DU You Know, 2.0

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

To continue ballygrl's fine institution.

Chavez allies attack new opponent Capriles as Jewish, gay

By msnbc.com news services

Allies of President Hugo Chavez are bombarding Venezuela's newly anointed opposition leader Henrique Capriles with attacks, questioning his sexuality, disparaging his Jewish roots and casting doubt on the legitimacy of the primary vote.

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'The Enemy is Zionism'

Silva insulted opposition leaders and then read out a purported police document reporting Capriles was caught in a car having sex with another man in 2000.

Capriles denied the allegation and said the document was falsified. Police have not commented.

Another state radio commentator, Adal Hernandez, wrote a vitriolic profile of Capriles, highlighting his Jewish family background and titled: "The Enemy is Zionism." Capriles, a practicing Catholic, has not responded to the profile.

One cartoon, retweeted on Wednesday by a senior Chavez aide, showed Capriles in pink shorts with a Swastika on his arm, squaring up to a much larger, muscular Chavez. He often talks emotionally of his grandparents' escape from Nazi repression.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/15/10411964-chavez-allies-attack-new-opponent-capriles-as-jewish-gay

[JakeStyle]

Liberal hero, Sean Penn, fully supports and endorses the homophobic and racially charged claims that Hugo is making.  What's up DU, speechless?  

[obumazombie]

Liberal hero, Sean Penn, fully supports and endorses the homophobic and racially charged claims that Hugo is making.  What's up DU, speechless?  

Sean Penn, aka, useful idiot.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Liberal hero, Sean Penn, fully supports and endorses the homophobic and racially charged claims that Hugo is making.  What's up DU, speechless?  

Yeah, him too.

[Chris_]

If you looked up "shit-eating grin" in the dictionary, that picture is what you'd find.

Come on, Barry... try not to be so enthusiastic about rubbing palms with dictators and despots.  It's bad enough you're giving them our money.

[Ballygrl]

Oh my! the hero of the left is homophobic?

[obumazombie]

Oh my! the hero of the left is homophobic?

ock-I'm-in-the-mood-for-jihad ?

[miskie]

Liberal hero, Sean Penn, fully supports and endorses the homophobic and racially charged claims that Hugo is making.  What's up DU, speechless?  

I figure that stupid Beth will address this with the same aplomb & astute commentary that she always addresses all negative Chavez news with - 'lol' , followed by some alert-button mashing.

[Karin]

Hmmm.  What trumps what, today?  One Socialist dictator beats a pair of Gheys? 

lol

[Ballygrl]

The results should be higher but I'll take it for now:

CNN Poll: Americans Oppose Obama’s Contraception Mandate By 50% To 44% Margin…

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/16/cnn-poll-half-oppose-obama-birth-control-insurance-plan/

[Ballygrl]

I just got home and decided to put on Whitney Houstons funeral service, and something interesting happened, Kevin Costner, Republican, is giving the Eulogy, he's talking about The Bodyguard, and telling how it came about, Kevin Costner, Republican, said Whitney Houston would be perfect for the Movie, Studio Executives, most likely Democrats, balked at the idea because Whitney was Black.

[AllosaursRus]

I just got home and decided to put on Whitney Houstons funeral service, and something interesting happened, Kevin Costner, Republican, is giving the Eulogy, he's talking about The Bodyguard, and telling how it came about, Kevin Costner, Republican, said Whitney Houston would be perfect for the Movie, Studio Executives, most likely Democrats, balked at the idea because Whitney was Black.

Kosner's a Repub??? say it ain't so!

That'll put their panties in a wad!

[Rugnuts]

...Studio Executives, most likely Democrats, balked at the idea because Whitney was Black.

if they had a problem with her skin color... then they were no doubt democrats

[obumazombie]

if they had a problem with her skin color... then they were no doubt democrats

A self evident truth.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

14th post bump

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

50p tax rate 'failing to boost revenues’

The amount of income tax paid fell sharply last month in the first formal indication that the new 50p higher rate is not raising the expected amount of revenue.

The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments from those paying by self-assessment last month, a drop of £509 million compared with January 2011. Most other taxes produced higher revenues over the same period.

