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Defeat the Right in Three Minutes. (2) Facebook. Here Are The Twitter Handles Of The Senators Who Voted No On Background Checks Bill. Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever. Barack Obama's presidency has been an inspiration to many Americans—especially nutjobs. Ever since the first-black-president-to-be appeared on the national political stage, a cottage industry of conservative conspiracy theorists has churned out bizarro, paranoid, and just plain racist effluvia—some of which has trickled into the political mainstream. Below, we've charted some of the Obama-baiters best (i.e., worst) work.

(Scroll down for more detailed descriptions of the conspiracy theories in the diagram.) The Conspiracy Theories Disclaimer: It should go without saying that none of these are true. Follow links at your own risk. Obama is a secret Muslim: This one began right after he took the stage at the 2004 Democratic convention, with chain emails alleging his "true" religious affiliation. Steve Brodner Obama is in the pocket of the Muslim Brotherhood: Billy Graham's son Franklin wants you to know that Obama is allowing the Muslim Brotherhood to take over the federal government. If Everyone Knew | 5 facts that everyone should know. African Success : Biography of Ayaan HIRSI ALI.

Somalia > Politics : Ayaan HIRSI ALI Click on a picture to enlarge Born on 13/11/1969 (format : day/month/year) Biography : Ayaan Hirsi Magan known as Ayaan Hirsi Ali (b. November 13, 1969 ), in Mogadiscio (Somalia),is a Dutch human rights leader, feministand political writer. The daughter of a political opponent of the Somali dictatorship, Ayaan Hirsi Ali grew up surrounded by her family in exile.

In 1992, Ayaan was married off by her father in a ceremony which she refused to attend to a distant cousin who lived in Canada. In her three years in government, she found her voice as an advocate for women’s rights and an “enlightened Islam”, earning her both fame and infamy in her adopted country. Ayaan Hirsi Ali was named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2005, one of the Glamour Heroes of 2005 and Reader’s Digest’s European of the Year for 2005. Where each state stands on ACA's Medicaid expansion.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR READERS July 26, 2013 We are no longer updating this version of the Medicaid map, which tracked each governor's stance on the Medicaid expansion. Check out our new Medicaid Map (Beyond the pledges: Where the states stand on Medicaid), which tracks executive and legislative action taken to achieve—or totally rule out—expansion in each state. The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to opt out of the law's Medicaid expansion, leaving each state's decision to participate in the hands of the nation's governors and state leaders. Based on lawmakers' statements, press releases, and media coverage, the Daily Briefing and American Health Line editorial teams have rounded up where each state currently stands on the expansion.

We will continue to update this map and list as more information becomes available. Click to expand. Embed this map on your website Like this map? Check out more than 30 other infographics, including: Alabama*: Gov. Unclemiltsarmysurplus.com Product 2. Republicans, Our Constitution and Their Blatant Hypocrisy. Our Pledge of Allegiance and the Myth of “One Nation Under God” Key 'Obamacare' provision delayed until 2015. News from the Obama administration about the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act caused quite a stir last night, but it’s worth pausing to appreciate the extent of the impact. In a significant setback for President Obama’s signature domestic initiative, the administration on Tuesday abruptly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in his health care law’s mandate that larger employers provide coverage for their workers or pay penalties.

The decision postpones the effective date beyond next year’s midterm elections. […]While the postponement technically does not affect other central provisions of the law – in particular those establishing health insurance marketplaces in the states, known as exchanges, where uninsured Americans can shop for policies – it threatens to throw into disarray the administration’s effort to put those provisions into effect by Jan. 1. Well, maybe. . * What’s the employer mandate? * Won’t this mandate discourage those businesses from hiring? Obama's Brilliant Move Deals A Blow To The GOP's 2014 Hopes. With one brilliant political masterstroke, the Obama administration pulled the rug out from Republicans who were hoping to run against Obamacare in 2014. An innocent looking blog post at the Department of the Treasury has turned the GOP’s strategy for the 2014 election on its ear.

Mark J. Mazur wrote, “The Administration is announcing that it will provide an additional year before the ACA mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements begin. This is designed to meet two goals. Republicans have been telegraphing since they lost the 2012 election that they intended to run against the employer mandate. Republican former CBO director, Douglas Holtz-Eakin explained why this announcement was both a stunner and deviously brilliant, “Democrats no longer face the immediate specter of running against the fallout from a heavy regulatory imposition on employers across the land. The GOP had absolutely no clue that this was coming. Obama is playing chess, while Republicans are stuck on Go Fish. Debunking Almost Every Republican Lie Against President Obama | Forward Progressives.

