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Theres a difference between liberals and people in the Tea Party,Bill Maher said during an interview with Salon. For one, he says, liberals apparently are not crazy.

After he and Sam Harris got into an argument with actor Ben Affleck, where they fought over the essential nature of Islam on Real Time With Bill Maher Friday, the pundit did not want to elaborate about the contentious exchange during the interview. However, he did say he felt frustrated fighting with a fellow liberal because he felt he wasnt being heard.

Were liberals! Were liberals. Were not crazy teabaggers, yknow, and so its kind of hard to be making this case -- based on facts, based on polling, I think based on what everybody really knows, Maher told the news site Monday.

Ben Affleck stars in the much-anticipated film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-seller, "Gone Girl," which opens Friday, Oct. 3. Reuters

We are not bigoted people, he continued. On the contrary, were trying to stand up for the principles of liberalism! And so, yknow, I think were just saying we need to identify illiberalism wherever we find it in the world, and not forgive it because it comes from [a group that] people perceive as a minority.

Affleck appeared on the show to promote his new movie Gone Girl, but an argument erupted after Maher said Islam seemed to be the only religion that acts like the mafia and which would f---ing kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book.

The actor called Mahers comments gross and racist and told him he was stereotyping. Affleck argued: How about more than a billion people who arent fanatical, who dont punish women, who just want to go to school, have some sandwiches, pray five times a day, and dont do any of the things youre saying of all Muslims.

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For the first time in his three-mandate tenure, Stephen Harper has failed to secure opposition support for sending Canada to war.

The Liberals among others claim the prime minister always meant to go it alone; that he wanted to be isolated in Parliament for electoral purposes.

The Conservatives among others argue that Harper is making the best of a less than ideal situation; that he is dealing with opposition parties no longer capable of rising above partisan calculations.

Those who argue that Harper never wanted opposition support for a combat mission point to Paul Calandras hapless responses to early NDP queries about Canadas role in the fight against the Islamic State group.

They see that as a provocation designed to undermine any chance of a parliamentary consensus and subsequently compounded by Harpers failure to keep his opposition counterparts in the loop as to his thinking on the issue.

They suggest that for the better part of the past year, the prime minister had been looking for an international wedge issue that would distinguish his foreign policy from that of the Liberals, and also resonate in the next election.

From their perspective, Harper saw a golden opportunity not only to divide the Liberals but also to bring home 2011s soft Conservative supporters who have been flirting with voting for Justin Trudeau next year.

Scratching the surface, one unearths quiet speculation that the prime ministers six-month deadline on Canadas combat role could be meant to give him a window if circumstances are favorable to call an early election, so as to seek a mandate to pursue or expand the current mission.

That thesis makes for an irresistible construct for anyone who believes the prime minister is blind to the missions political risks or, alternatively, who assumes that governments always have their ducks perfectly lined up.

As it happens, the opposite is more often true.

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Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg #39;s Peter Cook reports on the jobless rate in the U.S. and how the political parties may see the numbers. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television #39;s...

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