Juneau Smog Google Group

The impact of austerity

2013-05-19T17:00:13Z

The Euro zone has now shrank for six straight quarters. Why are the
Republicans so intent on making the United States more like Europe?

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Recession, cont’d Shrinking output may prompt the European Central Bank to

The Scandals Continue...

2013-05-17T20:52:30Z

Now I'm not going to talk about the Budget Deficit being "scandalously"
lower than previously expected. I know it's hard to heard my voice over all
the champagne cork popping and cheering in the streets because of this
booming economy we now have thanks to focussing all our attention the last
three years on budget cuts, austerity and sequestration to get our deficit

Well, of COURSE they did, to nobody's surprise.

2013-05-17T15:35:13Z

Because truth be damned when it comes to Republicans. Party First.

*Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails*

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CBS News reported
Thursday<[link]>that

Can Battleground Texas turn that state blue...?

2013-05-16T17:34:48Z

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Targeting TexasBy THOMAS B.
EDSALL<[link]>

While the Republican Party struggles to resolve fratricidal conflict over
gay marriage and immigration reform, there is another elephant in the room:

If Obama's 2nd term is going to be scandal-ridden, shouldn't they at least be legitimate scandals...?

2013-05-15T18:49:44Z

I want to make sure I understand this "scandal" correctly: During the 2012
elections, a couple of news reports showed that President Obama was having
tremendous success in the war on terror. Now, that couldn't possibly be
true so the Republicans demanded an investigation into how such sensitive

43rd time is a charm

2013-05-15T16:45:04Z

I guess Congress is at it again......so when will they stop? 43 tries &
wasting millions of dollars seems like a big waste from supposed fiscal
conservatives...don't cha think? Oh right Country Last....i keep
forgetting....power grab is much more important right now.....whatever

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The Guardian (UK): Connecting climate change with negative health impacts results in decreased skepticism and increased action

2013-05-15T15:18:19Z

Health impacts – whether through flooding, increased droughts, or chaotic
winter weather – are perhaps the primary way in which most people will
experience climate change. And as previous research has shown, anything
that can reduce the psychological distance between individuals and the
abstract notion of climate change is likely to be an important tool for

Hispanic Votes for the GOP?

2013-05-14T18:33:54Z

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Not only is this telling of the state of the GOP, but it also a sign of how
badly they are doing to gather votes from the "non-white/rich"....and
basically how they lie to Minorities to get their vote....or play the God

Right Wing Benghazi bullshit put to bed.

2013-05-14T00:52:41Z

Not sure what incredibly witty and hilarious image Brent was trying to send
through, but I'm sure it hit home on any one of the numerous right wing
idiot talking points they keep repeating over and over again regardless of
how none of them hold up when faced with actual facts. Depending on the
day, depending on which hour of FOX News you`re watching, there are a

The award for "Best candidate to lose the presidency" goes to...

2013-05-13T20:49:25Z

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The true scandal of Benghazi is, finally, revealed:

2013-05-11T04:14:11Z

Its all about drafting a memo. Seriously, that's it.

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An alternative explanation for the Benghazi talking points: Bureaucratic

Arkansas residents ask John Kerry to look at devastation caused by Mayflower oil spill before deciding on Keystone pipeline

2013-05-10T15:49:10Z

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Arkansans to Kerry on Keystone: "Come to Our State to See the Devastation"

Two residents of Mayflower, Arkansas, the site of the March 29 pipeline
spill<[link]>,

Yet another bogus Fox News myth about Benghazi bites the dust!

2013-05-10T04:11:40Z

This time, it's about how a witness who provided testimony to Congress was
"threatened and intimated" by superiors at the State Department.

Except, not really. D'oh!

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Fox-Promoted Claim That Benghazi Witness Was Threatened Falls Apart

Fox News ignores witness congressional testimony that military leadership ordered to "stand down" at Benghazi

2013-05-09T15:56:24Z

Surprised? I'm not.

I mean--why let reality cloud the narrative of your supposed "scandal?"