You Might Be A Conservative If... - You might be a conservative if you believe any of the things on this list. A humorous, albeit realistic look at how conservatives think. Image a parody of Grant Wood’s classic painting, “American Gothic.” Are you a conservative? Are you a conservative? 1: You might be a conservative if you’re irate over the president taking so many vacation days on the taxpayer’s dime (61 thus far), but you thought George W. 2: You’re happy with your 40 hour work week, paid vacations and company-provided healthcare, but you’re strongly anti-union, because those commies haven’t done anything for you lately. 3: You might be a conservative if you strongly support the First Amendment and its guarantee of religious freedom to all, but you don’t think Muslims have a right to build an Islamic Community Center in Manhattan. 5: You might be a conservative if you believe that when a Republican governor creates a healthcare package with an individual mandate for everyone in his state, that’s a good idea.

American History Timelines - Wars with American Involvement. Jealous 'Assclown' Sarah Palin Attacks the Correspondents Dinner Charity Event. The queen of bitter jealousy had reared her ugly head as Sarah Palin attacked the White House Correspondents Dinner, despite the fact that it is a charity event. From deep within her social media bunker, Sarah Palin tweeted. That #WHCD was pathetic. The rest of America is out there working our asses off while these DC assclowns throw themselves a #nerdprom — Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) April 28, 2013 She also posted to her Facebook page, just so everyone would know that Sarah was jealous, “Yuk it up media and pols.

The real jokes here are that Sarah Palin has attended the WHCD parties before. Here is Palin at the 2011 MSNBC cocktail party for the White House Correspondents Dinner (Photo: Washington Post): Sarah Palin also seems to have no idea that the White House Correspondents Dinner is a charity event that raises money for scholarships. Van Susteren wrote, “It seems many of you may not have all the facts.

Let’s talk about the real reason why Palin threw her little tantrum. 363201342213441988148.pdf. The Truth About Republican Racism and the “Southern Strategy” The Paula Deen Incident; you should know all that's being alleged before defending her. I've finally had the opportunity to review the complaint filed against Paula Deen. For one, many people have been making this incident about the "N" word only, but it's much more than that.

I personally find it to be offensive whenever someone from another race is accused of using the "N" word they are somehow given a pass because of the use of the "N" word by some in the black communities. Let me be the first to say that I find the use of the word by anyone to be wrong. However, when it's used in a racist or insulting manner, it hurts more. I think individuals who are trying to defend Paula Deen's use of the "N' word should probably familiarize themselves with all of the facts of the case against her. Here's a summary of some of the things being alleged against Paula Deen, her brother Bubba Hiers and the Deen business entities: Summary: Paula Deen, while planning her brother's wedding in 2007, was asked what look the wedding should have. Black staff could only use one bathroom; Daryl K. 20 Obvious Lies That Will Shock Conservatives (If They Ever Bothered To Read A Book Or Two) -

The Bible Tells Us When A Fetus Becomes A Living Being. Many people think that a human being is created at the time of conception but this belief is not supported by the bible. The fact that a living sperm penetrates a living ovum resulting in the formation of a living fetus does not mean that the fetus is a living human being. According to the bible, a fetus is not a living person with a soul until after drawing its first breath. After God formed man in Genesis 2:7, He “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and it was then that the man became a living being”. Although the man was fully formed by God in all respects, he was not a living being until after taking his first breath.

In Job 33:4, it states: “The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” Again, to quote Ezekiel 37:5&6, “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. Source: "The bible tells us when a fetus becomes a living being," by Dr. Numbers 5 describes "the Lord" ordering an abortion. Walton Feed. How to Escape from Zip Ties. In our How To Escape and Evade in an Urban Environment article, we briefly discussed escaping from zip ties. There are quite a few hasty methods of illegal restraint, and zip ties are a method that’s available to any would-be kidnapper.

A few of the other methods seen are duct tape, rope and phone cord, but with a little education you’ll see that all of these methods can easily be defeated. There are two things you’ll need in any escape situation, and without these two things, nothing we’ll show you will work. Those two things are time and opportunity. Your captors are most likely not going to have the resources or the patience to keep eyes on you constantly, and when they don’t, it’s time to make your move. Update 2015: We’ve recently put together this comprehensive how to video guide on escaping illegal restraint.

