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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Maryland Catholic Conference Condemns Marriage Ballot Language As ‘Misguided’

Maryland Catholic Conference Condemns Marriage Ballot Language As 'Misguided'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 24, 2012
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The Maryland Catholic Conference has objected to the official language released this week for Question 6, the marriage equality ... Read more

Court rules controversial stem cell research is legal

Court rules controversial stem cell research is legal
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | AUGUST 24, 2012
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The federal government may continue to pay for controversial human embryonic stem cell research, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The three-judg... Read more

Thursday, August 23, 2012

America the Undertaxed | Foreign Affairs

America the Undertaxed | Foreign Affairs
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I'd Be Happy to Vote Republican, But ... - Henry Blodget: We need fiscal conservatives, not 'religious aggressives'

http://www.newser.com/story/152709/id-be-happy-to-vote-republican-but.html

Paul Ryan Holds Event Criticizing The Military Spending Sequester He Voted For

Paul Ryan Holds Event Criticizing The Military Spending Sequester He Voted For
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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At a round table discussion in North Carolina Thursday, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan tried to pin the blame for the ... Read more

GOP Governor To Partner With Federal Government To Set Up Insurance Exchange

GOP Governor To Partner With Federal Government To Set Up Insurance Exchange
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has given up hopes of setting up a state-run health insurance exchange in his state after members ... Read more

The problem with (some) Christians is...

The problem with (some) Christians is...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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T. Boone Pickens Blasts Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘All They Talk About Is Oil’

T. Boone Pickens Blasts Romney's Energy Plan: 'All They Talk About Is Oil'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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Mitt Romney's new energy plan amounts to "drill, baby drill" on America's public lands and shores. His ... Read more

STUDY: Middle Class Suffered ‘Worst Decade In Modern History’ As Wages Stagnated, Share Of Income Fell

STUDY: Middle Class Suffered 'Worst Decade In Modern History' As Wages Stagnated, Share Of Income Fell
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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The middle class is shrinking, and so is its share of America's income and wage growth, according to a new study released ... Read more

Understanding The ‘Extremes’ In The Culture War Debates

Understanding The 'Extremes' In The Culture War Debates
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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The Religious Right regularly complains that they are the victims because their hegemonic control over society is being ... Read more

New Hampshire Sheriff Candidate Says He Would Use Deadly Force To Stop Abortions

New Hampshire Sheriff Candidate Says He Would Use Deadly Force To Stop Abortions
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 23, 2012
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A Republican running for county sheriff in New Hampshire is facing calls to leave the race after he suggested it is acceptable ... Read more

We should ban lifejackets and other flotation devices

We should ban lifejackets and other flotation devices
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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A Tea Partier Decided To Pick A Fight With A Foreign President. It Didn't Go So Well.

A Tea Partier Decided To Pick A Fight With A Foreign President. It Didn't Go So Well.

Interview: Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham

REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Nuns On The Bus Tour Stops In New York To Protest ‘Devastating Romney-Ryan Budget’

Nuns On The Bus Tour Stops In New York To Protest 'Devastating Romney-Ryan Budget'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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The Nuns On A Bus tour that made stops at 10 congressional offices in nine states in July is back on the road protesting the ... Read more

CNN Host Schools Romney Campaign Chair Over False Welfare Reform Attacks

CNN Host Schools Romney Campaign Chair Over False Welfare Reform Attacks
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has flooded the airwaves with advertisements criticizing the Obama ... Read more

Texas Judge: An Obama-Led United Nations Invasion Of Lubbock, Texas Is Only The ‘Worst Case Scenario’

Texas Judge: An Obama-Led United Nations Invasion Of Lubbock, Texas Is Only The 'Worst Case Scenario'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Earlier today, ThinkProgress reported that Texas Judge Tom Head told a local television station that President Obama would turn ... Read more

RNC To Showcase ‘We Built This!’ Theme From a Stadium Mostly Financed By Public Taxpayer Dollars

RNC To Showcase 'We Built This!' Theme From a Stadium Mostly Financed By Public Taxpayer Dollars
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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For weeks, the Romney campaign have used an out-of-context quote from President Obama as the backdrop to their "We Did Build ... Read more

Ryan, Akin, and a Religious War

Ryan, Akin, and a Religious War
THE NEW YORKER | AUGUST 22, 2012
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"So that forcible-rape language meant nothing to you at the time?" Jon Delano, of KDKA in Pittsburgh, asked Congressman Paul Ryan. "Rape is rape. And Read more

Christopher Hitchens at his best (5) - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aLo0jw-lWo&feature=related

Christopher Hitchens Hitchslaps Silly Pastor - "Does god Exist?" - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1iydM_f8g&feature=endscreen

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ryan: Women’s Health Exception Rendered Abortion Ban ‘Virtually Meaningless’

