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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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  • PART TWO, THE ROMANCE OF HILLARY AND DAVID … IS IT REALLY LOVE THIS TIME? BABANAS FOR CIGARS?


    Barking Moonbat Early Warning System — Authority Authority: 512
    To be fair and honest here, and really I should be otherwise I become the left, I have found flattering and very nice photos of these two people. But as you know, cameras shoot a many fames per second and every twitch and twist is caught too quickly to ever undo. Except with PhotoShop. However, I chose to post these ...
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  • Latest lame UK govt excuse for supressing drug policy report: "if we release it, it will be hard to manage the news"


    Boing Boing — Authority Authority: 882
    The British government has reached new heights of absurdity in stonewalling the release of a report on the efficacy of drug prohibition. The report was commissioned from independent academic researchers, and various activist and citizen groups have spent years filing four separate Freedom of Information requests for ...
    1 hour ago

  • Obama Drove Afghan Strategy Debate


    Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority Authority: 694
    Big features on the decision-making process behind the newest new Afghanistan strategy in both NYT (” How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan “) and WaPo (” Obama pressed for faster surge “) paint a flattering picture of a commander-in-chief taking control of the process. Peter Baker sets the ...
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  • The PBR could be the best Tory PPB ever


    News Benedict Brogan — Authority Authority: 136
    Please, do not be distracted by all this guff about a windfall on bankers and their bonuses. There are plenty of arguments it, but it will not be the most significant outcome of the PBR. The heavy briefing about windfall taxes is smoke, blown in our faces to disguise a wider attack on wealth and [...]
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  • Faster than predicted: Himalayan glacierll disappear..endanger water resource. Nepal: world highest Cabinet meeting at Everest


    WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial — Authority Authority: 122
    (quote) Faster than predicted: Himalayan glacier decapitated, endangers water resources Energy companies remove the tops of entire mountains. Now it turns out humanity’s use of that coal is removing the tops of entire glaciers. Climate models have repeatedly underestimated the speed and scale of major climate ...
    2 hours ago

  • Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Review


    Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority Authority: 694
    “National Democrats are considering changing the presidential nominating process, by establishing a new primary calendar and deemphasizing the influence lawmakers and political insiders have on choosing the party nominee,” CNN reports. The battle for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination was marred by ...
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  • Sarah and the “Birthers”


    Opinion Forum — Authority Authority: 134
    By Harvey Grund Sarah Palin stepped in — and then out — of the question of “where was Barack Obama born” during an interview on a conservative talk show, The Rusty Humphries Show . What she said was: “I think the public, rightfully, is still making it an issue. I think it’s a fair question, just ...
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  • The Story of Cap and Trade


    Across Weirdish Wild Space — Authority Authority: 133
    Story of Stuff author Annie Leonard presents her reasons that Cap and Trade is flawed and that the most important thing we need to do is agree on the global cap. Great animation: plan speaking, clear and concise. More info at her website . Share This Post On...
    2 hours ago

  • Russian Nightclub Fire Death Toll Reaches 112


    Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority Authority: 179
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declares Monday a national day of mourning after onstage fireworks set a nightclub on fire, killing 112. 130 people have been injured. (Dec. 6)
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  • Hmm ...


    UK Commentators — Authority Authority: 425
    ... looks like the days of Lord John Taylor being wheeled out on the Today programme to be asked the vital question exactly how racist are the Tories ? may be drawing to a close : A Tory peer has been caught using someone else’s home address to claim tens of thousands of pounds in expenses. Lord Taylor of ...
    2 hours ago

  • Mukherjee and the market


    Aristotle The Geek — Authority Authority: 125
    This is a four-day old story and Sauvik has already written about it , Pranab Mukherjee’s false claim that prices are rising because of shortage of essential commodities. The truth is, the government “stimulated,” and the inflation happened. Even if one were to accept his claim though, it still shows the ...
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  • Breaking: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s Question to 14 Year Olds: “Spit vs. Swallow?… Is it Rude?”


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to run the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the US Department of Education. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive ...
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  • Mercifully, Michelle Obama decides against nude tree lighting event (Hysterical! MUST READ!)


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Here was the headline New York Magazine just ran, about the current First Lady at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony: MICHELLE OBAMA WORE CLOTHES TO LIGHT THE CHRISTMAS TREEHere’s a screen grab of the post because we’re sure they’ll scrub it: Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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  • Arlen Specter’s Last Hurrah


    The Conservative Reform Network Blog — Authority Authority: 143
    Currently at 44.1%–26.5%, the trendlines show each of the campaigns moving in only one direction: Sestak is up, while Specter is down. Graph with chronological listing of polls through October 13 th .   Arlen Specter is a great politician whose time and style have passed . The Last Hurrah .  
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  • Department store cancels sale of Swedish jeans made in N.Korea (NoKo, no sale)


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Department store cancels sale of Swedish jeans made in N.Korea Jeans confiscated because of working conditions in North Korea. -AFP Sun, Dec 06, 2009 AFP STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - A Swedish department store on Saturday cancelled what was to be the sale of the "first ever" brand of jeans made in North Korea, the Swedish ...
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  • Harry Reid faces huge problems back home


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    At this point, at least, it appears that Nevadans are heartily sick of Harry Reid and want someone to replace the three term incumbent. Politicos Scorecard: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) continues to face weak support back home, and trails both of his leading Republican opponents, according to a new ...
    3 hours ago

  • Iran: Internet access down pre-protests


    Global Voices Online — Authority Authority: 710
    Several bloggers and sites in Iran reported one day before another mass protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, internet access in Iran is largely down. Haghemoslamema , an Iranian blogger, says [fa] this is a good opportunity to leave our computers at home and go chanting against regime in the streets.
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  • Protests by unsuccessful bidders have slowed corps hurricane projects


    NOLA.com — Authority Authority: 633
    Protests by unsuccessful bidders have slowed or stopped work on three hurricane protection projects, prompting the Army Corps of Engineers to cancel and revise one contract in St. Bernard Parish and put temporary holds on others in East Jefferson...
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  • Rat cooking lands TV show in hot water


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 177
    Two stars of the "Im a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" television show have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming... Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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  • Why ClimateGate is just a distraction


    Across Weirdish Wild Space — Authority Authority: 133
    If anyone has been following the climate deniers crowing over the hacked emails at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia here’s an excellent, non-frothing rebuttal that makes sense of why ClimateGate is just distracting us from the real issue of needing to do something about a fair, ambitious ...
    3 hours ago

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