Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Obama Corollary

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won’t mistake for the real thing. Poe’s Law Reading about Ed Klein’s new “biography” of Barack Obama, Amateur1, I … Continue reading

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The occasional open thread: Mother’s Day edition

Put your Obama Conspiracy comments not related to the current articles here. Comments will close in two weeks.

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Resolving election disputes

Early returns indicated one candidate had won, but state-controlled election commissions invalidated some of the results, claiming fraud. The Congress was divided; one party controlled the House, the other the Senate. 100,000 armed men were said to be ready to … Continue reading

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Investigating ancestors

I was reading Michael C. Voeltz’s1 “Contest of Election” filed in Florida (I don’t know how old it is). It contains an interesting paragraph: Alexander Hamilton, a founder of the country, present during the framing of the U.S. Constitution, would … Continue reading

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Where there’s smoke, there’s birther politicians in North Carolina

So reports CNN’s Anderson Cooper in this report:

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Dueling loyalties

The story is about Michele Bachmann, former presidential candidate, who along with her family recently registered with the Swiss government as a Swiss citizen (a citizenship to which she was entitled under Swiss law since she married a Swiss husband … Continue reading

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