to capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, rebels fanned out across the country today dressed as former U.S.

libya, condoleezza-rice, world-news, satire, kadhafi

U.S. National Debt Graph - What Republicans never tell you

Seeded on Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:39 PM EDT (zfacts.com)

Reagan got elected by telling the country the debt was "out of control." Compared to national income, it was the lowest in 50 years. He probably didn't know. But his supply-side economists did. They lied to America.

economy, debt, reagan, us-news, supply-side-economics, democrate, rebulican

Newsweek's Michele Bachmann Cover Raises Eyebrows

Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 10:41 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Newsweek's latest issue features a Michele Bachmann cover that's sure to stir up controversy. The cover shows Bachmann standing against a stark blue background, looking directly into the camera with a wide-eyed expression.

media, us-news, newsweek, machelle-bachmann

Woman Allegedly Kicked Out Of Walmart For Wearing A String Bikini (VIDEO)

Seeded on Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:49 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Walmart just lost what we imagine would have been a lifelong customer. Sandy McMillin decided to take her bikini body to Eugene, Oregon's big box store to pick up some sour cream, chips and coffee creamer in 90-degree heat.

us-news, bikini, customer, walmart

The Pot Republic: One Sheriff's Quietly Radical Experiment | FRONTLINE | PBS

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:59 PM EDT (PBS)

Last week, federal, state and local law enforcement officials kicked off the largest ever series of raids on illegal marijuana grows in northern California.

sheriff, marijuana, us-news, cannabis, growers, medical-cannabis, medocino

Mendocino Forest braces for major pot raids | California Watch

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:48 PM EDT ()

Law enforcement agents in six northern counties are preparing for the largest series of marijuana raids ever conducted in this part of California. Operation Full Court Press will unleash hundreds of local, state and federal agents into the Mendocino National Forest later this su …

marijuana, pot, us-news, dea, cannabis, mendocino, growers, eradication-raids

Web Browser Add-Ons Let Users Block News Corp-Owned Websites

Seeded on Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:18 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Does all the talk of News Corp's alleged hacking have you feeling a bit paranoid? Well, there's an app for that. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers last week received add-ons that allow users to block News Corp-owned and operated websites.

technology, fox, news-corp, firefox, chrome-browser-apps, content-block

Anders Behring Breivik Identified As Suspect In Norway Shooting

Seeded on Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:33 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The 32-year-old Norwegian man who allegedly went on a shooting spree on the island of Utoya has been identified as Anders Behring Breivik, according to multiple reports. The Daily Mail and Sky News were among those to report the suspect's name.

norway, bombing, world-news, christian, right-wing, oslo, mass-murder, anders-breivik

Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures

Seeded on Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:46 AM EDT (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)

Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they've made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They've promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are being considered for mortgage modifications.

bank-of-america, us-news, foreclosure, home-mortgage, financial-melt-down, comptroller-of-the-currency

BREAKING: Weiner to resign after sexting scandal, source says

Seeded on Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:03 AM EDT (CNN)

Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Anthony Weiner plans to resign from Congress in the wake of a "sexting" scandal with several women and lies he repeatedly told about it, a Democratic source with knowledge of Weiner's plans said Thursday.

resigns, politics, resignation, not-news, scandle, anthony-weiner

Scientology's Narconon Rehab Clinics: Are They a Racket Trying to Make New Converts?

Seeded on Mon Jun 6, 2011 1:00 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

fbi, us-news, l-ron-hubbard, drug-rehab, narconon, church-of-scientology

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Peter Diamond Withdraws Fed Nomination Due To GOP Obstruction

Seeded on Mon Jun 6, 2011 11:28 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Last year, Federal Reserve Board nominee Peter Diamond won the Nobel Prize in Economics.

economics, federal-reserve, us-news, nobel-prize, nomination, richard-shelby, peter-dimond, nomination-whithdrawn

[UPDATE] Clarence Thomas And The Real Reason Behind #Weinergate

Seeded on Fri Jun 3, 2011 12:38 PM EDT ()

OK, so the right-wing noise machine wants you to talk about Anthony Weiner’s wiener. That’s the ONLY thing they want you to talk about.

us-news, clarence-thomas, anita-hill, tea-party, heritage-foundation, famed, rep-anthony-weiner, andrew-breitbart, sotus, jinni-thomas

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If The White House Garden Grew Subsidized Crops; A Garden Diagram

Seeded on Wed Jun 1, 2011 8:55 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The image below details what the White House Garden would look like if it was planted with subsidized crops from the Food and Farm Bill (via Slow Food USA Twitter). The image, created by Kitchen Gardeners International, shows the layout of the Spring 2011 White House garden.

food, politics, subsidized-farming, hwhitehouse-garden, agracultural-subsidies

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