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Monday, August 31, 2009
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12:58 PM
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I will post tomorrow Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
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2:11 PM
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Rep. John Conyers in the Huffington Post: "Karl Rove, Rupert Murdoch, and Media Bias" Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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1:16 PM
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David Weigel on the similaries in the rhetoric of Republicans and the LaRouchies. I recently noted that at Sean Hannity's Freedom Concert, LaRouchies were handing out literature comparing Obama to Hitler. i have written about the nutjob followers of Lyndon LaRouche here. Monday, August 17, 2009
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9:35 AM
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Andy Ostroy on the whiny-babies at Fox News. Also, check out my old post on how to reach out to Fox News viewers. Friday, August 14, 2009
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12:52 PM
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Paul Krugman on the hard right: Sure enough, President Obama is now facing the same kind of opposition that President Bill Clinton had to deal with: an enraged right that denies the legitimacy of his presidency, that eagerly seizes on every wild rumor manufactured by the right-wing media complex.Read the whole column. Thursday, August 13, 2009
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10:55 AM
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Thank god for Media Matters for America. They listen to Rush, Hannity, and Beck so that I don't have to. However, I was listening to El Rushbo last week and I caught something that was particularly amusing. Limbaugh, like most wing-nuts, has the habit of using the word "Democrat" as an adjective when referring to matters relating to the Democratic Party (Hendrik Hertzberg has a succinct article on the matter). The habit apparently is deeply so ingrained in Limbaugh that he used it even when he was speaking about a small "d" democratic concept; last week, Limbaugh spoke about people who allegedly want to "sabotage the democrat [sic] process." Monday, August 10, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
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1:48 PM
by Scoobie Davis
(UPDATED) I attended the 2009 Sean Hannity Freedom Concert in San Diego yesterday. I can't disclose how I got in or how I got my really good seat that put me next to the stage and near to the Hannity clan (who were having a great time) and allowed me to post the first online photo of the Hannity's rather fetching wife. Damn, I didn't see too many non-white people. Reminded me of the Bill O'Reilly event I covered for this blog in 2003 or the Nader 2000 campaign rally I attended. I saw Carrie Prejean (who earlier was a guest on hanity's Fox News TV show before the concert (she also breifly spoke at the concert). Other non-musicians who appeared were actors Jon Voight and Jim Caviezel and Hannity's friend and fellow talk radio jock Mark Levin (I have written about Levin (click here and scroll down). Performing at the concert were Lee Greenwood, Charlie Daniels, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Michael W. Smith. Hannity came out and sang "The Devil went Down to Georgia"; Hannity changed the lyrics a little near the end of the song, he tells the Devil, "I done told you once you liberal son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been"). The weirdest moment was during Michael W. Smith's performance. Smith introduced actor Jim Caviezel (who played Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ). Caviezel spoke of his troubles during the filming such as dislocating his arm and being struck by lightning and how Smith's songs got him through the difficult shoot. Smith then sang a song as Caviezel sat on stage. When I was in line to get into the venue, a follower of fringe presidential candidate Lyndon Larouche handed me the pamphlet pictured on the right that superimposes a photo of Obama with Hitler. That alone doesn't becasue LaRouchies go to progressive events too. However, it was rather revealing that when Hannity's fellow radio talk show host Mark Levin told the crowd about taking on "Obama and his brownshirts." I will update this post later. One final quick thought: I knew I had to take some of the finest SoCal chronic with me to the event. There were 13,000 people attending a music concert and I was probably the only one there who was baked.