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Fox Ignores Benghazi Witness Testimony Proving Obama Did Not Order Troops
To "Stand Down"

Fox News ignored congressional testimony that confirmed military leadership

Rebutal to this Ad?

2013-05-08T05:47:28Z

So, a lawyer in Juneau is currently running this ad on the cinema screens.
Not sure what his point is other than government is bad, but he's a lawyer?
Y'know a profession whose only job is to spend all day dealing with the
actual laws a government imposes to maintain a civil society. But whatever,

Nearly one-third of Americans believe armed revolution against the government might be "necessary"

2013-05-03T04:43:26Z

I wonder if Brent would consider himself part of this small wingnut
minority.

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Nearly a Third of Americans Believe Armed Revolution Against Government May

Wage theft: The invisible epidemic sweeping America

2013-04-28T16:24:58Z

Just remember: poor people are lazy parasites.

Or something.

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When Your Boss Steals Your Wages: The Invisible Epidemic That’s Sweeping
America
Wage theft is fast becoming a top trend of the 21st-century labor market.

Bill Maher calls bullshit on taxpayers picking up costs to maintain Shrub's Library of Lies

2013-04-28T07:26:03Z

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Bill Maher Blows Up Over Taxpayers Paying To Maintain Bush’s Library of
Lies

By: Jason EasleyApr. 27th, 2013

Bill Maher called bullsh*t on the fact that taxpayers are going to help pay
to maintain the library that George W. Bush is using as a propaganda tool

Refusing to admit failure, austerity economists continue to defend discredited study

2013-04-27T16:28:46Z

Fail.

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Refusing To Admit Failure, Austerity Economists Continue To Defend
Discredited Study

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff are the equivalent of economic
superstars to the right-wing. Their paper “Growth in Time of

On the subject of pollution, the oil & gas industry's assault renewable energy companies

2013-04-27T03:31:07Z

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The Oil And Gas Industry’s Assault On Renewable Energy

Renewable energy enjoyed a record year in 2012 – the U.S. wind
industry surpassed
50,000 megawatts of electrical power generation capacity and solar proved

If you are a parent & climate change denier, you are absolutely shirking your parental responsibility

2013-04-26T16:56:41Z

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A First-Time Father Sees Global Warming in a New Light

Jason Funk <[link]> / Published April
26, 2013 in Climate <[link]>

I think a lot about climate change; it’s my job. So every day I am

Buh Bye Baucus

2013-04-26T04:27:45Z

Surprised Brent hasn't typically latched on to any news of a Democrat
announcing they are retiring as if that's some sign that it's all over for
the Democrat party, but none the less, yet another D senator has announced
he will not seek another term in 2014, Max Baucus. And can I just be the
first on the group to say, Good Riddance. Don't let the door hit you where

Oh the hypocrisy!

2013-04-23T00:35:46Z

OMG, so let me get this straight, the Republicans refused to raise the debt
ceiling so the country wouldn't go into default and as a result that lead
to the sequester, and now Republicans are blaming Obama for FAA delaying
flights because funding cuts. Seriously. Is there no limits to just far
Republican hypocrisy will go? How disingenuous can they be? It's not

Another Conservative dumps support for NRA....

2013-04-22T18:14:20Z

The next of already many, and many more to come looks like...

[link]

The backlash against republicans who voted against expanded background
checks and an assault weapons band is already huge, which explains why so

the Boston Bombings expose the Obama administration's incompetence

2013-04-22T16:11:18Z

Hey libtards!

First, O-blame-o dropped the
ball<[link]>when
it came to the Czechian bobmers, as the FBI was directed to put
regular Americans under surveillance, allowing the bombers to carry
out their terrorist plot completely unimpeded. FIrst Benghazi, and now

How a 1969 paper predicted the eventual arrival of Fox News & right-wing hate radio

2013-04-18T06:19:32Z

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TV Will Tear Us Apart: The Future of Political Polarization in American
Media<[link]>

The Atlantic: The Great Debt Delusion: How Math Keeps Proving Austerity Wrong

2013-04-17T01:45:08Z

Ignore the mistakes behind my austerity study, says Harvard professor Ken Rogoff (Reuters)
Well, it turns out history does repeat itself as farce. Especially when it comes to selling austerity.
Back in 2010, policymakers decided the economic crisis was over. Fiscal and monetary stimulus had prevented the Great Recession from turning into a great depression, and that was enough for them to pretty much declare mission accomplished. It was time for policy to go back to "normal", even though the economy had not. In other words, it was time for austerity and higher interest rates, low growth and high unemployment be damned.

