Author: BooMan

The GOP Base is Nuts

I pretty much ignored the Iowa Freedom Summit this weekend because I needed a break from stupid shit, but it was quite the spectacle. Mike Huckabee’s performance was emblematic of the rampant lunacy and incoherence on...

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Jamaica Readying to Legalize It

Here’s the beginning of a statement from Mark Golding, the Jamaican Minister of Justice, announcing the introduction of a bill for the non-commercial legalization of marijuana. The system of complete legal prohibition of...

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Serious Question

Do you think that any of the Republicans who showed up yesterday to the Iowa Freedom Summit are going to have any real influence on the 2016 nominating process, or are they all such enormous clowns that we can safely ignore them...

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A Rapist as the Face of the NFL

If you’re looking for information on the upcoming NFL draft, there are few places better than DraftTek. Currently, they have the Tennessee Titans, who own the second pick in the first round, taking Florida quarterback and...

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Jeb Wants to ‘Shock and Awe’ Opponents

If you thought that the Bush family was capable of some degree of humility and contrition considering how they brought us the debacle in Iraq, this report from the Wall Street Journal should completely disabuse you of that...

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