Of Race and Re-elections

A graduate student in economics at Harvard, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, has a piece in Sunday’s New York Times that reports on a study he’s done showing how Google searches can be used to track racial bias by state and locality and how that data can be used to show voting deficits due…

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The Irony is Ironic

It’s a tasty bit of irony that Mitt Romney’s history of bullying a weaker kid, gay or otherwise, may improve his standing with conservative voters.  Like I said.  Ironic.

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The “Friends” Defense

Tim Wise: I swear, if I hear one more transparently racist person insist they aren’t racist because they have black friends, I am going to shoot them. But not because I’m violent. I’m not violent. And this I know because I have friends who are pacifists. Indeed.  The whole logic…

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Right Wing Hate

is on the rise ever since President Obama was elected. The number of groups in the anti-government “Patriot” movement have sky rocketed 755 percent since President Barack Obama has been elected, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) yearly report found. “These groups are becoming more and more aware as they…

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More Birds!

First there was Kevin Binversie, then the Joel Kleefisch fan club, then some loon named re(a)gan Cowen all advocating violence and hatred. You would think that would start to end as we it keeps getting called out. Unfortunately that is NOT the case. The the fine folks at politiscoop have…

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My own thoughts on conservative threats towards Walker opponents, public employees

Earlier today Blogging Blue Senior Fellow Jeff Simpson shared his thoughts on a threatening letter that has been mailed to a number of public employees and opponents of Republican Gov. Scott Walker, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t share my own thoughts, as well as some related information regarding…

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Republican Thugs Part 10 – Anonymous Letters Edition

Some semi public democrats(not elected officials) are starting to receive some anonymous threatening letters sent by cowardly thugs from the right wing hate machine. Thank God for Gov. Scott Walker The majority taxpayers of Wisconsin have voted and we are done with supporting useless saeks of shit union-member public employees….

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Andrew Breitbart : We have the numbers and we have the guns (VIDEO)

Right wing loon and video editor Andrew Breitbart showed his true colors and (the crazy in his eyes) this weekend by telling a small group(what else would it be)of supporters who he really is by threatening violence to anyone who disagrees with him(which is most everyone): Bring it on. Because…

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Foo Fighters Serenade

H/T NBC The Foo Fighters serenaded picketers from Westboro Baptist Church before the band’s concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on Friday night.

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