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phxPenetrating Argument About Cannabis Legalization Truedizzle2014-02-22 02:37:12Ryan McMaken Writes LH in response to my article today: You are a idiot ,don’t you see that pot is part of the problem that is destroying this nation,it is a drug. It side effects are laziness loss of moral fortitude ,broken families government dependency and the list goes on .you have sold your soul in the name of commerce and more government taxation,you are not free but are self imprisoned with your ungodly liberalism. Given the ungrammatical nature of her “paragraph,” this reader clearly prefers gin to pot. Although I’m being accused of being a “liberal” here, couldn’t I equally claim that I’m actually being a reactionary in my views on drugs? I’m so reactionary, in fact, that I demand a return to drug laws, circa 1910, when cannabis was legal most everywhere, and I could buy opium and cocaine from the corner drug store. Or perhaps, I’m only being nostalgic and “pot” was “destroying this nation” back then, before the good people of Washington D.C. saved us from ourselves. 6:11 pm on February 21, 2014 http://ift.tt/OkGm0vpdx... Yep-I think it is § mr_relaxation2014-02-22 02:01:36i've learned more about gay sex from CLcons than FaantaStat2014-02-22 01:57:09from any other source!But I'm not angry at all § mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:56:57gldNIGGERs being subhuman r allowed to lie I guess § bloodofthegods2014-02-22 01:56:13I know all about you politically too, little gov mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:55:36dependentThat's I!! § mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:52:57You got one thing right- I do hate left wing fag mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:51:48gotsInternet trolls take pleasure in making you suff lie______detector2014-02-22 01:50:45Internet trolls take pleasure in making you suffer, new study says Nobody likes an internet troll, but it's been possible to take comfort in the idea most of them are just clowning around. Unfortunately, new research suggests that's not the case — trolls' personalities correlate highly with sadism. A new study by Erin Buckels and her colleagues at the University of Manitoba found that trolls' personalities are strongly linked to personality traits that form what some psychologists call the Dark Tetrad: sadism, narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Moreover, the more time a person spends commenting on the internet each day, the more likely it is that the person will demonstrate Dark Tetrad traits. As recounted by Slate, only 5.6 percent of survey respondents copped to engaging in troll behavior. But those who did demonstrated a strong relationship with sadism in particular. "Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others," the study's authors write. "Sadists just want to have fun ... and the internet is their playground!" I only come here to troll. § < theanti-lib37 > 2013-04-28 20:09:29 I just come here to troll. § < theanti-lib37 > 2013-04-28 20:02:02 I just come here to troll........... § < theanti-lib37 > 2013-04-28 11:54:32 And yet I'll still never buy niggercare § mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:48:05'Dear Abby' Teaches Homophobic Couple a Lesson T lie______detector2014-02-22 01:47:24'Dear Abby' Teaches Homophobic Couple a Lesson They Won't Forget You can always count on Dear Abby to tell it like it is. When a homophobic Florida couple wrote in to the advice columnist this week asking about how to deal with gay neighbors, Abby's response was short, sweet and devastating — and probably not at all what the couple expected. "Unhappy in Tampa" just moved to a new neighborhood, and despite being welcomed into their gay neighbors' homes, they did not return the favor because they "do not approve of their lifestyle choices." They then complained that others in the neighborhood began to exclude them from the social circle and — gasp — even called them bigots! The couple sought Abby's validation for their actions, but instead the famed advice columnist shut them down completely, and reminded all of us what's really important. Abby debunked the couple's outdated notion that being gay is a "choice" before addressing their hypocrisy head on. "I find it interesting that you are unwilling to reciprocate the hospitality of people who welcomed you and opened their homes to you, and yet you complain because you are receiving similar treatment," she wrote. Abby could've easily dropped the mic there, but she went on to include an important lesson. It was clear that the couple missed their old neighborhood that was filled with "people like them" and where "different people" stayed quiet. In response, Abby wrote that their new surroundings offered them a huge chance for growth — "Don't blow it," she wrote. And that's a good thing for everyone to keep in mind. 