Category Archives: Politco Schmolitico

Explain to me why the world isn’t crazy. Please?

Posted on June 22, 2007 by lackhead

From Slate, an article about a sexual assault case where the words rape, assault, victim, and even “sexual assault kit” have been banned from being used in front of the jury. Also, Darth Cheney asserts that he isn’t part of … Continue reading →

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Sound bite-me.

Posted on June 18, 2007 by lackhead

Recently, a friend of mine who is, well, no big fan of Al Gore, sent me a link to a YouTube video of him talking about Saddam Hussein, terrorism, chemical weapons, etc. The title of the video is “Gore criticizes … Continue reading →

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This is War

Posted on June 2, 2007 by lackhead

A blog that I have recently tuned into is John Cole’s Ballon Juice. In particular, he had a rather terse post concerning the fact that a number of right-wing bloggers were expressing outrage that the “liberal blogosphere” was drudging up … Continue reading →

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Fact checking the Republican debate

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lackhead

The good folks over at Countdown with Keith Olbermann did a nice neat wrap-up of the mostly uninspiring Republican debate this last week. I was glad to see that abortion was a topic to be brought up; in the heavy … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Betrand Russell on the Liberal outlook

Posted on May 2, 2007 by lackhead

“The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead … Continue reading →

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