EXCLAMATION POINTS

Another clown show!

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/debate-highlights-myrtle-beach

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/south-carolina-debate-gop-field-goes-easy-on-romney/2012/01/16/gIQAgrcS4P_blog.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/16/ron-paul-rick-santorum-unemployment-benefits_n_1209487.html

“Highlights” http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/debate-in-100-seconds-and-the-crowd-goes-wild.php

All to the right of Bush!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-this-gop-field-moderate-is-relative/2012/01/16/gIQAJiBt3P_story.html

Groundhog Day!

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/payroll-tax-cut-negotiations-begin-is-congress-headed-for-another-showdown.php
New Year, New Government Showdown Brewing

Whiplash!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/01/huntsman_endorses_romney_he_was_ripping_romney_a_couple_of_days_ago_what_changed_his_mind_.html
A week ago, Jon Huntsman said Mitt Romney represented the divisions that are tearing the country apart. Today he endorsed him. “I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. . . .” [read on]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/jon-huntsman-tries-to-hide-mitt-romney/2012/01/16/gIQADGsz2P_blog.html
The former Utah governor’s campaign pulled multiple anti-Romney videos and Web sites off the web Sunday night, but Huntsman attacked Romney so many times that there’s plenty of evidence left online. Here are some of the most damning attacks. . . .

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/after_running_attack_ads_hunts034781.php
After running attack ads, Huntsman decries ‘toxicity’

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/jon-hunstman-it-turns-out-just-isnt-good-politician
Jon Hunstman, It Turns Out, Just Isn't That Good a Politician

Heh! http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/16/romney_plays_down_huntsman_support.html
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign "has been notably slow to promote Jon Huntsman's endorsement, a sign they don't see it as much of an asset in a Republican primary," The Hill reports. . . .

Theocrats at war with each other!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/16/1055202/-Accusations-of-voter-fraud-fly-among-Christian-conservatives-after-Rick-Santorum-endorsement

Here we go!

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/wisconsin-democrats-turning-in-recall-walker-petitions.php
Wisconsin Democrats Submitting Recall-Walker Petitions Today

Hey, a black moderator at a GOP debate! On MLK Day! Can you guess what happens next?

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/17/its-like-all-of-roger-ailes-fantasies/

More: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/16/gop_debate_reaction.html
The most depressing moment of the debate was when it was pointed out Romney's father was born in Mexico and the audience booed.

Bonus item: Haven’t had Tom Tomorrow here for a while. Welcome back!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/16/1054169/-The-Romdroids

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 6:38 AM

 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/did-martin-luther-king-jrs-quote-really-have-be-shortened-fit-his-memorial
Did Martin Luther King Jr's Quote Really Have to be Shortened to Fit on His Memorial?

Still relevant today: http://crooksandliars.com/richard-rj-eskow/todays-visionary-illustrated-guid

Candy Crowley, tool

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/cnn-amplifies-romneys-bogus-jobs-claims/2012/01/15/gIQA29Zt0P_blog.html
Yesterday the Romney campaign distributed a memo to reporters that attacked Obama’s record on jobs as a “failure.” To support this conclusion, the memo cited, among other things, the “net” job loss that has occurred on Obama’s watch.

“In January 2009, some 22 million Americans were unemployed, underemployed, or no longer looking for work. Today, that number has risen to nearly 24 million Americans,” the memo said. “Nearly 1.7 million jobs have been lost.”

This use of that “net” job loss number, which is technically true in the most narrow sense, is at best highly misleading and dishonest. That’s because it factors in the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of jobs the economy was hemorrhaging in the months just after Obama took office, when the economy was in free fall — before Obama’s policies kicked in. Yet the Romney camp has again and again presented this “net” job loss number as proof that those same policies have failed.

Today on CNN, Candy Crowley confronted David Axelrod with this same number — and presented it as a meaningful one, just as the Romney camp continues to do. . . .

Will the theocrats sit out 2012?

http://prospect.org/article/rights-man
Around 150 bigwigs from the social conservative movement gathered in Texas Friday night to endorse a candidate. Organizers didn't come out and say it, but the implicit goal of the gathering was to rally around a single alternative to Mitt Romney before he rolls past the competition in South Carolina and Florida. . . .

While [Family Research Council President Tony] Perkins stressed the group's collective desire to displace Obama in the fall, he couldn't assure reporters that the full group would support the eventual Republican nominee. "Based upon what participants said … if Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, or Rick Santorum would clear the nomination there would be passionate support," Perkins said, "beyond that I can't necessarily say." . . .

