Student shot at Maryland high school; suspect held (AP via Yahoo! News) U.S. Soldiers Allegedly Plotted to Kill Obama, Overthrow the Government (truthdig.com) Texas judge warns of ‘civil war’ if Obama re-elected (Globe and Mail) Back before someone at the University of Toledo’s Medical Center threw a kidney intended for transplant in the trash (my alma mater, folks), the most recent time my neck of the woods had made national news was about two and a half years ago, when members of a local militia, the…

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Romney Donor Says ‘Lower Income’ People ‘Don’t Understand What’s Going On‘ (thinkprogress.org) Texas GOP rejects ‘critical thinking’ skills. Really. (Washington Post) Sometimes it feels like you could set your watch by the frequent “let them eat cake” moments of the Romney campaign and its supporters. Romney’s “I’m not concerned with the very poor” gaffe faded out of public discussion long before it ever should have, and this latest one isn’t getting nearly as much attention as it deserves either. Perhaps we can pin this on…

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