February 2012
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“Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each...”
– Matt Taibbi (via azspot)
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the arizona debate.
Some of my paraphrased highlights from the portion of the debate that I did watch could bear to watch:
Santorum: “There was a study that came out last week showing how Romenycare is like Obamacare in 15 ways.” Great, can you cite one of them? Wanna gimme a statistic from the study? Didn’t think so. Don’t bring up a “study” if you can’t even cite a line or...
“No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...”
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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celebrities and entertainers react to whitney's... →
Some of my favorites from the collection:
“Whitney was the reason many of us do what we do.” - Pink.
“Without a doubt, her voice, for me, and for the world, was the gold standard. She had it all, she broke all barriers.” - Tommy Mottola, former chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.
“She had everything, beauty, a magnificent voice. How sad her gifts could...
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“If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90...”
– Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) over funding for Planned Parenthood. In actuality, 16% of what “Planned Parenthood does” is cancer screening, 35% is providing contraception, and only 3% are abortions. They also provide testing and treatment for STDs, pregnancy tests, adoption referrals, prenatal care, and...
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Did Obama make the economy worse? Nope. He made it... →
thesoapboxschtick:
•The CBO found that Obama’s stimulus added between 1 million and 2 million jobs in 2009, and boosted the GDP between 1.5% to 3.5% higher than it would have been without the stimulus.
• According to monthly payroll statistics, we’ve gone from a loss of 818,000 jobs in Jan. 2009 (when Obama took office) to 16-straight months of positive job growth.
• In January of 2012, the...