Month: April 2011

OK Police Settle Taser Lawsuit by 86 Year old

A while back I posted this story about Lona Varner, an 86 year old grandmother. Ms Varner was a past stroke victim. On December 23, 2009, Ms. Varner, bedridden and on oxygen, after a 911 call was placed for medical assistance,...

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Beck Loses Show on Fox

I don’t watch his show and I have only heard him on the radio on a couple of cross-country drives, but I am relieved that Glenn Beck is losing his platform on Fox News. As George Zornick at Think Progress says: Yesterday...

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Qualifications for President

Michele Bachmann explains why she is qualified to be president: “I have a very broad, extensive background. I’m a student of many years. I’ve studied a number of, a wide berth of topics. I sit currently on the...

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Extremism in the Defense of Ideology

Steve Benen has a warning: Those in the media who are gushing over [Ryan’s budget] plan as if it has something to do with fiscal responsibility aren’t just wrong, they’re missing the point on a fundamental...

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