DN Speak: 6/17/12

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Church Official Convicted for Handling of Sex Abuse

Interview, Video:

Interview, video:

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

Corporate Profits Are At An All-Time High

Corporate Profits Are At An All-Time High
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 22, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/aywgr

The Business Insider notes that, at the same time that corporate profits are at an all-time high as a percentage of the ... Read more

The Obamacare Ruling May Not Matter

The Obamacare Ruling May Not Matter
THE ATLANTIC | JUNE 22, 2012
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_Despite the attention lavished on President Obama's health care law, industry reform is likely to proceed with or without it._ Healthcare law propon... Read more

Oil falls below $80 a barrel: Gas prices could hit $2.50 a gallon by November, analyst predicts

Oil falls below $80 a barrel: Gas prices could hit $2.50 a gallon by November, analyst predicts
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JUNE 22, 2012
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Read more... 2414 score | 3361 comments > submitted by Dizzy_Slip subreddit: politics ... Read more

Foreclosure Victims Shafted Again

Foreclosure Victims Shafted Again
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 22, 2012
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For homeowners trying to get reparations in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, it's been a hit-or-miss experience. This week, another group of Americ... Read more

Woman Claims Citi Wrongly Forcibly Evicted Her From Her Home

Woman Claims Citi Wrongly Forcibly Evicted Her From Her Home
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 22, 2012
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One Texas woman is claiming she was forcibly removed from her home by police, even though she's kept current on her mortgage. Bea Humi was evicted fr... Read more

Myths Republicans Push Exposed

Myths Republicans Push Exposed
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 21, 2012
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It seems that some minimum wage employers are trying to pay their workers less -- and to even make it legal to do so. It seems ... Read more

Is Obama a big spender?

Is Obama a big spender?
CNN MONEY | JUNE 22, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/awRlm
Here are 4 things you need to know about the highly politicized question of... Read more

Fundraising passes $500,000 for victim of bus taunting – USATODAY.com

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-21/bus-taunt-victim-fundraising/55729944/1

Friday, June 22, 2012

Brooklyn boy: I was blinded in one eye after school attack at middle school

Brooklyn boy: I was blinded in one eye after school attack at middle school
TOP MSNBC.COM HEADLINES | JUNE 21, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/awu2L
NEW YORK -- A Brooklyn teenager was blinded in one eye after being assaulted by bullies who shouted anti-gay epithets during an attack at his middle s... Read more

Consumers to get $1B in health insurance rebates

Consumers to get $1B in health insurance rebates
CNN MONEY | JUNE 21, 2012
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12.8 million Americans will receive $1B in health care insurance rebates this summer as a result of the 2010 reform law... Read more

Jon Stewart Appreciates Fox News' 'Genius' Obama, Putin Coverage

Jon Stewart Appreciates Fox News' 'Genius' Obama, Putin Coverage
TPMDC | JUNE 21, 2012
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Jon Stewart talks a lot of trash about cable news. But occasionally the TV treatment of a story is too good to pass up. Read more

Hoyer: Republicans Will Sink America To Drown Obama

Hoyer: Republicans Will Sink America To Drown Obama
TPMDC | JUNE 21, 2012
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Add House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to the list of high profile Democrats who are publicly accusing Republicans of ... Read more

The deep thoughts of Mike Huckabee

The deep thoughts of Mike Huckabee
DAILY KOS | JUNE 21, 2012
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(Right Wing Watch) Presenting the webcam wisdom of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: I think it's, uh, becoming ... Read more

Pelosi: Republican attack on Holder payback for voter protection efforts

Pelosi: Republican attack on Holder payback for voter protection efforts
DAILY KOS | JUNE 21, 2012
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Reuters) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has strong suspicions about what's really ... Read more

Activist Supreme Court makes separate rules for corporations and unions (of course)

Activist Supreme Court makes separate rules for corporations and unions (of course)
DAILY KOS | JUNE 21, 2012
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If he wants to legislate, why not run for Congress? So with Citizens United, the activist conservative Supreme Court ruled ... Read more