In response to the Boston bombings, Laura Ingraham pushes for "immigrant control"

2013-04-16T18:56:35Z

Funny, Ingraham wants "background checks" for the millions of immigrants
that have peacefully lived in the United States for decades, but not--of
course--for those with assault weapon fetishes or stockpile munitions, just
as any sane "good guy" would.

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On Boston: Fox News Gun Control Opponent Laura Ingraham Proposes ‘Immigrant

George W. Bush welcomes new grandchild & presidential library

2013-04-16T03:58:01Z

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With Grandchild and Library, a New Chapter for Bush
Kim Johnson Flodin/Associated Press

George W. Bush has raised more than $500 million for his 23-acre
presidential center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Why didn't the Iraq War kill the "liberal media"...?

2013-04-05T03:30:44Z

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Think Again: Why Didn’t the Iraq War Kill “The Liberal Media”?

We’re three weeks into our “Lessons Learned from the Iraq War”—more
accurately titled, “Lessons Unlearned.” One of the most glaring of these is

This Just In

2013-04-01T17:43:48Z

Gallup poll states that the GOP inflexibility is disliked more by
Republicans than Democrats....wow....if only polls were more definitive.

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Capitalism: The most efficient way to create goods & services, but SHOULD ALSO create public benefits & social welfare

2013-03-31T15:36:19Z

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On The Distribution Of Income

As there's some considerable conservative interest in my views on
so-called "income
redistribution"<[link]>(and

Google honors Cesar Chavez's birthday on Easter. Wingnuts--predictably--go insane

2013-03-31T15:09:07Z

Google Honors Cesar Chavez

And predictably, Teabagistan completely loses its shit. Below are today's
headlines on *Breitbart*, the *Daily Caller*, *Twitchy*, and *The Blaze*.

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Why the Proposition 8 case may not end with a bang, but with a hyper-technical legal whimper

2013-03-28T05:16:51Z

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Will Prop 8 End Not With a Bang but a Legal Whimper?

Justice Anthony Kennedy <[link]> — widely
viewed as the pivotal swing vote — got pulses racing early in today’s
same-sex-marriage <[link]> argument at the Supreme

Wal-Mart's unmitigated greed & lousy organizational philosophy helps engineer its own demise

2013-03-28T04:39:02Z

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Customers Flee Wal-Mart Empty Shelves for Target, Costco

Margaret Hancock has long considered the local Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
(WMT)<[link]>
superstore her one- stop shopping destination. No longer.

Colorado Gun Law

2013-03-27T18:02:00Z

Props to Colorado for seeing a problem, and ignoring the Oompa Loompa in
Congress and passing their own gun law....fucking bad ass!....oh wait! What
is a GOP fundamentalist hunter to do in the face of such progress?!?!?
Boycott the state of course!....huh?

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Supporters to "traditional marriage" struggle to explain why polls have shifted against them

2013-03-26T07:21:28Z

The only clear message in all this is: Republicans obviously need to
double-down in fighting against gay marriage. That tactic smells of
success, and if they want to have any chance of winning in 2016, they have
to "support" "traditional" marriage against onslaught horde of gays wishing
to marry their life partners...

Because remember, kids, climate change "is a myth." Or something.

2013-03-23T04:44:58Z

The sun is going to ravage the red states of Middle America this summer.
Blame Obama.

