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What Tonight's Debate Should Be Like
The second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is going down tonight. And you could watch it while perhaps taking notes to later reference when...
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What's Better Than a Google Doodle? Romneytaxplan.com
The Democratic National Committee launched a comical new propaganda site today that purports to offer details on the ever-elusive Mitt Romney tax plan to massively cut taxes without expanding the...
View ArticleJoss Whedon: Romney Better Candidate to Bring on Zombie Apocalypse
Joss Whedon doesn't always weigh in on presidential elections, but when he does, it's usually tongue-in-cheek. The director of The Avengers and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer released a video...
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Where to Watch Election Results and Get Drunk in Boise
Nothing compliments cheering or tearing up like a cold beer. Here are some spots where you can watch tonight's election results stream in while nursing a steady stream of cocktails.…[ Read more ][...
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Need Something To Do Tuesday?
The presidential election is over. This isn't really news, but at least it's one thing that has been taken off our collective plate.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Petition Launched to Deport Those Who Signed Petitions for Secession
As part of America's unending quest to stay classy, butthurt residents from 20 states launched official petitions on the White House website to secede from the United States. More than 100,000 people...
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Need Something To Do Sunday?
For many, the question of gun control is a debate. For some, it's a fight.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Need Something To Do Monday?
The political landscape of the Middle East is one hot mess. Political parties, special interests, tribes, families and whole nations vie for control and sovereignty.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Need Something To Do Saturday?
The Middle East is full of history, culture and great food. It's also a hotbed of political and ethnic tension.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleWhat's Your Carlos Danger Name?
We all love a good political sex scandal, but when said scandal involves already shamed former congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner using the name "Carlos Danger" to...
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Need Something To Do Wednesday?
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Dividing America Into Nations Helps Explain Violence
Illustration courtesy of Brian Stauffer/Tufts Magazine In grade school, most children are forced to memorize the 50 states and their capitols, and splitting America into states and regions has become...
View ArticleMr. Cope’s Cave: With Intent To Do Whaaaa’?
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View ArticleMr. Cope’s Cave: Minimum Work
Here is what you and I (and all the other taxpayers in America) paid Raul Labrador this year: $174,000. Just this year... $174,000.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleMr. Cope’s Cave: Father of Rainbows
It hardly ever happens, that a man dies and the whole world kneels in genuine sorrow and honest tribute. The human race produces many remarkable individuals—artists and scientists, inventors and...
View ArticleMr. Cope's Cave: So You Think You Can Dance?
No, no, no, I don’t mean that teevee show. I don’t mean do you think you can dance if you’re some sort of third-string celebrity involved in some sort of silly competition.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
View ArticleMr. Cope's Cave: The Bad War
It’s not so hard to understand: Good people are defined by the good things they do, and that’s true whether or not those good things last, or whether or not those good things were done in the larger...
View ArticleMr. Cope's Cave: Did God Give Us Gun Morons, Too?
Given the choice between doing a hundred blog posts and one real newspaper column, I’d still go with the paper and ink, every time. But there is one thing I can do with a blog that I can’t do in the...
View ArticleMr. Cope's Cave: Did God Give Us Gun Morons, Too?—Part Two
As you remember from this blog spot last Friday, I was attempting to get Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation to clarify a few things about a statement he made at that gun moron rally last...
View ArticleFolk Pioneer Pete Seeger Passes Away at Age 94
Folk musician and social activist Pete Seeger passed away Jan 27 at the age of 94. A close friend of Idaho folk music icon Rosalie Sorrels, Seeger was an integral part of America's civl rights...
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