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Liberty University declares Democrats immoral

May 22nd, 2009
Liberty University, the evangelical school in Virginia founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, is drawing heat Friday for its decision to revoke recognition of the College Democrats' chapter on campus. According to the Lynchburg News & Advance, the school decided a week ago the organization “stood against the moral principles” held by the school and [...]
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The Mormons Baptized Obama’s Mom

May 6th, 2009
In 2008, the Mormon Church baptized President Obama’s mother posthumously. Which didn’t surprise me much. But apparently the baptism was against the Mormon religious code because the dead are only supposed to be baptized when a living, Mormon relative submits them for it. And here I thought they were just baptizing the entire human race [...]
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Fox & MSNBC on Specter

April 28th, 2009
An event like Arlen Specter’s party switch really brings out the differences between Fox & MSNBC. Here’s MSNBC: Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter abruptly switched parties Tuesday, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year but also pushed Democrats within one seat of a 60-vote supermajority they need to push President Barack Obama’s [...]
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Betty Brown Thinks Your Names Are Too Difficult

April 11th, 2009
The Texas Democratic Party demanded an apology Wednesday from state Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell for suggesting Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.” via Wonkette
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Did Reagan Try to Convert Gorbachev?

March 16th, 2009
Ronald Reagan may have tried to make a believer of Mikhail Gorbachev. The president said he had a letter from the widow of a young World War II soldier. He was lying in a shell hole at midnight, awaiting an order to attack. He had never been a believer, because he had been told God did [...]
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America Is Divided by Religion

March 2nd, 2009
No real surprise, but the liberal/conservative divide in the US falls pretty closely in line with the religious/non-religious divide.
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Harkin Is Disappointed

March 2nd, 2009
Senator Tom Harkin is disappointed that an alternative medicine center he helped to fund has been disproving alternative therapies. “One of the purposes of this center was to investigate and validate alternative approaches. Quite frankly, I must say publicly that it has fallen short,” Harkin said. The senator went on to lament that, since its inception in [...]
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Joe the Congressman Would Assault His Colleagues

February 25th, 2009
Wurzelbacher has been pondering a run for Congress and said, “If I became a congressman I would literally bang people's heads together and probably get in a lot of trouble.” Literally!
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President Bush Is Clearly Not Brain Dead

September 12th, 2008
PolitiFact tracks the truth + lies that politicians tell. For instance, John McCain has racked up 6 “Pants on Fire” grade claims. Neither Barack Obama nor Sarah Palin have been that egregious (though Obama does have a number of “False” and “Barely True” claims). I was very curious to check out what Joe Biden’s two [...]
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Lose Your House, Lose Your Vote

September 12th, 2008
Republicans in Michigan are planning to to challenge the right to vote of people undergoing foreclosure. via Boing Boing
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