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/the_religious_right_movement_f034769.php

The Blowhard wants a political litmus test for federal workers

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/01/14/gingrich-id-fire-liberal-fed-employees-btw-thats-illegal-newt/

Piss poor politics

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/desecrating-for-flag-and-country.html

http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/01/13/marines-in-afghanistan-urination-video-identified/

The Super Bowl has been rejecting ads from progressive groups for years. But they’re going to run this one

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/abortion-bowl.html

Fox News calls MSNBC a “Communist” channel

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/liz-trotta-defends-pat-buchanans-racist-co

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/15/tv-soundoff-sunday-talkin_n_1207311.html

Bonus item: Colbert

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/16/and-satires-lessons-carry-on/

http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/could-colbert-actually-win-in-south.html

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 6:19 AM

 
NOBLESSE OBLIGE

Mitt Romney is a GOOD person – and he wants you to know it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-gives-cash-to-financially-struggling-woman-at-south-carolina-rally/2012/01/14/gIQAbxHRzP_blog.html
When a 55-year-old woman, Ruth Williams, who said she lost her job last October, approached the Republican presidential front-runner on the rope line following a campaign rally in Sumter, he gave her what an aide later said was about $50 or $60. . . .

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/an_odd_way_of_showing_concern034762.php
An odd way of showing ‘concern for the poor’

Trouble ahead

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/15/1054880/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up:-we-interrupt-the-caviar-tasting-to-bring-you-this-news-edition
The New York Times looks under the national bed and finds the monster that's waiting to swallow Mitt Romney and the other Republicans--America's growing income inequality. . . . [read on]

Tone deaf

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/4080
At the Huckabee forum a voter asks Santorum what as President he could do to help people like her, and goes on to outline her situation. Four years ago her husband lost his job. They’ve run through their IRA. They’ve run through most of their 401k. They moved from their large house in the north of the state to a smaller house in the south of the state where it’s cheaper.

Santorum starts his answer by noting that she and her husband “have moved to a beautiful part of the country.”

“My wife and I love vacationing here,” he continues . . .

Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/santorum-obama-wants-constitutional-amendmen
Santorum: Obama Wants Constitutional Amendment to Redistribute Wealth

In case you didn’t know . . .

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/are-americans-assassinating-iranian-scientists
Are Americans Assassinating Iranian Scientists?

More: http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/01/14/the-false-flag-waves-in-the-fog/

Theocracy watch

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/14/theocon-confusion-over-the-first-amendment/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/this_week_in_god_36034759.php

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/15/sunday-talking-heads-january-15-2012/
ABC’s This Week: Horse Race 2012 – Rick Perry. Then, Stephen Colbert. Roundtable: George Will, Cokie Roberts, Jonathan Karl, Peggy Noonan, Paul Krugman.

CBS’ Face the Nation: Horse Race 2012 – Newt Gingrich. Rick Santorum. Then, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Also, Jodi Kantor, author of The Obamas,

CNN’s State of the Union: Horse Race 2012 – Rick Perry. Senior Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Finally, South Carolina evangelical leaders, Bob Jones III, chancellor Bob Jones University and Reverend Brad Atkins, president South Carolina Baptist Convention.

Fox News Sunday: Horse Race 2012 – Rick Santorum. Rick Tyler, Senior Adviser, Winning Our Future, Gingrich SuperPac and Chris Chocola, President and CEO, Club for Growth, private equity supporter. Roundtable: Brit Hume, Kirsten Powers, Bill Kristol, Juan Williams.

NBC’s Meet the Press: Horse Race 2012 – Newt Gingrich. Also, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Tea-Party backed freshman, Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

[NB: Count the R's!]

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 7:34 AM

 
CLASS WARFARE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/what-the-battle-over-bain-is-really-about-in-one-chart/2012/01/13/gIQAIo8gwP_blog.html
What the battle over Bain is really about

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/charts-what-romney-doesnt-want-you-talking-about----except-in-quiet-rooms.php
What Romney Doesn’t Want You Talking About

More: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/chart-day-jobs-vs-deficits

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/13/1054237/-The-curious-political-priorities-of-Mitt-Romney-and-the-fabulously%C2%A0rich

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/13/late-night-fdl-framing-the-class-war/

http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/01/13/mitts-welfare-driven-vulture-capitalism/

The Liar

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/chronicling_mitts_mendacity034751.php
[Paul Krugman] “I mean, is there anything at all in Romney’s stump speech that’s true?” [read on]

Si o no?

No: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/13/1054477/-Why-oh-why-might-Latinos-not-like-Republicans
Why oh why might Latinos not like Republicans?

Homeless

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/gop_candidate_passed_off_home_economics_degree_as.php
GOP Candidate Passed Off ‘Home Economics’ Degree As ‘Economics’ Degree

Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/monica-crowley-occupy-wall-street-movement
Monica Crowley: Occupy Wall Street Movement Was Orchestrated by President Obama to Attack Mitt Romney

Bonus item: Class warfare? GOPers do it too

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/republicans-are-having-trouble-in-bed.html

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 7:04 AM

 
CAPITALISM ON TRIAL

So, in today’s GOP Newt Gingrich is a “socialist.”

