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Friday, August 08, 2014

Saturday Satire

 "Craig Ferguson: It is our president's birthday. It's also the birthday of NASCAR champ Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon and President Obama are very different, of course. One's a guy who spent his whole life turning left and is hated by NASCAR fans. And the other one? Jeff Gordon." 

Daniel Kurtzman

 Wishful Thinking

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U.S. Border Goalie

By Daniel Kurtzman
U.S. Border Goalie
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 Seth Meyers: "Congress wanted to surprise President Obama on his birthday so they passed a bill."
Jimmy Fallon: "Yesterday the House of Representatives voted to sue President Obama for abusing his executive powers. Experts are calling this a meaningless political stunt that's a huge waste of taxpayer money, while Congress is saying, 'Yep. That's what we do.'"
"The House voted 225-201 to sue President Obama. That's the bad news. The good news is that Congress actually passed something."
Stephen Colbert: "I have always been a huge fan of Sarah Palin. She's a strong leader with a proven history of selflessness. I mean, in the midst of her 2008 campaign, she took the time to help out a struggling senior with severely impaired judgment."

By Daniel Kurtzman
Immigrants
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Darth Vader and Cheney

By Daniel Kurtzman
Darth Vader and Cheney

Copyright © 2014 Creators Syndicate

Poor Poor Hillary

By Daniel Kurtzman
Poor Poor Hillary
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

Only 31 Incidences Of Voter-ID Preventable Fraud In 14 Years

Wed Aug 06, 2014

We've got a new number on just how extensive America's voter fraud problem really is. Hold on to your hats, folks, because that number is: 31.

I’ve been tracking allegations of fraud for years now, including the fraud ID laws are designed to stop. In 2008, when the Supreme Court weighed in on voter ID, I looked at every single allegation put before the Court. And since then, I’ve been following reports wherever they crop up.

To be clear, I’m not just talking about prosecutions. I track any specific, credible allegation that someone may have pretended to be someone else at the polls, in any way that an ID law could fix.

So far, I’ve found about 31 different incidents (some of which involve multiple ballots) since 2000, anywhere in the country.

That's not 31 proven incidents in the last 14 years, that's 31 possible incidents—some or most of them could be the result of clerical errors, like people signing the poll books on the wrong lines. That's what the conservative obsession with voter ID laws seeks to tamp down on. Having politicians pay people to vote, or having "charity" organizations be front organizations for political operations, or having candidates funded wholesale by corporate lobbies, all of that pales in comparison to making sure those 31 people (maybe) get what's coming to them.

That, or it's a transparent attempt to make voting more difficult for minorities and the poor, backed by the same people who have a long history of trying to make voting more difficult for minorities and the poor. Six of one, half dozen of the other.

  By  Hunter at Daily Kos