When no one’s looking, GOP propose rigging 2016
Your guide to schemes from just the last 2 months:
- Pennsylvania House GOP introduce a bill to rig the 2016 presidential election.
- The RNC wants to change how electoral votes work.
- Virginia State Senator proposes election scheme to elect a Republican.
- Ohio Secretary of State proposes, then backs off, Electoral College rigging scheme.
Was Hitler really a fan of gun control? (Hint: No.)
'...There are a lot of people whose livelihoods depend on keeping lots of conservatives terrified and ill-informed. The groups that exist to raise funds raise more funds when they endorse the crazier candidate. So even if you don’t particularly care that regular conservative Americans are constantly being scammed by their media apparatus, you should still worry about the influence of the scammers. The fact that there is a lot of money to be made in acting like Michele Bachmann is part of why the House seems poised to blow up the U.S. economy. The fact that conservatives have that much contempt for their own true believers neatly explains how they govern when they actually have power.'
(Source: thesmithian, via underthemountainbunker)
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[“According to the Mayan calendar, December 21 marks the end of the world…then why am I Christmas shopping?” – David Letterman]
OLDEST KNOWN MAYAN CALENDAR FOUND
And guess what? The astronomical tables found in a remote Guatemala dig at the largest-known Classic Mayan site, Xultún, are 500 years older than those preserved in the Maya codices, and they do not reference any End Timesscenarios.
According to the CNN feed,
Contrary to popular myth, Mayan experts have known for a long time that this calendar is not a countdown to the end of the world on December 2012, the study researchers said in a press conference to reporters.
The Mayan used a series of cycles to track time in which there were 13 baktuns each representing a 400-year chunk.
Researchers of the study say rumors surrounding a projected apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012, is a misconception. It is just the benchmark when a cycle of 13 baktuns will be complete and a new cycle begins.
“There was a lot more to the Mayan calendar than just 13 baktuns,” said archaeologist David Stuart of the University of Texas, who worked to decipher the hieroglyphics found on the walls of a house, dating back to the early part of the 9th century (813 A.D.-814 A.D.).
“The Mayan calendar is going to keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future,” added Stuart.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/3698e7d6b66f24d76e075159feeda5a4/tumblr_mf6zbxPD3L1qeawdho1_400.gif)
[“According to the Mayan calendar, December 21 marks the end of the world…then why am I Christmas shopping?” – David Letterman]
OLDEST KNOWN MAYAN CALENDAR FOUND
And guess what? The astronomical tables found in a remote Guatemala dig at the largest-known Classic Mayan site, Xultún, are 500 years older than those preserved in the Maya codices, and they do not reference any End Timesscenarios.
According to the CNN feed,
Contrary to popular myth, Mayan experts have known for a long time that this calendar is not a countdown to the end of the world on December 2012, the study researchers said in a press conference to reporters.
The Mayan used a series of cycles to track time in which there were 13 baktuns each representing a 400-year chunk.
Researchers of the study say rumors surrounding a projected apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012, is a misconception. It is just the benchmark when a cycle of 13 baktuns will be complete and a new cycle begins.
“There was a lot more to the Mayan calendar than just 13 baktuns,” said archaeologist David Stuart of the University of Texas, who worked to decipher the hieroglyphics found on the walls of a house, dating back to the early part of the 9th century (813 A.D.-814 A.D.).
“The Mayan calendar is going to keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future,” added Stuart.
Politicalprof: Republicans Are Winning the "Fiscal Cliff" Fight
Forget everything else about the fiscal cliff negotiations, but remember this: the Republicans are winning the fight.
Indeed, pretty much no matter what happens, the Republicans are going to win.
It’s not a matter of details: who gets what tiny bit of what; who’s side is slightly advantaged in…
Cognitive Dissonance: If we're gonna ban guns, let's ban cars!
First off, I don’t know of anyone who’s seriously proposing we ban guns outright — just certain types (i.e. military grade assault rifles), and tightening regulations. Think of it as calling for safer tires after the multiple accidents caused by faulty years several years ago, or the call for…
Took the words right outta my mouth!
The Secret Service determined that “the Nuge” [Ted Nugent] was just talking out his butt. No big whoop. They concluded there was no real threat. He was just exercising his God-given right to say creepy things about a Democratic president. Very little, if anything, should happen to him. I mean, it’s not like he’s the Dixie Chicks, who said back in ‘03, “We do not want this war, this violence, and are ashamed that the President of The United States is from Texas.” That treasonous little outburst resulted in the Chicks receiving on-air death threats, being labelled as traitors, and having their music pulled from radio play. The Chicks, though, were women and should’ve known their place. Plus, they were criticizing war (America’s pastime) and a white Republican president. They deserved what they got.
About the only thing that will happen to “the Nuge” is that he has been uninvited to perform at an upcoming military concert at Fort Knox. The soldiers who would’ve been attending all erupted into sighs of relief upon hearing the news.
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Michael Kindt on the double standard of liberal anti-establishment criticism vs. conservative anti-establishment criticism. One is culturally acceptable and encouraged (even when it takes the form of innocuous death threats), and the other is almost universally vilified (even when it’s simply a respectful and measured response). (via jonathan-cunningham)
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31 Republican men voted against the Violence Against Women Act in the Senate today. All 5 Republican women voted for it.
Surprise.
(via rhrealitycheck)
Hospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside.
This and other aggressive tactics by one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debts, Accretive Health, were revealed on Tuesday by the Minnesota attorney general, raising concerns that such practices have become common at hospitals across the country.
The tactics, like embedding debt collectors as employees in emergency rooms and demanding that patients pay before receiving treatment, were outlined in hundreds of company documents released by the attorney general. And they cast a spotlight on the increasingly desperate strategies among hospitals to recoup payments as their unpaid debts mount.
To patients, the debt collectors may look indistinguishable from hospital employees, may demand they pay outstanding bills and may discourage them from seeking emergency care at all, even using scripts like those in collection boiler rooms, according to the documents and employees interviewed by The New York Times.
In some cases, the company’s workers had access to health information while persuading patients to pay overdue bills, possibly in violation of federal privacy laws, the documents indicate.
The attorney general, Lori Swanson, also said that Accretive employees may have broken the law by not clearly identifying themselves as debt collectors.
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The New York Times, “Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics at Hospitals.”
I’m just wondering what kind of person is okay with this to the point that they still oppose healthcare reform laws that might help prevent this sort of bullshit.
Also: there are some disgusting human beings out there who apparently have no fucking shame.
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