You can’t make up what passes for today’s news…but they do anyway.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, July 7, 2011

Unbeknownst to the conservative Congressman, Dr. Ron Paul (Bagger – TX) inserted an arcane addendum that required replacing all elected Republicans (federal, state and local) with the results of some experiments he had been conducting in his suburban Galveston basement.

 The depths to which our “4th Estate” has sunk is the result of a deliberate plan to obscure the differences between contrived drama and reality and it will be very difficult to turn around now that several generations have already been indoctrinated. After the so-called “Liberal Press” had successfully caused [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Individual consequences of government debt limit As the U.S. comes closer its $14.294 trillion debt ceiling, lawmakers faces a vote on boosting the debt limit. Congressional Republicans, however, are promising to oppose the increase unless it comes with guarantees of budget cuts and long-term debt reduction. If a remedy is [...]

Considering the Tea Party’s candidates and leader’s (deliberate?) misconceptions about our founding fathers and what they truly believed, I am writing this in the hopes that some of them may read this. Today, we are presented such distortions about everything from religion to government and politics and the beliefs of [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, July 5, 2011

I’m not a great fan of Cynthia Boaz, but I’ll give her fair due. She’s written a cracking piece which you can see on TruthOut.org’s website, entiled “14 Propaganda Techniques that Fox ‘News’ Uses to Brainwash Americans.” It’s a pretty inclusive article, but she should have added how elements of [...]

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DESPITE the treasonous and degenerate Republican efforts to stop us.. DESPITE the RACISTS (whether they care to admit it or not)… DESPITE them ALL, we WILL PREVAIL. “peacekitten” and I (lovers, partners) sent this out on election day 2008.. and we STILL feel that we can… we MUST make sure [...]

Casey Anthony’s 31 days of Drinkin’, Strippin’, Stealin’, Screwin’ and Tattooin’.

Light the fuse on your 4th of July celebration with music about America, freedom and independence!

AdLib is online. AdLib : Thanks Tex! texliberal : Have a great 4th AdLib : Night Tex, have a fun 4th! AdLib : Well, looks like a good time to bring this edition of Vox Populi to a close, Thanks to everyone for a riveting and fascinating discussion tonight. Have [...]

Take action to support MN Gov. Mark Dayton in this tense government shutdown, as he fights to fill a $5 billion budget gap by making the wealthy pay their fair share instead of allowing Republicans to squeeze it all out of the middle class once again.

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, July 1, 2011