Well, they’re Canadian spies, they interrogate a prisoner by asking questions politely and withholding beer.
Canadian beer? I won’t crack.
Oldeb
August 21, 2013, 4:48am
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BrainGlutton:
Hm. If the spy agency has to clear him, then he probably has to swear that in his time in the U.S. – including his time in the Senate – he has learned no information of interest to Canadian intelligence.
How will he answer that, I wonder?
Shouldn’t be much of a problem. It’s Ted Cruz. There’s little evidence he’s capable of learning anything. I can’t imagine doing more damage to any intelligence community then letting them take Cruz at face value.
Well, that’s just it, he can’t afford to admit that, you see. But he can’t afford to deny it either. It’s a perfect storm.
elucidator:
I’d like to see some baby pictures, like his whole head before he grew any hair. Check for tattoos. Birthmarks. Numbers, symbols, anything like that.
Well, people are saying that the whole “renouncing citizenship” thing is smokescreen. He’s really a communist, fascist, socialist who wants to turn America into South Canada. They say he really loves universal health care so why won’t he admit it? Why won’t he show us his birthmarks or tell us if he is still beating his wife? What is he hiding? Of course, I’m a patriot and all but I’m just asking questions.
Smapti
August 21, 2013, 2:29pm
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So, remember the NRA spending years and years warning about how terrible it would be if there were a national database of gun owners?
Turns out there already is one.
And the NRA are the ones who made it.
Colorado counties putting secession on ballot
They wanna form a new state, with lots of guns and oil apparently. Not going to happen, no one wants to have to make a new flag with 51 stars.
Fine, as long as they join up with a few of the other states in the neighborhood to encompass a reasonable state population (something that would at least get them to 33rd percentile, perhaps). That would solve the flag problem (we could just go back to the 48-star one; plenty of people already have those).
Our next contestants take the stage:
On the Senate side :
In a question and answer session following a speech he gave at a Montgomery County GOP dinner last night, an audience member asked [Senator Ted] Cruz, “Why don’t we impeach him [Obama]?”
“It’s a good question,” Cruz responded, “and I’ll tell you the simplest answer: To successfully impeach a president you need the votes in the U.S. senate.”…
On the House side :
Michigan Republican Rep. Kerry Bentivolio said Monday it would be a “dream come true” to submit a bill to impeach President Obama. Bentivolio also said he had meetings with lawyers asking them to “tell me how I can impeach” the president of the United States. Bentivolio was speaking at the August 2013 Birmingham Bloomfield Republican Club Meeting…
The Michigan congressman then explained to the audience that someone couldn’t impeach the president without evidence.
“Until we have evidence, you’re going to become a laughingstock if you’ve submitted the bill to impeach the president because number one, you’ve got to convince the press,” he said…
Smapti:
So, remember the NRA spending years and years warning about how terrible it would be if there were a national database of gun owners?
Turns out there already is one.
And the NRA are the ones who made it.
Thank you for inspiring this new thread.
When Republican Mitch Daniels was governor of Indiana in 2010, he attempted to purge the state university system of what he considered left-wing propaganda, as revealed in newly released emails:
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels pledged to promote academic freedom when he became president of Purdue University in January, but newly released emails show he attempted to eliminate what he considered liberal “propaganda” at Indiana’s public universities while governor.
Emails obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request show Daniels requested that historian and anti-war activist Howard Zinn’s writings be banned from classrooms and asked for a “cleanup” of college courses.
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In a rapid exchange of emails between top state education officials on Feb. 9, 2010, including then-Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett, Daniels sought assurance that a Zinn book exploring historical events that Zinn said got little attention was removed from Indiana classrooms.
“This terrible anti-American academic has finally passed away,” Daniels wrote. "The obits and commentaries mentioned his book, ‘A People’s History of the United States,’ is the ‘textbook of choice in high schools and colleges around the country.’ It is a truly execrable, anti-factual piece of disinformation that misstates American history on every page.
“Can someone assure me that it is not in use anywhere in Indiana? If it is, how do we get rid of it before more young people are force-fed a totally false version of our history?”
Today, Daniels is the president of Purdue University, though the exposure ofhis attempted purge has had rather the opposite effect :
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels’ aversion to Zinn and his 1980 volume has prompted a surge of interest in the book, and local libraries are purchasing additional copies to keep up with public demand.
A few weeks ago, the St. Joseph County Public Library had one copy of Zinn’s book.
Based on demand, the county library purchased 19 additional print copies and four electronic copies. As of Monday, all those copies were checked out or on reserve, with 10 patrons on the waiting list.
…
Like most people, [Rona Plummer, acquisitions and collection development manager] believes the sudden public interest in Zinn’s book was prompted by news coverage about Daniels’ e-mails while governor seeking to discourage reading and use of the book.
The Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Township Public Library owns one copy of Zinn’s book, which is checked out and has two holds.
The Mishawaka library has three new copies on order, which hadn’t yet arrived Monday, based on recent patron demand.
Anytime the library receives approximately five requests from patrons for a book that isn’t available, another copy is ordered, Mishawaka Library Director David Eisen said. In this case, demand justified ordering three new copies.
“I think the interest is because of Daniels questioning the book. People have been showing an interest,” Eisen said.
HA-ha.
sylmar
August 21, 2013, 5:34pm
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That was fast … Gay marriage already taking it’s toll on Rep. Don Dwyer’s (R-MD) marriage…
So who’s the lucky guy Mr. Dwyer?
Don’t underestimate him. Yes, he says a lot of stupid things, but he’s a Princeton U. and Harvard Law graduate (both with honors) who has argued cases before the Supreme Court — by all accounts, brilliantly.
This isn’t really an idea, but the thought of it makes me laugh/cry…
29% of Louisiana republicans blame Obama for the botched Katrina response.
The breakout of answers:
What’s worse, that 29 percent blame Obama, or that 44% aren’t sure?
As far as I can tell, this is not a hoax:
In a recent survey of Louisiana Republican voters , they were asked, “Who do you think was more responsible for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina: George W. Bush or Barack Obama?”
Results:
Edit: Curse you, yanceylebeef!
sylmar
August 21, 2013, 8:37pm
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Fear_Itself:
When Republican Mitch Daniels was governor of Indiana in 2010, he attempted to purge the state university system of what he considered left-wing propaganda, as revealed in newly released emails:Today, Daniels is the president of Purdue University, though the exposure ofhis attempted purge has had rather the opposite effect :HA-ha.
Speaking of purges, if you’re a Republican that believes in SOCAS or supports gay marriage, you might be next on the Christian Sharia chopping block…
Morgyn
August 22, 2013, 1:07am
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The Arkansas legislature thinks they ought to limit what sorts of modifications you can make to your body ; namely, tattoos, branding (this is a thing?) and body piercings.
All I can find is the amendment that defines a whole bunch of terms, but the definitions make it sound like they’re also trying to make it impossible for someone to be a tattoo artist or a piercer without also being a licensed physician. (I could be very wrong. I haven’t read the original bill/law that is being amended, and I’m not a lawyer. But that’s what it sounds like.)
Leaper
August 22, 2013, 1:14am
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Gyrate
August 22, 2013, 1:29am
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On the one hand, I wonder what the numbers are for Louisiana Democrats. On the other hand, I suspect that the answer would make me sad. Dumb people are dumb.
