Category Archives: This is America

They’re a smaller country, and they’ve got lots of sun. Right?”

Posted on 11 February, 2013 by

Fox works out why Germany leads the US in solar technology. Slate has it all worked out

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This turns my stomach

Posted on 16 January, 2013 by
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“Hello wildcats…”

Posted on 4 December, 2012 by
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“His father was a Muslim, an atheist and a communist. All three..”

Posted on 13 November, 2012 by

  These are voters in Ohio, one of the 4 or 5 states that decide the US presidential election. I thought the cretin at 1:42 was bad enough, but it gets worse. Believe me

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An American wingnut writes….

Posted on 13 November, 2012 by

“The Bible says there will be consequences for electing Obama. Now they are starting. Earthquake in KY, Blizzard in NY, now explosions in IN. This is just the beginning.” A response: I wanted to ask you a couple of questions. … Continue reading →

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“The “Deer crossing” signs are there to let the deer know where to cross the road. Do they HAVE to be on the Innerstate?”

Posted on 12 November, 2012 by

The mind boggles…

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If Obama wins I’m moving to New Zealand

Posted on 7 November, 2012 by

  Twitter / Search – if obama wins new zealand: Er, it’s not as if you can just TURN UP at the border and we’ll let you in just because you don’t feel like accepting the results of a (lower-case) democratic … Continue reading →

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My Last Column About the Presidential Election (Really)

Posted on 6 November, 2012 by

President Obama’s fairly grim, toothless, meandering and perfunctory presidency gained excellent contrast from an assemblage of GOP candidates so demented and corrupt that even to so describe them would be an insult to the many hard-working demented and corrupt politicians … Continue reading →

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You would be joking….

Posted on 6 November, 2012 by

If Nate Silver at the New York Times FiveThirtyEight (the number of electoral college votes) blog is accurate, I won’t be unhappy. What concerns me more is the effect that the first presidential debate had on voters – Obama drop … Continue reading →

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Tales from Starbucks

Posted on 29 October, 2012 by

Some guy came in one time and said “I’ll take an Iced Amer­i­cano no espres­so”. Think­ing he mis­spoke I said “no water?”. He said “I said NO ESPRES­SO”. I replied “sir that’s just a cup of ice water”. Well as … Continue reading →

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