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9:36 AM
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I had one of the best seats in the house to boot! I was right by the stage sitting near to Hannity's wife Jill Rhodes Hannity. I was able to get a picture of her (this seems to be the only online pic of her; BTW, that's Billy Ray Cyrus on the screen). Important Note: I realize this is a small picture; for a large picture of Jill Hannity, click here and scroll down all the way to the bottom of the page. Also, go to the main page of this blog for more updates and articles The experience was a total trip. I will have more later. Tease: there was more than one Obama/Nazi reference last night. UPDATE: here's my post on the event. UPDATE II: Media Matters exposes a blatent Hannity smear of President Obama. Here's a hilarious video clip of The Daily Show's Jon Stewart correcting the smear. Additional update: More recently, Stewart addressed another flagrant example of Hannity taking an Obama Quote out of context. If the case against Obama is so strong, why does Hannity have to distort his words? UPDATE III: I've been on Hannity's radio show twice; check out the hilarious transcripts of my discussions with Hannity, here and here. They're priceless. Also, check out the sidebar (under the heading "Talk Radio Transcripts" for hilarious transcripts of my on-air conversations with Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, and others. UPDATE IV: Links to informative sites about Sean Hannity: 1) Media Matters for America monitors Hannity: Click here for the latest on Hannity; here are additional Media Matters resources on Hannity. 2) Here is an article by Ben Fritz on Hannity's intellectual dishonesty in his book Let Freedom Ring. 3) The Center for American Progress has two informative articles about Hannity's dishonesty: click here and here. 4) Wikipedia has information about Hannity's mendacity--e.g., Hannity tried to portray an anti-troop protest by fundamentalist hatemonger Fred Phelps as being the work of the left (quick note: Fox News' Oliver North took the same tack). 5) I have several blog posts documenting Hannity's mendacity: (1) Hannity plays dumb when it suits his purposes; (2) Echoing the Moonie-owned Washington Times, Hannity intentionally truncated a John Kerry quote; (3) Hannity uses deceit to try to link Kerry with Jane Fonda--also here; (4) If you watch or listen to Hannity regularly, undoubtedly you've heard Hannity speak about how important it was for Americans to come together after 9/11. Don't believe him for a minute. Even as as the twin towers were still smoldering, Hannity was part of a Moonie Times smear campaign to distort a speech by former president Clinton to give people the false impression that Clinton was blaming America for the attacks. Read about it here and here; (5) Hannity is one of the usual suspects who used Sudanese propaganda to smear Bill Clinton; (6) Here's a blog post on the problems with the Hannity & Colmes show; (7) My article on Hannity's hypocrisy regarding Ann Coulter's denigrating comments about the 9/11 widows. 6) An article from The Nation about Hannity's relationship with violent white supremacist Hal Turner (Hannity was one of Trent Lott's biggest apologists after Lott defended Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat presidential run). Here's a post I wrote after finding out that the KKK-owned "Redneck Shop" decided to advertise on Hannity's radio show. UPDATE: I have more on Turner and Hannity here. 7) ThinkProgress article in response to General Motors' (GM) decision to hire Sean Hannity to be spokesperson for GMÂ?s "You're A Great American" Car Give-Away. 8) Article on Hannity's friend Hal Turner by Dave Neiwert. Here's another article about the Hannity/Turner connection by Max Blumenthal. 9) Every since I whipped Hannity's ass on this program and on another occasion, Hannity has made sure that competent opponents don't show him up. Here's some revealing empirical evidence that Hannity is a total wuss [NOTE: if this link does not work at first, refresh it or click here for a truncated version--also I reprint it in the addendum of this post--scroll down to the end]. Hannity has also chickened out of debates with Ed Schultz and Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson. 10) Hannity's vicious attacks on crime victim Abner Louima (also here). 