Shock: The traditional media had a conservative bias on Obamacare

Shock: The traditional media had a conservative bias on Obamacare
DAILY KOS | JUNE 21, 2012
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Americans don't know what's in the Affordable Care Act. Some don't know that the law was passed at all. Which explains in large ... Read more

Poll Shows How GOP Botches Facts

Poll Shows How GOP Botches Facts
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- How misinformed are Republicans about world affairs? If presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's ... Read more

Pelosi Makes Bold Accusation Against GOP 'Suppression'

Pelosi Makes Bold Accusation Against GOP 'Suppression'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a bold accusation on Thursday about what is driving ... Read more

The Republican War on Food Stamps: Why Now?

The Republican War on Food Stamps: Why Now?
THE ATLANTIC | JUNE 21, 2012
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_Hunger is high. Overpayments are low__. The economy is weak, and food stamps are a strong stimulus. What exactly is the problem the GOP is trying to ... Read more

House Energy Bill Fuels Dirtier Air, More Lung Disease

House Energy Bill Fuels Dirtier Air, More Lung Disease
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 21, 2012
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Today, the House of Representatives passed the Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012, H.R. 4480. This bill puts oil and gas ... Read more

Members Who Supported Massive Giveaway To Big Oil Have Received $38.6 Million From The Industry

Members Who Supported Massive Giveaway To Big Oil Have Received $38.6 Million From The Industry
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 21, 2012
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The House of Representatives, which already holds the title of the most anti-environment House ever, today added another mark ... Read more

Republicans Holding Nearly 3 Million Transportation Jobs Hostage For 6,000 Temporary Oil Jobs

Republicans Holding Nearly 3 Million Transportation Jobs Hostage For 6,000 Temporary Oil Jobs
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 21, 2012
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With as many as 2.9 million new and existing jobs on the line, House Republicans are refusing to pass a transportation ... Read more

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Catholic bishops enlist parishioners in religious freedom fight that critics call partisan - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/catholic-bishops-enlist-parishioners-in-religious-freedom-fight-that-critics-call-partisan/2012/06/21/gJQAhp90sV_story.html

"You Want To Talk About Contempt?" by Old Fart Rants

Julian Assange Seeking Asylum in Ecuador Embassy

Jamie Dimon Testifying In The House of Representatives

Soda Ban Debate Spreads to Cambridge, Mass.

Soda Ban Debate Spreads to Cambridge, Mass.
THE ATLANTIC | JUNE 19, 2012
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_The idea's spread to other cities underscores New York's role as a testbed._ nicoleleec/Flickr Taking a page out of Michael Bloomberg's playbook, o... Read more

iTunes U's Great Classroom Experiment

iTunes U's Great Classroom Experiment
THE ATLANTIC | JUNE 19, 2012
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_Stanford is adding a social layer to its most popular class on Apple's platform._ Edelman Digital Bootcamp If you are a nerd, or just an aspiring o... Read more

Minnesota Marriage Inequality Campaign Continues To Hide Donors

But it's mainly the Catholic church.

Minnesota Marriage Inequality Campaign Continues To Hide Donors
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 20, 2012
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Minnesota for Marriage, the coalition advocating for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, filed its latest campaign ... Read more

53 U.S. Senators Stand Up To Protect Public Health

53 U.S. Senators Stand Up To Protect Public Health
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 20, 2012
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By Jackie Weidman and Max Frankel Today the Senate rejected another attempt to block vitally important public health ... Read more

Love the sinner, hate the sin?

Catholic League nutcase to rabbi: Join us or else!

