What sounds crazier? That economic stimulus checks were remitted to Massachusetts prisoners, or that the Social Security Administration asked them to return the cash. They're called criminals for a reason. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Look at what politicians are currently lying about. There's also an Obama Meter and a Flip Meter. picked by shuallyo 3 months ago

The man who challenged Obama on health care. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg tried to defend pharmaceutical companies claiming that the companies and their CEOs don't make much money. I guess to a billionaire, $17.3 million salaries such as Merck & Co.'s chief executive, Richard T. Clark qualifies as pocket change. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Declaring food as kosher is a huge multi-million dollar business. Georgia law states that only an Orthodox Jew can declare food to be kosher. None of the other Jewish sects, no other Jewish group can do so. Rabbi Shalom Lewis contends that this is unconstitutional. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

A post at townhall.com (which has since been removed) posited the idea that Michelle's mother performs Satanic “Afro-Hispanic” witchcraft rituals, in the White House. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

The test subjects on both sides of the political aisle reached totally biased conclusions by ignoring information that could not rationally be discounted. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

When the political winds shift -- when a party is voted out of power or a policy is panned by the public -- Washington turns to its favorite pastime: the blame game. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

An Idaho Republican Party leader who helped oust the state GOP chairman in 2008 faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after an altercation escalated while he photographed a home with a delinquent mortgage. picked by muppet 3 months ago

The Texas State Board of Education review committee is preparing to vote on a draft of proposed standards for history textbooks. Noting that the draft has “nothing about liberals,” The first draft says students should be expected “to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly and the Moral Majority.” [... read full post picked by Bingo 3 months ago

A notorious New Jersey hate blogger charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI “agent provocateur” paid to disseminate right-wing rhetoric. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday—a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling battle against drug traffickers. picked by JoshSF49 3 months ago

Does Mrs. Obama have an unprecedented number of staffers in a time when 34 million Americans - a record number - rely on food stamps to feed their families?

Laura Bush was no slouch either. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Excellent article about the state of politics in the US. Discusses how the media presents itself as an unbiased "umpire" between two rival sides, even when one side has absolutely no legitimite evidence to back it up. How faith-based thinking allows people to believe in something that has nothing to back it up. picked by theclansman 3 months ago

Don't give in to the crazy theories, people. Know the facts. picked by lynxears 3 months ago

Secret-societies rule the world, Elvis is still alive and working down at the Piggly-Wiggly and giant lizards are in the White House. We certainly love our conspiracy theories and the Internet has become a giant repository of the paranoid, the disturbing and the downright crazy. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

"Death panels" is such an excellent term. You know exactly what it means, and therefore you know you're against them. Debate over. This term more than anything else seems to have unified the opposition to the Obama health care proposals. It fuels the anger that has essentially shut down "town hall" meetings intended for the discussion of the issues. A perspective from Roger E... read full post picked by suebe 3 months ago

Leading conservative economist Bruce Bartlett writes that the Obama-hating town-hall mobs have it wrong—the person they should be angry with left the White House seven months ago. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president. picked by lynxears 3 months ago

A consumer watchdog columnist was fired from a Hartford newspaper he had worked at for forty years after writing a piece that exposed allegations against retail giant Sleepy's for selling second-hand mattresses as new—including one with bedbugs. picked by suebe 3 months ago

With Republicans warning (falsely) the nation's elderly that health care reform will implement "death panels" to mercilessly determine whether you deserve treatment or not, Bill Maher took a moment to explore what such a panel would look like. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Baida is one of 16 female would-be suicide-bomber suspects or accomplices who have been captured by the police in Diyala Province since the beginning of 2008; almost as many have blown themselves up. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country.
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A warning of creeping totalitarianism in U.S. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A compromise? WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run health insurance as part of his ambitious health care proposal.Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance c... read full post picked by shuallyo 3 months ago