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AP on Care2.com- On This Day, 1861 – Confederacy Attacks Fort Sumter, Civil War BeginsOn this day, April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter, the nearly completed federal garrison positione […]
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- Workers Protest Ohio Gov’s Speech (Video)Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich delivered his State of the State address in Columbus Tuesday, Mar. 8. As expected, […]
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News Junkie Post- Super Bowl and Election 2012: Panem, Circenses and Brainwashing February 5, 2012Panem and Circenses ( Bread and Circuses) described the methods used by Roman Caesars to exert control on the populace and distract the masses from important matters of public affairs, policies and society by having them feast and watch gladiators fight to the death in Roman arenas. Little has changed in 2,000 years, and if […]
- Occupy DC: Two Days Two Raids February 5, 2012On Saturday, February 4, the Federal Parks Police raided the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square. Less than 24 hours later they are at it again at Freedom Plaza. Live streaming video of the violation of protesters rights can be viewed here. Equipped with riot gear, mounted troops, and hazmat suits, the police executed a […]
- Haiti: Is the Diaspora Doing Enough? Part One February 5, 2012A bit more than two years after the devastating earthquake, the country which used to be called “The Pearl of the Caribbeans” is still in a complete state of disarray. Many Haitians are very religious people, and some put their hopes more in the hands of God than in human beings for help. The numbers […]
- Super Bowl and Election 2012: Panem, Circenses and Brainwashing February 5, 2012
This Day in Failure- This Day in Failure: February 7 April 7, 20092011: The Cleveland Cavaliers lose their 25th consecutive game—a 99-96 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks 99-96—setting an NBA record for most consecutive losses. 2009: Jennifer Figge, 56, of Aspen, Colorado, reports swimming across the Atlantic Ocean over the course of 25 days, ostensibly making her the first woman to accomplish this feat. It turns […]
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Back from his vacation, Stephen sends up Senator Jim “Creme” DeMint (R-SC) and his “Waterloo” meme. DeMint articulated what became the Republican strategy to “break” Obama by defeating the administration’s effort to reform health care in July, 2009.
Now that the Democrats have successfully passed reform, DeMint has taken to pushing back the goal posts, telling Face the Nation‘s Bob Schieffer that the true test of the GOP’s cynical strategy will come with the results of the 2010 midterm elections.
Stephen, of course, has some fun with DeMint’s assessment:
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Stephen Colbert sat down with Nell Irvin Painter to discuss her new book: The History of White People. Painter proves to be a good sport as Stephen, unable to see race, ponders why such a history would be necessary.
Though the interview imparts little about the book, if it even approaches the value of Painter’s grassroots history of the Progressive Era, Standing at Armageddon, it will be well worth reading.
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This was Colbert’s second historian interview in as many days, having previously sat down with Eric Foner to discuss the Texas Board of Education’s recent revisionist effort.
Stephen sends up the Fox “News” Channel pundits for their idiotic equating of recent heavy snowfall with “proof” that climate change isn’t happening.
FNC really must hold their viewers in the lowest intellectual regard.
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- ‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World February 6, 2012WASHINGTON — The Constitution has seen better days.Sure, it is the nation’s founding document and sacred text. And it is the oldest written constitution still in force anywhere in the world. But its influence is waning.In 1987, on the Constitution’s bicentennial, Time magazine calculated that “of the 170 countries that exist today, more than 160 have written […]
- Mitt Romney’s misfire on the national anthem February 6, 2012“We are the only people on the earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the national anthem. It was FDR who asked us to do that, in honor of the blood that was being shed by our sons and daughters in far-off places.”— Mitt Romney, Feb. 2, 2012This is a strange one.Kudos to Andrew Kaczynski at Buzzfeed for first spotting this claim, though […]
- While Graceland Booms, Other Historic Homes Rot February 6, 2012Americans have always sought architectural brushes with greatness.The nation's first president spent the night at so many inns and private houses that signs advertising "George Washington slept here" were regular roadside attractions even during his lifetime.But only a few homes of celebrated figures, such as Thomas Jefferson's Monticello […]
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