Republican Party - A Tippling Philosopher (Page 3)

Trump Is a Huge Threat to Everything

Holy shit. I simply cannot believe it. I can't even bring myself to discuss in any great depth the volume of sheer insanity. So I am going to list them: * Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. to lead education task force for Trump * Trump vows to "totally destroy&

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Appeasing the Evangelicals: Trump Is a "Baby Christian"

This is how the evangelical right in America will now treat Trump in order to have a coherent campaign to get a Republican voted in. And it works for Trump too. Where he can court Christians and Christianity, and secretly not give two hoots, he can also stay onside with

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Trump IS Inciting Violence and Hatred. He Should Be Stopped

This is a terrible state of affairs. Watch this. It is very, very worrying. (You might need to turn your ad blocker off to see the video). Trump's campaign has been based around convincing voters that America isn't great and that he is the solution to

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Marco Rubio Goes To Town On Trump & The Media - His Best Moment?

If Rubio had been this forthright, sensible and erudite, he would have been in with a real chance, perhaps.

Labour

Nick Clegg: Tories Trying to Americanise UK Politics to One Party State

Nick Clegg was leader of the Liberal Democrats who were in coalition with the right-wing Conservative government in the last Parliament, and was our Deputy Prime Minister. The Lib Dems got stung this last election to leave a straight Tory majority. Now Clegg is spilling the beans in the Independent

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Trump and the Iowa Wrestlers - Um, Totally Racist...

In case you haven't seen the video taken at a Iowa Trump rally, it is well worth a watch, if only to put your head in your hands and wonder about the modern world. What takes place can only be described as racist. In fact, some commenters to

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My Succinct Trump/US Presidential Prediction

Holy cow, Trump is a scary prospect. Like a smiley Hitler with more money and less intelligence. [caption id="attachment_7320" align="aligncenter" width="550"] By thierry ehrmann from Saint Romain au Mont d'Or, France, Europe (Donald Trump, painted portrait _DDC9085) [CC

Democratic Party

Republican vs Democrat leaders' debates: a concise synopsis

Caleb Lack (fellow SINner at Great Plains Skeptic), on facebook, succinctly stated: So, I watched the whole Dem debate, just like I watched the whole Repub one. My takeaway: Dem candidates want positive change and have ideas how to accomplish it. Most are playing to a sense of community and

COVID crisis

Abortion, gay marriage and gun control

This is my favourite meme at present. Says it all.

FOX News

Fox News Is Brainwashing Viewers And Hurting The Republican Party

Ploiticsusa has released this article which reinforces what I have said before (in the thread). A new study has found that Fox News is hurting the Republican Party by brainwashing millions of angry conservatives with misinformation. In a new study of the Fox News effect by Bruce Bartlett, rese

GOP

Ted Cruz's father is a total idiot

EARLSBORO, Okla. – Rafael Cruz, father of Texas Senator and Tea-Party favorite Ted Cruz, spoke recently against atheism and secular humanism at a gathering of an Oklahoma Second Amendment advocacy group. He claimed that the belief systems are two of the main ills facing our society, that they lead t

AGW

House Passes A Bill That Restricts Scientists From Advising The EPA

By a vote of 229-191, the House has just passed a GOP-sponsored bill to ensure that a more "balanced panel of experts" will advise the Environmental Protection Agency. But critics say it will reduce the participation of independent scientists in favor of those with financial ties to industry.

climate change

US elections: the worst news

From i09: All together now: Fucking fuck. Senator Inhofe, who is poised to become the most powerful senator on the environment, is the same man who has compared the scientific consensus over manmade global warming to Adolf Hitler's conception of the Jewish conspiracy.

atheists

Rick Wiles: 'Ebola Could Solve America's Problems With Atheism And Homosexuality'

RIGHTWINGWATCH provides this gem: H/T Anonymous Steve [soundcloud]http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-ebola-could-solve-americas-problems-atheism-and-homosexuality[/soundcloud] Right before chatting with a Republican congressman on his on “Trunews” program yesterday, End Times radio host Rick Wiles said that an outbreak of Ebola in the U.S. might actually be a good

conservatism

"I was poor, but a GOP die-hard: How I finally left the politics of shame"

Thi is a great article from Salon.com. I have started it off here, but it is well worth reading the lot. I think it is fascinating, the crossover between philosophy and politics is something which I blogged about some time ago and I think the more you understand philosophy,

Christianity

Aaaarggghhh! The Republicans are properly mental!

So, us in the rest of the world can see that the Republican Party in the US are several sandwiches short of a picnic, holding the country and perhaps the world to ransom. Here are a couple of interesting articles: Salon.com: Christian delusions are driving the GOP insane Why

homosexuality

Teh Gayz

This piece of genius was sent to me. From whence it came, I know not: God made Adam and Eve and the Devil made the pee pee and the whoo whoo. Oh wait... Seriously. WTF is up with that? It's astonishing to think that these people (who think

Creationism

Creationism Controversies The Norm Among Potential Republican 2016 Contenders

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) raised eyebrows Monday when he told GQ he couldn't answer a question about the age of the earth because "I'm not a scientist, man." Having a top prospect for the 2016 presidential nomination say the age of the planet is "one of the great mysteries" comes at an awkward time

Democratic Party

More happy about who doesn't get in, in the US race, than who does get in, in the UK

It's a weird situation that speaks volumes when you are more scared about a political party and their leader getting into power in a foreign country than you are in who does get in in your own country!

Republican Party

How the Republican Party's Real Agenda Is Revealed in Their Nasty Rape Comments

Dear GOP candidates and party members, I'm going to give you some free campaign advice: stop talking about rape. The latest Republican rape commentary comes from Romney-endorsed Indiana senatorial candidate Richard Mourdock, who tells us: "I think even when life begins in that horrible situa

Republican Party

Republican Richard Mourdock: God intends rape pregnancies

In a Tuesday night debate with his Democratic rival and a Libertarian candidate for one of Indiana's U.S. Senate seats, Republican candidate Richard Mourdock suggested that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen," despite the "horrible situation" from which they d