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How Bullshit Magically Turns Into Fact

by Karoli on November 25, 2011 · 94 comments

I used to write these stories debunking the right wing only, and usually in the context of Fox News. But lately, it seems as though the entire angry political blogosphere, whether right, left or libertarian, seems to need to magically transform bullshit into fact. I’m going to give you two examples of how this works [...]

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On a personal note…

by Karoli on January 22, 2010 · 1 comment

I’m tired. I’ve been fighting for 2 years now. First to elect Obama and then to get health care reform passed. I’m only one person and it’s not like I’ve seen this as only my fight, but I always felt like things would be fine because I had allies in the fight. I was one [...]

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How did health care turn into hate care?

by Karoli on August 11, 2009 · 12 comments

Seriously, folks? BTW, for those who sort of smugly sat back and sighed “Thank God wingnuts are in the Midwest and deep south…”, think again. This photo was taken in CALIFORNIA. In Alhambra, CA. Yep, that’s right. Here in progressive-California-with-pockets-of-John-Birch-Society-members-cum-LaRouche supporters, we have women looking like they’re ready to beat their kids carrying flyers calling [...]

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