Newt Gingrich consistently panders to the lowest possible denominator...it's amazing he's not the frontrunner

Does he want new terrorist attacks?

Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has angrily denounced President Obama's apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base.
The former speaker took to his Twitter feed to condemn Obama's letter to Karzai, saying: "It is an outrage that on the day an Afghan soldier murders two American troops, Pres. Obama is the one apologizing."
The incident at Bagram Air Base triggered a violent response from Afghans, with 14 dead over three days of protests. Two American soldiers were shot dead when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on them at their base in Khogyani in eastern Nangarhar province, district governor Mohammad Hassan told AFP.
Obama's apology mirrored that given by then-President George W. Bush in April after an American sniper in Afghanistan shot a Koran, peppering the Muslim holy book with bullet holes. At the time, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had emphasized that it was important to show that the US president "knew that this was wrong."

Ahead of Gingrich's vitriolic comment, Obama spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One that the apology was "wholly appropriate, given the sensitivities to this issue, the understandable sensitivities."
"His [Obama's] primary concern as Commander-in-Chief is the safety of American men and women in Afghanistan, of our military and civilian personnel there," said Carney. "And it was absolutely the right thing to do."
Asked whether Obama was concerned that Republicans might seize on the letter to reinforce their charges that Obama too-easily apologizes for the United States, Carney replied: "That's a fully false, fallacious and ridiculous narrative that is not borne out by any facts."

It is pretty frightening when the ruling party in the House submits opinions ONLY from dogmatic and zealot religious figures, all men, to comment on contraception.

It is pretty frightening when the ruling party in the House submits opinions ONLY from dogmatic and zealot religious figures, all men, to comment on contraception.  And it rankles me that they wish to frame it as a first amendment issue.

Saying this was about practice of religion is just as disingenuous as people saying "The Civil War was Not about slavery, but States Rights" , when ...the only right that mattered was slavery.

In this case, the Catholics refuse to offer birth control in their insurance. Buying or providing insurance is not speech, nor is it a ceremony of religious worship. It is in the realm of employer/employee relationship. The same principle would apply if some Christian Scientists refused to offer insurance that paid for surgery, since they don't believe in it.

This ought to be a parody, but sadly this is a real article from CNBC. More signs of our Gilded Age

It's called "How To Date A Wall Street Man", a vapid, superficial, patently insulting to women column on how to be pretty, subservient, and there for the Master of the Universe, should he decide to mate.

Quoting:

While a Wall Street man tends to like a little bit of a challenge when it comes to dating, he still likes things to be convenient and easy for him. A lot of women think that if they play hard to get, they will land a Wall Street man. This is NOT the case. Yes, you should be confident and avoid being a pushover but, at the same time, you shouldn’t be difficult. You need to be accommodating or his schedule and time constraints or he will get frustrated and find another woman.

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Paul Krugman is 95% right in his column today

The part where he isn't right? When he says Mitt Romney isn't a villain. I respectfully disagree

From The New York Times:

OP-ED COLUMNIST: All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos

In getting to the truth about those wealthy “job creators” the Republicans aim to protect, the ’80s film “Wall Street” seems more relevant than ever.

http://nyti.ms/rrk0Vc


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NYTimes: Thousands Sterilized, a State Weighs Restitution. Where are the pro lifers????

My guess is that many moral crusaders supported this despicable practice. They should be seeking out victims for restitution.
From The New York Times:

Thousands Sterilized, a State Weighs Restitution

A task force is calculating North Carolina’s obligation to the estimated 7,600 victims of its eugenics program from 1933 to 1977, many of them poor and uneducated.

http://nyti.ms/tKTqoH

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