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On the First Night of the Republican National Convention

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

It’s convention season!  Wiesman was too busy blissfully ignoring the fact that 90%+ of  fantasy football outcomes are determined by blind luck to even watch the speeches last night, so it seems the task of recapping and analyzing what those … Continue reading →

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Republicans declare victory in the War on Women

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Let’s review a bit. In previous months, Republicans have introduced legislation that includes forcing women seeking a legal procedure to undergo an unnecessary transvaginal probe, sought to define personhood in such a way that would make hormonal contraception illegal, tried … Continue reading →

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Santorum Drops Out

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Breaking news from CNN.com: Rick Santorum will speak live from Gettysburg, PA in a few minutes to “suspend his campaign,” or, as the not so euphemistically inclined among us would say, he’s dropping out.  And so ends one of the … Continue reading →

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Please don’t make me defend Santorum

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Please don’t make me defend him. It makes me feel dirty. Frothy even. But, anyway, this is making the rounds on the liberal blogs (including this one, technically). I think Rick Santorum would be an absolute disaster for this country … Continue reading →

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GOP Primary Update – Another meaningless Romney defeat

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

So Rick Santorum won Louisiana yesterday, 49% to 27% for Mitt Romney. Santorum picked up 10 delegates while Romney picked up 5. There are still 31 delegates that have not been allocated for Louisiana. While this is somewhat humiliating for … Continue reading →

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GOP Primary Update – Romney pulling away

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Last night Mitt Romney moved one step closer to his inevitable Pyrrhic victory to be the GOP nominee to lose to President Obama. Romney easily defeated Rick Santorum 47-35 in Illinois. While the margin of victory in votes was not very … Continue reading →

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A Correction With Regard to Rick Santorum

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

As regular readers of Some Disagree know, I have been maintaining for a while now that among current Republican candidates, Rick Santorum would pose the biggest threat to President Obama’s re-election chances should he gain the nomination.  This idea is … Continue reading →

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GOP Primary Update

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

So… this happened. Rick Santorum swept both Southern primary states of Alabama and Mississippi last night and Mitt Romney finished in 3rd in both. Not a good night for Romney, especially considering that Newt not winning either state might make … Continue reading →

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GOP Brokered Convention Race

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

As I mentioned before, the only real GOP Primary race to watch now is the race to see if there will be a brokered convention (oh please oh please) or if Mitt Romney will be able to wrap this up … Continue reading →

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High School student may have cured cancer

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Simply amazing, humbling, mind-blowing, you name it. Here’s a short video of Zhang explaining her project. Here’s the longer CBS News story. It won’t play here so you’ll have to watch it on YouTube. I wonder if Rick Santorum would … Continue reading →

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