Brain Handles

According to a recent AP article, John McCain took in $405,409 in gross personal income in 2007 (not including the millions his wife made). That included $23,157 in Social Security payments. WTF?!?!?!

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Everyone, from the man on the street to the major candidates for political office, are wondering what we can do about gas prices. They say there's no short-term fix. They propose drilling off the coasts and in Alaska all of which would take 5-10 years to deliver any oil. They propose sweeping [...]

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So, I was reading this story about these pastors who are trying to challenge the political endorsement restrictions of section 501(c)(3) of the tax code which provides tax-exempt status to churches and other non-profit organizations.

One of the rules under that section of the tax code is that these organizations cannot officially endorse or oppose a [...]

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Sharon Stone recently suggested that the earthquakes in China might be karmic payback for the crap China's been pulling in Tibet. And when she did, people lost their minds. People have been calling for boycotts, claiming she's an idiot, claiming she's evil, claiming she's insensitive, and basically suggesting in various degrees how wrong [...]

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In a post on CNN, Jack Cafferty asked if gay marriage will be a wedge issue in the 2008 election like it was in 2004.
All the top answers seemed to focus on the fact that this time around there are bigger fish to fry and that's what would stop it from being an issue. [...]

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Here are the raw numbers from today's primaries. With 99% of precincts reporting, Hillary's 51% to 49% win is a rounding error. Out of one and a quarter million votes, she leads by less than 23,000 votes for an actual tally of 50.49% to 49.51% Right now, with maybe 10-12k votes to [...]

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As I've watched the nomination battle wage on, one thing has become clear to me. The Democrats are burning their own house to the ground and Hillary is holding the match.
Her politics of negativity and venom, her fearmongering, her scheming and attacking are doing one thing... pissing people off. And it's not just [...]

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On the heels of my Obama as Mr. T design (a.k.a.

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So, when people would say Barack Obama's name, pronouncing the "rack" like "clothes rack" instead of like "rock", it would make me think of Mr. T's character, B.A. Baracus from "The A-Team". And then a fun thought entered my head... Wouldn't it be fun to dress up Barack Obama like Mr. T? Show [...]

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Tonight I got a fundraising letter from the Obama campaign. In it, Barack complained of a new wave of attacks from Hillary Clinton that denigrate his supporters.
Over the weekend, an aide to Senator Clinton attempted to diminish the overwhelming number of contests we've won by referring to places we've prevailed as "boutique" states and [...]

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Pedro Espinoza is a terrorist. There's no doubt in my mind that this gang member from Los Angeles is as cruel, heartless, callous, and evil as any terrorist we're fighting overseas. He is currently under arrest for walking up to a black teen in Los Angeles, asking him if he was in a [...]

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Hillary Clinton took the Ohio primary handily and is predicted to take Texas by a narrower margin, but did she really win, or is her success the result of Republicans trying to prolong the fight within the Democratic ranks?

We all heard about how Rush Limbaugh called for Republicans to go vote for Hillary in the [...]

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Accusing Obama of plagiarism, saying he's "just in the speeches business," claiming he's inexperienced... no, it's not the Republicans, it's Hillary. After 10 straight primary losses (okay, 9, but they'll call Hawaii in a few hours and it's almost a gimme for Obama), Hillary is fighting tooth and nail and venom to save her [...]

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Ever heard of Jim Cooper's health plan? Back in 1993, it was one that would have provided a lot of relief to a lot of Americans and had broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Hillary torpedoed it and tried to ruin Cooper for spite.
Read the story of how Hillary Clinton killed [...]

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I recently read a story about how Saudi police are cracking down on red rose sales in advance of Valentine's Day.

What got me was how the story got into how the Saudi version of Sunni Islam prevented unrelated men and women from mixing and how the crackdown was intended to put the kibosh on romantic [...]

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In navigating all the election results, the delegate tallies depend on who you ask. According to CNN, the count is 1148 for Clinton and 1121 for Obama. According to the Associated Press it's 1136 for Clinton to 1108 for Obama. According to MSNBC, it's 943 for Obama and 895 for Clinton. [...]

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Well, despite my grumblings, Super Tuesday didn't decide a clear front-runner in the Democratic race, meaning that I could go caucus this weekend, make my voice heard, and it would matter. Or so I thought.

I figured I didn't want to get to the caucus location too early, because I was going to have to [...]

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Recently, I was alerted to a story about a school in Colorado that will be accomodating a transgender student... who is in second grade. Yes a little second grade boy will be attending school dressed as a girl, called by a girl's name, and pretty much treated as a girl by the teachers and [...]

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After poor showings in South Carolina and Florida, John Edwards dropped out of the democratic race. Dodd, Gravel, Richardson, and Biden were never really contenders. And while Kucinich wasn't either, at least he hung in there.

