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On Sunday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends With Alex Witt,” Rep. Al Green (D-TX) accused President Donald Trump of exhibiting “hate,” which he argued has caused “societal changes in a very harmful way.” Green said, When asked about Trump’s lynching comments, Green said, “Hate does not dissipate simply because the person who initiated it has left the scene as it were. The president has done some things to cause societal changes in a very harmful way. I talk to people who are now telling me that on their jobs, they’re having people say and do things they did not anticipate. I...

People use many words today without fully knowing what they mean -- or should mean. "Tolerance," "gender" and "truth" come to mind. But then there is one that rears its head every campaign season: "experience." We've heard this word a lot lately during discussion of latest GOP frontrunner Herman Cain. Many have warned that while he may be appealing and engaging, he lacks the experience to take the helm of the world's only superpower. Some of these critics say that Cain's supporters are making the same mistake Barack Obama's did in 2008: they're choosing a greenhorn based only on a...

Image of the Day: Galaxies Beyond Comprehension (and Seven-Trillion Dwarfs!)   ESA’s Herschel space telescope has discovered that previously unseen distant galaxies are responsible for a cosmic fog of infrared radiation. The galaxies are some of the faintest and furthest objects seen by Herschel, and open a new window on the birth of stars in the early Universe. Astronomers estimate that their are billions and billions of galaxies in the observable universe (as well as some seven trillion dwarf galaxies) . Here's the breakout of the visible universe within 14 billion light years: Superclusters in the visible universe =...

I keep listening to FoxNews, and their reporters are saying things like: Joe Miller gained some votes but is about 5% down. 5% down from whom? He is ahead of all who were actually on the ballot and the write-ins haven't been tabulated yet.

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