Catholic League nutcase to rabbi: Join us or else!
DAILY KOS | JUNE 20, 2012
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When Bill Donohue—president of the Catholic League, BFF to the Catholic bishops, and professional crazy person—writes his book ... Read more

Ron Paul's Forces May Cause Chaos For Mitt

Ron Paul's Forces May Cause Chaos For Mitt
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 20, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- This may be the Ron Paul gambit we've been waiting for. An obscure rule change made four years ago by the ... Read more

Secretive Groups Have Led To More Deception, Report Finds

Secretive Groups Have Led To More Deception, Report Finds
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 20, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Advocates of unlimited secret political spending say it leads to a more informed electorate, but according to a ... Read more

"Tea Party Quiz" by Old Fart Rants

The Immoveable Earth (more Golden Crocoduck nominees)

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Bishops Launch 2-Week Campaign Against Health Law : NPR

Article and short Interview:

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/20/155421644/bishops-launch-2-week-campaign-against-health-law

20-somethings less likely to get pregnant, have abortion

20-somethings less likely to get pregnant, have abortion
TOP MSNBC.COM HEADLINES | JUNE 20, 2012
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Pregnancy rates for U.S. women in their early 20s fell nearly 18 percent from 1990 to 2008 and their abortion rate dropped by 32 percent, as those wom... Read more

3.1M young adults gained health coverage since law took effect

3.1M young adults gained health coverage since law took effect
CNN MONEY | JUNE 19, 2012
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More than 3... Read more

Fox News Almost Pulled A Fast One On Jon Stewart

Fox News Almost Pulled A Fast One On Jon Stewart
TPMDC | JUNE 20, 2012
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Fox News almost fooled Jon Stewart. Almost. Read more

Democrats Re-Center Fiscal Cliff Debate: It's About More Than Defense Cuts

Democrats Re-Center Fiscal Cliff Debate: It's About More Than Defense Cuts
TPMDC | JUNE 20, 2012
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A move by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) -- a member of the Democratic leadership -- is intended to widen the scope of the debate ... Read more

Republicans miffed that groups they abuse won't be voting for them

Republicans miffed that groups they abuse won't be voting for them
DAILY KOS | JUNE 20, 2012
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Don't look now, but I hear tell that the Republican Party may be made up primarily of cranky old men. Even more surprising, ... Read more

About that 'pro-life' terrorism in Georgia

About that 'pro-life' terrorism in Georgia
DAILY KOS | JUNE 20, 2012
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A tool of the trade for "pro-lifers" We all know that it's considered in quite poor taste to refer to "pro-life" terrorism ... Read more

Republicans want the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich

Republicans want the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich
DAILY KOS | JUNE 20, 2012
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Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney's real promise is to the richest of the richest. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) It's official: the Mitt ... Read more

Net worth implosion: It's not just housing - Jun. 19, 2012

http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/19/news/economy/net-worth-housing/index.htm?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Heat's On: 36% of Penguin Colony Decimated - Food vanishing with melting ice: science crew

http://www.newser.com/story/148475/heats-on-36-of-penguin-colony-decimated.html

Obama Lawyer Demands Crossroads Reveals Donors - Campaign complains to FEC about Rove-linked group

http://www.newser.com/story/148478/obama-lawyer-demands-crossroads-reveal-donors.html

Alice Walker Blocks Israeli Edition of Color Purple - Author accuses Israel of persecuting Palestinians

http://www.newser.com/story/148538/alice-walker-blocks-israeli-edition-of-color-purple.html

Lawmaker: Why No Hearings on Radical Christians, Too? - Texas Democrat Al Green questions Peter King's hearings on Muslims

http://www.newser.com/story/148541/lawmaker-why-no-hearings-on-radical-christians-too.html

Files Suggest Bush Team Took bin Laden Too Lightly - NSA releases documents that don't reflect well on Bush: Jordan Michael Smith

http://www.newser.com/story/148525/files-suggest-bush-team-took-bin-laden-too-lightly.html

Obama Has Staggering 13-Point Lead Over Romney - But take poll with 'big grain of salt': Kornacki

http://www.newser.com/story/148510/obama-has-staggering-13-point-lead-over-romney.html

Weak reasoning: U.S. Students Know What, But Not Why - ScienceInsider

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/06/us-students-know-what-but-not-wh.html?ref=hp

Justice Antonin Scalia Is A Joke

Abortion Access For Raped Soldiers Blocked By House GOP

Sen. Sanders Blasts Fed Conflicts Of Interest

Obama Heckled By Daily Caller Reporter During Immigration Remarks

Mitt Romney's Biggest Donors

Nuns Go on Bus Tour, Protest GOP Budget Plan - They say they're not trying to counter Vatican's recent criticisms

http://www.newser.com/story/148420/nuns-go-on-bus-tour-protest-gop-budget-plan.html

