FrancisRants

The Olive Garden stuck me with one of the worst nights I’ve ever had in my life.
I knew better. I knew this was a dirty chain restaurant that cut corners.
But I never knew what awaited me next.
After a lengthy wait, I was seated at my table.
What followed was ten excruciating minutes where we looked [...]

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Matt Kennard of Salon has written an explosive exposé of the recent ambivalence armed forces recruiters are showing towards potential soldiers that may be involved in white supremacy and the Neo-Nazi movement.
One of the biggest complaints by those on the right about the DHS Report on Rightwing Extremism was the insinuation that a soldiers returning [...]

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Short post here: but I notice ESPN talking to us about how great Kobe is for being up 3-1 in the NBA Finals.
I love Kobe, and I really understand the respect he’s being given for getting eight or more assists in every Finals game, but two of those games were overtime games that Orlando [...]

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UPDATE: Frank Rich asks if someone on the Right will step forward to repudiate the far-rights incendiary rhetoric. I would argue that they do so very much at their own peril, as any criticism of the nutjob wing would be career suicide. First of all, it would take a harsh rebuke for it [...]

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David Letterman’s jokes about Sarah and Bristol Palin aren’t far different from what a lot of comedians have been doing.  When you parade your pregnant daughter and former fiancee around and then send her out on an abstinence tour, she is fair game. What is different is the misleading, slanderous reaction by Palin, her husband, [...]

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