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Tea Bagger Tries To Politicize The Dark Knight Rises

Meet David Ridenour.

He's a Time Warner shareholder. He also runs National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative thinktank.

And he has a problem with the upcoming Warner Bros. movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Well, he doesn't have a problem with the movie, just with one actor in it who might make the media rounds to promote the film.

He's worried that Morgan Freeman might tell CNN that he thinks the Tea Party movement is racist, like he did when he toured in support of the movie Dolphin Tale, which tanked.

And Ridenour thinks Freeman's comments may have sabotaged the box office because, evidently, Tea Partiers are well-known rabid fans of completely dumbass piece of shit movies.

And what's more, he has all but guaranteed that every talk show on the circuit will now want to book Freeman for The Dark Knight Rises press and they will all be obliged to ask what he thinks of The Tea Party.

Here's hoping Freeman not only points out they're racists, but they're lead by morons.

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MD Democratic Party's Montgomery County Problem

To avoid what's called the "doomsday" budget - involving a lot of draconian austerity cuts to programs and services, the Maryland State Legislature is holding a special session to pass a budget.

The problem Maryland has, like so many other states, is despite living in an era of historic record corporate profits, the state doesn't have enough revenue coming in, and expenses on everything are increasing.

So that means one of two things, finding new revenue streams (taxation) or cutting services (austerity). The problem, of course, is that many people don't want to pay any taxes, let alone more, and they also want keep their services and programs they depend, thank you very much.

So to close the gap, the legislature has arranged a compromise, of sorts.

It will raise some taxes, and shed some expenses, and here's how it proposes to do so.

Maryland will raise income taxes on the state's top 14% wealthiest people. And it will also pass off the costs of teacher pensions to the counties (more of a pass the buck measure than a solution, but technically, the state is cutting costs).

And while the tax increase is expected to pass, Democrats from Montgomery County (where many of the states richest residents reside) proposed something different - something nastier.

Instead of raising taxes on Maryland's wealthy, they would prefer to tax Maryland's poor via an increase in the sales tax - a regressive tax that places the fiscal burden on the poor. Anyone proposing a sales tax is, by definition, proposing increasing taxes on the poor.

These are the Montgomery Co. Democrats who would prefer to tax the poor instead of taxing their richer residents:
Del. Charles Barkley
Del. Benjamin F. Kramer
Del. Sam Arora

This proposal would raise the state's sales tax to 7% and make it the highest in the mid-Atlantic region.

To their credit, Republicans in the state legislature are opposed to the measure, but to be fair, they are opposed to all of the Democratic majority's proposals.

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Said What?: The SpongeBob Allowance

overheard by Justin Morgan
drawn by Ryan Onorato

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Madam 8-Ball: Yer Mother

by Madam 8-Ball

DO YOU APPRECIATE YOUR MOTHER ENOUGH?

AQUARIUS: Very doubtful.
PISCES: Ask again later.
ARIES: Don't count on it.
TAURUS: Without a doubt.
GEMINI: Most likely.
CANCER: Outlook good.
LEO: Signs point to yes.
VIRGO: Very doubtful.
LIBRA: It is decidedly so.
SCORPIO: Cannot predict now.
SAGITTARIUS: Ask again later.
CAPRICORN: Very doubtful.

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OPHIUCHUS: Cannot predict now.

GodWatch: Catholic Leader Wants Laws To Discriminate Against Everything Except Hetero Marriage

Catholic leader Bill Donohue (The Catholic League) gives us a valuable moment of honesty regarding what his side really wants - which is for the law to discriminate against every relationship except marriage between a man and a woman.

So they not only want discrimination against gay marriage, but for heteros who, as he calls it, "shack up".

"I want the law to discriminate against straight people who live together — I used to call it “shacking up,” but now it’s called cohabitation. I want the law to discriminate against all alternative lifestyles, against gays and unions. I want to promote and to put in a privileged position that institution of marriage between a man and a woman, which has been shown over and over to be the gold standard."

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GodWatch: Pastor Says Allowing Women To Vote Is A Mistake

Meet Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson. This pastor is a frequent guest on FOX News. He's not a big fan of women having the right to vote. In fact, in a sermon he said:

“I think that one of the greatest mistakes that America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote. We should have never turned that over to women.”

“It was a big mistake…these women are voting in the wrong people. They’re voting in people who are evil, who agree with them…Men in the good old days understood the nature of the women, they were not afraid to deal with them.”

“Wherever women are taking over, evil reigns.”

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Said What?: The Public Bathroom

overheard by Nolen Strals
drawn by Noah van Sciver


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Madam 8-Ball: Bronzing

by Madam 8-Ball

DO YOU NEED TO TAN MORE?

AQUARIUS: Signs point to yes.
PISCES: Don't count on it.
ARIES: Yes.
TAURUS: You may rely on it.
GEMINI: Better not tell you now.
CANCER: Don't count on it.
LEO: Yes - definitely.
VIRGO: Most likely.
LIBRA: Don't count on it.
SCORPIO: Outlook not so good.
SAGITTARIUS: My reply is no.
CAPRICORN: My reply is no.

