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Mitt creeps me out. There, I said it.

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Mitt creeps me out. There, I said it.

I had a hard time writing this without being too snarky, but these stories are just, creepy.

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why do I suddenly get this image of Mitt

I was thinking more along the lines of the Death eaters.

You know, that WaPo article was just a really strange piece. I didn't include this part in the blog,

At a waterfront park in downtown St. Petersburg, a crowd of more than 5,500 stood rapt listening to him speak, many with tears welling in their eyes. “Ohhhhh,” they gasped. And with that, the Romney campaign’s all-out effort to reveal the nominee’s character and compassion received a boost: A politician with an aversion to telling personal stories was, at long last, telling them.

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DU Exclusive: Gravis Marketing exposed as a fraud

I knew something was up with this firm.

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Rothko painting vandalized at Tate Modern

I may not be the biggest fan of Rothko, but I can't tell where the vandalism is

I know you didn't mean for this to be funny, but

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Rothko painting vandalized at Tate Modern

I may not be the biggest fan of Rothko, but I can't tell where the vandalism is

I know you didn't mean for this to be funny, but

I'm not making fun of you, Mala, I just want you to know that. Rothko is a tough nut to look at --

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More on the Rothko Vandal.

Rothko Defaced: Vladimir Umanets Vandalizes Tate Painting, Blames It On Duchamp

Oh lord

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Good morning, everyone. Car's actually in the shop this morning. I have to have some put-off belt work done and get a new headlight. Saturday night was another nightmare at work because we had a major circuit breaker fail which screwed up the operation of 4 networks that night. So, instead of the overtime and working 11-2 AM, I didn't finish work until 5 AM. At least what happened was beyond my control and it felt like one of those work nightmares I used to have. The only consolation is that I can't get into trouble for this because it was beyond my control.

Mala, did you lose CBS on your Dish system? I know Midnight was the deadline and I have to figure the fight over the Hopper was the deal breaker.

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funny political ad by Steve Martin

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where is that at?

Charlie Fuqua, Arkansas Legislative Candidate, Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children In Book

The Huffington Post | By John Celock

Charlie Fuqua, the Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives who called for expelling Muslims from the United States in his book, also wrote in support for instituting the death penalty for "rebellious children."

In "God's Law," Fuqua's 2012 book, the candidate wrote that while parents love their children, a process could be set up to allow for the institution of the death penalty for "rebellious children," according to the Arkansas Times. Fuqua, who is anti-abortion, points out that the course of action involved in sentencing a child to death is described in the Bible and would involve judicial approval. While it is unlikely that many parents would seek to have their children killed by the government, Fuqua wrote, such power would serve as a way to stop rebellious children.

According to the Arkansas Times, Fuqua wrote:

The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly. The guidelines for administering the death penalty to rebellious children are given in Deut 21:18-21:

This passage does not give parents blanket authority to kill their children. They must follow the proper procedure in order to have the death penalty executed against their children. I cannot think of one instance in the Scripture where parents had their child put to death. Why is this so? Other than the love Christ has for us, there is no greater love then [sic] that of a parent for their child. The last people who would want to see a child put to death would be the parents of the child. Even so, the Scrpture provides a safe guard to protect children from parents who would wrongly exercise the death penalty against them. Parents are required to bring their children to the gate of the city. The gate of the city was the place where the elders of the city met and made judicial pronouncements. In other words, the parents were required to take their children to a court of law and lay out their case before the proper judicial authority, and let the judicial authority determine if the child should be put to death. I know of many cases of rebellious children, however, I cannot think of one case where I believe that a parent had given up on their child to the point that they would have taken their child to a court of law and asked the court to rule that the child be put to death. Even though this procedure would rarely be used, if it were the law of land, it would give parents authority. Children would know that their parents had authority and it would be a tremendous incentive for children to give proper respect to their parents.

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where is that at?

Yesterday on Mount Vernon Ave (our "Main street") the day after the Art on the Ave Festival.

The Del Ray civic association decided to line the streets with these Scary scary crows, and then it rained. This was the sunday morning result outside Pork Barrel BBQ.

oh dear

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I'm a little bummed that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separated.

Yeah me too.

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Oh great! The ODESSA clown again.

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oh forgot this - Saturday I worked the Manassas Dems booth for the Fall Jubilee - had one guy walk up and ask me to tell him about our candidates for congress, so I gave him the literature we had for Kaine and Cabral. I've been so focused on the Pres that I haven't had time to read up on them, but in Kaine as a former Gov. Anyway we talk a little and the guy says he's for Ron Paul and small government. I said, okay - you know where in the world they have this small government. He ask where. I said Somalia.

