What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?

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From driftglass:

Republican Edition…

First, I wildly and enthusiastically supported George W. Bush — a man lied our country into the war and then screwed it up, I also wildly and enthusiastically called anyone who opposed President Bush a terrorist-loving traitor.

Then, when the war…and the economy…and the deficit…and US foreign policy…all went catastrophically wrong in exactly the way those who opposed President Bush had warned, I bravely put on a funny hat, started calling myself an “independent” and swore that I have never even heard of George W. Bush,

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The Truth Shall Set You Free

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From Green Eagle:

It is time to talk about the one single thing the Democrats need to do, to wipe the evil that is the Republican party off the face of the earth, once and for all. I have believed this since the time of Reagan, and nothing that has happened since has done a thing except convince me of it; and here it is:

Tell the truth, guys. Tell the God damned truth every single chance you get, and go on telling it until it sinks in.

Instead, Democrats have given in at every step of the way, to Republican bullying and threats, and just swallowed the facts and tried to move on; and here we are, one step away from letting a polluted electorate put a racist would-be dictator in the White House.

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Reddit must be Bro Heaven

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From PZ Myers at Pharyngula:

But even the dudebros can occasionally see the light. This thread about a guy who wants to host a stripper party for his business is an amazing example of obviousness. His new business did better than expected, so he asks if there are any legal problems if he brings in some strippers, right into the place where they work, to have a celebratory party.

Right away, people start ringing the alarm bells of “hostile work environment”, but he has an answer to that. No problem!

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Trump Immigration Policy? Build Wall, Deport 11 Million
“So Fast Your Head Will Spin”

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From Jon Perr at PERRspectives:

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has tied into a pretzel over immigration; on Wednesday night in Arizona he will try to extricate himself. But for all of the talk about a new, “humane” approach with its “baby steps” towards the ejection of the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States, nothing about Trump’s position on his signature issue has changed. We know this not just because his campaign manager, campaign spokesperson and son told us so. When it comes to building his wall, deporting the “bad dudes” and removing millions of our friends and neighbors, Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to get it done “so fast your head will spin.”

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This Labor Day, Celebrate Intellectual Labor

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From libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara at Principled Perspectives:

The United States Department of Labor, speaking on The History of Labor Day, had this to say on its website:

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”

Really? There is no doubt about what is meant here. McGuire was referring to people who “work with their hands”. Is that what built America?

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The Geniuses of Fox & Friends Wail: ‘No More Valedictorians?!’

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From Frances Langum at Crooks and Liars:

Everybody knows Brian Kilmeade’s Mensa Application Acceptance Letter got lost in the mail, right? Maybe that’s what he’s looking for while others are talking during this clip, because his eyes are shifting all over the place.

And he and fellow genius Ainsley Earnhart earned an “F” in how to cover an educational story by making the stupidest comments toward an educator this week and possibly ever.

They interviewed the Superintendent of the Greater Clark County Schools (Indiana) Andrew Melin about the district’s decision to discontinue the title of “Valedictorian” at the district’s three high schools.

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And On and On the Emails Go…

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From The Big Empty:

…while Donald Trump gets a free pass. He’s not pressed to release his tax returns; his ties to the Russians have been barely examined; he pays off Florida’s Attorney General and MSM goes silent; his use of undocumented labor goes unnoticed; his countless lies are seldom countered with facts; his failed and fraudulent businesses and business practices receive but passing notice. Nearly everything Trump says and does indicates he is unfit to be a businessman let alone President of the United States.

But here we are discussing day after day after day Clinton’s emails.

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Trump and – Mexico, Minorities, Coulter, Conservative Christians

Wait, You Can Actually Destroy Someone on the Interwebs?

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From PZ Myers at Pharyngula:

Do you find yourself deeply annoyed by those headlines on Facebook and social media sites that declare that this politician or that scientist DESTROYED their opponent in a debate? It never happens. I’ve been in debates where the consensus is that I ‘won’, or was most informative, or was most difficult to refute, but the opposition usually has some rationalization to salvage their position. You can’t literally ANNIHILATE someone with an argument.

Or can you?

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