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     CommentAuthorlampcommander
   • CommentTimeJul 18th 2012

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   John McCain denounces a claim by Michelle Bachmann that a Muslim government worker is Muslim Brotherhood insurgent
   
   And here we are tiptoeing into McCarthyism, round 2.
2. • CommentAuthorRenThing
   • CommentTimeJul 18th 2012

    (10727.2)
   And unsurprisingly it's Bachmann. Again. She tried pulling similar shit in 2008 when she wanted to start meetings on evaluating congresscritters on whether or not they were "real Americans".
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     CommentAuthordorkmuffin
   • CommentTimeJul 18th 2012

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   Bachmann's just threatened because Huma Abedin is way hotter.
   
   Or because Bachmann's crazy.
   
   Maybe both.
   
   (Huma Abedin though. MAJOR girl crush. SO SMART/INTERESTING. Married to Anthony Weiner, which is unfortunate, but still. Smart, capable women in politics are SO COOOOOOL. Plus she's buddies with Hillary Clinton. And I choose to believe that Hillary Clinton is exactly like all of the hilarious shit Buzzfeed loves to post about her BEING A BOSS.)
4. • CommentAuthorRenThing
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012

    (10727.4)
   @Dorkmuffin
   
   Maybe both.
   
   This.
   
   And the words "hot" and "Michelle Bachmann" should never, ever go together.
5. •  
     CommentAuthorFoamhead
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012 edited

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   Because Europe doesn't have enough problems right now...
   
   The eurozone's religious faultline

   Discussion among eurozone leaders about the future of their single currency has become an increasingly divisive affair. On the surface, religion has nothing to do with it - but could Protestant and Catholic leaders have deep-seated instincts that lead them to pull the eurozone in different directions, until it breaks?
   Following the last European summit in Brussels there was much talk of defeat for Chancellor Merkel by what was described as a "new Latin Alliance" of Italy and Spain backed by France.
   Many Germans protested that too much had been conceded by their government - and it might not be too far-fetched to see this as just the latest Protestant criticism of the Latin approach to matters monetary, which has deep roots in German culture, shaped by religious belief.

6. • CommentAuthorKosmopolit
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012

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   And you thought BigDog was creepy:
   
   
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     CommentAuthordorkmuffin
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012

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   Okay, I wouldn't describe Michelle Bachmann as hot, but she is noted for being a pretty attractive politician. Her general crazy usually obscures that, but Ms. Bachmann is a good looking lady. She's just got the crazy eyes. Also: the crazy.
8. • CommentAuthorSteve Toase
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012

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   Police officer found not guilty of Tomlinson killing on the grounds he used reasonable force. I'm confused. If Tomlinson was walking away and he struck him how can it be reasonable force?
9. • CommentAuthorWood
   • CommentTimeJul 19th 2012

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   Oregon man recovers from plague, but may lose fingers, toes - WARNING : GRUESOME PICTURE
   
   

   In the category of no good deed goes unpunished comes the tale of Paul Gaylord, the Prineville, Ore., man who tried to save a cat choking on a mouse and is now painfully recovering from a case of the plague.
   
   Oregon health officials have said there is no public health emergency — the disease that wiped out a third of Europe during the Middle Ages does not appear to have spread — but Gaylord just barely survived, and is likely to lose the better part of his fingers and toes to the disease.

   
   
   

   State health officials say they believe the cat was likely infected with the plague by a flea, often carried on rodents such as mice.
   
   Oregon state public health veterinarian Emilio DeBess said authorities immediately began some detailed detective work.
   
   “We went out and talked to the family to clarify the story as to what happened, and also to take a look at the area and look for either dead rodents or any other dead wildlife that could give us any information at all as to the possibility of there being a bigger problem in that area,” DeBess said in an interview.
   
   “We also went to the local humane society and collected blood from cats that had been picked up in the area,” he said.
   
   All the blood samples came back negative, which suggested there was no widespread problem to worry about.
   
   “Is it here? Yes. Is it present at a low level? Yes, it is. There are obviously prevention tips we give individuals to try to minimize the likelihood of contact with an animal infected with plague or fleas,” he said.