11) Notice how Hannity criticizes people opposed to Bush's ineptitude in Iraq with the canard that they are undermining "the troops in harm's way and undermine their commander in chief while they're at war"? Here are some quotes by Hannity at a time in which we had a president who knew how to use the military. 12) Hannity, of course, defended Ann Coulter's Moussaoui-like attacks on women who lost their husbands on 9/11. 13) Al Franken has an entire chapter on Hannity and Alan Colmes in his book Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. 14) Campus Progress has an informative article about Hannity. 15) Watch this video of Howard Dean slamming Hannity and Fox News on live TV. Dean mentions Robert Greenwald's excellent documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism: 15) Media Matters on Hannity's conspiracy-mongering regarding the death of Vince Foster on his Sunday television show on Fox "Hannity's America":(here, here, and here). this isn't surprising considering that Hannity's boss Roger Ailes has engaged in Foster conspiracy-mongering. Also, more Media Matters on Hannity's intellectual dishonesty--here, here, and here. 16) Post on Hannity and George Stephanopoulos. 17) Hannity baselessly links Barack Obama to Louis Farrakhan, even though Obama has emphatically repudiated the Nation of Islam leader. 18) Hannity & Colmes Presents Ann Coulter As Authority On Tasteful Remarks. 19) Hannity Baselessly Suggests That If Obama Wins, "That Would Mean A Racist And An Anti-Semite Would Be President Of The United States" 20) Racial Insensitivity On Hannity & Colmes 21) Hannity’s White Supremacist Friend Hal Turner Threatens Obama 22) Hannity Won't Admit He Was Wrong About Terri Schiavo 23) Hannity Calls Iraq Geroge W. Bush's "Biggest Success Story." 24) Hannity And Guests Rally Around Dog "The Bounty Hunter" Chapman after he used the term "nigger." 25) Jack Kemp Fed Up With Hannity’s Ad Hominem Attacks On Obama. 26) Hannity Uses Randi Rhodes’ Accident To Smear Her, Air America, Media Matters. 27) Hannity's Website Speculates About Assassination Of Barack Obama. 28) Hannity Defends And Participates In Hate-Mongering Bill Cunningham’s Use of "Barack Hussein Obama." 29) Sean Hannity Misrepresents Nancy Pelosi's Plane Issue 30) Hannity Says Bin Laden Sounds Like Democrats - Twice 31) Hannity Flees Angry Ron Paul Supporters--YouTube video 32) Hannity Pummeled On His Hypocrisy Over Ted Nugent. 33) Hannity Can’t Explain Why He Condemns Swift Boating Of John McCain After Endorsing The Same Tactic Against John Kerry 34) Wesley Clark Tells off Hannity 35) Hannity Meltdown video 36) "Fair And Balanced" Hannity & Colmes Includes No Obama Supporters In Any Of Six Segments Devoted To His Speech On Race 37) After Repeatedly Smearing Obama, Hannity Pretends He And FOX News Have Not Engaged In Personal Attacks. 38) FOX News’ Michael Reagan And Sean Hannity Blame Democrats For Haditha Massacre 39) Hannity and Kellyanne Conway Fall Over Themselves Trying To Defend Giuliani’s Bad-Husband Behavior. 40) Hannity calls Iraq war "Hillary's War." 41) Hannity’s America Offers A Kinder, Gentler Brand Of McCarthyism 42) Hannity Uses Dubious Sourcing and False Reports to Attack Al Gore 43) Hannity & Colmes Uses Don Imus Scandal To Attack An African American. 44) Hannity And The GOP Try - But Fail -To Spin Plame Outing As No Big Deal 45) "Patriotic" Sean Hannity Observes Iraq War Anniversary By Snubbing The Troops, Blaming The War On Democrats And Making It All About Himself. 46) Sean Hannity’s Latest Target For Bigotry: A Seven-Year-Old Girl 47) Racist Mark Fuhrman and Hannity Advocate For Racial Profiling 48)Hannity Gets His Facts Wrong About ANWR 49) White Supremacist Sympathizer Hannity and “Macaca” Aide Obenshain Try To Paint The Clintons As Racists 50) Jerry Falwell Gives Hannity Honorary Doctorate from his diploma mill, Liberty University 51) Predictably, Sean Hannity And David Horowitz Portray Mel Gibson As A Victim after the Actor's Bigoted and anti-Semitic outburst. 