Paul Ryan lies. He used government money to try to save a plant which closed anyway in 2008 before Obama took office -- and now he's blaming Obama for not saving it.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/17/paul-ryan-used-government-funds-and-power-to-try-and-save-gm-plant-in-his-district.html
Saletan turns on Ryan, admits being snookered
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/the-snooker-factor/

King of Denmark star of david story false
http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/denmark.asp

GOP RNC falsehoods
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/unconventional/

weird ape mask gif
http://i.imgur.com/Jz2Iu.gif
world atheism on the rise; Irish religiosity falls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/religiosity-plummets-ireland-declines-worldwide-atheism_n_1757453.html

DC gentrification; long term devastation of 1968 riots
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/08/facts-and-fictions-gentrification-dc/2914/

Krugman defines neo-classical economics
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/neo-fights-slightly-wonkish-and-vague/

Boehner hopes blacks and Latinos don't vote
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/08/boehner-says-out-loud-he-hopes-blacks-and-latinos-wont-show-election/56245/

what drought will mean for food prices
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/27/why-the-u-s-drought-is-mainly-a-problem-for-poorer-countries/

Breivik Norway restorative justice
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/a-different-justice-why-anders-breivik-only-got-21-years-for-killing-77-people/261532/
Saudi terrorist rehab
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/10/applying-saudi-counterterrorism-to-the-afghanistan-war/28524/

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