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This week I certainly hope you brought your parachute; looks like were heading off the cliff in to a sea of craziness. Porter Stansberry sure knows how to throw shade, Rick Snyder is making his little lame ducks work their butts off, and the NRA goes silent unfortunately all the other gun nuts are not.
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This week Porter Stansberry announced that he believes due to the success of shale gas mining in the United States President Obama will subvert the U.S. Constitution and seek a third term.
Yes this IS the same Porter Stansberry who advertises on the top of Drudge, the same Stansberry with his crazy prediction videos, and the same Stansberry who was fined by the SEC for 1.5 million dollars. In their judgement the SEC stated
Sounds like he does not like being dictated by fact checkers. Even the right wing is not happy with his loony predictions. The Heritage Foundations Hans van Spakovsky told Mother Jones:
Just as a bonus and I dont really recommend visiting the Stansberry website but there is this little gem on their so called investment strategy At Stansberry & Associates, we believe that the most important investing rule you can follow is to "cut your losers, and let your winners ride." That way, youre never stuck with a worthless investment and the skys the limit on the ones that are doing well. Good luck to the 47%, eh?
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One of the biggest idiots this week is Steven Crowder, all this riding on the waves of Michigan governor, Rick Snyder (dont worry Ill get to him). Crowder who is a writer and Fox News contributor, aired a video of a physical altercation he had with some opponents of Michigans right to work legislation.
Crowder began to argue with the protestors as a tent pitched by Americans for Prosperity was torn down by union-thugs with no care for the women and children in the tent at the time.
Regardless of if the punch was deserved or not, Crowder certainly has an odd way of going about seeking justice for it which is confusing the Michigan police. Even as Crowders story of the tent collapse, as well as the punch " target="_blank">begin to unravel, Crowder has continued to turn the video into a national union thuggery story.
The Michigan State police say it best when they say:
Again that Fox news seems to really know how to put on a good show.
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Mitch McConnell is losing the popularity contest this week; hopefully one can reason that he will also lose the election in two years. PPP polling published some new polls which rate McConnells approval at 37%, which makes him the LEAST popular senator in the nation.
Apparently not happy with the polling data his campaign manager Jesse Benton explained away the horrible approval rating by noting PPPs bias
Gee I bet McConnell could unskew that poll. But wait didnt PPP have the best year of all pollsters in the country? PPP pollster Tom Jenson came back swinging:
Thats it I am moving to Kentucky and I am going take this guy on in 2014. I would have a better approval rating than that wait Id have to move to Kentucky?
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Right-to-Work is the biggest GOP misnomer, taking a page right out of Orwells 1984. In one of the biggest ungood moves ever Michigan unions happened when Michigan became the 24th state in the union to enact a Right-to-Work law.
Right-to-Work makes it onto the list even thought its not a person, its a conservative idea, which is idiotic and will cost us for years to come. As more and more states enact right to work laws we lose many years of progress in creating healthy workplace conditions and fair pay.
Right-to-Work laws allow employees in union workplaces to opt out of paying dues and fees, but guess what, they still enjoy all of the workplace benefits enacted by previous union actions. And for those of us in the younger generations who dont know here is a quick list of things unions gave us:
2. Unions gave us fair wages and income equality.
3. Unions help end child labor.
4. Unions won employees based helath coverage.
5. Unions gave us the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Certainly seems like the right-wing bureau of MiniPlenty had their hands full this week. Make sure you check out Amazon and buy The Jungle by Sinclair before its pulled from the shelves and burnt.
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To enact Michigans sudden right to work law governor Rick Synder had to act fast. The legislation was pushed through GOP led lame duck legislature without any hearings, effectively blindsiding the unions. For years Rick Snyder has said that he was not interested in passing a right to work law, but then in a sudden change of heart he acted to sign the bills.
Why did he switch? He is on the record repeatedly being against such legislation. Well it appears it might not be such a big surprise listen to what Synder has to say in this YouTube interview from 2010
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Either way its done, the only way to combat this is through repeal, and through electing leaders who support unions and the benefits they have given our workers.
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This week the country was shocked by yet another national gun tragedy. And yes while the shooter is the one responsible, there is no way he could have possibly have harmed as many people as he did without wait for it a gun. I am not mind you anti gun but I certainly am anti-huge ass clips, and anti assault rifles. I grew up in VT and I have yet to meet a deer it took an AK47 to take down. And no I dont have a pink gun, heck I dont even have any guns (at least I know how many I have).
The National Rifle Association did they only thing they could do during this tragedy, they pulled down their Facebook page and made sure no one could comment on their wall. Whats ironic is just the day before the NRA celebrated their total likes surpassing 1.7 million.
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The NRA also silenced their Twitter feed which is usually chock full of pro-gun tweets, and great hunting accoutrements such as
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Glad someone at the NRA got the hint now if only disappearing on Facebook was the same as disappearing in real life. Maybe that will be the gift on the 12th day of NRAness oh please Santa?
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Oye... I'd put the little barfing smiley here but I am trying to keep this thread classy... oh what the hell
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In one more SAD attempt to "educate"... hate on the evil ways of the Jews or the Homosexuals (you pick!) Fred Phelps will be driving his church out to Newtown, Connecticut to protest at the funerals of the children killed during Fridays deadly rampage.
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Well Anonymous seems to have caught wind of the planned action and took their own action by posting the names and contact information, including phone numbers, and emails for all of the Westboro Baptsist Chruch members on the internet. Well hopefully they will get the hint and not mess with Anonymous (Im scared shitless of them)
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To read more about the ongoing battle between Anonymous and The Westboro Baptist Church check out this link. And seriously I did not even want to watch that video because I bet Anonymous could get me just from watching it... if you are Anonymous I respect you SO much.
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Another gun violence massacre? Well according to Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, that means we as Americans are not packing enough heat. Larry is one of unfortunately many people who believe if guns were more easily available, and people felt more comfortable carrying them tragedies would happen less often.
Id like to remind Larry that these were guns owned by someone who used to work in a school, which caused all the carnage. But just in case you werent pissed off enough at Michigan legislature for all the right to work crap here is one more law you might want to read up on. Yes thats right on Thursday December 14th Michigan passed a law during the lame duck session which allows pistols in schools and many other gun free zones all with your handy concealed weapon permit. Maybe Michigan should re-think their motto "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
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What did you think?
What can I do differently next time?
If you are thinking "OMG I need the key"... yah me two any ideas on how to get it back?
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And finally if you liked this post please DU Rec it and send me PMs over the next week with ideas for next week. Over the next three weeks I will shoot for a Monday publish time, no guarantee on the time. And please kick this thread or comment on it so more people can give me feedback!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,909 posts)I'm sure EarlG won't mind your taking over this one.
Good luck, and keep it coming!
Royal Sloan 09
(406 posts)DoBotherMe
(2,341 posts)Thank you! Dana ; )
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:56 AM - Edit history (1)
Great work. I used to always look forward to the latest edition of the top 10. Nice to see it revived!ellisonz
(27,711 posts)madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)MattSh
(3,714 posts)I assume these are in chronological order, not idiological order, correct? Cause 6,7,8 would top the idiological list.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Eric the Reddish
(106 posts)DURec.
Mc Mike
(9,118 posts)Javaman
(62,546 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,445 posts)Thanks!
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