DN Speak: 2/17/13

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Open Thread Plus Cartoon Of The Week

Open Thread Plus Cartoon Of The Week
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 23, 2013
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Opine away! By David Horsey, "Even deadly meteors and asteroids may not unite the human race": In the movies, when ... Read more

13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans

13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 23, 2013
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Earlier this year, Republican National Committee Chair urged Republican lawmakers in states "that have been consistently ... Read more

The 6 Best Arguments For Gay And Lesbian Equality In Obama’s DOMA Brief

The 6 Best Arguments For Gay And Lesbian Equality In Obama's DOMA Brief
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 23, 2013
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On Friday, President Obama's Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, filed a brief in United States v. Windsor, a case urging ... Read more

back on track

Week In The News: Sequestration, Immigration, And Chinese Hacking

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/22/week-in-the-news-feb-22

We’re about to become the sequestration nation, and Congress was out of town this week. The debate went on anyway. How, and how not, to deal with our finances.
Immigration talk, too. Pushback now, after the push. Joe Biden says get a shotgun if you’re nervous – not an assault rifle. Chinese hacking gets tracked to the Chinese military. Washington says stop it.
We’ve got another a big snow, coming across the plains. Jesse Jackson Jr. with sticky fingers. Whispers of an American pope. Obsession with Oscar Pistorius. This hour, On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-08/friday-news-roundup-domestic

The White House agrees to give Congress classified drone documents. The Justice Department sues Standard and Poor’s. And the Post Office announces plans to end Saturday delivery. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-22/friday-news-roundup-international

A deadly bombing in Syria targets the ruling party. Civilian deaths fall sharply in Afghanistan. And Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his first major foreign policy speech. Guest host Steve Roberts and a panel of journalists discuss the week's top international news stories.

Daily Show: Freedom for Texans! and Why Medical Bills are Killing Us

http://www.hulu.com/watch/459369

12:00 Texans who believe the Obama Administration is a fascist, Marxist, socialist dictatorship, and the U.S. Government is a tyrant, and secessionists.

15:00 Why medical bills are killing us.

Rachel Maddow shows the math on Rick Snyder's anti-Democratic Emergency Financial Manager law, revealing that with Detroit on the verge of being taken over, half of the state's African-Americans will have had their democratically elected government removed and replaced by appointment.

Rachel Maddow shows the math on Rick Snyder's anti-Democratic Emergency Financial Manager law, revealing that with Detroit on the verge of being taken over, half of the state's African-Americans will have had their democratically elected government removed and replaced by appointment.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Natural Gas Industry puts gag order on doctors in Pennsylvania, preventing them from telling patients the harm of toxic fracking chemicals.

Natural Gas Industry puts gag order on doctors in Pennsylvania, preventing them from telling patients the harm of toxic fracking chemicals.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Well said, Obama

Well said, Obama
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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TIL: Horse-sized ducks lived in Australia 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.

TIL: Horse-sized ducks lived in Australia 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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Interfaith Group To GOP Congressman: Stop Demonizing Islam

Interfaith Group To GOP Congressman: Stop Demonizing Islam
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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An interfaith group is speaking out against Rep. Louie Gohmert's (R-TX) claim on Thursday that Americans need the Second ... Read more

Montana Bill Would Give Corporations The Right To Vote

Montana Bill Would Give Corporations The Right To Vote
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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A bill introduced by Montana state Rep. Steve Lavin would give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections: Provision ... Read more

Why Politicians May Not Rely On Their Own Uninformed Opinion On Climate Change Science

Why Politicians May Not Rely On Their Own Uninformed Opinion On Climate Change Science
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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By Donald A. Brown via Ethics and Climate Marco Rubio, a U.S. Senator from Florida, recently said that he was not sure that ... Read more

Gerard O’Connell: Vatican gay smear part of the war for church's heart and soul

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/gerard-oconnell-vatican-gay-smear-part-of-the-war-for-churchs-heart-and-soul-29087156.html

Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom on his book, "Brainwashed"

Fresh water scarcity: An introduction to the problem - Christiana Z. Peppard

American Presidents: Life Portraits - George Washington

Fox News: Al Jazeera is a Sleeper Cell Plot!

