Big Finance Democrats Willing to Throw Obama Under the Bus for irking their Masters

Jim Cook 5/23/2012
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As you may know, the presidential re-election campaign of Barack Obama recently released a campaign advertisement that — correctly, according to PolitiFact — showed how Mitt Romney made himself rich as head of Bain Capital by gutting American industries, kicking …

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You Can’t Disparage Skreened When Wearing Skreened Shirts. The Lawyers Tell You So.

Jim Cook 5/1/2012
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We use the Ohio-based shop Skreened for printing our sweat-free shirts, but I’ve got to say this part of their User Agreement, applying to everyone using their website, is almost completely assholic: PUBLIC REPUTATION You acknowledge and agree that you …

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What’s The Big Deal About Secret Service Prostitutes?

Rowan 4/15/2012
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If it was Barack Obama who hired a prostitute in Colombia, I could understand calling that a scandal, though it wouldn’t really be very political. If the Secret Service agents and American soldiers had passed classified secrets on to the prostitutes, I could understand calling that a scandal. But, there’s nothing of that sort in this story, so what makes it a scandal?

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Centrist? Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Says a Living Wage for Workers is Downright Soviet

Jim Cook 4/14/2012
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When groups like Americans Elect refer to the “sensible center” while drawing up lists of names of acceptable presidential contenders — names like Evan Bayh, Erskine Bowles, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, David Walker and Michael Bloomberg — they’re appealing to …

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Irregular Times Donations, April 2012: Planned Parenthood and Village Enterprise

Jim Cook 4/1/2012
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We the writers for Irregular Times sell political shirts for three reasons: 1. To pay for the hosting and logistical costs associated with keeping Irregular Times up and running. 2. To help spread messages that we believe in. 3. To …

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What did $1.5 Billion in Lottery Investments Get You? What Could it Have Got You?

Jim Cook 3/31/2012
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Thank you, Noreen Gillespie and Paul Wiseman. Finally, a newspaper article veers from the celebration of a lottery jackpot you didn’t receive to ask where that money might have gone instead: So what exactly would happen if the country spent …

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In “Slut” Debacle, Rush Limbaugh Reflects Us

Jim Cook 3/26/2012
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It would be nice to be able to say that Rush Limbaugh is an outlier for shouting “slut!” at a woman who dared to testify regarding contraceptive coverage policy on Capitol Hill. But I don’t think I can honestly say …

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Sad Note on the “This Slut” Meme

Jim Cook 3/25/2012
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Number of Twitter Posts (tweets) featuring the phrase “This Slut” between March 21 and March 25 2012: 356 Number of these tweets uttering the anti-Limbaugh protest meme “This Slut Votes“: 2 Number of these tweets declaring some particular woman or …

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Why are some people getting so Upset about Discrimination Against Black People?

Jim Cook 3/21/2012
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Why are some people getting so upset? I mean, isn’t this a color-blind society? Isn’t all that discrimination business a 20th Century thing, all over and done with? Aren’t black people in America just whining while they take all the …

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What If I Don’t Desire Epictetus?

Rowan 3/11/2012
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“Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one’s desires, but by the removal of desire.” – Epictetus What’s the point of freedom, if you don’t want to do anything with it?

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Is Eating Fried Food Pro-Life?

F. G. Fitzer 3/4/2012
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Given the pro-Santorum PAC’s payment’s to Tubby’s Tank House, it seems that what PRO-LIFE means is that fertilized eggs get full human rights, but people are encouraged to go ahead and take the fast track to a heart attack after they’re born.

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Breaking: Police Shut Down Nike Stores and Arrest Nike Store Managers Across the Country to preserve “Public Safety”

Jim Cook 2/25/2012
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After crowds erupted into violent behavior in Richmond CA, Orange County FL, Lithonia GA, Hyattsville MD, Charlotte NC, Jersey City NJ, San Antonio TX and Seattle WA, police have shut down Nike shoe stores in malls across the country. Hundreds …

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Reverse Dunne: Is This an Appropriate Asshole Test?

Jim Cook 2/16/2012
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In a popular book, Stanford Professor Robert Sutton helpfully boils down his 227 pages of text to a two-prong test: Test One: After talking to the alleged asshole, does the ‘target’ feel oppressed, humiliated, de-energized, or belittled by the person? …

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I had no idea unauthorized funneling of weapons and money to terrorists to fund an insurgency of drug lords was so decent

Jim Cook 2/14/2012
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Looks like I’ll have to revise my dictionary.

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God Punishes Sodomite-Friendly States of Washington and California with Warmth and a Bit of Drizzle

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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Make it stop, cry the people of Washington state and California. We repent! Who could withstand the onslaught of warm air and occasional drizzle? But they should have known. The Washington state legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage on February …

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Rick Santorum Can’t Keep His Hate Straight

Peregrin Wood 2/8/2012
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In the real world, several states recognize that the scope of marriage is bigger than what’s imagined in Rick Santorum’s small vision. Marriage is not and has not always been defined as only between one man and one woman. That’s a fact.

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Americans Elect Relaxes Presidential Candidate Qualification Standards for Craig Ennis, Creating Precedent

Jim Cook 1/31/2012
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With 77 days to go before the first ballot, the combination corporation/political party called Americans Elect opened up a system today for delegates to draft presidential candidates to appear in its proprietary, privatized online presidential nominating system. The official rules …

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Gingrich: How DARE Anyone Go After My Private Life! Um, Like I Did With Clinton and The Gays

Jim Cook 1/19/2012
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Watch this debate moment from tonight. How DARE Gingrich act indignant that someone bring up his “open marriage” in a debate. The point is not his private conduct. The point is that he cheated and wanted to redefine marriage at …

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