'Dear Abby' was started by Pauline Phillips in 1956 under the pen name Abigail Van Buren, and is now written by her daughter Jeanne Phillips. Since its founding, the nationally syndicated column has dealt with a variety of subjects daily, from lighter topics like social etiquette to serious ones like rape and abuse. Abby's responses are honest, straight–forward and they avoid sugarcoating the truth, but staunch take–downs of homophobia aren't common. (Although the column has voiced support for same-sex marriage before.) That's as good a reason as any for the LGBT and ally community to applaud Dear Abby today. Health Care Law Is 'An Answer To A Prayer' ... lie______detector2014-02-22 01:47:03Health Care Law Is 'An Answer To A Prayer' For Americans CHICAGO (AP) — For many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. They're unwanted by employers, rejected by insurers, struggling to cover rising medical costs and praying to reach Medicare age before a health crisis. "I just cried I was so relieved," said Maureen Grey, a 58-year-old Chicagoan who finally saw a doctor this month after a fall in September left her in constant pain. Laid off twice from full-time jobs in the past five years, she saw her income drop from $60,000 to $17,800 a year. Now doing temp work, she was uninsured for 18 months before she chose a marketplace plan for $68 a month. The affordable coverage is "an answer to a prayer really," said Laura Ingle, a 57-year-old Houston attorney who had been denied coverage repeatedly because she has sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease. She recently had back surgery for a painful condition that's been bothering her for months. Nishimura lost his coverage after leaving a full-time position with benefits in 2007, thinking he could land another good job. The recession ruined that plan. After COBRA coverage expired, he was denied coverage because of high blood pressure and other conditions. In December, he chose a bronze plan on the new insurance marketplace that costs him $285 a month after a tax credit. The deductible is $6,300, so he hopes he doesn't have to use his coverage. He can get on Medicare in April, just in time for his annual checkup. In Miami, licensed practical nurse Marie Cadet, who is 54, often works double shifts to make ends meet for herself and her 12-year-old daughter. She had been paying more than $150 a month for health insurance, with a $3,000 deductible. In effect, she paid most medical costs out of her own pocket, including about $80 a month for blood pressure medicine. After choosing a plan from the marketplace, Cadet's monthly payment dropped to $86 a month, with the government kicking in $300. Her deductible fell to a more affordable $900. "Now," Cadet said, "I'm not scared anymore." The Recovery Act, five years later It seems li lie______detector2014-02-22 01:46:33The Recovery Act, five years later It seems like ages ago, but in late 2008 and early 2009, the global economic crisis had reached terrifying levels, and U.S. policymakers had to choose a direction for the nation’s future. Democrats rallied behind a stimulus package called the Recovery Act, while Republicans called for a five-year federal spending freeze. Putting aside the fact that congressional Republicans haven’t been willing to work with the president on much of anything, there are a few broad problems with these complaints. First, if the nation had followed the GOP’s preferred course at the height of the crisis – David Brooks described the Republican prescription at the time as “insane” – the Great Recession would have been far worse, making their complaints now rather laughable. Second, if GOP lawmakers are convinced the stimulus failed, why’d they take credit for its investments back home? And third, public relations notwithstanding, the Recovery Act was a great success. The evident details are hard to miss – the economy crashed, then Democrats approved the stimulus, and then the economy started growing, job creation picked up, and the stock market soared. I’ve long been curious: for Republicans, how is this possible? Was it magic? Was it a coincidence? How do they explain why every relevant economic metric showed sharp improvements immediately after the Recovery Act kicked in? It’s why Ben Bernanke – a Fed chairman who, up until extremely recently, was considered a fairly conservative Republican – repeatedly told Capitol Hill that the single biggest obstacle to a healthier economy has been the fiscal policies demanded by GOP lawmakers. Update: Several alert readers reminded me of an important point. While the Recovery Act was bolstering the economy, the nation still had to contend with state-based austerity measures and a massive drop in public-sector employment, brought on by counter-stimulative spending cuts. It’s another detail worth keeping in mind today. From 'I don't want any part of Obamacare' to 'It lie______detector2014-02-22 01:44:10From 'I don't want any part of Obamacare' to 'It's a godsend' Last year, TIME published a massive special report, "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," detailing just about everything that is wrong with the nation's health care system. Central to that story were Stephanie and Sean Recchi, an Ohio couple with two kids who had just started up a new business, and who had just been struck by Sean's aggressive and expensive cancer. Here's Stephanie Ricci last October: I don't think Obamacare will help us. I don't want anything to do with it," Stephanie Recchi told me a week after the launch of HealthCare.gov on Oct. 1. "I hear a lot of bad things about it—that it doesn't cover pre-existing conditions and it's too expensive," she added, referring to what she said were "television ads and some politicians talking on the news. Just a lot of talk that this is a bad law." Did I mention she's an Obama hater? Nonetheless, she tried and tried again to navigate HealthCare.gov, to no avail. That made her hate the whole idea of Obamacare even more, but she needed health insurance, and so went to her insurance agent. "When they came to my office, Stephanie told me right up front, 'I don't want any part of Obamacare,' " recalls