Ryan: Women's Health Exception Rendered Abortion Ban 'Virtually Meaningless'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) opposed an exception to a so-called "partial birth abortion" ban when the procedure was ... Read more

Ohio Farmers Work To Keep Climate Change On The Agenda: ‘The Drought Moved The Needle’

Ohio Farmers Work To Keep Climate Change On The Agenda: 'The Drought Moved The Needle'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Farmers in Ohio may not be facing extreme drought conditions like their counterparts in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, but ... Read more

Creating A Truly Level Playing Field: Putting Renewables Subsidies In Context

Creating A Truly Level Playing Field: Putting Renewables Subsidies In Context
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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by Harald Heubaum, via The Carbon Brief US presidential contender Mitt Romney recently said that, if elected, he would not ... Read more

Romney’s Plan To Restore Medicare Cuts Would Increase Seniors’ Premiums

Romney's Plan To Restore Medicare Cuts Would Increase Seniors' Premiums
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan continue to attack President Obama for "stealing" $716 billion from ... Read more

CHART: Akin’s Views On Women’s Health Are In Line With GOP

CHART: Akin's Views On Women's Health Are In Line With GOP
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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Republicans have distanced themselves from Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) "legitimate rape" comments, arguing that ... Read more

Joint Chiefs Chairman, Special Ops Officers Condemn ‘Shameful’ Anti-Obama Groups

Joint Chiefs Chairman, Special Ops Officers Condemn 'Shameful' Anti-Obama Groups
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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The country's top military officer condemned members of swift boat groups that have cropped up this election season ... Read more

The Wall Street Journal Does It Again: Another Whopper Of A Lie On Climate Science

The Wall Street Journal Does It Again: Another Whopper Of A Lie On Climate Science
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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by Dana Nucitelli, via Skeptical Science Readers may recall a letter published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in January ... Read more

As GOP Attempts To Gut Assistance Programs, One In Five Americans Struggles To Afford Food

As GOP Attempts To Gut Assistance Programs, One In Five Americans Struggles To Afford Food
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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One in five Americans have hit a point over the last twelve months when they could not afford to pay for food, according to a ... Read more

GOP Approves ‘Most Conservative Platform In Modern History’

GOP Approves 'Most Conservative Platform In Modern History'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 22, 2012
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A week from the 2012 Republican National Convention, Republican committee members spent Tuesday articulating and affirming the ... Read more

Netanyahu and Barak V. Israel's Defense Community

Netanyahu and Barak V. Israel's Defense Community
PULSE | AUGUST 22, 2012
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One of the most astonishing features of Israel's current debate over the Iranian threat is the utter failure of the country's two top leaders, Prime M... Read more

GOP Talking Point On Todd Akin - 'Biologically Stupid'

In Israel, a Generation of Hate?

In Israel, a Generation of Hate?
PULSE | AUGUST 22, 2012
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An alleged hate crime against Palestinians in West Jerusalem this week, which left one young man unconscious and in the hospital, underscores a troubl... Read more

Why Believe Romney Now?

Why Believe Romney Now?
PULSE | AUGUST 22, 2012
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First, Paul Ryan placed Medicare on the chopping block. And amid the aftershocks of a bold and bad decision to put Ryan on his ticket, Mitt Romney thi... Read more

Costs Seen in Romney’s Medicare Savings Plan - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/us/politics/costs-seen-in-romneys-medicare-savings-plan.html

Akin’s Faith Is Central to His Politics - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/us/politics/todd-akins-faith-is-central-to-his-politics.html

Reader's view: Gay marriage would bring wrath of God upon us | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/240791/group/Opinion/

Home Abortion Politics, Tragedy Abroad

Home Abortion Politics, Tragedy Abroad
THE ATLANTIC | AUGUST 21, 2012
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_When rape is used as a weapon of war in places like Congo or Bosnia, thousands of women and girls can become pregnant, but a piece of 39-year-old U.S... Read more

Geography on religion

Geography on religion
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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Description of how to haggle. Not at all a useless talent.

Description of how to haggle. Not at all a useless talent.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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Saved one of my favourite atheist quotes for my cake day

Saved one of my favourite atheist quotes for my cake day
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date

The 20 most-watched TED Talks to date
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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Mexico chalks up success in health-care reforms : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/mexico-chalks-up-success-in-health-care-reforms-1.11222

A selection of some of Phyllis Diller's best comic quotes - 8/20/2012 7:43:40 PM | Newser

http://www.newser.com/article/da0pdjeg1/a-selection-of-some-of-phyllis-dillers-best-comic-quotes.html

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Lying Is So Much Easier

Lying Is So Much Easier
PULSE | AUGUST 21, 2012
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One of the many Romney-Ryan Medicare lies has to do with the "fact" that anyone older than 55 would not be affected at all by Ryan's plan. The estimab... Read more