Senior sources said that the first official figures indicated that there had been “manoeuvring” by well-off Britons to avoid the new higher rate. The figures will add to pressure on the Coalition to drop the levy amid fears it is forcing entrepreneurs to relocate abroad.

The self-assessment returns from January, when most income tax is paid by the better-off, have been eagerly awaited by the Treasury and government ministers as they provide the first evidence of the success, or failure, of the 50p rate. It is the first year following the introduction of the 50p rate which had been expected to boost tax revenues from self-assessment by more than £1billion.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9097219/50p-tax-rate-failing-to-boost-revenues.html

[thundley4]

50p tax rate 'failing to boost revenues’

The amount of income tax paid fell sharply last month in the first formal indication that the new 50p higher rate is not raising the expected amount of revenue.

The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments from those paying by self-assessment last month, a drop of £509 million compared with January 2011. Most other taxes produced higher revenues over the same period.

Senior sources said that the first official figures indicated that there had been “manoeuvring” by well-off Britons to avoid the new higher rate. The figures will add to pressure on the Coalition to drop the levy amid fears it is forcing entrepreneurs to relocate abroad.

The self-assessment returns from January, when most income tax is paid by the better-off, have been eagerly awaited by the Treasury and government ministers as they provide the first evidence of the success, or failure, of the 50p rate. It is the first year following the introduction of the 50p rate which had been expected to boost tax revenues from self-assessment by more than £1billion.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9097219/50p-tax-rate-failing-to-boost-revenues.html

The DUmmie solution to this is to tax all wealth moved out of the country at 100%.

[obumazombie]

The lib motto, "Always tax 110%".

[DumbAss Tanker]

Sean Penn, aka, useful idiot.

I think of him as just an idiot, but reasonable minds can differ on that.

[Ballygrl]

Wait, you mean raising taxes in the UK actually decreased revenue?

[BEG]

Wait, you mean raising taxes in the UK actually decreased revenue?

But it's fair!!!!

[obumazombie]

But it's fair!!!!

That's exactly a comment owebuma once said. It's such a puerile fixation on "fair". No one told the little darling libs that life wasn't fair.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

[thundley4]

That looks good enough to put on Facebook.

[Ballygrl]

http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/atheist-choked-by-muslim-and-then/



Offended Muslim chokes atheist, and then...

A Muslim judge in Pennsylvania – who scolded a local atheist for offending Islam, called him a doofus and accused him of “using the First Amendment” to madden Muslims – dismissed harassment charges against the Muslim defendant who purportedly choked the atheist during a Halloween parade.

District Judge Mark Martin brought a Quran to court and told the alleged victim, American Atheists’ Pennsylvania State Director Ernest Perce V, “I think you misinterpreted a couple of things. So before you start mocking somebody else’s religion, you might want to find out a little more about it. It kind of makes you look like a doofus.”

The judge added, “I think our forefathers intended to use the First Amendment so we can speak with our mind, not to p— off other people and cultures – which is what you did.”

Perce had worn a “zombie Muhammad” costume and proclaimed that he was the Prophet Muhammad risen from the dead at the Oct, 11, 2011, event in Mechanicsburg, Pa. A “zombie pope” was also featured in the parade that night.

Now the Scranton Atheism Examiner reports that Perce could be arrested for posting audio of the judge scolding him for mocking Muhammad. According to report, the Muslim judge has threatened to hold him in contempt of court for releasing the recording. Perce has claimed he was given permission to post the audio.

The Examiner reports that Perce said he posted the audio because the judge treated him unfairly and showed preferential treatment for the Muslim defendant.

According to reports, the atheists were marching when Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim, stormed out of the crowd and assaulted Perce, grabbing a sign around his neck and pulling until the strings choked him.

The men caught the attention of a nearby police officer.

Mechanicsburg Police Officer Bryan Curtis told Pennsylvania’s WHTM-TV, “Mr. Perce has the right to do what he did that evening, and the defendant in this case was wrong in what he did in confronting him.”

He added, “I believe that I brought a case that showed proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and the case was dismissed, and I was disappointed.”

Elbayomy – who said he believed it was illegal to mock Muhammad – was charged with harassment. He denied touching Perce at trial, but Officer Curtis said Elbayomy admitted grabbing Perce’s sign and beard the night of the incident.