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Igor Panarin's Doomsday Tea Party
One ex-KGB analyst has been warning for years that the US will collapse in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.
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Page One — Just a little bit of a round-up to get the afternoon started… Polling was hit and miss on 2009 elections. What’s that mean for polling in Kentucky? [HuffPo] Some Republicans just can’t deal with reality when it comes to wars and health care. Here’s proof from the U.S. Congress. [More HuffPo] The tea party crowd is embracing a Russian crackpot’s doomsday foaming. [Mother Jones] Will Kentucky join 15 other states that have abolished the death ...

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... Nick Baumann at Mother Jones reports on Igor Panarin's Doomsday Tea Party: One ex-KGB analyst has been warning for years that the US will collapse in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something. ...

Link roundup for 14 November 2009
Infidel753 — ... Islamic law dictates this, whether or not she personally has been threatened yet. Unregulated capitalism has little support in most major countries. Majorities almost everywhere take the middle-of-the-road view that capitalism is not "fatally flawed" but needs "regulation and reform". A survey showing that Oklahoma high-schoolers are woefully ignorant was faked (found via Oliver Willis). The latest source of America-is-in-decline blather is a crackpot ex-KGB man. The AMA supports legalizing medical marijuana. PZ ...

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