52) Hannity's "Investigation" of MoveOn.org Falls Flat. 53) Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich Claim To Be Uniters, Not Dividers 54) Hannity Hypes Fabricated Koran Controversy To Drum Up Hatred For Keith Ellison 55) Hannity Repeats The Big Lie About The “Found” WMD’s 55) What A Hypocrite! Last Spring, Hannity Fawned All Over Fake Nobel Prize Nominee In The Terri Schiavo Matter. But For Tookie Williams, The Nomination "Doesn't Mean Anything" 56) Hannity Gets His Proof from Greg Palast 57) Chickenhawk Sean Hannity Smears War Veteran John Murtha 58) No Retraction On Hannity & Colmes Of False Attacks On Bill Moyers 59) Hannity Charges Almost $50,000 for Travel Expenses 60) Hannity Calls Cuba’s Castro “A Democrat,” Then Gets A Lesson About George Bush’s Unpopularity 61) The Hannity connection to gay hooker and fake journalist Jeff Gannon 62) Hannity asked if Jimmy Carter's planned Hamas meeting was a sign of Obama's "foreign policy strategy" -- but Obama has denounced Hamas 63) Hannity repeatedly distorts passage in Michelle Obama's senior thesis to suggest alumni views on race are her own. 64) Hannity exaggerated Ronald Reagan's record on jobs, federal revenue. 65) Hannity falsely asserted that Murtha "has gone to the other side" with his recent troop surge comments 66) On Hannity's radio show, Kathleen Willey contradicted her book's account of whether Shearer was said to have "ironclad" alibi 67) Hannity named Countdown's "Worst Person" for not disclosing his reported appearance at Giuliani fundraiser 68) Hannity refused to disavow Ted Nugent's slurs against Obama and Clinton 69) After suggesting Vince Foster was murdered, Hannity praised caller who accused Clinton of multiple rapes 70) Hannity falsely suggested that Obama "attack[ed] our troops as murderers" 71) Hannity repeatedly mischaracterized Obama remarks, accused him of "political missteps" 72) Colbert Report YouTube video ridiculing Hannity's baseless suggestion of "foul play" in Vince Foster's death 73) Hannity got "Worst Person" "silver" for using cucumber, condom to misrepresent Obama's stance on sex ed 74) Discussing Vince Foster, Hannity asked: "Did a close friend of Hillary Clinton commit suicide, or was it a massive coverup?" 75) Hannity asserted that "Whitewater and the death of Vince Foster" are "chapters remaining open" for Sen. Clinton 76) Hannity continued to bash carbon offsets -- no mention of Rupert Murdoch's purported plans to use them 77) Hannity still defending deeply flawed Path to 9/11 miniseries -- "It did get it right" 78) Hannity misrepresented Clinton quotes to claim she has "socialist views and intentions" 79) Hannity cropped Clinton quote to accuse her of "hypocrisy" on Iraq 80) Hannity repeatedly attacked Reid as "a propaganda minister for our enemies" 81) Hannity denounced as "hate speech" Clinton statement that GOP phone-jamming convictions were evidence of "vast right-wing conspiracy" 82) On Hannity's America, Path to 9/11 filmmaker Cyrus Nowrasteh defended scene he previously admitted was fabricated 83) Hannity: Ted Kennedy won't be "happy until" we have "mass slaughter" in Iraq 84) Citing no evidence, Hannity maintains Iraqi WMDs "were moved" 85) Hannity falsely claimed Democratic plan includes "nothing about ... increasing security in this country" 86) Hannity praised Michael Steele's "spectacular" and "principled" campaign, ignoring misleading campaign tactics 87) Not fair, not balanced: Sean Hannity shows his true colors 88) Bill O'Reilly and Hannity cropped Ted Turner quote to falsely accuse Turner of having "a hard time choosing sides in the war on terror" 89) Hannity: "[M]aking sure Nancy Pelosi doesn't become the [House] speaker" is "worth ... dying for" 90) Hannity: Democratic victory in midterms could be "victory for the terrorists" 91) Hannity: Despite both believing in global warming threat, "Al Gore is unhinged," but Pat Robertson is "sane" 92) Hannity's 180s: He labeled North Korea a "crisis" two days after criticizing others for doing so; criticized