Joe Rogan’s kale shake leads to Twitter skirmish with vegans

http://twitter.com/#!/joerogan/status/233305313992916994 Sometimes it seems that Twitter was invented so people could post innocuous pictures of their lunches. Comedian Joe Rogan’s snap of a midday kale concoction, though, led to an ugly ideological battle. https://twitter.com/joerogan/status/232946209063571457 Rogan’s reference to vegans as “freaks” didn’t take long to hit a nerve. https://twitter.com/Durangodog/status/233313270310776833 “@Durangodog: u r total fucking hypocrite. Why […]

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David Brooks bemoans inept campaign of ‘Thurston Howell Romney’

http://twitter.com/#!/nytdavidbrooks/status/247903918129020928 The New York Times’ best approximation of a conservative voice, David Brooks, is receiving the usual accolades from progressives for his “devastating” column in response to Mitt Romney’s “off-the-cuff” remarks caught on hidden camera. Even Mia Farrow is happy to pass on Brooks’ assertion that Romney has “lost any sense of the social compact.” 'in video,'Romney’s […]

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Peyton visiting Broncos, Manning-mania continues

http://twitter.com/#!/bkravitz/status/178183408734830592 Welp, it’s another day sports fans and you know what that means – more Peyton-palooza for everyone! While everyone else was so sure Peyton would sign with the Dolphins when he was seen in Miami a couple days ago, Twitchy played it cool and reported the Broncos had strong interest. And sure enough, Manning […]

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Chris Hayes’ #inners await MSNBC’s newest prime-time host

http://twitter.com/#!/yyousef/status/318807065470582785 The Twitterverse had some fun with the oh-so-suspenseful announcement of the name of Chris Hayes’ new prime-time show on MSNBC, which premieres tonight and replaces Ed Schultz’s “The Ed Show.” If you thought “All In with Chris Hayes” was worthy of ridicule, just wait until you hear the official hashtag of the show’s followers. […]

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Gregory recycles ‘40% of guns are purchased without background check’ myth

http://twitter.com/#!/jaycaruso/status/315830840590479360 It’s liberals’ favorite gun control statistic.  Who served up the bogus statistic this time? A lowly Daily Kos blogger? A Democratic Underground commenter? No, according to Twitter user @JayCaruso, the incorrect figure was cited this morning by David Gregory, the high-profile moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press. The “40 percent of guns are purchased without […]

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Obama admin claims less than 500K have yet to replace canceled policies

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http://twitter.com/#!/msbinnyc/status/414070941673484288 According to this article by AP, the Obama Administration is insisting that less than half a million people whose health insurance was canceled because of Obamacare have not found other health insurance coverage. http://twitter.com/#!/KellySKennedy/status/413816508335132672 If 500,000 formerly insured people are now uninsured because of Obamacare, that is bad enough. http://twitter.com/#!/RoyBlunt/status/414042708601081856 But it may be worse […]

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Doug Shulman’s wife works with liberal group ‘fighting for change’

http://twitter.com/#!/PatrickHowleyDC/status/340575895209246721 Lying liar and new CNN political commentator Stephanie Cutter has already vouched for former IRS commissioner Doug Shulman today, assuring Jake Tapper that nothing nefarious was going on during Shulman’s 157 visits to the White House while the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups for harassment. We’re not quite prepared to take Cutter’s word […]

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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez going down? Update: Chavez wins; tanks in streets

http://twitter.com/#!/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/255090098469756928 Matt Drudge links to a report from Madrid’s ABC.es that longtime Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez may be ousted in today’s presidential vote. The agency reports that exit polling shows challenger Henrique Capriles leading Chavez by a three-point margin of 51.3% to 48.06%. The mood in Venezuela is reportedly tense, as people wait to see […]

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Dean: I meant tensions with Israel are Netanyahu’s fault, not Obama’s

http://twitter.com/#!/mmurraypolitics/status/247398821976481792 Former Democratic presidential hopeful Gov. Howard Dean’s big mouth got him into an even bigger blunder over the weekend. Dean: "My guess is the … relationship between Netanyahu and Obama is not all that good. And I think most of that has to do with Obama." — Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 16, 2012 On […]

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