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Drought that ravaged U.S. crops likely to worsen in 2013, forecast warns

The historic drought <[link]> that

The "Growth and Opportunity Project" marks the demise of the GOP

2013-03-20T22:42:48Z

Get it? "Growth and Opportunity Project?" So the GOP doesn't just stand for
"Grand Ol' Party" anymore you see. And that's part of the whole "new
messaging" the National Republican Committee is aiming for with their
manifesto for growing the Republican party and pulling in new Republican
voters: [link]

What is the Double Irish Dutch Sandwich, and why did it cost the U.S. billions of revenues during the economic "boom years" of the mid-decade...?

2013-03-15T20:14:11Z

I really don't mind facing an austerity agenda that involves raising taxes
on the poor and middle class while simultaneously cutting services that my
tax dollars are supposedly going towards, while corporations funnel
billions of dollars to offshore subsidiaries tax-free. No, really I
don't. I mean, I wouldn't want to be envious of success, though when they

fossils in meteroites or hoax?

2013-03-13T19:54:33Z

Is this good enough evidence to prove that life can exist outside of our
little bubble...or just the devil trying to fool us?

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Cardif University claims of meteor 'algae fossils' spark debate

The minimum wage hurts poor people. The Violence Against Women Act is sexist. And the National Review Online is stupid.

2013-03-12T21:42:49Z

Does anyone really believe any of the tripe published in the NRO? Anyone?
Bueller...?

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Also, Passing the VAWA is Sexist<[link]>

*Shorter John Superfund, Abominable Views:
Minimum Wage Equals Maximum
Confusion<[link]>

Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" live chat Twitterjacked by so-called "patriots"

2013-03-12T08:01:34Z

Stay classy, Republicans.

(Click on the link for examples of the vile things that Brent really has no
problem being associated with.)

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Rage<[link]>

Deficits Shmeficits

2013-03-11T17:52:02Z

Time to put another Republican Talking Point to bed: "We don't have a
revenue problem, we have a spending problem."

Big Surprise! We don't have a spending problem. What's really remarkable at
this point however, is the persistence of Republicans fixating on the
deficit versus the actual facts on the ground. Republicans still talk as if

Rand Paul responds to critics

2013-03-08T21:30:37Z

Rand Paul said he was hoping to break Strom Thurman's filibuster record if
he could have, and I think he could have easily if he had decided to talk
about everything he agreed with Strom Thurman about.

I was actually glad to see Rand Paul up on his feet for 13 hours straight,
just like a majority of the working class in this country. Of course it was

Dumbass who said economy would spike under Bush is back

2013-03-08T20:37:16Z

*Dow 36,000 Is Attainable
Again<[link]>
* by James K. Glassman

Yep, the same James Glassman who worked for Bush and wrote a book
predicting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would go to 36,000 within
three to five years. Of course, instead of the Dow going on the rocket ride

Fact: States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Gun Deaths

2013-03-08T20:28:43Z

Just like how 30 years of trickle down economics and tax cuts for the rich
have been a dismal failure is a factual statement, and how the damaging
effects of the sequester austerity cuts fall squarely on the backs of the
Republicans for getting us into this mess is also a factual statement, now
it's officially a factual statement to declare that states with the most

Wow, Gallop beat out Rasmussen as most conservatively biased pollster

2013-03-08T20:02:31Z

*How Gallup Blew The
Election*<[link]>

Gallup, which has long touted itself as the most trusted survey brand in
the world <[link]>, is
facing a crisis. If Barack Obama's reelection in November was widely

Bwahahaha! OMG!

2013-03-08T18:06:17Z

What'd they think would happen? There's no frickin moron bigger than the
NRA arming schools gun advocate. I read this headline and thought "of
course that happened." Hey, you can also get the kids to settle down by
just firing a couple rounds into the ceiling as well. It works in movies!

School Suspends Armed Guard Program After Cop Accidentally Discharges Gun

Remember, kids, Fox News is both Fair AND Balanced!!!!

2013-03-04T16:56:53Z

*snort* Sometimes I make myself laugh....!

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You May Have Seen These Fox Graphics Before -- In A GOP Press Release

Fox News cribbed research and graphics directly from a National Republican
Congressional Committee (NRCC) press release without disclosing their