James Randi and Alice Cooper - Dragon*Con 2012

Medicare’s Projected Spending Has Dropped $500 Billion Without Lawmakers Cutting A Dime

Medicare's Projected Spending Has Dropped $500 Billion Without Lawmakers Cutting A Dime
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
http://tinyurl.com/ay93yy2

Medicare will spend $511 billion less between now and 2020 than was predicted two and a half years ago, according to the latest ... Read more

Republicans With Influence On Immigration Debate Are Top Recipients Of Private Prison Contributions

Republicans With Influence On Immigration Debate Are Top Recipients Of Private Prison Contributions
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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As the immigration reform debate heats up, private prison executives have made it clear that they are monitoring how it will ... Read more

Austerity Fail: After Massive Spending Cuts, European Countries Fail To Hit Deficit Targets

Austerity Fail: After Massive Spending Cuts, European Countries Fail To Hit Deficit Targets
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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European austerity has already proven a terrible failure, driving the continent as a whole back into a recession and pushing ... Read more

40% of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage

40% of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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What if we told you that, by our calculations, the largest U.S. banks aren’t really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers? – Bloomberg Editors

What if we told you that, by our calculations, the largest U.S. banks aren't really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers? – Bloomberg Editors
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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Coulter Lashes Out At Republicans

Coulter Lashes Out At Republicans
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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Ann Coulter has given up on the Latino vote. In an opinion piece riddled with errors and unattributed statistics, the ... Read more

Maddow: GOP Is 'Engulfed In Flames'

Maddow: GOP Is 'Engulfed In Flames'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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Rachel Maddow tore into what she called the landscape of conservative politicians on her Wednesday night MSNBC show and ... Read more

Essentially 3 Cents Of Every Tax Dollar Go To The Banks

Essentially 3 Cents Of Every Tax Dollar Go To The Banks
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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BLOOMBERG VIEW On television, in interviews and in meetings with investors, executives of the biggest U.S. banks -- notably JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chie... Read more

Gerard O’Connell: Vatican gay smear part of the war for church's heart and soul - Independent.ie

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/gerard-oconnell-vatican-gay-smear-part-of-the-war-for-churchs-heart-and-soul-29087156.html

Teen Pregnancy Is Most Common In Rural America, Where There May Be More Barriers To Birth Control

Teen Pregnancy Is Most Common In Rural America, Where There May Be More Barriers To Birth Control
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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The teen birth rate is nearly one-third higher in rural areas of the United States than it is in more populous areas of the ... Read more

job creators

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Vatican conclave tainted by scandal before it even begins

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/9886454/Vatican-conclave-tainted-by-scandal-before-it-even-begins.html

GOP Cat Fight! Newt vs. Karl Rove

Koch World reboots - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com

Koch World reboots - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com
POLITICO.COM
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Molecules assemble in water, hint at origins of life; suggests "'proto-RNA bases' spontaneously assemble into gene-length linear stacks"

Molecules assemble in water, hint at origins of life; suggests "'proto-RNA bases' spontaneously assemble into gene-length linear stacks"
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
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When someone asks me what religion I am, I just tell them this

When someone asks me what religion I am, I just tell them this
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
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Survey Shows 'Disappointing' Trend Among Teachers

Survey Shows 'Disappointing' Trend Among Teachers
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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As school districts continued to cut budgets, increase class sizes, and implement teacher performance evaluations, ... Read more

Predictable Evolution? Identical Mutations in Seperate Populations Found Over 1,000 Generations

Predictable Evolution? Identical Mutations in Seperate Populations Found Over 1,000 Generations
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 21, 2013
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Martin Lindstrom (Web Show)

PowerPoint Presentation Shows Boehner Selling The Sequester To His Members In 2011

PowerPoint Presentation Shows Boehner Selling The Sequester To His Members In 2011
TPMDC | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
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Although he now blames President Obama for the draconian spending cuts set to take effect March 1, just days before it passed ... Read more

WHAT marco rubio DIDN'T SAY in State of the Union RESPONSE - NEW February, 19 2013

Secretive Donors Trust Pumps Far More Money Into Climate Denial And Inaction Than Kochs And Exxon Mobil Combined

Secretive Donors Trust Pumps Far More Money Into Climate Denial And Inaction Than Kochs And Exxon Mobil Combined
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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A secretive funding organization called Donors Trust spent the last decade funneling vast sums of money to an array of think ... Read more

North Carolina Governor Signs ‘Unprecedented’ Gutting Of Unemployment Insurance

North Carolina Governor Signs 'Unprecedented' Gutting Of Unemployment Insurance
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) today signed a law that imposes severe cuts to his state's unemployment insurance ... Read more

Marco Rubio Is Trying To Have It Both Ways On Immigration Reform

Marco Rubio Is Trying To Have It Both Ways On Immigration Reform
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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In January, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined a group of eight senators working to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a ... Read more

OOPS: The GOP Governors Resisting Obamacare Are Endorsing A More Liberal Version Of Health Reform

OOPS: The GOP Governors Resisting Obamacare Are Endorsing A More Liberal Version Of Health Reform
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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This past Friday was the final deadline for governors to decide whether they will take some ownership over setting up a ... Read more

Oh the irony!