Guy looks me in the eyes: "I'm okay with that."
Me - stunned : "your okay with Somalia? A place where you pretty much go to get murdered"
Guy - completely serious: "Yeah, I like the idea of being about to defend my property."
Me - still stunned: "Then I don't think any candidate running is for your, especially not mine."

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oh forgot this - Saturday I worked the Manassas Dems booth for the Fall Jubilee - had one guy walk up and ask me to tell him about our candidates for congress, so I gave him the literature we had for Kaine and Cabral. I've been so focused on the Pres that I haven't had time to read up on them, but in Kaine as a former Gov. Anyway we talk a little and the guy says he's for Ron Paul and small government. I said, okay - you know where in the world they have this small government. He ask where. I said Somalia.

Guy looks me in the eyes: "I'm okay with that."
Me - stunned : "your okay with Somalia? A place where you pretty much go to get murdered"
Guy - completely serious: "Yeah, I like the idea of being about to defend my property."
Me - still stunned: "Then I don't think any candidate running is for your, especially not mine."

WELL PLAYED.

It was all I could think to say - I was literally dumbstruck.

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There are times when I worry about the Religious Right in the Republican Party and wonder how many truly would like to replace the Constitution with their strange take on Biblical laws. Here is one man who has made me wonder some more, courtesy of the Huffington Post:

Charlie Fuqua, Arkansas Legislative Candidate, Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children In Book

The Huffington Post | By John Celock

Charlie Fuqua, the Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives who called for expelling Muslims from the United States in his book, also wrote in support for instituting the death penalty for "rebellious children."

In "God's Law," Fuqua's 2012 book, the candidate wrote that while parents love their children, a process could be set up to allow for the institution of the death penalty for "rebellious children," according to the Arkansas Times. Fuqua, who is anti-abortion, points out that the course of action involved in sentencing a child to death is described in the Bible and would involve judicial approval. While it is unlikely that many parents would seek to have their children killed by the government, Fuqua wrote, such power would serve as a way to stop rebellious children.

According to the Arkansas Times, Fuqua wrote:

The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly. The guidelines for administering the death penalty to rebellious children are given in Deut 21:18-21:

This passage does not give parents blanket authority to kill their children. They must follow the proper procedure in order to have the death penalty executed against their children. I cannot think of one instance in the Scripture where parents had their child put to death. Why is this so? Other than the love Christ has for us, there is no greater love then [sic] that of a parent for their child. The last people who would want to see a child put to death would be the parents of the child. Even so, the Scrpture provides a safe guard to protect children from parents who would wrongly exercise the death penalty against them. Parents are required to bring their children to the gate of the city. The gate of the city was the place where the elders of the city met and made judicial pronouncements. In other words, the parents were required to take their children to a court of law and lay out their case before the proper judicial authority, and let the judicial authority determine if the child should be put to death. I know of many cases of rebellious children, however, I cannot think of one case where I believe that a parent had given up on their child to the point that they would have taken their child to a court of law and asked the court to rule that the child be put to death. Even though this procedure would rarely be used, if it were the law of land, it would give parents authority. Children would know that their parents had authority and it would be a tremendous incentive for children to give proper respect to their parents.

Dear Mister Fuqua, as someone who is very familiar with the Torah, there is no evidence that any rebellious child was executed. The eye for an eye bit was not literally, but referred to fines as did Hammurabi's laws. So, I think that Mister Fuqua should perhaps talk to people who understand the book that he professes to follwo.

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I wish I could stay up through tonight's MNF game. Sounds like a cataclysmic event is coming and it's possible only Tebow can save us.

“Looking forward to giving God all the glory in tonight’s 666th Monday Night Football game. Romans 8:37-39.”

I feel a double facepalm coming.

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Talking Points Memo reports that a new Pew Poll shows Romney ahead by 4 points:

Pew: Romney Leads By 4 In Post-Debate Survey

Tom Kludt October 8, 2012, 4:01 PM

In the first national poll to be conducted entirely after the opening presidential debate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now leads President Barack Obama by 4 points.

The poll, conducted by Pew Research Center from Thursday through Sunday and released on Monday, shows Romney leading Obama among likely voters nationwide, 49 percent to 45 percent. That’s a stark contrast from Pew’s mid-September poll after both parties’ conventions, which showed Obama up 8 points among likely voters.

The dramatic 12-point swing in Pew’s poll from Obama to Romney is perhaps the strongest piece of evidence to date that the president has paid a political price for his listless performance in the Denver debate. But the complete suite of post-debate surveys from national pollsters is only beginning to emerge, and the early indications are of a less dramatic shift than Pew is showing.