{"id":13357,"date":"2013-10-25T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T16:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=13357"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T16:12:22","slug":"links-347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2013\/10\/25\/links-347\/","title":{"rendered":"links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/whitewashing-history-at-the-new-york-tim\">Ironically, Reason indicts Robert Taft and compares Ted Cruz to Joseph McCarthy<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0But the &#8220;Grass was always greener back then&#8221; meme rings true nonetheless, even if&#8230; it gets a little complicated and we can bluntly say&#8230; the grass is in some ways browner right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2013\/10\/gop-senate-candidate-spoke-neo-confederate-conference-august\">Mississippi&#8217;s Republican Tea Party challenger against Thad Cochran spoke at Neo Confederate Conference<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Of course he did.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a suggestion to bring freshness to the Simpsons by having them age: \u00c2\u00a0Here&#8217;s a better idea: \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/10\/23\/let-the-simpsons-die.html\">Let the Simpsons die<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/speakeasy\/brucewilson\/ted-cruzs-father-suggested-his-son-anointed-bring-about-end-time-transfer\">Ted Cruz&#8217;s father suggests his son was anoited to &#8220;Bring the End Times Transfer of Wealth&#8221;<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0(Like a used car salesman schtik here.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/10\/22\/obama-reid_n_4136996.html\">How Obama and Reid mended their frail relationship<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to prep for the Budget Showdown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/jon-perr\/how-democrats-saved-bushs-medicare-drug-program\">History on the Midcare Part D roll out of the Bush Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkette.com\/532306\/we-are-all-going-to-feel-pretty-stupid-when-barack-obama-really-does-nuke-charleston-south-carolina\">The Daily Paul muses about the nuking of South Carolina by Team Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/mapes\/index.ssf\/2013\/10\/dennis_linthicum_announces_hes.html\">Who is Dennis Linthicum<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/nra-calls-for-teachers-to-keep-loaded-gun-pointed,34336\/\">NRA Calls For Teachers To Keep Loaded Gun Pointed At Class For Entire School Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clash of the Titans! \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/10\/25\/pete-sessions-obama_n_4160997.html\">Pete Sessions! \u00c2\u00a0Barack Obama!<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0Insults! \u00c2\u00a0Stupidity! \u00c2\u00a0Who cares?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2013\/10\/newspapers-climate-denial-letters-times\">LA Times quits printing \/ posting letters of climate denial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/us\/100000002507537\/scalded-by-coffee-then-news-media.html\">The story of the woman who sued McDonalds and that big coffee scandal, and\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>the creation of popular myth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1nppqc\/nonamericans_who_have_been_to_the_us_what_is_the\/\">\u00c2\u00a0What&#8217;s weird about America?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/featuredstory\/520446\/the-decline-of-wikipedia\/\">Wikipedia rotting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/70-years-of-new-isolationism\/\">New York Times frets for 70 years on &#8220;The New Isolationism<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ironically, Reason indicts Robert Taft and compares Ted Cruz to Joseph McCarthy. \u00c2\u00a0But the &#8220;Grass was always greener back then&#8221; meme rings true nonetheless, even if&#8230; it gets a little complicated and we can bluntly say&#8230; the grass is in some ways browner right now. 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