Oh the irony!
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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As a Brit, how I feel after visiting the US

As a Brit, how I feel after visiting the US
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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Harry Potter getting it right

Harry Potter getting it right
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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What Scientific Method?

What Scientific Method?
THEDAILYBEAST | FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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A bill being considered in the Oklahoma House of Representitives would prevent teachers from giving a student's paper a failing grade if it tries to d... Read more

U.S. troops turning to civilian supplier for combat vests, medical kits

U.S. troops turning to civilian supplier for combat vests, medical kits
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
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> A civilian military depot in California is trying to plug soldier-reported gaps in U.S. supply lines literally on a shoestring budget — by... Read more

Wall Street Setting Up Financial Armageddon

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Staver: "This Administration Is Rubbing The Aborted Babies In The Face Of Every Single American"

Distorting Madonna in Medieval art - James Earle

"Hubris": Rachel Maddow Shocks America Into Remembering George Bush’s War Crimes

"Hubris": Rachel Maddow Shocks America Into Remembering George Bush's War Crimes
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Yahoo! News comment nailed it

Yahoo! News comment nailed it
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Facebook delivers for the first time for me.

Facebook delivers for the first time for me.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Found this on my newsfeed.

Found this on my newsfeed.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Fox Opposes Preschool For All Kids

Elizabeth Warren Smacks Down Wall Street Bankers

Monday, February 18, 2013

Article: Big Corporations Put Up Seed Funding for Republican Dark Money Group

Big Corporations Put Up Seed Funding for Republican Dark Money Group
http://www.propublica.org/article/big-corporations-put-up-seed-money-for-republican-nonprofit

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Artificial sweeteners tied to obesity, Type 2 diabetes - Health - CBC News

Artificial sweeteners tied to obesity, Type 2 diabetes - Health - CBC News
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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My father dropped this one on me this weekend

My father dropped this one on me this weekend
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Republicans Help Banker Buddies

Teen Pregnancy Down - Thanks, Birth Control!

CNBC Establishment Protects the Rich

Anti-Islam Activist: Brennan is Muslim Mole!

Bank Cronies Cash In with SEC

Right Wing's Google & Obama Conspiracy Theory

Why Do Conservatives Really 'Keep Hitting' Hagel?

Laser intended for Mars used to detect “honey laundering”

Laser intended for Mars used to detect "honey laundering"
ARS TECHNICA | FEBRUARY 17, 2013
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You may be putting counterfeit honey in your tea. Read more

Krugman Takes Down Key GOP Talking Point

Krugman Takes Down Key GOP Talking Point
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 17, 2013
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Increasing the minimum wage is "actually good policy," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote in a blog post on Saturday. President Obama propos... Read more

Gingrich Slams 'Floundering' GOP

Gingrich Slams 'Floundering' GOP
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Newt Gingrich took a hit at Republicans Sunday, comparing the GOP's "mid-level college team" to Democrats' ... Read more

TIL that the resistance of the wealthy to paying taxes was one of the factors contributing to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

TIL that the resistance of the wealthy to paying taxes was one of the factors contributing to the collapse of the Roman Empire.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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TIL that not only is all education free in Denmark - students also receive 900 dollars/month from the state that they can use for whatever they want and never have to pay back.

TIL that not only is all education free in Denmark - students also receive 900 dollars/month from the state that they can use for whatever they want and never have to pay back.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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House Freezes Pay For Federal Workers, but Lets Defense Contractors Earn Twice as Much as Obama

House Freezes Pay For Federal Workers, but Lets Defense Contractors Earn Twice as Much as Obama
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Congresswoman Opposes Obama’s Universal Preschool Plan Because It Would Require ‘More Paperwork’

Congresswoman Opposes Obama's Universal Preschool Plan Because It Would Require 'More Paperwork'
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 18, 2013
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) shot down President Obama's proposal for universal pre-school education during an appearance ... Read more