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Waiting Tables Can Be A War Zone

  You never know what you're going to run into.  Most people are kind, generous, and just happy to be out having someone take care of them for an hour or so. Sometimes, people just go out to give the server a hard time. Most people that have never been in the business know so little of the stresses that are involved.   Here's a little of the PTSD inducing behavior that can kill a night, and bring on the nightmares.   Just a waiter, trying to do his job and make a living, gets a fistful of religious horseshit in lieu of a gratuity. Service with a smile, but gay waiter gets vitriolic “tip” from diners

Fox News. Just Today. Just Two.

  Fox News has been proudly touting two stories of government waste and malfeasance. Repeatedly and loudly. $8 Million for the Marine Corps new "unisex" hat which they claim is a conspiracy to woosify the Corps. And the $658 Million spent on the website for the ACA that doesn't work.    Both stories are full of what Stephen Colbert coined as " truthiness ". If you're of a certain political/philosophical bent, these two stories would seem to reinforce your beliefs. They have all you need. Simplicity. Repetition. Easy outrage. And facts and numbers. Lots of facts and numbers to back them up.    Only problem is, the facts and the numbers have been made up. Not a problem for Fox. Just scream it loudly and often, and the facts don't matter. The Myth Of The $634 Million Obamacare Website Marines shoot down Internet story on Obama’s alleged push for ‘girly hats Stephen Colbert takes on the new hats. "It's Semper Fi, not Semper Bi."

Bigots, Birthers, and Fox News

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  Don Lemon of CNN accused the GOP of being dominated by bigots. Fox News and Megan Kelley took that as an affront and insult.   One word. Birthers.   One place to look. Fox Nation on FaceBook. Choose any comment thread. Watch the irrational, the bigoted, the hateful just ooze up from out of the Fox stew.   Live by the bubble of Fox and talk radio, die by it. The New Jersey Senate race, as well as the failure of the Teabagger cause on the debt ceiling and ACA, showed them for their true colors. And they still try to act shocked when we call them on their racism and bigotry.   " Does it do any good to care anymore? They don't listen to "We the People" anymore." From one of thousands that refuse to see that a black man won two elections by overwhelming majorities, and that the people voted against the GOP overwhelmingly (again) in the congressional races in 2012, the GOP holding onto the House only by gerrymander. This, over the ACA which the GOP and

Socialism

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     It turns out that socialism is good for people. And good for entrepreneurs, innovation, and CAPITALISM. Irony is so ironic. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/22/denmark-happiest-country_n_4070761.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

President Barack Obama Gets It Wrong

  "We shouldn't fail to act on areas on which we do agree or could agree just because we think it's good politics. I will look for willing partners wherever I can to get important work done. There's no reason why we can't govern responsibly ... without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis."   Once more... "There's no reason why we can't govern responsibly ... without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis."     Well, he's wrong there. There are many reasons. Religious, sexual and racial bigotry. Greed. Theft. Idiocy. Treason. GOP/Teabaggers. Fox "News". Right-wing hate radio. NRA (gun nuts). NRA (Restaurant lobbying thieves). To name just a few.

Fox Cynically Abuses Stenographer's Breakdown

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wXRjiLoy5G8   This lady had a tragic, public mental breakdown, and the folks on Fucks and Frauds are testing the waters to see if they can use this as a religious protection case. That's not just manipulative. That's sick.     Religion is a mental disorder. Even in people that are otherwise sane. And Fox will fuel that sickness to promote their twisted reality at every chance.  http://quietmike.org/2013/10/17/tea-party-information-bubble/

Teabagging "Patriots", and Their Flags

  These so called "patriots" always bring the "stars and bars" and the Gadsen/Teabag flag together with the Stars and Stripes and make me just think the American flag itself represents ignorance, treason, bigotry, and oppression. Do they besmirch the American flag, or has the American flag always represented itself that way?   I found this post on FaceBook from a friend that I had to add: Carla F. Ward Maybe it's time for veterans to act who are sick of hearing that being a veteran is equivalent to being an ignorant, race-baiting, far right, Confederate flag-waving, Tea Partier who doesn't understand the difference between the House which has control over the budget and actually brought this shutdown and the President, who has been firmly telling them to cut it out and get back to the business o f governing. Maybe we need to see veterans and all other American citizens rally to object to these self-appointed "representatives"

Worth

  When all is said and done, it's not ever what you want, but what you can give. It doesn't matter, the longing in your heart. You are only what you can offer.

Garrison Keillor

   Don't get me wrong. I like A Prairie Home Companion. But this morning...    He had a great New Orleans style Dixieland band on, great piano player. Then that pasty, Minnesotan Lutheran (not that there's anything wrong with it) sang along to Iko Iko .  It was downright creepy. Reminiscent of once catching John Davidson (the insipid talk-show host of the mid- 70's, not the legendary Mahoning Valley bartender) singing Kenny Loggins' title track from Footloose . Just wrong.  

The Death of Social Resistance

Read it. Know it. Fuck it. We're screwed. And this is not an accident. This is entirely by design. 8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance : http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/8_reasons_young_americans_dont_fight_back_how_the_us_crushed_youth_resistance/

Holocaust Deniers

  We are truly fucked. The internet has so much white noise that holocaust denial is a valid point to some, and becomes a lively discussion. Truth, history, and facts are just up for grabs. No wonder we can have dreams of a world wide American Empire, and sweep our own crimes under the rug. No wonder the tea-baggers can drum up power.   We have too many people that deny history and facts, and throw sand in the face of rational thought. If we can't agree on reality there truly are no rules, no laws, and there can be no justice.

The GOP: Nuts, Idiots, and Thieves

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     There are only three reasons you might think the republicans and democrats are the same. 1. You're a psychotic prone to hallucinations. 2. You're too stupid to be allowed out in public. 3. You're a lying, thieving shit. There are no other options.   We're not perfect. We have problems. And we need to have our feet held to the fire on them. But, of the two parties, which one has consistently been better for the economy? (Check any historical graph you like)        W hich one at least vocally espouses support for unions and workers' rights, and which one sold us the idea of "trickle down economics"? Which one supports women's rights, and which one is always "pro-life" and is pushing for vaginal ultrasounds? Which one is supported by Fox News and the lying right-wing echo chamber? Which one fought for civil rights and voting rights, and which one is pushing voter ID laws that disenfranchise millions of voters? Which one gave

Why Won't Atheists Just Shut Up?

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/09/30/canadian-radio-broadcaster-why-wont-atheists-just-shut-up/