Democrats for debating Iraq war, not tolerating debate 93) Hannity falsely suggested Coulter never "suggested that Bill Clinton should die"; Coulter claimed Supreme Court's Gitmo decision confirms someone put "rat poison in Justice Stevens's crème brûlée" 94) Hannity criticized media, Bush administration for not "paying attention to" Santorum and Hoekstra's discredited WMD claims 95) Hannity repeated false claim that Reagan oversaw "longest period of peacetime growth" 96) Limbaugh, Hannity continued to attack Murtha based on inaccurate Sun-Sentinel report 97) Hannity drew baseless comparison between N.Y. state comptroller's remark and Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential campaign 98) Hannity falsely claimed Obama and Harry Reid "attack[ed]" U.S. troops in Iraq. 99) Hannity compared a vote for Hillary Clinton to a vote for Hamas or Hezbollah 100) Hannity wrongly accused Sen. Clinton of "hypocrisy" on illegal immigration 101) Hannity falsely claimed Sen. Clinton "says immigration reform is un-Christian" 102) Hannity falsely claimed Feingold was a "flip-flopper" on Iraq invasion 103) Hannity accused "Kool-Aid" drinking "Clinton supporters" of having "defended the indefensible"; what about Hannity? 104) Hannity refused to say if he agreed with Coulter that Democrats "have affection for ... terrorists" 105) Hannity repeated William Bennett's Freakonomics falsehood 106) Hannity quoted Pelosi out of context, falsely suggesting she changed her position on the Iraq war 107) Hannity falsely claimed that Reagan's tax cuts "doubled revenue" 108) Hannity falsely claimed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg advocated legalizing prostitution, lowering the consent age to 12 109) Hannity: "Some say" Robertson advocated Chavez's assassination; "some" includes the videotape and Robertson. 110) Hannity promoting "disgusting" book that even O'Reilly has criticized 111) Hannity falsely claimed "absence of evidence" that John Kerry "was in combat in Vietnam" 112) Hannity falsely claimed that everyone "got the same amount" from Bush's tax cuts 113. Misrepresenting Obama's audiobook, Hannity claimed Obama said, "'White folks' greed runs a world in need" 114. Hannity's memory lapse: "I don't remember Chelsea Clinton being attacked." Hannity forgets that both John McCain and Rush Limbaugh attacked Chelsea, then a teenager, with vicious humor. Also, Al Franken, in Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them pointed out that he confronted Hannity about Limbaugh's attack on Chelsea. 115. Hannity is named by Media Matters for America the 2008 Misinformer of the Year 116. Hannity misquoted Obama to falsely accuse him of breaking promise. 117. Hannity misrepresents source of editorial to claim that "liberal media" outlet claimed Obama has "embarrassed America" 118. Like O'Reilly, Hannity misrepresented Obama remark to falsely claim he made a "campaign promise" to allow "no earmarks" 119. NCLR President demands correction from Hannity for libelous statement. 120. Hilarious video: Hannity named "Worst Person in the World" by Keith Olbermann for his phony claim about the false claim that the economic recovery bill contains money to protect the salt marsh harvest mouse and the LA to Las Vegas railway system. 121. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich called out leading right-wing media figures for falsely suggesting that he proposed excluding white males from the President's stimulus package 122. Hannity raises Caroline Kennedy "marital issues" rumor, but denounced NY Times John McCain article as "nothing but innuendo, rumor" 123. Hannity was not alone in smearing, misinforming on Fox News in 2008 124. Hannity complained of DOJ bias in rapid Ted Stevens prosecution, but Stevens reportedly requested speedy trial 125. Hannity ignored Norm Coleman ballot challenges to accuse Al Franken of "stealing an election" 126. WSJ, Fox News' Brit Hume and Hannity repeated baseless "car ballot" story to suggest vote tampering by MN officials 127. Hannity criticized Barack Obama over comments that Hannity misleadingly cropped 128. Hannity vs. Hannity: Is he, or is he not, a "journalist"? 