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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/10/world/africa/kenya-minister-killed/index.html?c=weekend-homepage-t Woooosh

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/7586777/daytona-500-nascar-says-jimmie-johnson-car-was-modified I dont watch NASCAR but is it a stretch to conclude that Johnson and others have cheated in the past and gotten away with it? Fuckers and their redneck sport can't even play fair...

ruh roh bad news for the R's: So Iowa and NH essentially are the same as before - and SC's turnout is up(which wont matter, Obama wouldn't win SC anyway) - but in every other state so far, turnout is down. That's especially important in Florida, for all those electoral college votes. and then...

last night I drank about half a fifth of Micheal Collins (the single malt one) and I regret it deeply. I'm at work, and cannot go home... Puked three times so far this morning. Sucks. :spew: Considering it's about to be new years, I figured I'd start a "omg worst hangover ever" thread... Share...

So a while back Rep. Paul Ryan released a plan to "save" medicare that would essentially replace medicare with a voucher system for private insurance. It would still be called "medicare" but obviously medicare is a single payer system and so the Ryan plan would not even remotely resemble...

So I think this is something a lot of us already realize but I had a jolly time reading this report. According to this report, people who watch Fox News, for example, are less likely to know about politics and current events. Obviously that isn't surprising, but it is an entertaining read...

So the Elizibeth Warren nomination for the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was shot down a while back, which is something most of us are aware of - under the guise that Warren is an anti-business socialist liberal elitist blah blah blah blah.... Okay, sure. So let's get someone...

Any college football fans on RIU? I'm an Oregon fan - yes, I'm a homer. :lol:

So this Harvard professor was talking to Charlie Rose about money in elections, corruption, etc. and Charlie asked him what he would do... The guy basically described a program in which a small portion of taxpayer money is redirected to campaign finance and that it be distributed via "democracy...

It's like the Republicans dont want to win the presidency... With Cain blowing his chances, Romney is in position - as he mostly has been anyway - to win the Republican nomination. Romney, currently the candidate widely considered to have the best chance at beating Obama in 2012 suggested what...

So the Republicans blocked a $60 Billion infrastructure bill on the grounds that it is paid for with a .7% surtax on millionaires, which makes this a budget neutral bill. Republicans and Democrats have successfully passed infrastructure bills time and time again for decades - but once again the...

I'm on the fence, leaning towards LSU because their defense and special teams will set their offense up with short feilds and with the way both of these defenses are playing their offenses are going to need every advantage they can get. Otherwise, I'm mostly neutral(although I'd like to see a...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/world/europe/german-vote-backs-bailout-fund-as-rifts-remain-in-talks.html?_r=1&hp assuming this is enough (I have no idea what would have been sufficient on this one TBH) this is good good news for the U.S.. Maybe now that that dark cloud seems to be moving...

came across this on the NYtimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/us/politics/personhood-amendments-would-ban-nearly-all-abortions.html?hp Seems insane to me, not only would this make abortion the legal equivalent of murder - but it would also make certain forms of birth control, like IUD's...

And by 'they', I mean 'keynesian'. David Frum, a well known and reputable Very Serious Person has put a spin on Susan Sontag’s once provacative and unpopular question: So how bad does the truth hurt?

I turned on the TV last night to Anderson Cooper, who moderated the most recent GOP debate, blasting the Ron Paul campaign for lying to raise money. The Ron Paul campaign made a claim that RP wasn't allowed to talk for 40 minutes strait, and used that "fact" to rally the base against the...

Remember when Obama announced that he was ordering a review of all federal regulation, and that he was willing to eliminate unneeded regulation? Well, I just assumed it was a political announcement and that no action would be taken - but it seems I was wrong. From the NYTimes: That damn...

So one regulation that made it through in the wake of the financial crisis was the one that limited charges on merchants for credit/debit card swipes from an average of ~40 cents to a 24 cent maximum. Banks have responded by starting up some new fees on consumers. which obviously has caused some...

from an email I recieved from the Obama campaign (I've been planning on donating but I've been lazy, lol)... I've bolded a few parts for emphasis:

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