"Free Republic," Obama, and the KKK

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Friday June 26, 2015 · 9:56 PM PDT

2015/06/26 · 21:56

In the light of the marriage equality Supreme Court decision today, I thought I'd peruse rightwing reactions...

This is the worst.

What is the compassionate and wise thing to do my more aware nature tells me. But that doesn't happen before a feeling of revulsion comes over me, followed quickly by a recognition that these people are every bit as repellent to society by their behavior as... well... let's just say the 1990s are coming to mind, and - like another misguided initiative at the time... there was a lot of tone policing regarding marginalized groups.

Follow below for more... Note: I haven't gotten to what I actually read yet specifically...but just wait...

Mumon

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Monday December 30, 2013 · 9:23 AM PST

2013/12/30 · 09:23

I've never written a meta-diary before, but I guess there's a first for everything.

My main beef can be summarized as follows:

Those splash intro take action screens don't often render well on an iOS device, and they're annoying to get rid of on those devices.
As a result, I, and probably many others don't actually read them.
And because they appear all the time - every time this site is visited fresh, they actually undermine their purpose.

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Splash intro screens:

40 votes Vote Now!

Splash intro screens:

Fix 'em

32 votes

They're fine the way they are.

0 votes

Pie.

8 votes

The Republicans achieved their objective

Mumon

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Thursday October 17, 2013 · 10:08 AM PDT

2013/10/17 · 10:08

Remember, Boehner kept saying that he wouldn't do the default thing? That was the dead giveaway. This whole shutdown/debt ceiling stunt had one objective and one objective only, and the Republicans succeeded in that objective.

More below the fold...

Mumon

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Sunday July 14, 2013 · 1:08 PM PDT

2013/07/14 · 13:08

A lot of narratives of the Zimmerman case deal very rightly with the fact that African Americans are at risk in a racist America. On the right, apparently the narrative is "What a tragedy" if the throwback at Redstate is representative.

But suppose Zimmerman had been found guilty - then what?

Mumon

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Sunday June 16, 2013 · 12:15 PM PDT

2013/06/16 · 12:15

I suspect that someone on Kos has done this, but I haven't seen it, and sure enough once I post this diary somebody will come along & say, "Yeah, I did that 4 months ago."

But regardless I think it bears repeating, or if the point hasn't been made yet, stated: Vice, now that they're on TV, may just be the best thing to happen to video journalism, since, ... I don't know, 60 minutes?

Mumon

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Sunday October 21, 2012 · 5:38 AM PDT

2012/10/21 · 05:38

On edit: News reports are confusing on this...but it looks like at least the "back channel" part of the story is true.

Foreign policy debate...what, this week? Anyone old enough to remember the day remembers Gary Sick and Iran and October surprises...

October surprises suck when the neo-fascists do it...but apparently we have one ourselves, because theIran & the US have entered secret negotiations almost from the beginning of Obama's term for one-on-one nuclear disarmament talks.

And they've (not yet?)agreed to do it. After the election. Because they want to know with whom they're negotiating.

Mumon

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Friday October 19, 2012 · 6:30 AM PDT

2012/10/19 · 06:30

I wish I had - how do they say it? a search engine bomb. It would be a search engine Bomb for Mitt Romney!
It would be a search engine bomb, in particular for Mitt Romney's 5 Point Plan!

Mumon

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Sunday August 26, 2012 · 8:45 AM PDT

2012/08/26 · 08:45

I am one of those disaffected Obama voters from 2008. I gave him money. Now I was always skeptical of "hope and change" and all that, and of course I voted for him because ...there was no realistic alternative.

I think the same scenario plays out in 2012.

Mumon

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Sunday April 15, 2012 · 7:55 AM PDT

2012/04/15 · 07:55

It would be an otherwise (for most Americans) non-controversial story about Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s poem criticizing Israel’s aggressive posture toward Iran, which talks about Grass's poem and the fact that Germans nowadays are somewhat more vocal in their criticisms of the political and military organization that controls the West Bank and Gaza.

Grass's poem is non-controversial for most Americans not only because most Americans have reasonable views with respect to Palestine/Israel and the Iran situation but also, as you might know, most Americans aren't that familiar with poetry unless it's part of popular music. But I digress, since while I care about illiteracy, I care more about being thought of as an idiot, because I read the NY Times. But maybe the stupidity's on them today, as I explain below.

Mumon

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Sunday January 22, 2012 · 8:39 AM PST

2012/01/22 · 08:39

Nate Silver is wondering whether or not the elites wiring in Romney's Repug nomination win is coming undone by Gingrich as a result of his South Carolina win last night.

But Sliver's question is based on the assumption that there's actually a contest that will decide control of policy in the United States for the next four years.

That's not quite the right question to ask.

Mumon

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Saturday December 03, 2011 · 10:44 AM PST

2011/12/03 · 10:44

I'm watching the feed from MSNBC (courtesy Talking Points Memo).

He's continually calling the accusations of his multiple sexual dalliances "false and unproven accusations"...and he's saying he's at "peace" and that the accusations have distracted from his "solutions" (anything other than 999????)

Mumon

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Sunday November 13, 2011 · 6:47 PM PST

2011/11/13 · 18:47

Jaime Herrera Beutler has been nothing short of a disaster for the people of the 3rd district of Washington. Although convention wisdom says her district will be redrawn to be even more repugnant, we HAVE to rid ourselves of this corporate zombie.

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"Free Republic," Obama, and the KKK

Those "take action" screens are buggy and ineffective

The Republicans achieved their objective

George Zimmerman & what Clarence Darrow said

Vice might be the best thing to happen to news since the 'net

OCTOBER SURPRISE RE: Iran BUT IT'S OURS!

I wish I had a search engine bomb

Mitt Romney is going to help Obama to his 2nd term

Does the NY Times ever mention Israel's nukes? They do, BUT...

Nate Silver gets it wrong.

Grifter Cain Drops Out...er..."Suspends"His Campaign!

WA-03 Remove Jaime Herrera Beutler!