April 2011
JOHN MILEWSKI: Birthers, Racism, Barack Obama and Hank Aaron http://t.co/8QrQZN6
Study: Minimum wage increases don't negatively... →
Sony’s ‘father of CD’ dies at 81 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13178548
Interesting article about the prevalence of advertising in our every-day-lives http://me.lt/9i2ck
NPR: Case Against Blackwater Guards Resurrected By Appeals Court
Good. -More at http://n.pr/g3OFnM
REPORT: The 46 Year-Long Republican War On... →
timetruthhumor:
Last week, in a dramatic vote, the House of Representatives voted to effectively end Medicare by voting for Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal. Under Ryan’s plan, the public health insurance system known as Medicare would be replaced with a system of inadequate subsidies seniors would use to purchase private insurance.
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But if Americans want to know why Republicans are so...
RT @RagingTeabagger: John Ensign says he can no longer subject his family to the same thing he put the Clinton’s through during the impe …
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Sen. Kyl can expunge his stupidity from the Senate... →
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Kentucky Church Unanimously Votes To Stop Signing... →
corruptpolitics:
Members of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church, located in Louisville, KY, unanimously voted to stop signing marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until same-sex couples are afforded equal marriage rights. The decision comes at the same time that a CNN poll shows that a majority of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriages, the fourth poll to show similar...
Pantsless Progressive: "UPDATED - And so it... →
barthel:
[buncha stuff clipped]
Look, I’ve said in the past that I’m awful at strategy. So maybe focusing on this aspect of the story will be effective in galvanizing opposition. But it does get my hackles up a little bit! There’s nothing wrong with financial managers per se, especially…
SENATE PANEL GOES AFTER GOLDMAN http://t.co/DiGDpvb
Defunding healthcare, Planned Parenthood passes... →
The House on Thursday afternoon approved two resolutions that would amend the FY 2011 spending bill to block funding designated for Planned Parenthood and last year’s healthcare law. But House passage is largely symbolic, as the Senate did not pass either of the bills.
Drug Relaxed Policies in Netherlands Cause for 8... →
cosmosweednlife:
The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty.
During the 1990s the Netherlands faced a shortage of prison cells, but a decline in crime has since led to overcapacity in the prison system. The country now has capacity for 14,000 prisoners but only 12,000 detainees.
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Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision... →
stfuconservatives:
SURPRISE
Well duh…
When rich white guys talk about black people | War... →
pantslessprogressive:
Headline of the day.
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Gov. Walker (R-WI) Ripped a New One →
“Remember when Planned Parenthood & NPR crashed the market, wiped out half...”
– Twitter / @Joel Housman (via azspot)
4 ways we're still fighting the civil war →
corruptpolitics:
The disappearance of the political center
If you think the culture wars are heated now, check out mid-19th century America. The Civil War took place during a period of pervasive piety when both North and South demonized one another with self-righteous, biblical language, one historian says.
The war erupted not long after the “Second Great Awakening” sparked a national...
“Yes, Obama duped the young people of this country by not doing every single...”
– Stephen Colbert responding to Republican Tim Pawlenty when he said that Obama has duped young people. (via therecipe)
The fact that Obama has been disappointing does not make him worse than the alternatives.
(via stfupenguins)
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Uhh, I Looks Like Someone Missed The Point... →
Chicago principal bans “brown bags”; Says school lunch is the healthier option.
I’m thinking she missed the point of the First Lady’s campaign for healthier kids. The point was to make the option available, not to force people to take it.
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Should Ban On Transplants of HIV-Infected Organs... →
This is an interesting question. HIV is no longer the certain death sentence it was 20 years ago. Many HIV-patients could obviously benefit from the change. Lifting the ban also eliminates the inherent prejudice behind the existence of the ban against the LGBT community. At the time the ban was enacted, it is true that little was known about HIV, however because it showed up in the gay community...
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Remember that "Bridge to Nowhere"? →
I love that we are hollering out we’re broke all over the place, but yet, senators still find money to pay for their pork projects. Kids can’t learn to read, but at least we got this bridge. Now at the moment, it leads to thousands of acres of undeveloped land. So, the question is which corporations will now flood in to develop it- if any. This is the kind of thing that should be...
Black History: Antibiotics in Africa 2000 years... →
blackacrylic:
In 2010 evidence was found in Africa that Human use of antibiotics began not 80 years ago, but nearly 2,000 years ago along the banks of the Nile River. Chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Sudanese mummies who lived nearly 2000 years ago shows they were ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline on a regular basis, likely from a special brew of beer. The find is the...