The best way to defeat any type of restraint is to first analyze how it works. Click here to view all videos on YouTube Breaking Zip Ties Shimming Zip Ties Friction Sawing Zip Ties. Advanced Survival Guide.com | Disaster Preparedness & Self-Reliance….. Part 2: The Article Every Liberal Needs to Show a Conservative. Want to Shut a Republican Up? Just Show Them This… Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space. If you’d love to do a little at-home gardening but don’t have much space to do your planting, a simple gutter garden might be the perfect option.

Alaskan news site Juneau Empire features a smart, simple idea for planting a small vegetable garden with very little space: A windowbox garden built from gutters. In Alaska, this idea solves a few problems for the author: We live near the glacier, so the soil is cold and has very little organic matter, there are lots of big trees shading it, and we have all the slugs and root maggots anyone could want, with porcupines, cats, bears and ravens meandering to boot.There is only one side of our house that gets much sunshine, and, of course, that side of the house has the smallest yard. Even if your garden doesn’t face the same problems, the idea behind the gutter garden could be perfect if you’re low on space but would kill for some homegrown veggies.

How does your garden grow? Online Post Apocalyptic Fiction. What do you do when you've read all of the post apocalyptic fiction you can find? You've read the Deathlands series. You've read I am Legend. You've read The Road. You've read The Hunger Games. And now you're suffering serious withdrawal. Well...If you've not yet searched the internet, there's a vast untapped source of these stories. The subjects are quite varied, as in published fiction. Sometimes the online stories are not quite as polished as published works would be.

Before you dismiss all online writers as wannabes and not worth reading, I would like to point out David Crocker, aka Halffast, who originally wrote the story "Lights Out" on a message board, and was able to make the leap to published book. I've linked only to stories that either the author has decided to make their story available for free, or to stories in the public domain.

Image Credit: © Sky1950 | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images. Murs-radio.com. 36 Asinine Tea Party Quotes. “…the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.” ~ Michele Bachmann, Speaking to Iowans For Tax Relief about the framers of the Constitution. January, 2011 “American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.” ~ Christine O’Donnell “Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful.

But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.” ~ Rep. Michelle Bachmann “Do you know, where does this phrase ‘separation of church and state’ come from? It was not in Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists. … The exact phrase ‘separation of Church and State’ came out of Adolph Hitler’s mouth, that’s where it comes from. So the next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State, ask them why they’re Nazis.” ~ Glen Urquhart, the Tea Party-backed Republican nominee for the Delaware House seat held by Rep.

Don’t Tread on Me. Either. 21st Century Tea Party What could be more American than firing up the grill on Memorial Day, loading up on sparklers for the Fourth of July? We’ll celebrate by filling our gobs with coleslaw and giving some snappy lip service about our founding fathers and servicemen, then nod in unison between swigs of beer. After all, we are a patriotic bunch. Ask any group of foreign visitors what is most striking about America and you will frequently hear that they notice all of the American flags, not just on government buildings but on private homes, vehicles, and clothing.

Americans are terrifically proud of our ancestors’ rebellion against the world’s most powerful nation in the 18th century. And our Great Experiment in Democracy has been, mostly, a resounding success, and one that continues to inspire the world over. In 2010, the Tea Party movement tapped into our nation’s patriotism and penchant for thrift-store costuming. But who is doing the treading? Let’s compare that to today’s Tea Party. How the Benghazi “Conspiracy” Turned Into an Epic Republican Failure. With the revelation today that the original emails from the White House on Benghazi had been doctored before the GOP took them as proof of a cover up, a theory I’d been entertaining for a while was confirmed in my mind.

Does anyone else see this strategy coming from President Obama and this administration? Surely by now they’ve figured out from their own experiences (and from the Clinton era) that the only thing House Republicans want to do with a Democrat in office is to launch investigation after investigation, hoping to find something impeachable. Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, Obama’s birth certificate, Benghazi and now the IRS , these are all things they’ve tried desperately to remove a president for, and miserably failed. So when you’re faced with a Congress that has nothing but utter hatred and contempt for you and a Senate that is hamstrung by procedural filibusters, what would you do if you were President? If you enjoyed this, please share! IRS mess isn't going away anytime soon. Pablo Pantoja Turns Democrat: RNC Florida Hispanic Director Cites GOP 'Intolerance' In Making Party Switch.

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