politics

Defined in Webster's Dictionary as the art or science of government, or concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy or winning and holding control over a government. Politics can also describe the art of guidance and influence outside the realm of government, such as office politics, industry politics or social politics.

A good rule of thumb for making friends and influencing people is "never discuss religion, sex or politics." But those who hold court in the blogosphere violate such etiquette 24/7. Counter-intuitive to the long-held notion of conversation fit for polite company, politics is a prominent Internet topic specifically because of its controversial nature.

Unfortunately, many who engage in political discourse often feel free to throw etiquette to the wind. Rather than affably promote the free exchange of ideas, such people often resort to personal attacks, diminishing the quality of their opinion and transforming platforms for meaningful exchange into childish free-for-alls.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “politics”

 

• German willing to cooperate with Iraq to rehabilitate health sector

  
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  Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Germany expressed its willingness to cooperate with Iraq and encourage the German companies to participate in building the health sector in Iraq. A statement by the German Foreign Ministry reported that “Iraq’s Ambassador for Berlin, Hussein Mahmoud al-Khateeb met with the German Health ...
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• Nijaifi, Iranian Ambassador to Iraq discuss bilateral relations[05/12/2013]

  
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  Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi discussed with the Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danaye Far, the Iraqi-Iranian bilateral relations, the floods crisis in the Iraqi southern provinces as well as the Syrian crisis. A statement by the Media Office of the parliament, reported ...
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• Maliki calls Iraq’s Ambassadors abroad to explIraqiNews.com Iraq’s attitudes to world public opinion

  
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  Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki called Iraq’s Ambassadors to explain Iraq’s attitudes to the world public opinion and the decision-makers and trace the conditions of the Iraqi communities abroad, calling them to stick to impartiality while assuming their offices. A statement by ...
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• The scandal at the IRS - May 14,2013

  
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• Dianne Feinstein Says Benghazi Hearing Was Really About Discrediting Hillary Clinton

  
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  AP Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the latest congressional hearing on Benghazi was really a way for Republicans to discredit former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “We’ve gone through all of this, now we’re going through it again,” Feinstein said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “My ...
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• Congressional Committee Ready To Grill IRS Over Targeting Tea Party

  
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  Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Excerpted from Fox News : he House Ways and Means Committee this weekend released a timeline of interactions with the IRS and a list of 10 questions it will ask agency officials in an upcoming hearing — following the agency acknowledging Friday that it targeted ...
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• Trying To, In The 1860’s, Make A “Do Gooder” Out Of America’s South Produced A Violent Reaction

  
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  The South’s response, to the real Republican party’s attempt to end the South’s enslavement of human beings, was a civil war. While it ought to be easy, in a Christian environment, to find “do gooders” and evidence of good done, that was not the case – generally. America’s neocons, in their quest to do ...
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• Sudan urges mosques’ imams to call for jihad against rebels

  
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  Are things really different in mosques in the West? Will they be ten, twenty years from now when the Muslim populations are significantly higher? Raymond Ibrahim writes that Mosques Are the Battleground of the War between Islam and the West. via Sudan urges mosques’ imams to call for jihad against rebels – Sudan ...
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• Politicized bureaucrats try to stamp out dolphin feeding, get stamped on

  
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  Photo: Dolphin feeding time at Tin Can Bay. Credit Craig Warhurst Gympie Times Tin Can Bay is a mall township on the mainland opposite Fraser Island, where for many years wild dolphins have interacted with the people and arrive for feeding.   This has been the cause of considerable outrage among greenies, the ...
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• Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 agents targeted political groups, report says

  
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  Inspector general findings seems to contradict public statements that Tea party and others were flagged for additional scrutiny Senior officials at the US tax agency knew agents were targeting conservative political groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector generals report obtained by The ...
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• And Liberals Are Shocked

  
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  A recent poll indicated that 29% of the American population think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years, with another 5% unsure of whether or not it will be so. And Liberals are shocked, scared, and appalled by this. Thoughts that Americans might retake our ...
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• [links] Link salad thinks of its mothers

  
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  The Latest on the Women in SFF Debate — Cora Buhlert with some interesting analysis and a number of links. That Monkey Don’t Swim: Maps, Sex and Violence — Pongoid anthropology and cartography. Every Every Every Generation Has Been the Me Me Me Generation — Kids today. Everyone knows the past is golden, ...
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• [links] Link salad thinks of its mothers

  
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  The Latest on the Women in SFF Debate — Cora Buhlert with some interesting analysis and a number of links. That Monkey Dont Swim: Maps, Sex and Violence — Pongoid anthropology and cartography. Every Every Every Generation Has Been the Me Me Me Generation — Kids today. Everyone knows the past is golden, ...
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• Senior IRS official: ‘I’m not good at math’ – yeah, we know

  
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  by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) During a conference call with reporters, senior IRS official Lois Lerner uttered words that are now reverberating across the blogosphere: “I’m not good at math.” Don’t worry, Lois, neither is anyone else. And the less you can do math, the happier you’ll be at ...
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• The IRS and Beghazi

  
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  So Obama is using the IRS to stifle free speech and covered up (lied) about Benghazi. Is anyone surprised? Let the games begin!
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• OSCE PA special rep. briefs Armenian FM on Baku visit

  
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  PanARMENIAN.Net – Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with a OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus Joao Soares . At a meeting, Mr Soares briefed a Armenian central on a goals of this informal visit, also pity impressions about a revisit to Baku. The parties serve focused on a allotment of ...
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• Wondering Aloud

  
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  So the IRS was throwing a paperwork blizzard in front of groups applying for tax-exempt status who had "Tea Party" or "Liberty" in their submitted names, something they apologized for as a local error made at a local office by low level employees.At least thats what Baghdad Bob Carney, White House spokesman ...
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• Video- Ed Schultz Whomps Dick Cheney And GOP For HillaryFueled Benghazi Hysteria

  
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  Its Fund Drive Time for The Political Carnival. Our Support TPC page is at http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/supporttpc/ . We could really use the help. Thanks! I had forgotten he was coming back yesterday, but I won’t miss today. Via. The post Video- Ed Schultz Whomps Dick Cheney And GOP For HillaryFueled ...
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• A MOTHERS DAY CHUCKLE – CARTOON #6

  
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  Filed under: FAITH, FAMILY, Happy Holiday!, JESUS CHRIST, Politics, PostAday Tagged: Cartoon, Mama, Mom, Mother, Mothers Day, politics
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• Very Strange Bedfellows 5

  
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  For my blog post today on Jules Witcovers Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew , I have five items. 1.  On page 186, Nixon criticizes Vice-President Spiro Agnews fraternization with Secret Service agents: "In all the period Ive been president and vice-president, ...
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