health-insurance agent Barry Cohen. "These were clearly people who don't like the President. So I kind of let that slide and just asked them for basic information and told them we would go on the Ohio exchange"—which is actually the Ohio section of the federal Obamacare exchange—"and show them what's available." What Stephanie soon discovered, she told me in mid-November, "was a godsend." "Here I get full protection for $566, compared to no protection for almost $500," Stephanie says, referring to her old plan that had cost $469 monthly and that MD Anderson had scoffed at. "This is wonderful. [...] No, we don't get MD Anderson, but we do get the Cleveland Clinic and lots of other good care," Stephanie says. "We understand that." Amid the likely attacks from his opponents that he's taking away patients' favorite doctors and hospitals, Obama has to hope that others come to share her attitude. unkkey bullet points supported by tea party Republi lie______detector2014-02-22 01:42:13key bullet points supported by tea party Republicans: Conservatism, the irreplaceable hub of our Nation, our Christian Faith, and the highest standards of western culture and technology. America First: America before ANY foreign or alien influence and the removal of the United Nations from our borders. We condemn the U.N. and advocate withdrawal of the United States from membership in the U.N. The Constitution Of The United States: as originally written and intended! The finest system of government ever conceived by man. Free Enterprise: private property and ownership of business. Positive Christianity: the right of the American people to practice the Christian Faith, including prayer in school. Oh and on guns… The fact is to all you government officials considering confiscating guns, what you are considering is TREASON against the Constitution and Citizens of the United States of America. Except—I didn’t write those talking points. I didn’t pull them from a right-wing tea party website. I pulled them from the Traditionalist American Knights—of the Ku Klux Klan. unkChicago Homicides Down Drastically In 2013 To Fe lie______detector2014-02-22 01:40:08Chicago Homicides Down Drastically In 2013 To Fewest Murders Since 1965 CHICAGO (AP) — Following a year when Chicago led the nation in homicides with more than 500, the city's Police Department said Wednesday that in 2013 the city recorded the fewest killings since 1965 and saw its overall crime rate fall to level not seen since 1972. The city, which ended the year with a 16 percent drop in crime, saw the numbers of violent crimes, including robbery, aggravated battery and criminal sexual assault drop significantly — some by double digits— as well as drops in burglary and motor vehicle theft. But it has been the city's homicide rate, especially the toll on young people, that has captured national attention. "We are making significant progress by putting additional officers in high-crime areas, using intelligence to prevent retaliatory shootings, moving officers from administrative positions back to the streets," Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said in a statement. One reason Chicago has been in the national spotlight is that in recent years it has recorded more homicides than larger cities like New York City and Los Angeles. That was again true in 2013, with New York recording 333 homicides, the lowest number since comparable record-keeping began in 1963. And, according to the Los Angeles Times, as of Dec. 28, there were 250 homicides in LA, compared with 298 the year before. The department and other city officials have pointed out that the drop in homicides, shootings and other violent crimes coincides with changes in police strategies, including tactics targeting violent street gangs that are responsible for the vast majority of the city's gun crimes and, significantly, about $100 million in overtime pay for hundreds of officers deployed nightly to high crime areas. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said that besides putting more officers on the street, various programs for young people have played a role in bringing the numbers of violent crime down. At a recent news conference, for example, the mayor said that a record 20,000 young people were involved in the city's summer jobs program. "Not one of those kids was affected by gun violence this summer, and I don't believe for a minute that if they didn't have jobs they would be safe," he said. unkI hate only lib women § mr_relaxation2014-02-22 01:37:29unkRepublicans want to dial back the 'war on women' lie______detector2014-02-22 01:35:59Republicans want to dial back the 'war on women' talk ... by focusing on abortion If Republicans want to make Todd Akin their poster boy on abortion, they should go right ahead. Here's something to watch for at the Republican National Committee meetings: A group of RNC members is introducing a "Resolution on Republican Pro-Life Strategy." In essence, it says the Republican Party should encourage candidates to talk more, not less or more sensitively, about their extreme anti-abortion positions: "The Republican National Committee urges all Republican pro-life candidates, consultants, and other national Republican Political Action Committees to reject a strategy of silence on the abortion issue when candidates are attacked with 'war on women' rhetoric," the resolution reads. Somewhere, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are probably pumping their fists and cheering. Then again, so are their 2012 opponents, Sens. Claire McCaskill