shop as usual and avoid panic buying

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

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[404.livejournal.com]

It ain't hard out there for a white-collar criminal

[dwer.livejournal.com]

Canada: Now not Foreign.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

Ron Paul and "Queers" and his personal homophobia

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Ron Paul & Sasha Baron Cohen in the movie Bruno [video will not embed]

Last night, Lawrence O’Donnell took a closer look what lengths people running for President are willing to do in an effort to get their face on TV, using Sasha Cohen's work as the template.

O’Donnell did not keep his analysis exclusive to Gingrich, also playing the clip of Baron Cohen embarrassing a very outraged Rep. Ron Paul by propositioning him for sex in his hotel room as the gay Austrian TV maven Brüno. Both clips are definitely worth watching (and re-watching!)– for those who have forgotten (or weren’t following the brilliant Da Ali G Show when it was still on HBO). For O’Donnell, the most ridiculous thing about the Gingrich interview was the fact that Gingrich “never figured out that the whole thing was a joke,” while he noted– with Richard Wolff in tow– that the Rep. Paul tape showed something sinister about the Congressman that wasn’t particularly overt in his campaign– that he was, as one former staffer noted, “personally uncomfortable around homosexuals.” Wolff found the anecdote told by that former staffer that Rep. Paul wouldn’t use a bathroom at a home where two gay men lived “pathetic,” and the fact that what bothered Rep. Paul was that Brüno was “queer” to be the problematic bit of that prank

And while Ron Paul's rather shady newsletters are getting attention for their racism, Slate has an extensive article on the homophobic content.

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[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

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[michael barnett]

Racist, sexist, homophobic, bigot thinks Americans are stupid enough to fall for this ridiculous campaign ad: