Category Archives: Republicans

Panama Papers Update Vol 1 Issue 1

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on July 21, 2016

I always like to start out at Wikipedia. Why, you ask? Well, because Wikipedia is an all-volunteer organization composed of scholars and students from all over the world. When I say volunteer, I mean that they are paid nothing for … Continue reading →

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It’s a Trumpster Fire of a Convention

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on July 21, 2016

I am rendered speechless by the overt hate shown at the Republican Convention. But I can still type. I started out as a Republican at age 16. I was told that Republicans held the moral high ground. That lasted until … Continue reading →

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Rightwing Media Report: NJ says-Trump Preaching to Shrinking White Electorate Creates Problems for GOP

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on October 20, 2015

The National Journal (NJ) is a right-wing publication in the old style, evoking a time when gentlemen with those not-sexy-at-all muttonchop whiskers respected and followed the rules of debate and eschewed logical errors. Back when I used to be a Republican … Continue reading →

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The scary empleomaniacs in our midst: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Scott Walker (eww!) and the lessers, Rand Paul, etc.

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on August 29, 2015

Olivia LaRosa, August 29, 2014 “A strong effort should be made to extirpate the empleomania, the eternal place-hunting, which is the bane of Spain.” — The Times (London), 3 Aug. 1854 this word tends to be used for people who … Continue reading →

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Election Notes 2016: NYT saves valuable web space by shutting down comment section on Scott Walker’s announcement

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on July 13, 2015

It grieves me to report that we commenters at the New York Times were given so little opportunity to weigh in with our views on the newest announced Republican candidate for President of the United States (hereinafter POTUS) Scott Walker. … Continue reading →

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Four things are rotten in the State of Iowa (but one good)!

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on June 13, 2015

by Olivia LaRosa, June 13, 2015 from  Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin, With Candidates Staying Out, Iowa Straw Poll Dies, New York Times Read yesterday, late, that Iowa has cancelled it’s First in the Nation “Straw Vote.” The New York Times said, With … Continue reading →

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Senator Rand Paul’s appalling views on disabled people clash with the facts 6 ways

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on June 7, 2015

This opinion about the disabled is disgraceful and embarrassing. Rand Paul wants to divide Social Security recipients by demonizing Americans living with disabilities – “You know, over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts. Join the club.” … Continue reading →

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Look what we have here! America’s Dumbest Senator Joni Ernst is going somewhere again!

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on May 27, 2015

By Olivia LaRosa, May 27, 2015 The extreme traveller and one-term Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst has added another destination to her 99-county tour of Iowa*…VietNam. I am sure that Joni’s constituents had listed Joni going to VietNam as one … Continue reading →

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Paul Craig Roberts: Hell Unleashed

by OliviaXLaRosa Posted on May 13, 2015

Best use of the word insouciant I have seen all day. – OL <snip> http://www.opednews.com/populum/uploadphotos/s_300_i_ytimg_com_12495_hqdefault_999.gif This is what the arrogant morons who comprise the US government have stirred up. Watch this video for its entire 1 hour 20 minutes, and … Continue reading →

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