I just filled out my mail-in ballot for the Washington State primary. The Democratic party ignores the [...]

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So, Chuck Norris has endorsed Mike Huckabee. Arnold Schwarzenegger just endorsed John McCain. The nation excitedly awaits an endorsement announcement from Steven Seagal.
Of course, the Olsen Twins are endorsing Obama, because "black guys are like cool and stuff," Britney Spears is endorsing "woooooo," and Lindsay Lohan is endorsing George W. Bush "because he's like [...]

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In the recent Nevada caucuses for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has widely been pronounced the winner. There's only one problem. Barack Obama won.

Did Obama get the most votes? No. And in that sense, Hillary won. But he got the most votes in the right precincts, meaning that [...]

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There was a story on Slashdot about a kid who was given detention for using the Firefox web browser when his teacher said to use Internet Explorer. This later turned out to be a hoax, but it sparked some interesting discussion, most notably about when/whether a student should follow a teacher's instructions or orders [...]

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Duane 'Dog' Chapman, of "Dog, The Bounty Hunter" fame was recently outed by the National Enquirer as a racist.

In a tape recording of a conversation with his son, he tells his son that his African American girlfriend is not welcome around Dog's home or business because the word "nigger" is occasionally used there, and he's [...]

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My brother-in-law and I were discussing yesterday's jury judgement of $11 million dollars against an anti-gay church that picketed the funeral of a soldier who died in Iraq, and we were discussing whether or not the church group's First Amendment rights were violated by the jury verdict and award.

Now, I've posted regularly in discussions on [...]

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So I was thinking... if God had voicemail, what would He say on His outgoing message?

Now, if you get someone's voicemail, they usually say something like:

I can't take your call at the moment...
I've temporarily stepped away from my desk or am out of the office...

But, if God is omnipotent (all-powerful, God can do anything), He [...]

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A couple of days ago, while accepting her Emmy, actress & comedian Kathy Griffin had some choice words about Jesus.

Griffin, a self-professed athiest, said: "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. [...]

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My friend Dan Gray started up a new site a while back called MPGomatic, focusing on which cars provide the best gas mileage.

One of the cool features is the gas mileage calculator, but even more cool and eye opening have been his articles on cars made by Ford, Honda, and other manufacturers that combine great [...]

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I recently read an opinion piece about a recent judicial decision striking down elements of COPA (Child Online Protection Act) as unconstitutional. Now, on the surface, it's easy to get upset, because it struck down requirements that online porn sites essentially "card" their visitors, thus making it easier for kids to see porn.

The author, [...]

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A few weeks back, there was some brouhaha about Dick Cheney asserting he wasn't subject to certain White House rules because he's part of the legislative branch of our government. Of course, when he was convening his energy task force and the legislative branch tried to compel him to disclose who he met with, [...]

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There's an old joke in which a man asks a woman if she'd sleep with him for a million dollars. After some thought, she says yes. Then he asks her if she'd sleep with him for 50 dollars. She says, "of course not! What kind of girl do you think I am?"
"We've [...]

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A lot of people have been criticizing Alberto Gonzales' testimony before congress, but all those failures to recall... that's the Attorney General version of "what do I know about the Mafia? I'm just a humble olive oil importer."
Think about it.

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After evaluating the energy policies of the frontrunning Democratic presidential candidates, I figured it was only fair to go check what the frontrunning Republican presidental candidates had to say.

As my four frontrunners, I went with Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee. Some would argue against Huckabee being a frontrunner, but he's [...]

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So, though I like Barack Obama's charisma and that he seems to be a man of ideas, I decided to look at where he and other leading Democratic presidential candidates stand on issues I care about. It was an interesting journey around the web.

I looked at four sites, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, [...]

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Interested in the Obama presidential campaign I signed up for a membership on the web site. But when I started getting e-mails from them, I was shocked at how lacking in net-savvy their communications team is.

My e-mail client shows the e-mail address of the sender only when there's no name associated with it. [...]

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Last year, I created Doctor Tricks to tell the tale of how I got bit for extra money at a hospital. Thing was, though the hospital was a preferred provider on my medical insurance, none of the emergency room doctors were. I ended up getting bit for an extra $153.50 for the ER [...]

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Two groups have called for Walmart to remove a violent "Christian" video game from its shelves.
The game, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, is based on the popular Left Behind series of books and videos. Set in a post-rapture New York, holy warriors must battle the forces of the Antichrist.

Sounds cool until you get into the [...]

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A U.S. federal district court judge just ruled in the first salvo of what may prove to be a long legal battle to make U.S. paper money less uniform.

The American Council of the Blind sued The U.S. Treasury Department, claiming that the uniform size and coloring of U.S. paper money makes it so difficult for [...]

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