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At the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate on February 11, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Secretary Clinton essentially called Bernie Sanders a single-issue candidate. Hillary Clinton says she's not a single-issue candidate. But what does she think this single issue is? (Click image for full-size) But I'm a bit confused by this message (the sixth or so message we've heard) from Clinton. Can someone please tell me what, exactly, is Sanders's single issue? Clinton didn't specify what she thought it was. And, I can't figure out which of these 63 issues (and I probably missed a few) Sanders has raised during this campaign, which I've been tracking, she was referring to: Getting Money Out of Politics? Health Care for Everyone? Raising the Minimum Wage to $15/hr? Tuition-free public college? Campaign Finance Reform? Overturning Citizens United? Real Criminal justice reform? Combating Climate Change? Education as a Right? Income inequality? R...

I was digging around on the 'net and came across a post I'd shared .... back before there was an Internet. I was - 10 years old at the time.... 😛 I hope this is something that, no matter your political persuasion or whom you're supporting in this year's insane presidential primary election, we all can get together and have a nice chuckle over. So without further adieus and for your enjoyment, I present to you all a bit of fun from the great State of Louisiana legislative chamber, a State of Louisiana Legislative Office Building COLLECTION OF LATEST LEGISLATIVE OOPS OF THE TONGUE by: Jack Wardlaw, The Little Man Drum roll, please! It's time for the annual Tongue-Slipper Awards, for the best quips, busted metaphors, unintentional misstatements, dangling modifiers and Freudian slips of the just-completed Louisiana Legislative session.  Such as when Rep. Avery Alexander, D-New Orleans , told the House:   "I don't know anyone here that's be...

Earlier today I received this e-mail response from a Hillary Clinton supporter who was in my contacts, listed as a media contact, in response to trying to promote one of my articles . It's disheartening that members of my LGBTQ community would respond in such a way, especially with respect to an issue I firmly believe is of great importance to the queer community. We cannot—and should not—allow anyone, for any purpose, to distort our history. This sort of response worries me a great deal. Certain members of our community are completely deaf to dissenting voices, afraid of damaging some fragile balance that must be maintained at all costs. The attitude that we all must fall in line, lock, step, and barrell, is more than troublesome. Our community used to celebrate our differences and value each other's uniqueness. When did we shift from celebrating our diversity to enshrining who we, the queer community, are in such a cookie-cutter definition? Further, when did we, as a ...

In an article penned by  Chris Johnson  of  The Washington Blade , Clinton surrogates NYS Senator Brad Hoylman (through his chief of staff, Peter Ajemian), former NYC Speaker Christine Quinn , and former conservative GOProud founder-turned-Clinton-lover Jimmy LaSalvia accuse Bernie Sanders of being against marriage equality because he signed a resolution in 1982 supporting "We Believe in Marriage Week": Resolution of the Board of Alderman of Burlington, Vermont   signed February 8, 1982   by Bernie Sanders, Mayor and [indecipherable] Wagner,  City Clerk The attack was initiated when  Jonathan Allen , who   first " reported " this "story," uncovered the resolution Sanders signed as mayor of Burlington, VT in 1982. Allen is a political lapdog of the Democratic Party establishment. He  worked for DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz , who was a co-chair of Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign and co-auth...

Hillary Clinton called Senator Bernie Sanders's suggestion that Wall Street's contributions to her campaign could influence her an "artful smear" against her and proclaimed her innocence, "Wall Street is NOT supporting me now!" Watch the fiery exchange that took place during the February 4, 2016 democratic presidential debate in Durham, NH: But is she the one doing the actual smearing, by accusing the Senator of smearing her and violating his pledge not to run a negative campaign, when in fact Sanders is merely stating the facts? In order to come to a resolution, it's best that we take a look at those facts: First, what exactly did Bernie say? Let's take a look and listen to the words coming out of his own mouth. As nearly everyone agrees, Bernie is pretty consistent in what he says. So in this one interview that perhaps was the latest time he spoke directly about the issue at hand, Bernie talks with CNN's Wolf Blizter  (apparently CNN...

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The New Hampshire Union Leader , the leading newspaper in the state, has heeded a call from its readers who want to learn more about the Democratic candidates who are running for President this year. They announced that they will uphold a longstanding tradition and host a debate on February 4th, five days before voters in the Granite State are to go to the polls in the nation's second primary election, and have invited the three remaining Democratic candidates to participate in the debate. The New Hampshire Union Leader has selected MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow and Meet the Press  host Chuck Todd to moderate the debate. The Union Leader advises that Martin O'Malley and Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear in the debate. Bernie Sanders, however, held off on agreeing to participate pending action by the DNC to sanction it. According to DNC rules this election cycle, any candidate participating in a non-sanctioned debate (of which there are only six--a cause of much conster...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, intellectual geeks do it best! ;) Take your hand off of me, you unctuous platitudinizing eunuch.  ~Martin Ellingham, MD  #quote #DocMartin #QOTD #realinsults #wordporn https://imgflip.com/i/xle08

Huffington Post's Healthy Living editor Lindsay Holmes recently published an article advocating unfriending seven types of people from one's social media circles. The premise of the article is that getting rid of the seven types of people she describes will create a healthier life. I disagree. First and foremost, unfriending someone is, in most cases a hostile act. Hostile acts such as unfriending someone require negative energy. This is the exact opposite effect Ms. Holmes purports to achieve in her suggestion of unfriending the types of people she suggests. There are less hostile and non-hostile ways of disengaging with individuals one may consider to be irritating. As I set forth below, I believe that the vast majority of "types of friends" Ms. Holmes suggests unfriending are those one may very well wish to keep in their circles, as such friendships -- whether "in real life" or "through social media" have real value in our lives. 1. T...