and Joe Donnelly. According to the RNC resolution's sponsor: "Not talking about it has not worked well for us," Barrosse told CNN in an interview. "Not responding has not worked well for us. It's a conversation the party has to have." She considers the past several years of Republican campaigning and lawmaking to have been "not talking about it"? Akin and Mourdock, forced-ultrasound and clinic-closing laws from Texas to Wisconsin to North Carolina? The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act in the House, which could lead to the IRS auditing rape victims? That's "not talking about it"? Dear heaven, what are these people hoping for? Republican candidates who campaign exclusively outside women's clinics, harassing everyone who goes in? But please! Bring it. Be honest—tell us how you feel about exclusions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother. Take it the next step and talk about contraception. Keeping showing voters just where the Republican Party stands on this one. I don't think Democrats will have any problem with that at all. unkFive years later, on the anniversary of Presiden lie______detector2014-02-22 01:35:19Five years later, on the anniversary of President Obama signing the Recovery Act into law, GOP lawmakers are apparently eager to ask, “See how right we were?” Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday that the $800 billion stimulus package that was signed into law five years ago today was nothing more than more government spending that hasn’t helped the economy. Putting aside the fact that congressional Republicans haven’t been willing to work with the president on much of anything, there are a few broad problems with these complaints. First, if the nation had followed the GOP’s preferred course at the height of the crisis – David Brooks described the Republican prescription at the time as “insane” – the Great Recession would have been far worse, making their complaints now rather laughable. Second, if GOP lawmakers are convinced the stimulus failed, why’d they take credit for its investments back home? And third, public relations notwithstanding, the Recovery Act was a great success. The evident details are hard to miss – the economy crashed, then Democrats approved the stimulus, and then the economy started growing, job creation picked up, and the stock market soared. I’ve long been curious: for Republicans, how is this possible? Was it magic? Was it a coincidence? How do they explain why every relevant economic metric showed sharp improvements immediately after the Recovery Act kicked in? It’s why Ben Bernanke – a Fed chairman who, up until extremely recently, was considered a fairly conservative Republican – repeatedly told Capitol Hill that the single biggest obstacle to a healthier economy has been the fiscal policies demanded by GOP lawmakers. For congressional Republicans to note the fifth anniversary of the stimulus by patting themselves on the back is, to put it mildly, a deeply offensive display from policymakers who should arguably feel quite embarrassed right about now. Update: Several alert readers reminded me of an important point. While the Recovery Act was bolstering the economy, the nation still had to contend with state-based austerity measures and a massive drop in public-sector employment, brought on by counter-stimulative spending cuts. It’s another detail worth keeping in mind today. unk RNC Hispanic Outreach Chief Quits, Registers as lie______detector2014-02-22 01:34:59 RNC Hispanic Outreach Chief Quits, Registers as Democrat Republicans say he quit a month ago, but it's all over the place today. Moral: Wingnut Republicans are wingnut Republicans, and normal people are normal people, and never the twain shall meet. This guy turned his back on a high-paid, high-profile job and burned his bridges. That's how bad these people are: When Republicans appointed Pablo Pantoja to State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, they hoped he would be able to bridge the sizable gap that only expanded during the 2012 elections, when the state’s 4.7 million Hispanic voters supported Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a 20 percent margin. But after months of inaction by Congressional Republicans on comprehensive immigration reform and stiff resistance by Republican-leaning groups like the Heritage Foundation, Pantoja has had enough; on Monday, he announced via email that he was leaving the party and registering as a Democrat: Friend,
Yes, I have changed my political affiliation to the Democratic Party. It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them. Pantoja goes on to specifically cite last week’s revelation — that an author of Heritage’s false report on the cost of the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill wrote a dissertation in which he suggested that Hispanics are at a permanent disadvantage because they have lower IQs — as the final straw in his political evolution. Prior to assuming the role of state director, Pantoja served in the National Guard, doing multiple tours abroad in Kuwait and Iraq before returning to the states and getting involved in Republican politics. In 2010 he served as a field director in Florida during the midterm elections. unkAn evolving conversation on drug policy A few lie______detector2014-02-22 01:32:46An evolving conversation on drug policy A few months ago, Gallup reported that for the first time, a clear majority of Americans (58%) support legalization of marijuana. When Gallup first polled on this question, in 1969, only 12% endorsed legalization. The results were largely in line with Pew Research Center findings published in April, when it found a narrow majority favoring marijuana legalization, too. The next question, of course, is whether political leaders would follow the public’s lead, and there’s some evidence that the answer is yes. President Obama, for example, made headlines this week when he suggested marijuana is less dangerous for users than alcohol. