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Five Misconceptions in the Tampa, Florida Republican Debate

2012-01-24T04:05:00Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Republican candidates met in Tampa, Florida on Monday for the eighteenth debate held six days before Florida casts votes on their favorite Republican candidate. Here are five fibs the candidates used to bolster their relevancy:

Gay ‘Archie’ Character Kevin Keller to Become Openly Gay Soldier, Journalist

2011-05-31T20:15:30Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Gay 'Archie' character Kevin Keller to become first openly gay soldier in a comic series, according to media reports.

Tina Dupuy: Global Warming Denial Is Like Closing Your Eyes to Make Your Opponent Disappear

2011-05-31T19:13:55Z

According to Oakland, California's Harold Camping, the Rapture was supposed to hit American Samoa (the location of the International Dateline) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Despite what all the billboards claimed, that would have been 11 p.m. PST on Friday for the west coast. And from there the Rapture was to roll across the globe to 6 p.m.'s everywhere, killing billions along the way.

Republican Perspective: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Becomes Strong Choice for Republicans

2011-05-20T01:37:25Z

Rush Limbaugh is starting a movement, a movement to draft Texas Governor Rick Perry for President. Here's what Rush said this week on this radio program: "There's no way you're gonna hear Rick Perry supporting amnesty in any way, shape, manner, or form. He's solid on that, plus pro-life. Rick Perry stands in opposition to inside the Beltway Washington elites, I don't care what party they are."

Canadian Judge Says Anonymity for Sperm, Egg Donation Is Unconstitutional

2011-05-20T00:58:46Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – The B.C. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday anonymity for sperm and egg donation is unconstitutional, allowing children born as a result of donor insemination access to biological records of their parents.

Rhode Island House Passes Civil Unions, Sending Bill to Senate for Final Vote

2011-05-19T23:37:37Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Rhode Island's House of Representatives passed a bill giving gay and lesbian couples the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate for a final vote.

Viagra Can Make Old Men Go Deaf

2011-05-19T21:46:04Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Pop those pills, pump all night! Those little blue pills may have some unintended side-effects in older men.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Puts Acting Career on Hold for Family

2011-05-19T20:51:03Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Arnold Schwarzenegger told his agent on Thursday to put his entertainment projects on hold so he can focus on his family.

Republicans Twist and Shout on Health Care Reform

2011-05-19T18:40:26Z

The best thing about the upcoming 2012 election is that the ominous "Obamacare" was a Republican idea. But now since this alternative to Hillarycare was signed into law by a (gasp) Democratic president the GOP has been trying to peg as a radical socialist Kenyan – Republicans now have to be against their own ideas.

U.S. Will Not Pay $25 Million Osama bin Laden Reward

2011-05-19T18:01:41Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – No one will receive the $25 million reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. officials, because his death was a result of government intelligence, not from any single individual.

Barack Obama: ‘America Must Use All Our Influence to Encourage Reform in the Middle East’

2011-05-19T16:40:15Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – U.S. President Barack Obama called for peace and democracy in the Middle East on Thursday during a speech addressing the Arab Spring awakening, saying, "Our support for these principles is not a secondary interest."

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Investigated for Tylenol Poisonings in Chicago

2011-05-19T15:44:43Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is being investigated for killing seven people in the 1982 Chicago-area Tylenol poisonings. The FBI requested Mr. Kaczynski's DNA.

Republican Perspective: Rapper Common’s ‘Poetry’ Should Be Uncommon

2011-05-18T01:48:10Z

The first motion picture to be shown in the White House was D.W. Griffith's "A Birth of a Nation." Progressive Democrat (yes, I wrote Democrat) president Woodrow Wilson showed the highly controversial silent film that was later used as a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) recruiting tool portraying KKK Klansmen as superheroes rescuing white women from uneducated sexually aggressive African-American men. This Democrat president used the valuable tool of entertainment to communicate an extraordinarily bad message.

After Endeavour, Gabrielle Giffords Undergoes Skull Surgery

2011-05-18T00:13:32Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords will undergo surgery to replace part of her skull, more than four months after a failed assassination plot by alleged gunman Jared Lee Loughner left her in a precarious situation, according to medical doctors.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg Lobbies New York State Government for Same-Sex Marriage

2011-05-17T22:57:28Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Politically Illustrated) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg traveled to Albany on Tuesday calling same-sex marriage the single most important issue facing New York State. He pledged to support any senator, including a Republican, who votes in favor of marriage equality.