Steve King's office asserts support for 'federal abortion coverage,' even for 'non-forcible' rapes

Steve King's office asserts support for 'federal abortion coverage,' even for 'non-forcible' rapes
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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King supports 'federal abortion coverage' Wait, what? Steve King's office is already walking back his assertion that ... Read more

REPORT: How America’s Falling Share Of Global College Graduates Threatens Future Economic Competitiveness

REPORT: How America's Falling Share Of Global College Graduates Threatens Future Economic Competitiveness
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 21, 2012
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The United States' share of global college graduates fell substantially in the first decade of the 21st century and stands to ... Read more

US Army battling racists within its ranks

US Army battling racists within its ranks
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | AUGUST 21, 2012
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They call it "rahowa" — short for racial holy war — and they are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world's fiercest fighting machine, the ... Read more

G.O.P. Approves Strict Anti-Abortion Language in Party Platform - NYTimes.com

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/g-o-p-approves-strict-anti-abortion-language-in-party-platform/

Why Some Kids Never Leave The Nest

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/06/boomerangs.asp#

Howard Dean: Let's Drive Over the Fiscal Cliff.

Romney: Obama Campaign About Hate

Anti-Muslim Ads Hit NYC, SF

Paul Ryan Loves Crony Capitalism

GOP'S Voter Fraud Fairy Tale

Julian Assange Hit Piece In New York Times

Ryan touts vote for wars as foreign policy experience

Ryan touts vote for wars as foreign policy experience
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Well, this will quell the fears of the international community after Mitt Romney's disaster of a foreign travel offensive ... Read more

Romney/Ryan will raise Medicare eligibility age for current seniors

Romney/Ryan will raise Medicare eligibility age for current seniors
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Are you over 55 and comforted by the fact that at least Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan won't screw you out of your Medicare? Don't ... Read more

Surrogates Admit Romney Will Cut Medicare Benefits For Current Seniors

Surrogates Admit Romney Will Cut Medicare Benefits For Current Seniors
TPMDC | AUGUST 21, 2012
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The GOP contends that a key difference between Obama and Romney is that Romney won't change Medicare at all for existing ... Read more

Monday, August 20, 2012

Newsweek's Anti-Obama Cover Story Draws Howls - Niall Ferguson piece dubbed misleading by Paul Krugman, others

http://www.newser.com/story/152472/newsweeks-anti-obama-cover-story-draws-howls.html

Ryan's Plan Is a Deficit-Hiking 'Con Game' - Paul Krugman: He's 'style over substance'

http://www.newser.com/story/152461/ryans-plan-is-a-deficit-hiking-con-game.html

Romney’s False Welfare Attacks Ignore His Own Plans To Gut Programs For The Poor

Romney's False Welfare Attacks Ignore His Own Plans To Gut Programs For The Poor
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Our guest blogger is Melissa Boteach, director of Half In Ten at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. To distract the ... Read more

How Romney’s Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Current Seniors

How Romney's Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Current Seniors
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Last week, Mitt Romney went so far as to draw up an endearingly simplistic whiteboard chart to reassure current seniors his ... Read more

Sen. McCain Admits Government Spending Plays Major Role In Helping Economy, Creating Jobs

Sen. McCain Admits Government Spending Plays Major Role In Helping Economy, Creating Jobs
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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GREAT FALLS, Montana — Government spending plays a key role in creating jobs and helping the economy. If that sentence ... Read more

Obama Attacks Paul Ryan’s ‘Forcible Rape’ Bill: ‘Rape Is Rape’

Obama Attacks Paul Ryan's 'Forcible Rape' Bill: 'Rape Is Rape'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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In a press conference this afternoon, President Obama was asked about Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) comment that ... Read more

Kansas Man Sues Former School For Ignoring Anti-Gay Bullying

Kansas Man Sues Former School For Ignoring Anti-Gay Bullying
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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A 2010 graduate of Blue Valley High School in Kansas is suing his alma matter for failing to protect him from anti-gay bullying ... Read more

University of reddit - Explore any subject that interests you

University of reddit - Explore any subject that interests you
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Every great scientific truth goes through three phases…

Every great scientific truth goes through three phases…
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Virginia Republicans Call for Armed Revolution if Obama Wins in November

Virginia Republicans Call for Armed Revolution if Obama Wins in November
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Romney and Ryan suddenly support abortion sometimes maybe?

Romney and Ryan suddenly support abortion sometimes maybe?

DAILY KOS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Oh, look. It's flip-flop o'clock again. In disagreeing with Todd Akin's statement in the mildest terms Mitt Romney's campaign ... Read more

Haunted by his muse

Haunted by his muse
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 20, 2012
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Ryan Called Out Over Social Security

Ryan Called Out Over Social Security
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 19, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romne... Read more