Uh, okay. Where do we go from here?

Don’t miss it! http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/day-in-100-seconds-the-great-right-wing-freakout.php
The Great Right Wing Freakout

More: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/leash-the-kraken-gop-looks-to-shut-down-bain-attack.php
Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry are getting a harsh reminder of what party they belong to . . . [read on]

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/tangled-up-in-newt.html
[Digby] As I've noted numerous times, conservatives are very confused these days. . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/mitt-romneys-extreme-defense-of-capitalism/2012/01/12/gIQAFZTbtP_blog.html
[Greg Sargent] If there’s one thing the presidential race has made clear, it’s this: There’s broad bipartisan agreement that certain practices of capitalism are not above reproach. . . .

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/12/1054168/-Newt-Gingrich:-The-one-percent-want-me-to-shut-me-up-about-Mitt-Romney

Will this debate hurt Willard?

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/12/why_romney_might_lose.html
Why Romney Might Lose

Saving Willard

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/why-mitt-romneys-gaffe-was-wrong-or-without
Fox News has been in full-blown Mitt Romney rehabilitation mode . . .

More: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/12/conservatives_rally_to_romneys_defense.html

The theme for 2012

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/kruegers-inequality-speech-seals-obamas-2012-inequality-message.php
If a speech Thursday morning by one of his top economists is any indication, President Barack Obama is going all in with the 2012 re-election message of stemming the rise in income inequality and reforming a system that’s increasingly perceived to be rigged in favor of the rich. . . .

Bonus item: A sorry state. . .

. . . when a major newspaper has to ASK this question

http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/should-the-times-be-a-truth-vigilante/
I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about. . . . [read on]

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/answering_the_public_editors_q034721.php

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/new-york-times-public-editor-reporting_n_1202457.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/12/1054183/-New-York-Times-public-editor-says-people-misinterpreted-his-ridiculous%C2%A0question
New York Times public editor says people misinterpreted his ridiculous question

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 7:20 AM

 
UNLEASH HELL

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/for-romney-the-vote-couldnt.php
[Benjy Sarlin] The big question now is how far Gingrich et al are willing to go before they decide they either can’t win or it isn’t worth damaging their standing with the party to continue lobbing bombs at the likely nominee. . . . [read on]

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/11/the_hell_that_now_awaits_mitt/
The hell that now awaits Mitt

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/calling-for-a-truce-in-the-bain-wars/2012/01/10/gIQAsFAooP_blog.html

Internecine warfare

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/john-sununu-calls-gingrich-and-perrys-atta
John Sununu Calls Gingrich and Perry's Attacks on Mitt Romney 'Socialist'

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/sean-hannity-goes-after-rick-perry-calling
Sean Hannity Goes After Rick Perry For Calling Mitt Romney a Vulture Capitalist

Newt plays good cop/bad cop all by himself

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/newt-walks-it-back-by-davidoatkins.html
Newt Gingrich signaled Wednesday that he believes his criticism of Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital is a mistake. . . [read on]

http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/nasty-new-newt-approved-takes-down.html
Nasty new Newt-approved ad takes down Romney

Oh, and it’s all Obama’s fault: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/11/1053838/-Newt-Gingrich:-President-Obama-makes-it-impossible-to-talk-about-Bain-

Willard: thinks like a rich person, talks like a rich person. He IS a rich person – he can’t help himself

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romney-questions-about-wall-street-and-inequality-are-driven-by-envy/2012/01/11/gIQAJ6L2qP_blog.html
Mitt Romney had a remarkable exchange on NBC this morning that may not be as attention-grabbing about his “fire people” gaffe — but may actually be just as revealing and significant. And I hope it gets some attention.

In it, Romney suggested that concerns about Wall Street conduct and inequality are driven by “envy,” and even said we needn’t have a public debate about inequitable wealth distribution in this country. . .

http://firedoglake.com/2012/01/12/genus-envy/

More: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/mitt-romney-not-gordon-gekko-or-he
Mitt Romney is not Gordon Gekko. Or is He?

Rock bottom

http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/rick-perry-has-done-so-badly-he.html
Rick Perry has done so badly he reportedly doesn’t qualify for CNN’s South Carolina debate

CNN cuts him some slack: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/cnn-rick-perry-does-qualify-for-our-debate----heres-how.php

“The best self-refuting argument ever”

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/department_of_selfdefeating_ar034684.php

Great, if it would happen

http://mydd.com/2012/1/11/executive-orde
“There’s a lot of movement at the White House,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen. “I just had a meeting at the White House counsel’s office, trying to encourage them to move forward with the executive order. They have the perfect window of opportunity to get the executive order done.”

