All Hat No Cattle: Chris Christie's Long Dance with Anti-Vaxxers

Chris Christie's Long Dance with Anti-Vaxxers
Six years ago, the governor-to-be told vaccine critics that he would stand with them.
In 2009, as he was on the way to winning his first term as governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie took the time to answer a question from the vaccine-skeptic group Life Health Choices. In a letter, pulled today by reporter Olivia Nuzzi, Christie assured vaccine critics that he had heard them.

I think it's very impressive that between closing bridges and shouting at teachers Chris Christie has somehow found the time to become an expert in the science of vaccinations.- Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

@JebBush Shouldn't you wait for the wars your brother lost to be over before you run for president?- LOLGOP

What A Saudi Prince Does For Sport
Pakistani authorities are finalising arrangements for a Saudi prince to visit its southwestern desert region to hunt the Houbara bustard, a bird supposedly protected by law, officials said Monday.

I wonder if Christie's GOP competitors will take the bold stand that we shouldn't spread infectious diseases needlessly.- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

Christie and Paul are just going to end up splitting the batsh*t vote.- Tina Dupuy

Liars & Their Damn Lies
Last week, a new, peer-reviewed paper from scientists at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute was published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paper is important: for the first time, it shows that scientists can use incredibly old permafrost to find out what temperatures were like in Siberia thousands of years ago. By using this permafrost, the scientists found that temperatures in Siberia have been gradually rising for the past 7,000 years.
Enter the climate denier media. After the findings were published...

I get why flirting with vaccine denialism is political suicide. I don't get why embracing climate denialism doesn't.- Michael Grunwald Tweet

Rock The Voter News

Republicans coming out as pro-Measles pretty much proves the theory Obama could starve Republicans by advocating food consumption.- LOLGOP

Big Dog Nails GOP
Bill Clinton recently weighed in on the current situation with the government standoff on ABC’s show “This Week”.
Bill told the host “I’ve never seen a time– can you remember a time in your lifetime when a major political party was just sitting around, begging for America to fail?”

Watching McCain push Lindsey Graham for president is a reminder that even the guy who picked Sarah Palin can try to outdo his worst mistake.- LOLGOP

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Oscars are where we celebrate film by talking about clothes and Superbowls are where we celebrate football by talking about commercials.- John Fugelsang

Millions Of Gallons Of BP OIL On The Bottom Of The Gulf Of Mexico
When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, it spewed 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico before it was finally capped after 87 days.