On Voting Rights, Time To Mess With Texas : The New Yorker

On Voting Rights, Time To Mess With Texas : The New Yorker:

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True Facts About The Owl by Ze Frank

True Facts About The Owl by Ze Frank:

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Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America's Social Contract | Robert Reich

Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America's Social Contract | Robert Reich:

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Ghettoizing America.

Abraham Lincoln and the Birth of Stand Your Ground : The New Yorker

Abraham Lincoln and the Birth of Stand Your Ground : The New Yorker:

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Of historical note that Lincoln was more worried about the North being perceived to be weak rather than how the succession of the Southern States might weaken it.

If You Stand With Rand, You Also Stand With His Racist, Crackpot Buddies | Bob Cesca

If You Stand With Rand, You Also Stand With His Racist, Crackpot Buddies | Bob Cesca:

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Moscow's Metro Dogs : The New Yorker

Moscow's Metro Dogs : The New Yorker:

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For the dog lovers.

The Daily Dot - You'll never eat at Golden Corral again after watching this

The Daily Dot - You'll never eat at Golden Corral again after watching this:

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I don't eat out but friends of mine have been coming up poisoned after eating at Mc D's, Burger K., etc. in numbers way above what one might have expected in the past ( I did get a sandwich from The Corner Greek Deli in Macon, which poisoned me some time ago. They gave me back my money to the penny when I complained but never apologized). Be wary of "Poor People's Food". We're not likely to have the where with all    to sue them so they don't seem to give a shit anymore.

LiveLeak.com - Amazing Scientific experiment footage of a talking Psychic parrot

LiveLeak.com - Amazing Scientific experiment footage of a talking Psychic parrot:

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I knew most of this before I was 12 but everyone said I was making it up. Ha, Ha, Ha.

North Carolina Republicans, Freed By Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Ruling, Push Voter ID, Other Laws

North Carolina Republicans, Freed By Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Ruling, Push Voter ID, Other Laws:

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Or we could call this, 'Jim Crow'* for Governor.

*By the bye, 'Jim Crow' was originally a character in Minstrel Shows created by "Daddy" Rice (a white man) in the 1850's. Later applied to the segregationist laws enacted after Reconstruction ended toward the end of the 19th Century.  

Robert Reich: The Republicans of the Supreme Court

Robert Reich: The Republicans of the Supreme Court:

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I know this seems to be 'preaching to the choir' on my part but I've included it so it can be redistributed to our friends who still languish in Republican Darkness.