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Anti-vaxxers are on the defense now. There could be a good case to made for lawsuits for damages caused by their actions. Their excuses are ringing more and more hollow. There is a direct line from their movement to an epidemic. And this lady was on CNN saying that diseases ebb and flow, and there's no proof that the epidemic is a result of parents foregoing vaccinations. She doesn't trust the CDC. And she has some experts that back her up. Funny that this disease was almost wiped out entirely, and happened to "flow" when this movement got wings. And that the overwhelming evidence is that the bulk of the current cases came from unvaccinated children. You can have your own opinions, but you can't have your own facts... Credulity is destroying the country. If you can believe one thing with no evidence, or, in fact, in the face of ALL evidence against it, you can believe anything. And so here we have trickle down economics, religious based governm...

I told you. The Stealth Candidate. And so it begins. Be afraid. Be very afraid. "Without the (balanced budget) amendment, Congress won’t have “a backstop” to make difficult choices to cut spending that’s pushing the national debt beyond $18 trillion, Kasich said." He's going to sound very sincere and reasonable, but he's coming for the rest of your rights as a worker, the rest of your earned benefits (SS, Medicare, etc), and he's looking to hand trillions over to his banker buddies and the rest of the %1. And we're all just dumb and scared enough to let him. Even if he doesn't win, or even run, that's where he's going to be forcing the discussion on the right. Between filling in for Bill O'Reilly on Fox and having his own show (media savvy), leading Lehman Bros. (business bone fides), being the governor of a major (THE major) swing state, and being a pro-life Christian (just not seeming too whacko), John Kasich is the right combinati...

All for the love of god. 11,254 Views Aeham Zakor الله أكبر ولله الحمد قتل امرأة زانية في معرة مصرين على أيدي مجاهدي جبهة النصرة See Translation Like · · Share John Morris Why are you posting this? Is it to show how violent Islam is? We all know already how violent things are. 19 mins · Like Alex McDowell It's not just about the violence, but the prayerful, "holy and sacred" rationalization of it. And the crowd that is not only NOT trying to stop it, nor even ignoring it with a modicum of embarrassment, but trying to make sure they get the best pics wh ... See More 11 mins · Like John Morris Well thanks for sharing this. I unfortunately saw it once from someone else and saw the lady get shot in the head. I wish I could unsee it. Why would you want someone else to see that? Any point you are trying to make people already get...we alread ... See More 8 mins · Lik...

I had to add this from another facebook friend, since it was apropos, and so damn near perfect. Thank you, Bj Ferguson for permission to copy and paste this: Bj Ferguson /// Not to fall back upon the usual cliché, but this puts me in mind of much of what happened, prior to WWII. Many citizens living in their, then occupied by Nazis homelands, were told to cooperate and not rile the officers, as they swaggered through town, taking whatever they wanted, doing as they pleased. The only problem was, the Nazis had an agenda. It did not matter how they were regarded or treated, they believed in the tenets of their Party, and the words of their leader. To them, with or without instigation of any manner, they felt they had a perfect right to kill Jews, Gypsies, Non-Aryan people, whom they considered less than human, and anyone who did not believe the Nazi Party was the Divine Party, destined to Rule the world. There are thousands of stories told of how the Nazis would kill f...

Alex McDowell 1 hr · To those that accuse the Western media, especially the satirists, of instigating the violence foisted on them, I say: "Those psychopaths over there, are kind of scary. So let's not set them off by pointing it out." That is chickenshit bullshit. Like · · Share Jan Hauri , Hunter Franklin and 2 others like this. Kathryn Annette I'm confused about the message here. 1 hr · Like Alex McDowell Let's see if this helps: Peter Ness51 mins · Journalists and artists need to be a little less psychopathic and sociopathic in their reporting and much more empathetic -- and need to stop deliberately inciting violence. While Charlie Hebdo's may have a right to freedom of artistic and journalistic expression -- and no-one supports terrorism -- this has nothing to do with freedom of expression and everything to do with their continued deliberate inciting of hatred to try to incite violence by ...

Here's my take, as it stands right now. I think I covered it pretty well. http://wildassguesses.blogspot.com/2015/01/romney-is-not-going-to-run.html

                                                                                 News reports are all covering the slaughter in Paris. And almost every show has a Muslim apologist trying to tell us that Islam and the Koran are all about freedom of speech, and these extremists just are misinformed about their own religion. Almost all over the world, people are gathering, holding up the sign "Je Suis Charlie". I say ALMOST. There are nations in the world that are Islamic countries. Not countries where there are mostly Islamic people. But countries ruled by law under religious leadershi...

Rachel Maddow had an hilarious story on a low level conservative politician out of Maryland named Kirby Delauter. Now, this Kirby Delauter, who, BTW, goes by the name of Kirby Delauter, is pissed off at a local reporter who reported that Kirby Delauter had an issue with a local ordinance that limits parking space for elected public officials like Kirby Delauter. Anyway, Kirby Delauter mentioned it in the local county meeting, and the reporter mentioned that Kirby Delauter had mentioned it. Then, things got funny for the First Amendment, and for Kirby Delauter, patriot, conservative, publicly elected official, and now, the most famous person with the name of Kirby Delauter. Anyway, look it up as the final piece on Rachel's show tonight. Kirby Delauter, to make a long story short (too late!) is threatening legal action to the reporter of the local paper for using his name and reporting on Kirby Delauter as an elected official (named Kirby Delauter) WITHOUT HIS PERMISSIO...

Sentencing is coming up in the next few weeks, I think. Anyway, some thoughts on McDonnell, Brownback of Kansas, Delay of Texas, and Jimbo Trafficant, and our lack of a justice system with justice. http://wildassguesses.blogspot.com/2015/01/governor-ultrasound-goes-to-camp.html Governor Ultrasound Goes to Camp