‘Creepy little cultists’: ThinkProgress says Obamas ‘are all of our parents now’

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http://twitter.com/#!/mamaswati/status/445586275383652352 What’s wrong with ThinkProgress? How much time have you got? In case you missed it, ThinkProgress isn’t terribly good at thinking: http://twitter.com/#!/thinkprogress/status/445585257203777536 In her piece, “The Obama Administration has turned the parental into the political,” TP’s Tara Culp-Ressler addresses the Obama administration’s penchant for using “the language of parenting as a tool to argue […]

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Our 9 Favorite Feature Stories This Week: Blood Money, Bad Cops, And Sex Dolls

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This week for BuzzFeed, Gregory D. Johnsen traces whether and how the U.S. is paying blood money to families of drone strike victims. Read that and these other stories from BuzzFeed and around the web. 1. Nothing Says “Sorry Our Drones Hit Your Wedding Party” Like $800,000 And Some Guns — BuzzFeed View this image […]

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Meet Ingo And Poldi, The Greatest And Most Adorable Interspecies Friends

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googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); They say it’s a dog eat dog world when competition is fierce, but when you stop to consider that statement, it makes absolutely no sense. Dogs, after all, are some of the friendliest creatures around. They don’t care if you look weird or smell funny (that might actually be a bonus), […]

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#digitalmaidan: Ukrainians ramp up protests against government on social media

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http://twitter.com/#!/inspiredua/status/427832904131964928 http://twitter.com/#!/10nyk/status/427830404775559168 http://twitter.com/#!/Spiriana/status/427831783879499776 The brave anti-government protesters in Ukraine are not backing down. Tomorrow, the Yanukovych regime will hold a special hearing on the movement. Government officials want to end the demonstrations ASAP: Ahead of a special legislative session on Tuesday intended to help defuse Ukraine’s worsening political crisis, the majority party in Parliament issued […]

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Stephen King hits GOP on minimum wage; Economics lesson ensues

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http://twitter.com/#!/StephenKing/status/428687037672091648 Stephen King definitely has a career as an economist in the Obama White House if he gets tired of the writing thing. http://twitter.com/#!/ChancesFavor/status/428690073047945216 http://twitter.com/#!/allin247/status/428690049752760321 http://twitter.com/#!/standingup4us/status/428690855709650944 Maybe King should first have a chat with the people in Congress who share his politics: http://twitter.com/#!/thriftstorelady/status/428691723699486720 No kidding. Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/01/29/tell-that-to-the-dems-stephen-king-hits-gop-on-minimum-wage-economics-lesson-ensues/

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#MuslimRage: Murderer-apologist Left flips, starts #ChristianRage

http://twitter.com/#!/elisefoley/status/247710432129843200 Christian rage? What on earth could have possibly sparked that? Oh, just a little truth, of course. The truth always makes the Left lash out. This week's Newsweek cover, on newsstands & the iPad today: #MuslimRage! Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes on how she survived it pic.twitter.com/QPnlRtf9 — Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 17, 2012 Want to […]

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