How did we get to this point?! David Frum:
Step 1: A story begins in the real world. In this case, some Nebraska ranchers objected to the longstanding practice—approved by the Supreme Court in 1986—of the use of aerial photography to enforce clean water laws.
Step 2: Their elected representatives raise the issue.
Step 3: Somebody on Twitter mistakenly converts “aerial” surveillance into “drone surveillance.”
Step 4: The conservative website PJ Media puts the error into a headline: “EPA Using Spy Drones to Fly Over Midwestern Farms.”
Step 5: The mistake jumps to Fox News, first introduced by Bob Beckel, the token liberal on the afternoon program, “the Five.”
Step 6: Fox News’ Megyn Kelly reports the rumor as fact, unsourced.
Step 7: The Daily Show mocks Kelly’s report, but treats the use of drones as a genuine fact nonetheless.
Step 8: Republicans in Congress write furious letters of complaint.
Step 9: The story is by now a national controversy, without there ever having been a word of truth to it.
via David Frum, h/t Mediaite for the screengrab.
For real, though, it’s Primary Day.
Get up get out & vote.
I’m a model Canadian citizen. I pay my taxes on time, I vote, I stand during the national anthem, and I served my mandatory four years as a member of Broken Social Scene
A model Canadian citizen hates american and canadian culture, is basically a modern day hippy, and thinks the national anthem is racist, and taxes are too communist.
The model Canadian hates/criticizes EVERYTHING about Canada/america…
Now, the minority group of GOOD citizens, that’s what you’re describing ;)
Shut up and move to greenland you stupid asshole
(Source: confusedtree, via confusedtree)
Propaganda posters from Bioshock Infinite.
I have to admit: I thought these were real up until the Game Informer cover.
(via criminallyincompetent)
The Thing People In Each US State Think Is Coming To Get Them
Calm down, Tennessee, you’re nowhere near New England.
Goddamn know-it-all Canadians/Newfies.
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Wake Up America
Reblog
Lately I’ve been having a mild ethical dilemma about buying things that are actually being made in America. Now you can too!
