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2nd Mayor Says Obama 'Wasn't Tense At All' During Brewer Encounter
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:09 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Phoenix, AZ Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter - In numerous TV and radio interviews since the meeting, [Arizona Governor Jan] Brewer has said the president was “tense to say the least” and took issue with a book she wro …
Climate change in 26 seconds - NASA
Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:59 AM EST
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880 - and the warmest La Nina year on record. Last year's temperatures reinforce a trend that sees 9 of the 10 warmest years happening since 2000. The average temperature around the globe in 2011 wa …
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Copyright: Forever Less One Day
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:39 AM EST ()
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors… the exclusive right to their respective Writings". Basically, copyright is a contract between authors and society: if you promise to make more stuff, we promise not to copy it …
BREAKING! Two more ex-aides charged in Walkergate investigation
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:23 PM EST (Lacrosse Tribune)
MADISON — Two more former aides to Gov.
Georgia Teacher Resigns Over Slavery Math Lesson
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:12 AM EST (FOXNews.com)
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. – A spokeswoman says a suburban Atlanta teacher has resigned after an investigation about third-grade students being assigned math homework with word problems about slavery.
Mitch Daniels' GOP Response to SOTU: "The President Did Not Cause the Economic and Fiscal Crisis..."
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:29 AM EST (CBS News)
"The status of 'loyal opposition' imposes on those out of power some serious responsibilities: to show respect for the Presidency and its occupant, to express agreement where it exists.
Martin Bashir Tears Into Deadbeat GOPer Rep. Joe Walsh For Owing Back Child Support (VIDEO)
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:49 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Martin Bashir tore into Representative Joe Walsh on Tuesday, condemning the congressman for his failure to pay over $100,000 in back child support in a live interview. The MSNBC host was interviewing Walsh in the lead-up to President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesd …
CDC says postpone breastfeeding: Making up facts, anti-vax style!
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:40 PM EST (Untitled Document)
This past weekend, Natural News writer Ethan A. Huff decided to take a trip to the PubMed salvage yard, pick up a scrap study and re-purpose it into a giant display of fabricated outrage:
Rick Santorum calls Newt Gingrich a longtime supporter of insurance mandate
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:23 PM EST (Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National)
In the ongoing contest to determine which Republican presidential candidate is "sufficiently conservative," former Pennsylvania Sen.
Oklahoma Republican Files Bill to Ban Food Containing Aborted Fetuses
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:42 PM EST (Little Green Footballs)
An Oklahoma lawmaker files a bill to ban the making and selling of food or products that use aborted human fetuses.State Senator Ralph Shortey says he’s done research and found reports that companies have used stem cells in the research and development of food.... The la …
Ownership Mentality: Art Gallery Prohibits Sketching | Techdirt
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:17 AM EST (Techdirt)
I've always been a bit baffled by No Photography signs in museums and art galleries.
Mitt Romney Tax Returns Released: Paid Just 13.9% Rate In 2010, Had Swiss Bank Account
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:28 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
TAMPA, Fla./WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011.
Santorum: I don't need to correct claim Obama is Muslim
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:25 AM EST (CBS News)
The woman told Santorum, "He is an avowed Muslim and my question is, why isn't something being done to get him out of our government?" Santorum responded: "Believe me ... I'm doing everything I can to get him out of the government."
Chart: Is Obama Really the Food Stamp President?
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:39 AM EST (MotherJones.com)
Well, food stamp use is certainly higher than it's been in more than four decades. Is that because, as Gingrich claims, Obama is nurturing a culture of dependency? Hardly.
Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson lay bare the decline of American science in 180 seconds
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:37 PM EST (io9)
The United States has long been recognized as one of the most scientifically productive countries on Earth. But when you're discussing progress, where you've been is not nearly as important as a) where you are today, and b) where you stand to go from there
Warrant needed for GPS tracking, high court says
Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:29 AM EST
In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Monday to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first getting a judge's approval. The justices made clear it wouldn't be their final word on increasingly advanced high-tech surveillance of Americans.
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Tennessee Tea Party Wants Slavery Removed From School Textbooks To Make Founding Fathers Look Good
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:52 PM EST ()
As if the Tea Party hasn’t butchered American history enough since their creation, the Tea Party in Tennessee is demanding the immediate removal of any mention of slavery as it applies to the Founding Fathers because they want schools clean up their image and teach studen …
Uploaded.to Blocks US Visitors After MegaUpload Shutdown
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:52 AM EST ()
Uploaded.to, one of the most popular file-hosting sites in the Internet, has closed its doors to US visitors.
How US lost out on iPhone work - The Times of India
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:31 AM EST (Times of India)
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.But as Steven P Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his ow …
Piers Morgan To Santorum: Would You Let Your Daughter Get An Abortion After Rape?
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:53 AM EST (mediaite.com)
Piers Morgan admitted that it was an “impossibly hypothetical” question, but trudged on anyway, and asked Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum as personal a question on the matter of abortion he could: if his daughter were raped, and &ldquo …
Florists refuse to deliver flowers to teen atheist Ahlquist
Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:47 AM EST (Examiner)
Young teen atheist Jessica Ahlquist continues to be the target of Christian rage after successfully leading a campaign to have an unconstitutional prayer banner removed from her public high school auditorium. Wednesday four different Rhode Island florists in the Cranston area …
Microsoft Calls for Gay Marriage in Washington State
Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:37 AM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
In a week of tech industry protests about censorship, one company -- Microsoft -- is lending its voice to a different political cause: gay marriage.
Fox News and Conservative Media Wildly Exaggerated Pipeline Jobs - Video
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:14 AM EST
Conservative media, led by Fox News, have struggled to get on the same page regarding the number of jobs that could be created by TransCanada Corporation's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Their figures rely on industry-funded studies, and at times even overstate those estimates. W …
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Right-Wing Media Freak Out Over Obama Speaking At Disney World, As Other Presidents Have: 'Selfish Speech Ruins Families' Vacations!'
Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:32 PM EST (Media Matters for America)
The right-wing media have used President Obama's speech at Walt Disney World as an opportunity to attack him, despite the fact that previous presidents, including Ronald Reagan, have given speeches at Disney parks while in office... Fox Nation: "Obama's Selfish Disney World Sp …
Daily Kos: SOPA, and the idiocy of Democrats (subtitle, somewhere pigs are flying, Daily Kos supports Republican reconsideration on SOPA)
Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:48 PM EST (Daily Kos)
The Daily Kos, highlighting their agreement with Republicans. Now pigs may very well fly...... Remember this in November...... The dems have been whores to Hollowood for quite some time, glad to see that the Daily Kos is picking up on it.
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2nd Mayor Says Obama 'Wasn't Tense At All' During Brewer EncounterPhoenix, AZ Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter - In numerous TV and radio interviews since the meeting, [Arizona Governor Jan] Brewer has said the president was “tense to say the least” and took issue with a book she wro …
- Indiana joins GOP union-bashing with right-to-work law
This week, the Indiana House voted to make the state "right to work".
Climate change in 26 seconds - NASA
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880 - and the warmest La Nina year on record. Last year's temperatures reinforce a trend that sees 9 of the 10 warmest years happening since 2000. The average temperature around the globe in 2011 wa …
- Copyright: Forever Less One Day
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors… the exclusive right to their respective Writings". Basically, copyright is a contract between authors and society: if you promise to make more stuff, we promise not to copy it …
- Republican lawmaker calls for public hangings for "abortionists"
A Cabarrus County lawmaker wants to bring back public hangings in North Carolina as a deterrent to crime, and he says doctors who perform abortions should be in the line to the gallows.
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