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July 1, 2014

will we see Carville and Matalin advising separate campaigns this cycle?

are they still nestled in those nooks and crannies of power?

July 1, 2014

JUST LEAVE JEB BUSH OUT OF IT, OK?

People trying to falsely pin the blame on Florida's 2000 results best quit trying to finger the Bush family commitments.
Keep blaming him for what happened, you might spoil his political prospects.








Oh, wait.

June 28, 2014

If some percentage of voters/taxpayers/citizens are "Anti-war"

what are the other percentages?
Is anyone really allowed the cover of "War neutral"?

June 26, 2014

Hillary Clinton only made one mistake in the last 12 years. But it was truly fatal.

she became a known quantity.
and few and far between are the ISSUE VOTERS
(electing someone/anyone as the first female President is a different sort of issue)
who can put aside what they want, for what Hillary wants.

June 25, 2014

What's going on?

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/20/18754497.php

"After the speakout and before eating, people tried to leave the barbecue for a peaceful march to the police station and back, with young children holding a banner in the lead. A whole troop of police in riot gear came from out of nowhere, blocking any exit from the park from any side. After several attempts to get around them, people came back to eat the food, with the police still surrounding the park.

After everyone ate, the youth decided to try marching again. The police came right back and kettled everyone again. Then the youth started faking out the police directionally and found a hole in the police perimeter to get through. The march took off with the cops in hot pursuit. The police eventually chased everyone back to the park. But the youth kept playing cat and mouse with police, until the cops on foot got tired of running in their riot gear and brought out the motorcycle police.

After everyone left, the cops sent a story to the press saying that two youths caused a motorcycle cop to tip over, with the bike falling on his leg. They arrested two 19-year-olds for supposedly causing this. This didn’t have anything to do with the march or barbecue, but the police are trying to tie this to this event."
June 23, 2014

UC Davis study links autism to pesticides

Source: Fresno Bee

"A new study released Monday suggests pregnant women who live near agricultural fields where pesticides are sprayed are at increased risk of having a child with autism.

The study by the UC Davis MIND Institute found mothers exposed to organophosphates had a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism.

And the risk was strongest when exposures occurred during the second and third trimesters of pregnancies, the research showed.

The University of California at Davis is not the first to report a possible link between autism and agricultural pesticide exposure. Seven years ago a study based in the Central Valley showed an association — and the UC Davis researchers said their results strengthen the evidence and warrant caution."




Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/06/22/3991540/study-links-autism-to-pesticides.html?sp=/99/217/&ihp=1



I know the causes of autism are a big concern.
June 14, 2014

Is it possible that this whole scene playing out in Iraq

is just a birthday present for GHWB on his 90th?
I wish I could read some history books from the future
his tail will not go unnoticed, well covered as it is today.

June 14, 2014

lied to a judge he knew about my grandparents health post custody/divorce

brought a large number of sheriff's out to my grandparents home where I was dissecting a frog with the neighbor's daughter in the driveway.
They took me away.
Kidnapped by law enforcement.
Certainly some sort of lesson that stuck with me.
Fuck him. serial philandering phony bible freak
POS.

June 10, 2014

Fine, I'll say it- Team Hillary is TERRIFIED of Elizabeth Warren

rightfully, and we will be hearing silly stuff about Hillary's inevitability until the campaign actually begins.
terrified that they will be eating their empty words before this is over.
Warren is going to cut her candidacy into little pieces, and she already has made a very good start there.
behind those bold bluffs- stark terror.

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