Noam Chomsky: Marching Off the Cliff

The standard “he says/she says” coverage of the issue keeps to what is called “balance”: the overwhelming majority of scientists on one side, the denialists on the other. The scientists who issue the more dire warnings are largely ignored. . . The Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives is now dismantling environmental measures introduced by Richard Nixon, in many respects the last liberal president. This reactionary behavior is one of many indications of the crisis of U.S. democracy in the past generation.

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Anti-[Choice] Activists Plan To Harass Women With ‘Empty Manger’ [Holiday] Caroling

This holiday season, anti-[choice] activists in several states are renewing one of their favorite traditions: harassing women in front of family planning clinics with mean-spirited [Holiday] carols.

RH Reality Check reports on the antics of [Anti-Choice] Wisconsin:

Yes, for the few days leading up to [Holiday], [Anti-Choice] Wisconsin has pledged to deck the halls, or at least the sidewalks, of Wisconsin clinics with [Holiday] carols for the “empty mangers” that will exist due to [choice].

Via their website: Last year’s Empty Manger [Holiday] Caroling effort was so popular, we’re doing it again this year, and in more cities to boot! What better way to bring the joy of [Holidays] to a place where [choice] abounds?

Meanwhile, the [Anti-Choice] League’s website lists a jam-packed schedule of anti-[choice Holiday] caroling in the Chicago area. Events are also listed in Birmingham, Alabama, and several California cities.

In the true spirit of the holidays, women who need help from reproductive clinics will now have [to] face a swarm of religious ideologues who have turned their condemnation into song for the occasion.

Please note the bracketing; do not allow the reactionaries to own the language! 

Published on ThinkProgress Health By Marie Diamond on Dec 9, 2011 at 10:32 am

Glenn Beck Freaks Out Over South Korean Skyscraper

Because everything in the world must revolve around Beck and the United States, no exceptions. . . He was pissed and the target was South Korea. His rage was so pure that he was demanding that the U.S. pull all of our troops out of the country immediately. Why? Because one of the S. Korea’s planned skyscrapers made him think of 9/11.

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Rick Perry Playing to the Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats, i.e., the Republican Party and Two Sardonic Atheists Responses

Rick Perry’s Campaign Video Playing to the
Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats


Atheist James Kotecki Responds to Rick Perry’s
Knuckle-dragging Idiocy 


Atheist Andy Cobb Responds to Rick Perry’s
Prefrontal Cortex Deficiency

Donald Trump Is a Perfect Ringmaster for the GOP 2012 Circus

Article By SALLY KOHN, Political Commentator

The GOP primary is an eight ring circus. So why shouldn’t Donald Trump play ring master for a night?

The Republican presidential candidates are doing everything they can to distract from the fact that their party’s policies put our economy in the dumpster and, if elected, they will all just do more of the disastrous same. The American voters see that the economy is, slowly but surely, getting better and backs President Obama’s plans to make it stronger while bucking at continued Republican obstructionism.

Voters and Democrats want America to succeed and can tell that Republicans–in Congress and in the campaign–only want Obama to fail, even if it means America fails, too. The dazzling side shows of the GOP primary are entertaining the voters, but they can tell the distinguish farce from the best interest of the future of our nation.

Still, with the always-entertaining Herman Cain out of the race and Newt Gingrich now trying to look more like a candidate than a curmudgeon, the clowns are running out of gags. Perfect timing for a man with implausible hair to preside over a debate with implausible political candidates.

Bring on the show! Every candidate should join in. American voters will no doubt tune in to see how many GOP candidates can fit in the clown car as they aim to drive our economy and our political system off a cliff.

Found here in U.S. News & World Report, dated December 8, 2011