Science education myths that keep us from fixing the system. - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/06/science_education_myths_that_keep_us_from_fixing_the_system_.html

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Just like us: Why Republicans worry about corporate feelings - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Robert-Reich/2012/0619/Just-like-us-Why-Republicans-worry-about-corporate-feelings

Monday, June 18, 2012

Vatican accuses media of imitating Dan Brown | Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/18/us-vatican-leaks-idUSBRE85H13Y20120618?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm

Scalia Reverses Himself: Now Disagrees With Key Precedent Supporting Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform

Scalia Reverses Himself: Now Disagrees With Key Precedent Supporting Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform
TPMDC | JUNE 18, 2012
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To observers of the 'Obamacare' oral arguments, it would come as no surprise that Justice Antonin Scalia is a likely vote to ... Read more

Right Gives GOP Hell On Health Care, Taxes As Crises Loom

Right Gives GOP Hell On Health Care, Taxes As Crises Loom
TPMDC | JUNE 18, 2012
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After spending President Obama's first term emboldening the most ideologically intense elements of the conservative movement, ... Read more

Republicans finally figure out what to do on Obamacare replacement. Nothing.

Republicans finally figure out what to do on Obamacare replacement. Nothing.
DAILY KOS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Big insurance lets Mitch McConnell and John Boehner off the hook. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Congressional Republicans have ... Read more

White House Reveals Tenacious Health Care Reform Plans

White House Reveals Tenacious Health Care Reform Plans
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 18, 2012
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WASHINGTON — Covering all the bases ahead of a momentous Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration plans to move ... Read more

Tea Party Candidate's Claim Spurs Anger

Tea Party Candidate's Claim Spurs Anger
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Democrats are hammering Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock over his statement that employers should not have to ... Read more

Stiglitz: The Rich Know 'How To Shape Preferences And Beliefs'

Stiglitz: The Rich Know 'How To Shape Preferences And Beliefs'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - DIVORCE FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Joseph Stiglitz says the rich have got America right where they want it. The Nobel Prize-winning economist writes in Salon that the super-rich have n... Read more

GOP Candidate Tells Press To Stop Writing 'Sob Stories' About The Poor

GOP Candidate Tells Press To Stop Writing 'Sob Stories' About The Poor
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 18, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde (R) says he is sick and tired of reading sad stories about people struggling in the recession... Read more

Ann Romney: 'I doubt' we'll take as many overseas vacations as the Obamas... - President Obama, however, has not taken any foreign vacations during his presidency

Ann Romney: 'I doubt' we'll take as many overseas vacations as the Obamas... - President Obama, however, has not taken any foreign vacations during his presidency
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Read more... 1887 score | 1061 comments > submitted by mic9ael subreddit: politics ... Read more

BREAKING: Obama Would Veto Pro-Mercury Pollution Resolution

BREAKING: Obama Would Veto Pro-Mercury Pollution Resolution
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 18, 2012
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The White House has threatened to veto a Congressional Review Act repeal of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, if S.J. Res. ... Read more

FACT CHECK: Republicans Continue To Do Nothing On Immigration Reform

FACT CHECK: Republicans Continue To Do Nothing On Immigration Reform
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Two years after Senate Republicans defeated the bipartisan DREAM Act by claiming that Congress must "secure the borders ... Read more

Alabama Departments Fail To Provide Voter Registration Materials When Required By Law

Alabama Departments Fail To Provide Voter Registration Materials When Required By Law
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 18, 2012
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Conservative officials are disenfranchising voters across the country through voter ID laws that could prevent up to 3 million ... Read more

West Virginia Acts on GOP Front Group’s Efforts to Force Voter Purges

West Virginia Acts on GOP Front Group's Efforts to Force Voter Purges
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 13, 2012
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Election officials in West Virginia may be stepping up efforts to purge voter rolls because a GOP front group threatened to sue ... Read more