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Atheists 'Coming Out' party in Washington
Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:44 AM EST (msnbc.com)
A scrappy coalition of atheists say they will make history on the Mall next month by pulling together what they say is the first nationwide celebration of secular values — what one of the organizers called a "Woodstock for non-belief."
NBC Politics - New defense cuts threaten bases, shipyards
Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:53 PM EST (msnbc.com)
US Military spending has been used by politicians to get votes in local communities. But we can no longer think of wasteful military spending as a positive for a 21st century economy.
Philadelphia cardinal's death investigated – USATODAY.com
Seeded on Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:47 AM EST (USA Today)
The child-molestation scandal in the Archdiocese of Philadelphiahas taken a mysterious new turn, with prosecutors asking a coroner to examine the body of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua to establish whether he died of natural causes.
Panic as supplies of life-saving drug dwindle
Seeded on Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:19 PM EST (msnbc.com)
The drug companies find Viagra for aging baby-boomers far more profitable than a life-saving leukemia drug for very young children
Obama's Reported Compromise On Contraception Is Failing To Satisfy Conservative Critics | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:15 AM EST (Think Progress)
While the details are still sketchy, early reports indicate that the modification may be similar on the so-called “Hawaii model,” where employers must include contraception in their employee insurance plans, but can invoke a refusal clause to exclude s …
Obama's winning hand on religion - Religious Right - Salon.com
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 8:11 AM EST (Salon.com)
I recently was talking with a friend, whose 84-year-old mother, a lifelong and devoted Catholic, recently stopped going to Mass. She was fed up, my friend said, with the “anti-Obama” lectures she heard at church.
Ari Fleischer Admits He Personally Advised Komen CEO On Planned Parenthood | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 8:30 AM EST (Think Progress)
Ari Fleischer was involved in Komen’s strategy regarding Planned Parenthood and is now involved in the damage control effort.
President Obama's Pro-Choice Birth Control Decision Draws Praise From Religious Leaders
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:51 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
It should be clear that the "Religious Right" as we know it is now mainly the Catholic Church, the institution that is responsible for more child sex abuse cases in the civilized world than any group in history.
MSNBC/Politico Bigots Call Florida Panhandle 'Cracker Counties' | Western Journalism.com
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:27 PM EST (The Western Center For Journalism)
Was MSNBC wrong to classify the demographic of Northern Florida as anything but "Cracker Counties"?
Pentagon Budget Set To Shrink Next Year
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:34 AM EST (The Washington Post)
The Pentagon budget will shrink next year for the first time since 1998, the Obama administration said Thursday, in an attempt to chip away at the federal deficit while reorienting the armed forces toward Asia.
US Supreme Court Rules Religious Law Above US Law
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:18 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)
Early this month, the Supreme Court held (in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v.
Whites, not Blacks, Collect Greatest Share of Public Aid Dollars
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:23 PM EST (CBS Business Interactive Library)
SAY the word "welfare" and immediately the image of the lazy Black wellare queen who breeds for profit surfaces in the minds of those who have come to believe the hideous stereotype.
Condoleeza Rice Says Dick Cheney Told Her That She and Bush Were Going to Die - National - The Atlantic Wire
Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 11:58 AM EDT (The Atlantic Wire)
Dick Cheney is an evil obsessive compulsive who obviously has no problem with torture or death, if necessary.
Lawyer: Cain accuser wants to talk but is barred by agreement - The Washington Post
Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 9:06 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Good-Bye Herman Cain! This will not be another Clarence Thomas styled "high tech lynching" sham.
U.S. Predator drone fired on convoy outside Surt; proving the USA led this mission
Seeded on Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:56 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Britain and France Clearly DID NOT lead this mission.It took a bold and smart President of the USA to pull this off. Now that the details are coming through, we can say with certainty the Republicans in our Congress are incompetent, intransigent, and uninformed on both world and …
Journalist admits 'crime' in D.C. protest - UPI.com
Seeded on Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:23 AM EDT (United Press International)
Admitting to infiltrating the "Occupy Wall Street" protest in Washington, DC's Air and Space Museum this past weekend, it is disturbing to find how open and proud a journalist could have been about his involvement in the commission of a crime.
Another top aide to Wisconsin governor steps down
Seeded on Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:02 PM EDT (Reuters)
Scott Walker is on a crash landing path that is beginning to remind me of Richard Nixon's.
U.S. probes S&P mortgage ratings | HeraldTribune.com
Seeded on Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:01 AM EDT (Sarasota Herald Tribune)
Standard & Poor's intended to send a warning shot across the USA's Bow
Dick Cheney's Freedom Now Hangs On The Content of 10 Computer Hard Drives
Fri May 6, 2011 2:45 PM EDT
I have invested most of every wakeful hour in the last 25 years in front of a computer.
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US Justice Department Sues AZ Sheriff
Seeded on Thu Sep 2, 2010 1:47 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
While accepting US Federal Taxpayer Dollars, the Arizona sheriff Arpaio is fighting a Federal investigation into his probable involvement in racially discriminating against Hispanic citizens of the USA.
Another Gulf Oil Rig Explosion
Seeded on Thu Sep 2, 2010 11:36 AM EDT (USA Today)
Drill Baby Drill. With this strategy, we will not have to worry about the economy ... there will be none.
Glenn Beck's Scheme Tied To Low U.S. Birth Rate?
Seeded on Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:20 AM EDT (USA Today)
The articles point to the recession as the underlying reason Americans are having fewer babies. But in Great Britain, as well as in many other countries, birth rates are increasing in very harsh economic conditions. The politics of race has entered a new phase.
Ex-RNC leader Mehlman discloses he's gay
Seeded on Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:29 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)
I understand how it is that Republicans lie about their sexual preferences, because they lie by nature. But how it is that they can present themselves as "Christian" is far beyond me.
Who Controls USA Adult Human Behavior?
Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:17 AM EDT
On a road that leads to Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina a work crew painted "shcool" on the surface to warn drivers they had entered a lower speed zone.
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Willow Palin A Suspect In Wasilla Break In and Vandalism
Seeded on Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:39 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
It appears the apple truly does not fall far for the tree. It is being reported by local Alaskan news and bloggers that the 15 year-old daughter of Sarah Palin was named by other suspects as the "ring-leader" in the break-in of a Wasilla, Alaska home last December.
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Virginia Governor McDonnell backs away from transvaginal ultrasound bill
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell -- and Republican vice presidential hopeful -- is giving up on requiring medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasounds in a bill he previously said he would support. He released this statement moments ago:
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- Worst Anti-Obama Sign I've seen
As a resident of NC I'm used to seeing things like this, living near SC makes it worse. This SUV has a sticker that so offended me I had to post it here. This guy probably has several good friends that are black I'm sure.
- The Scarlet Ultrasound: State-Sanctioned Rape as Punishment for Having Sex
Research and common sense both tell us that mandatory ultrasounds cannot be what proponents claim they are, a harmless attempt to impart information to a woman to help with her decision on abortion.Research shows that women don’t change their minds after viewing an u …
- What? Me Worry? It's too early to say who will win in November. But Republicans increasingly seem to think it won't be them.
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