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OPHIUCHUS: Don't count on it.

American Standard: Bmore Trash More Co-Coalition

by Benn Ray

Introducing the Bmore Trash More Co-Coalition.

Baltimore is tired of these fancy-pants, busy bodies trying to tell us how to live, always trying to get us to clean up our shit, trying to shame us and our city.

Baltimore is sick of these people putting on airs, acting all like they're too good for a little litter. Pretending like an empty McDonald's bag or poop-loaded diaper balls or maybe a blood-stained mattress is too big a deal to just step over on their way to their fancy jobs.

Baltimore is over these people gentrifying the fuck out of us and then whining about our trash.

There are so many more important things to worry about than a little litter. Sure it may fuck up the Bay, but who cares about that shit. When was the last time you were out on a boat?

See?

Exactly.

And crabs? They're just water spiders we tricked the tourists into eating.

Sure, more trash means more rats, but rats aren't hurting anybody.

That plague thing? It's a conspiracy. How do I know? Cuz I just posted a link to someone saying it was a conspiracy. On the internet.

Roaches? They may be creepy but they ain't hurting anyone. They're actually cleaner than people. How do I know that? Bam. Just posted another link to someplace on the internet.

Plus, Baltimore is like KNOWN for rats.

Seriously. For real. You'd think we're the only city to have a rodent infestation or something.

But people come here expecting to see 'em.

If we let these clean-freaks pick up all our trash, they're gonna chase away all the rats and disappoint our precious tourists. Then who's gonna buy those dumbass Balt Rat stickers?

See? A litter-free Baltimore is hostile to business.

So join the Bmore Trash More Co-Coalition in keeping Baltimore trashy by fighting to:

1. Legalizing illegal dumping
2. Removing all public trash cans
3. Fighting the bottle tax
4. Keeping convenience stores stocked with plastic bags

And whatever you do, don't join the Zero Litter Initiative on Facebook.

Today: Free Comic Book Day 2012

All day. Atomic Books.
3620 Falls Rd. Baltimore.
And at other participating comic book stores throughout the country.

Free Comic Book Day is a national event where participating stores give away special free comics made just for that day.

Atomic Books will be debuting MUTANT! #3 - the fourth issue of our annual free comic.
Featuring work from Pat Aulisio, Haleigh Buck, Ben Claassen, Max Clotfelter, JT Dockery, Kelly Froh, Julia Gfrorer, Jimmy Giegerich, Jordan Jeffries, Andea Kalfas, Dina Kelberman, Keenan Keller, Ben Marra, Pat Moriarity, Tom Neely, Melody Often, Ryan Onorato, Benn Ray, Ben Stiegler, Noah Van Sciver, Julia Wertz, Shannon Wheeler, and J.t. Yost.

Plus:
Runner Runner featuring comics by Jesse Reklaw, Rina Ayuyang, Joey Alison Sayers, Matt Wiegle, Corinne Mucha, Elijah Brubaker, Nate Beaty, Alec Longstreth, Kazimir Strzepek, Lilli Carre, Julia Gfrorer, MK Reed, Rich Tommaso, and more.

Brad Trip featuring comics by Aidan Koch, Virginia Paine, Dunja Jankovic, Annie Murphy, Maria Sputnik, Connie Hockaday, Kinoko Evans.

How To Make A Bell Stand - a micro mini by Gabrielle Bell.

You can also choose one each of any of the following (while supplies last):
2000 AD/Judge Dredd
Animal Planet's World's Most Dangerous Animals
Anti
Atomic Robo & Friends
Avengers Age Of Ultron Point One
Bad Medicine #1
Barnaby
Bongo Free-For-All/Spongebob Freestyle
Buffy The Vampire Slayer/The Guild
Burt Ward Boy Wonder
Censored Howard Cruse
DC Comics The New 52
DC Nation/Superman Family
Dinosaurs Vs. ALiens
Finding Gossamyr/Stuff Of Legend
Graphic Elvis
The Hypernaturals
Image 20
Infernal Devices/Clockwork Angel
Intrinsic
Jurassic Strikeforce 5
Lady Death: The Beginning
Mega Man
Moomin Color Special
Mouse Guard
My Favorite Martian Special Edition
Overstreet Comic Book Marketplace
Peanuts/Adventure Time Flip Book
Rockhead/Zinc Alloy
Smurfs/Disney Fairies
Sonic The Hedgehog
Spider-Man: Season One
Star Wars/Serenity
Top Shelf Kids Club
Transformers #80.5
Valiant Preview
Voltron Force: Shelter From The Storm
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family Comics
Witchblade: Unbalanced Pieces
Worlds Of Aspen
Yo Gabba Gabba Free Comic Book Time
Zombie Kid

Atomic Books also have tons of comics in the 25 cent bin, all bagged and boarded back issue comics are 50% off, 20% off ALL graphic novels and 20% off ALL Art books and plenty of other select books, comics and toys will be for sale for 30-80% off!