Elderly Black Voters Allegedly Intimidated At Their Homes In Texas

Two middle-aged white Republican activists in Texas allegedly harassed and intimidated at least seven elderly African-American voters at their homes in eastern Texas, according to a complaint filed with the Justice Department on Thursday.

Gerry Hebert, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, submitted a report to DOJ alleging that two unidentified women visited elderly African-American voters at their homes in Bowie County and questioned them about their mail-in ballot applications, Mother Jones first reported.

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McDonald’s Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won’t Get Raises Or Benefits

WASHINGTON — There may be something rotten at McDonald’s — and it’s not a year-old Happy Meal.

The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees’ paychecks that threatened lower wages and benefits if Republicans don’t win on Tuesday.

“As the election season is here we wanted you to know which candidates will help our business grow in the future,” reads the letter. “As you know, the better our business does it enables us to invest in our people and our restaurants. If the right people are elected we will …

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Pigs.

Who is this Glen Beck guy? Wow.

A settlement is in the works in Doe v. Mount Vernon Board of Education et al., the case in which John Freshwater, a Mount Vernon, Ohio, middle school science teacher, was accused of inappropriate religious activity in the classroom — including displaying posters with the Ten Commandments and Bible verses, branding crosses on the arms of his students with a high-voltage electrical device, and teaching creationism. The Mount Vernon News (October 27, 2010) reports that the parties have signed the agreement, which still must be approved by a judge.

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If you are a teabagger or a Republican, don’t read below the fold. Just go away.
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Good cometary and some excellent video, including closeups of Profitt’s beer belly and the “pre stomp” events:

See also this.

Danno is dead.
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This seems to be another case of an immature snot-nose sociopath using the leveling power of the Internet to be important-seeming, and accusing stem cell researchers of fraud with highly dubious evidence that reflects more on the accuser’s low level of training and inadequate knowledge than anything else. ERV, spotting the parallels with the “Your Not Helping” fiasco, nails it. Here.

This is quite serious. Better have a look.
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Got your attention? Good. Have a look at this:

Libertarians are generally characterized by (misplaced) arrogance. Liberals are generally characterized by…well, I don’t actually know, but I’m sure I’ll get suggestions. Conservatives are generally characterized by fear.

It informs all their policies…. Read the rest here, at “A Movement of Cowards.” It is an excellent discussion of the way fear motivates. Fear motivates us all at times and to varying extent, but it mainly works on the cowards. Like Rand Paul and his head stomper, and Michele Bachmann and her ilk in the House.

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It was like a bad dream or something …

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Well, actually, who cares about the smile. It’s the ESSAY that should sway you.

Or, just do me a favor, go here, and click on “Christie Wilcox.”

This all about getting Nerdy Christie a 10K college scholarship. She’s close. YOU can make it happen!

Thank you very much, that is all.

One possibility would be to get stinking drunk, then later, find her and her male companion and run them over with your car.
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