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From the AP "INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress last year was being held Saturday on charges she made threats against judges and other officials on her Facebook account...State police arrested her on eight felony counts of intimidation on Thursday, the same day authorities discovered the postings, which were apparently published on her page three days earlier." If you make it to paragraph 13 of this 14 paragraph story, you will discover that the woman, Cheryl Allen, was (much to everyone's surprise) a Republican.  Above is a picture of Cheryl, if you're interested.  Here's a little sample of Ms. Allen's political thought, from (God, don't you love it?) her Facebook page: "What do you need to have done to get all the current government out of office? That is why we should own guns to go into court..." "One day I will have my revenge on your seeking so much revenge on me," read one...

I think that it is long past time that we give up the notion that most of the decent jobs lost in this country are ever coming back.  As far as I am concerned, it has been obvious since at least the 1970's that we were going to eventually end up in this situation, but of course, just as with global warming today, the short term interest of corporations in doing nothing that would cost them a penny has totally trumped the urgent need to address this problem. Here is at least a partial solution to the unemployment problem which I first thought of way back then.  I think  it is still a good idea. The traditional 40 hour, five day work week should be decreased to a 32 hour, four day work week, essentially making every weekend a 3-day one.  In return for this 20% decrease in work time, workers would agree to a 10% pay cut.  Those who really needed more money could pick up some weekend work if they had to. I would enact this proposal in stages.  First, I wo...

A friend of mine sent me a link to a short video about Republican incitement of violence, that was made by a friend of his.  It is really nicely done, and it is well worth your time to watch it. 

"Formal education, especially a Ph.D. is a heavy indoctrination for a woman to shake off. -Henry Makow, Ph.D. and frequent (involuntary) Wingnut Wrapup contributor.  Apparently having a Ph.D. is okay for guys. Just thought I'd get us off to a good start today.  Here's the rest: Oliver North, Town Hall:  "While victims still were being triaged by trauma teams at University Medical Center, we were "informed" that the killer was a "tea party activist" motivated to violence by "extremist right-wing rhetoric." 1. "informed" that the killer was a "tea party activist" - no we weren't, or the traitor and drug dealer Oliver North would have given us an example or two, which he didn't. 2. " motivated to violence by "extremist right-wing rhetoric." - He was. One sentence, one lie, one gross evasion of responsibility.  About par for the course for Ollie. Haley Barbour:  "GOP must recognize...

Digby has a post today featuring this map of gun violence per capita by State: There can be a lot of speculation about what can be learned from this information, but I have to say that this map looked eerily familiar to me. Oh yeah, I remember now: See, everything has a rational explanation.  The bigger people are, the larger a target they make.  Aren't we glad we can bring an end to this discussion once and for all?

In this case, Larry Klayman, famous for spreading a large part of the endless Republican lies designed to destroy Bill Clinton.  Here is his hallucinogenic account of the last few days: "President Barack Hussein Obama and his band of socialist comrades in the media got a "gift" last Saturday. Dancing with glee on the "graves" of those shot in Tucson, like a congresswoman, federal judge and beautiful young girl, the mullah in chief, along with his venomous ultra-leftist allies at MSNBC and the New York Times in particular, wasted no time in exploiting the tragedy. While totally predictable, it was an unprecedented disgraceful display of the left's unprincipled crusade for continued political domination of its communist-inspired sick version of God, also known as our so-called government, reminiscent of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky — who believed and practiced the adage that the "ends justify the means." A new low has been experienced in Am...

Things just keep going.  Nothing, no matter how appalling and tragic, makes a difference.  Here are a few items in the news today: First, does this surprise you? "Palin to deliver address at gun convention Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month." Does anyone think that this intransigent demagogue is going to ever modify her two year history of hateful, violent, dishonest rhetoric?  And for the many that think that her mean-spirited, self absorbed speech of a couple of days ago hurt her chances to be nominated to run for President, forget it.  The 25% of the electorate that is her base is so blinded by greed and hatred that nothing will break them away from her; and she is counting on the pathetically short memory and demonstrated gullibility of "independents" and the billions that corporations are going to pour into the 2012 race to put her over the top.  And there is a real chance that she is r...