129. Hannity Accuses Harry Reid Of Wanting American Troops To Die 130. Hannity Promoting Fraudster Fugitive Allen Stanford's Company Stanford Coins & Bullion 131. Hannity Distorts And Falsifies Border Agent Case To Suit His Agenda (Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos) 132. Hannity Denies Past Association With White Supremacist Hal Turner But Evidence Suggests Otherwise 133. Hannity Revives Suggestion Obama May Be Muslim 134. Hannity blames Sen. Charles Schumer For US Airways Crash 135. Hannity's Website Speculates About Assassination Of Obama 136. Hannity And Guests Accuse Barack Obama Of Wanting To Kill Infants 137. Sean Hannity Defends And Participates In Hate-Mongering Bill Cunningham’s Use of “Barack Hussein Obama” 138. Funny Jon Stewart video on the Hate Hannity Hotline. 139. Limbaugh, Hannity, and the GOP: an iron triangle of stimulus misinformation 140. Hannity says that Christianity allows torture. 141. John Aravosis asks why does Howard Kurtz think Sean Hannity is relevant? 142. The Young Turks on how Hannity truncated an Obama quote to make it appear that Obama was unilaterally bashing America. 143. Hannity distorts Politico article to hit media for crediting Obama in rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates. Watch a video of Fox News guest Bernard Goldberg, no fan of Obama, chide Hannity for his pettiness regarding Obama after the rescue of Captain Phillips. 144. Hannity hates the word "bitch" (unless it's applied to Hillary Clinton). 145. Hannity versus Hannity on Texas succession. 146. Jon Stewart slams Hannity's misrepresentation of Obama comment about those who "would... justify the events of 9-11." Hannity crops clip to claim Obama "decided to give 9-11 sympathizers [Truthers] a voice" in Cairo speech. 147. Hannity defies "the phony science of global warming," declares "we breathe carbon dioxide... there's nothing wrong with the automobile" 148. The debunking of Hannity's false claim that during President Obama's 2009 trip to the Middle East, he called the United States "Muslim nation." 149. Hannity advances Obama birth certificate "birther" conspiracies. 150. A poem: Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You’re a profanity, Hannity. 151. At Hannity's Freedom Concert, I took a picture of Hannity's wife Jill Hannity, the only online photo of her. --John Cleese, Ode to Sean Hannity 151. Hannity revives another smear: "We've got [Obama] on tape saying, 'White folks' greed runs a world in need' " 152. Hannity makes a habit of distorting quotes to smear progressives 153. Hannity says Obama "is Bill Ayers," he "is Reverend Wright" 154. Hannity Reiterates Fox's False Smear Against Ron Reagan 155. Secession-Sympathizing Hannity Attacks Obama's Patriotism, Suggests He Should Be Investigated By DHS 156. Hannity and Mark Fuhrman discuss "strange death of Vince Foster" Daily Show video Clips of Hannity" 1. Moment of Zen - Hannity Reveals the True Obama 2. Only The Lonely: Sean Hannity defends the lonely people in this world who call escorts just to have the company. 3. On the "Hannity Sucks Ass" sign 4. Sean Hannity tells Art Torres to be quiet. Friday, August 07, 2009
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12:55 PM
by Scoobie Davis
On the Anti-Amway blog, I have a short post regarding the charges that Erik Prince, and in-law in the DeVos family, has been involved in murder, arms smuggling, and child prostitution. Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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2:01 PM
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I'm busy--the beach and other stuff. Sunday, August 02, 2009
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5:27 PM
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It's today. According to Measuring Worth, a cent in 1909 is roughly equal to 24 cents today. Saturday, August 01, 2009
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10:43 AM
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Bill Maher on the Birthers and the need to talk back to dumbassery:
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