Our Insane Gun Non-Debates
Gun shootings have been in the news pretty much on a constant basis since Newtown. So much so, we've stopped feeling the shock and outrage at the senselessness of these shootings. It's been 544 days...
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Florida Kossacks - Where Are You? (W/Woozle & Pics)
This is Ron Chin Chihuahua held by Mr. Wolverton after a bath....that he didn't want There has to be more than 5-6 Kossacks in all of Florida. There has to be. Vetwife is in North Florida. I'm in...
View ArticleArticle V - The Con of a Constitutional Convention
Have you heard about convening a new Constitutional Convention? It pops up every now and again. It had a serious go in the 1980s (short 2 states) and it's been bouncing around into the news now and...
View ArticleFIU Cuba Poll Shows a Shift in Attitude
Miami-Dade County is about 82% Latino or African American. The Cuban community is huge, 34% of 2.5 million people is 800,000+ - a large conservative voter potential after you subtract out the children....
View ArticleEnvironmental Factors & Autism Studies
There is a diary published earlier today about autism and a newly published study that links certain pesticides with autism. The diarist also asked if Monsanto still wanted to fund anti-vaxxers in the...
View Article"I Hate Politics!" Is So Last Year
Last YearThat's what he said. He's a millennial. Newly married. He's got his career ahead of him. He's a DINK (Dual Income, No Kids). He and his wife want to have good times for another 3-5 years...
View ArticleWho's Wicked Now?
Studies related to The Contraceptive Choice Project is giving religious conservatives headaches. It seems their presupposed conclusions aren’t holding up. First the free contraceptives are drastically...
View ArticleMessage to Big Tobacco: Pay Up! $23.6 Billion Damage Award
So many wacko stories come out of Florida that when a bit of sensibility hits the wires, I do a double take. This is a big win for one widow against Big Tobacco.Cynthia Robinson lost her late husband,...
View ArticlePart 1 of For-Profit Schools - Not Enough Karma
Corinthian College's Mission Statement clearly states: "Our mission is to change students' lives".They do that.Not always for the better.I used to work for them. They bought out my little school over...
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CNN Bill Weir's Climate Change Tweet - "Mostly True"
Sometimes it's a case of screw it. Bill Weir of CNN succumbed to his inner id and tweeted what he really thought instead of the steady "both sides" false equivalency so embraced by by the main stream...
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Hilarious Reviews of "My Parents Open Carry"
If you haven't heard about My Parents Open Carry or thought the book was snark or a bit of satire, alas, I must tell you; it's a real thing available at Amazon and no doubt a book store or Walmart near...
View ArticleYou Can't Debunk Silliness, the Fear Driven RFID Chip Conspiracy
It's another morning and it's time to weed through the various emails, postings and messages that came through the night and early this morning. I make no secret of being a liberal these days. So, I...
View ArticleWhat I Didn't See At First About The MD School Teacher/Sci-Fi Writer
It's a bizarre case. A middle school teacher writes a couple not so great novels and self publishes them under a pen name, K. Voltaer. This teacher was arrested and sent for a mental health exam and...
View ArticleIn Defense of Ray Rice
"Oh, here we go again!" I thought. Like many people, I ended up discussing the Ray Rice/Janay Rice violent incident video. I wasn't careful enough and didn't control my eye roll. That irritated the guy...
View ArticleDear Roger Goodell & the NFL
Are you really this stupid? Do you really think your fan base is this stupid? You have selected an all male panel to investigate the Ray Rice non-investigation. That's as absurd as when those jackasses...
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St. Louis PD "You Can Win" Continuing Ed Flyer
In the wake of Michael Brown's death at the hands of a Ferguson police officer and the other police killings in the area since then, clearly anyone can see why the St. Louis area PDs need to do some...
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8 Weeks Without the NFL
Fifteen years ago I was a faithful NFL Season Ticket Holder. We had 20 yard line seats on the lower deck. I bought the licensed NFL gear. I had (still have) complete tailgate supplies-tent, fold up...
View ArticleTexas Health Presbyterian's Story Doesn't Add Up
Twitter, of course has a lot to say about Ebola in Texas. Lots of schadenfreude. Some Snarking about Texas expanding Medicaid after all (which would be a good idea, but to do it only because of Ebala...
View ArticleGwen Graham For Congress Calls Out Southerland's Doublespeak
Gwen Graham, is running one the most competitive races for Congress this year. If she gets the Democratic vote out, she can win her race. She released a video today of her debating her opponent, Steve...
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Michael McKenna For FL District 10
Michael McKenna is running for Congress in Florida's District 10. It's a Central Florida district that slices a section out of the Southwest side of Orlando, loops to the South and then goes West to a...
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