Daily Blend: Thursday, January 13, 2011

Trent Humphries

• Arizona Tea Party founder Trent Humphries [pictured] blames Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) for being shot because she had “no security whatsoever”.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Several Arizona Republicans stepping down over fears of violence from other Republicans and Tea Partiers.
  (via @todayspolitics)

• Latest shocking revelation: Not only was disgraced antivax-hero Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s work fraudulent, but he was in it for the money (and lots of it). Quelle surprise!

• Sad irony: After three years, conservative activist behind The Civility Project, a pledge for governors and Congresspeople to behave civilly, now ending his efforts after gaining only three signatures and countless insults from other conservatives. And that’s why we can’t ever have anything nice.

• Crazy footage from the flash floods in Toowoomba, Australia. Floating cars ahoy.
  (via The Agitator)

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