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) raised even more eyebrows yesterday when he signaled support for decriminalization. Texas Governor Rick Perry said Thursday that he is in favor of softening penalties for pot users, touting strides his state has made towards decriminalizing marijuana use. “As governor, I have begun to implement policies that start us toward a decriminalization,” Perry said at a World Economic Forum panel on drug legalization in Davos, Switzerland. Perry proposed the idea of alternative “drug courts” that provide treatment options and softer punishment for minor offenses. It’s worth noting that this appears to be a new position for the Texas Republican. Ana Yañez-Correa, director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, said she was “shocked” by the governor’s comments, adding, “The decriminalization of marijuana is not something Perry has historically supported.” There’s a real, practical reason developments like these matter. We talked last fall about U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who made several progressive moves on federal drug policy that represented a genuine breakthrough moment. The nation spent four decades waging a costly and punitive “war on drugs,” which proved to be something of a disaster, and here was the nation’s chief law-enforcement official making clear that it was time for a meaningful policy shift. What’s more, he’s not alone. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) blasted the “failed war on drugs” this week; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) routinely urges reforms to the nation’s drug laws; and even Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is open to legalization. unk Glenn Beck Admits He Helped 'Tear The Country A lie______detector2014-02-22 01:32:03 Glenn Beck Admits He Helped 'Tear The Country Apart' On Fox News Glenn Beck joined Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Monday to reflect on his time at Fox News. As you know he was pretty much a failure at CNN's headline news, but when he joined the Roger Ailes crowd, he was enabled to let out his psychotic self to attack the new black guy in the White House. This proved to be very lucrative for him and Fox since it attracted far right wing zealots en masse to his show. He's since started The Blaze, which is doing very well in Conservo-land, but surprisingly when he was asked by Kelly how he felt his time was on her channel, he admitted to having many regrets. Hey, so do we. “I remember it as an awful lot of fun and that I made an awful lot of mistakes, and I wish I could go back and be more uniting in my language,” Beck said during an interview with Megyn Kelly. “I think I played a role, unfortunately, in helping tear the country apart and it's not who we are.” He continued, “I didn’t realize how really fragile the people were. I thought we were kind of more in it together and now I look back and realize, if we could've talked about the uniting principles instead of just the problems, I think I would look back more fondly.” Oh, please, he knew what he was doing and he loved every minute of it. On Fox News he regularly used Vicks Vapor rub to make his eyes tear up so it would appear to his viewers that he was crying in despair. The difference between Beck and Scott is that Scott merely confused his followers and bilked them out of their money with ridiculous gibberish for his own enrichment. Beck is doing the same thing, but a whole lot of people are taking him seriously as a secular, political force. He's not just affecting the people who choose to follow him. He's affecting the rest of us as well. He instigated the Tea Party crowd into being brutal idiots that routinely threatened Democratic politicians at every turn and sent a wave of narcissistic nuttery and violence throughout the right wing base. He did help tear this country apart and for that I hope he finds a place in the hell that he always preaches about. Don't buy this phony self reflection, because he's been just as smug, unstable and certifiable at The Blaze as he was during his two and half year run with Rupert Murdock. spkI did. But you called him a king also. § honorbound682014-02-22 01:03:06spkI think he's a usurper and FRAUD. § theanti-lib372014-02-22 00:54:28hnlhow so!!!!!!!!!!! im sorry i voted for 0webama! § honorbound_682014-02-22 00:29:36nycHussein: "I spied on all Americans!" AngrySatan2014-02-22 00:25:54Dims: "He treats everyone equal! nice guy!" nycHussein: "I gave maximum drill permits!" AngrySatan2014-02-22 00:24:57Dims: "He cares for the environment! Lets blame GOP For keystone and be done with that!" nycHussein: "I gave immunity to Monsanto!" AngrySatan2014-02-22 00:24:12Dims: "Monsanto chief needs it, he must be tired after all those fucking he gave us!" nycHussein:"I am waging 79 small wars!" AngrySatan2014-02-22 00:22:59Dims: "Our wars are good wars and they don't count!" nycHussein: "I gave trillions to wall st!" AngrySatan2014-02-22 00:22:08Dims: "He cares for the poor, nice guy!"

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