“It’s simple—any company that is paid with taxpayer dollars should be required to disclose political contributions,” said Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., who has pushed for the White House to issue the order. “With public dollars come public responsibilities, and I hope President Obama will issue his executive order right away.”

The order, if issued, would likely be the only campaign finance initiative to emerge from Washington this year as nothing is expected from Congress. . . [read on]

The terrible ten-year anniversary of Gitmo

http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/01/11/this-gitmo-anniversary-needs-to-be-about-bagram/

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/01/what_we_might_want_to_remember_about_forgetting_on_the_10th_anniversary_of_the_prison_camp_at_guantanamo.html

http://my.firedoglake.com/centerforconstitutionalrights/2012/01/06/guantanamo-ten-years-too-many/

Right-wing guerilla journalist James O’Keefe is in trouble again

http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/will-james-okeefe-face-election-fraud.html

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/01/must_read_piece.php

Pat Buchanan: classy to the end

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/pat_buchanan_militant_gay_rights_groups_and_van_jo.php
Pat Buchanan: ‘Militant Gay Rights Groups’ And Van Jones Behind My MSNBC Troubles

More: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/pat-buchanan-van-jones-and-militant-gays-are

Bonus item: WTF?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/11/1053170/-Georgia-school-uses-slave-history-to-teach-math-Sure,-why-not
The third-grade worksheet tried to mix math and social studies, and now some parents are saying a Georgia school made an error of historic proportions.

One question on the controversial elementary school test asked, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?”

Another question was: “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week? 2 weeks?” . . . [read on]

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- posted by Nick Burbules @ 7:50 AM

 
WAKE ME WHEN IT’S OVER

Did something happen last night?

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/tonights-political-lesson-nothing
[Kevin Drum] I guess I'm expected to say something about tonight's primary. So here it is. Mitt Romney has always been the inevitable nominee. After Iowa, he continued to be the inevitable nominee. After tonight, he is, still, the inevitable nominee. In other words, nothing happened.

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/new-hampshire-knocks-out-huntsman/2012/01/10/gIQAh49QpP_blog.html

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/10/how_romney_can_finish_off_his_rivals.html

Will the 2012 election be run on the issue of capitalism itself?

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/americans-may-not-like-capitalism-much-conservatives-think
Americans May Not Like Capitalism as Much as Conservatives Think

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romneys-gop-critics-undermining-his-general-election-argument/2012/01/10/gIQArYIVoP_blog.html
[Greg Sargent] Conservatives are furious with GOP candidates like Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry for attacking Mitt Romney’s Bain tenure as capitalism run amok. . . . [read on]

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/calling-for-a-truce-in-the-bain-wars/2012/01/10/gIQAsFAooP_blog.html

http://electionlawblog.org/?p=27702

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/democrats-unleash-the-bain-kraken-on-mitt-romney.php

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/perry-says-romney-bain-capital-are-vultures

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-republicans-attack-each-other.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/pulling-punches-on-romneys-wall-street.html

Rush turns against Newt

http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2012/01/10/late-night-gop-fatwah-rush-goes/

Abortion wars

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/state-rape.html
One of the worst laws in the "war on women," Texas's mandatory ultrasound law, currently being fought in the courts has gotten the go-ahead from an appeals court--which means Texas doctors may now be forced to deliver particularly invasive ultrasounds and read out information to abortion-seeking patients, no matter what they themselves or their patients want. . . . [read on]

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/a-word.html

I agree that The Liar is almost certainly going to be the eventual nominee. But how are Republican voters going to reconcile themselves to things like this?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/10/1053134/-Mitt-Romneys-2002-campaign-called-for-equal-rights-for-gay Americans
Mitt Romney's 2002 campaign called for 'equal rights' for gay Americans

Top Ten Mittisms

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/01/top_ten_mitt-isms.php

Blame Bush

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/01/the-lizza-list-five-people.html
[Ryan Lizza] More than anyone else Bush is responsible for decimating the ranks of qualified Republicans who could take on Obama. A successful Presidency can produce a new crop of future Presidential candidates for the party that controls the White House. The vice president and cabinet officials, as well as governors and senators elected over the course of the administration, are historically major sources for a party’s next round of candidates. The Bush years had the opposite effect. . . . [read on]

The new wingnut obsession: a two-year old WH Halloween party!

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/down_the_rabbit_hole_indeed034657.php

http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2012/01/10/the-different-branches-of-wingnuttia-ambition-distraction-uglification-and-derision/

Fox News celebrates democracy – as only Fox News can

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/fox-news-commentator-explains-dixville-notch-nh-is-full-of-good-american-folks----not-black-panthers.php

Bonus item: You’re fired!

http://www.americablog.com/2012/01/new-dnc-video-mocking-romney-for-liking.html



But seriously: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/the_rights_new_line_celebrate034672.php

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