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Of interest (Fri, Jan 21st, 12pm)

The Big Lie lie
[Hullabaloo - digby takes issue with Jon Stewart's effort to call out Rep. Steve Cohen]

…there is a slightly different character to saying on floor of [Congress] that Health Care Reform will cause seniors to be put to death by their government than there is to claiming that your sheets will smell better if you use a certain detergent…

What…Cohen did was point out that the Republicans had used The Big Lie on health care… He didn't say that Republicans were Nazis, he said they were using Nazi propaganda techniques — also true. But this is not allowed. You cannot say such things, and I'm sure that no liberal, not even a Jewish one, as Cohen is, will do so in the future. We have all been schooled: from now on, when they accuse us of trying to euthanize old people we'll just say they are "spinning" and that their "PR" isn't quite correct.

[Or possibly we could denounce that kind of nonsense as a fucking contemptible lie? -L]

propaganda

Senate Dems Plot Aggressive Strategy To Fight Health Care Repeal | TPMDC
Nothing's been finalized, including precisely how they'd go about it. But the point would be to turn a global health care repeal push into something more piecemeal — should seniors pay back their $250 doughnut hole check? Should children with pre-existing conditions be stripped of insurance?

"Senior staff are giving serious consideration to the strategy of forcing Republicans to take tough votes on extremely popular elements of the health care law, including the doughnut hole provision, as well as pre-existing conditions," the aide said.

healthcare let_them_eat_bandaids

CA Rep Introduces Bill To Delay DADT Repeal | TPMMuckraker

homophobia asshattery

‘God’s Army’: Louisiana Locals Train To Protect Their Churches With Guns | TPMMuckraker

extremism

Social Minefield: How To Self-Promote Without Being A Jerk

emotional_intelligence social_skills

Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths

computers

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security computer

[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]

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