Paychecks Can’t Keep Up With Rising Prices : NPR http://me.lt/5P7Kt
RT @Imzadi44: RT @sohappi: RT @jaketapper: Dem & GOP sources: Deal is done & signed off on. $38.5b in cuts, no elimination of Planned Pa …
RT @LukeRussert: Final deal details $39bil in cuts-Separate up or down vote in House/Senate on Planned Parenthood, EPA and HCR bill. Vot …
Minorities get worse health care, but government... →
timetruthhumor:
WASHINGTON (AP) — From cradle to grave, minority populations tend to suffer poorer health and get poorer health care than white Americans. In a first-of-its-kind report, the government is recommending steps to reduce those disparities.
The plan being released Friday runs the gamut from improving dental care for poor children to tapping “promotoras,” savvy community health workers...
WILL BUNCH: It May Take 27 Years to Undo the Damage Glenn Beck Caused in 27 Months http://t.co/gUAEPnZ
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/159817/budget-stalema... →
Don’t Believe The Hype. This Shit Ain’t About Abortion
Make no mistake, this is about women. All women. The ability to control one’s own womb puts a woman in similar economic position as her male counter parts. She is capible of being just as productive because she does not have to take off time to give birth. She doesn’t have to break her neck trying to find ever...
Public Transportation Creates Jobs and the Numbers... →
timetruthhumor:
A group called Smart Growth America has a new report out showing that when it comes to job creation, it’s better to spend stimulus funds on public transportation projects as opposed to building roads and highways. Public transportation projects create nearly twice as many jobs per dollar spent, in fact. Why is this the case? Smart Growth America says it’s because public...
KELLY ARSENAULT: I Am a Federal Employee http://t.co/f78wmye
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Dear GOP
Stop using my husband and soldiers like him as political cannon fodder in your attempt to regulate my uterus and make America stupider (defunding NPR). In addition to making it more difficult to make ends meet with your bullheadedness, you have also created a tension in my home that should not be there. My husband puts himself in harm’s way everyday in exchange for pay. To send him into a...
Cruel But Not Unusual: Clarence Thomas Writes One... →
mizjenkins:
Both Thomas and Scalia have produced what can only be described as a master class in human apathy. Their disregard for the facts of Thompson’s thrashed life and near-death emerges as a moral flat line.
This absolutely sickens me. I swear…going to Hell might be worth it just to watch Clarence Thomas burn.
If you are not familiar with the facts and circumstances of this case...
Actually, House Republicans voted against troop... →
timetruthhumor:
By Jed Lewison for Daily Kos
House Republicans want the media and the public to believe that they voted to ensure that American troops continue getting paid in the event of a government shutdown, but that President Obama and congressional Democrats refused to support funding our soldiers.
But while it’s true that they passed a so-called ‘troop funding bill,’ they also voted...
Who gets paid if there's a shutdown? Members of... →
timetruthhumor:
From NBC’s Luke Russert On the eve of a possible government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal workers and members of the military are at risk of not collecting a paycheck until after Congress reaches a deal to fund the government.
But as of now, the people directly involved in bringing about a shutdown — members of Congress — will still continue to receive their pay as...
NPR: High Court Rejects Challenge To Ariz. Tax Break
Tax money deferred to a private org is still tax money. -More at http://n.pr/hZuJu6
Senate Republicans call for complete repeal of... →
Senate Republicans are introducing legislation to repeal the Wall Street reform law in its entirety, breaking with House Republicans who have opted for a go-slow approach to rolling back the regulatory overhaul.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) announced Friday he will introduce legislation to repeal the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and said the bill has 18 co-sponsors, including the entire Senate...
House to Vote on Overturning Net Neutrality Laws →
timetruthhumor:
Nadia Prupis of Truthout:
“Armed with an ideological agenda, House Republicans took aim at net neutrality again this month, quietly introducing a Congressional ‘resolution of disapproval’ to overturn recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) laws prohibiting anti-competitive behavior among Internet providers. H.J. Res. 37 passed 30-23 on March 15, and will now go to the...
RT @Bill1phd: Republicans are now arguing that DUI laws are destroying small business…(to many regulations) when will the madness end. #p2
Republicans Gut Regulation Requiring Adequate Rest... →
timetruthhumor:
In February 2009, Continental flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, plunged into a suburb of Buffalo, NY, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground. Pilot error was named as the chief cause of the crash, and investigators focused on pilot fatigue as one of the primary problems. The co-pilot had taken a cross-country, overnight flight the day before the crash, and...
US subsidies to Boeing ‘illegal’ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12925024
NPR: Key Republicans Seek IRS Investigation Of AARP. Uhhh where was this investigation after the Rx Drug bill??-More at http://n.pr/hhzpla
