DN Speak: 4/20/14

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Week In The News: Georgia’s Guns, President In Asia, A Big Week At SCOTUS (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Guns almost anywhere in Georgia as of this week. Bars, airports, even school and church if you get the nod. New law signed, and it’s all smiles at the NRA. In Ukraine, Russian troops revving at the border. Touch and go. In the Middle East, John Kerry’s peace talks flame out. In Asia, President Obama stands by Japan on disputed islands, but no trade deal there. The Supreme Court upholds state bans on affirmative action, to Justice Sotomoyor’s dismay. The FCC seems to slide away from “net neutrality.” This hour On Point: Our weekly news roundtable./ Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/04/25/nathan-deal-ukraine-obama-japan

Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)

The Friday News Roundup: The Supreme Court upholds a Michigan law banning affirmative action. The FCC announces plans for new net-neutrality rules. And Georgia’s governor signs an expansive gun-carry law.

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-04-25/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Ukraine over pro-Russian militant deaths. Rival Palestinian factions announce plans to unify. And President Barack Obama begins a four-nation trip to Asia. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-04-25/friday-news-roundup-international

"We're Animals - Get Over It!" by Old Fart Rants

Most Christians have accepted by now that pushing Adam and Eve as a "valid theory" of how we got here is pretty much a lost cause. To believe the story of the creation of humans in Genesis - for which no evidence exists because none could exist - that some supernatural character, also for which no evidence exists, is responsible for our existence as fully formed humans is ridiculous and laughable. However, in their never ending desire to force their beliefs on others, they have now begun to exploit what they see as a crack or a flaw in the scientific discipline - the fact that in addition to evidence, science relies heavily on challenging all theories including its own, to repackage "creation" as intelligent design.

http://youtu.be/Fd7yIqUhbSI

Rand Paul Says Cheney Pushed Iraq War For Halliburton Profit

*Last week, continuing the sometimes catty intraparty feud between Republican hawks and GOPers skeptical of foreign intervention, former Vice President Dick Cheney took a shot at Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). But Paul is not likely to be fazed by criticism from Cheney, for several years ago the Kentucky senator was pushing the conspiratorial notion that the former VP exploited the horrific 9/11 attacks to lead the nation into war in Iraq in order to benefit Halliburton, the enormous military contractor where Cheney had once been CEO...* John Iadarola (host of TYT University, and Common Room), Jayar Jackson (TYT producer), and Desi Doyen (host, Green News Report), and Steve Oh (TYT COO) break it down on The Young Turks.

http://youtu.be/9G_0rUH0iYY

Limbaugh Sees War In Stephen Colbert Replacing Letterman

"CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America.

That's what Rush Limbaugh, the fiery conservative radio host, says of CBS's just-announced move to replace David Letterman with Stephen Colbert as host of the Late Show.

Limbaugh told his listeners Thursday afternoon that, with Colbert in the Late Show seat, comedy will no longer be "a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatives. Now it's just going to be wide out in the open.""* Steve Oh, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Gina Grad (Gina Grad Show, Pretty Good Podcast) and Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) break it down.

http://youtu.be/XJKmrxZ2WuI

RWW News: Mat Staver Warns Of A Second American Revolution

Mat Staver warns that America is headed toward another revolution over gay marriage, abortion, and religious liberty.

http://youtu.be/q6lvSPA13vE

Fox News: Obamacare Forces Corporate Abortions, Euthanasia?

Supreme Court arguments about whether the Hobby Lobby craft store corporation has religious beliefs exempting it from providing employees with health insurance that includes contraceptive coverage under Obamacare led to a great amount of misinformation on Fox News and great satire on The Daily Show, as I show in this video.

http://youtu.be/Th2nf9jpwC8

RWW News: Evolution, Public Schools Are Evil; Death Panels Coming

Cal Thomas rails against public schools, evolution and supposed "death panels" in Obamacare.

http://youtu.be/2ld4Axd9GhE

RWW News: America Is Collapsing: Reed, Thomas

Cal Thomas and Ralph Reed claim America is on the brink of collapse.

http://youtu.be/Nn2ppUagjeA

RWW News: Cal Thomas: Gay Marriage Is A Bigger Threat Than Islamic Extremists

Cal Thomas warns marriage equality is a greater threat than "the Russians or the fundamentalist Muslims."

http://youtu.be/zSR6N-Z2EHk

Who Are the Koch Brothers and What Do They Want? (Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent)

Sen. Sanders talks with Joy Ann Reid on MSNBC about his Huffington Post column on the Koch brothers.

Interview:
http://youtu.be/aR_D_AZGWck

RWW News: Beck Says Matt Bevin Is 'Founder Quality' Candidate Who Has Been Called By God'

Glenn Beck says Comcast won't carry his network because of political pressure and that KY Senate candidate Matt Bevin has "been called by God."

http://youtu.be/dj5zrdCKYGk

The Art of Receiving Feedback

Douglas Stone, a Managing Partner at Triad Consulting Group and a Lecturer at Harvard Law School, on the importance of feedback in business. Stone is the co-author of "Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well" (http://goo.gl/Kh71DH).

http://youtu.be/9ggubXdYep8

RWW News: Pratt Lauds Militias At Ranch Standoff

GOA head Larry Pratt likens the militias defending Cliven Bundy's ranch to the colonists who fought at Bunker Hill.

http://youtu.be/UaHU2l_N44w

Minimum Wage: See how many workers would be affected in each state

Raising the minimum wage nationwide will increase earnings for millions of workers, and boost the bottom lines of businesses across the country. Learn more below, and share this page with your friends and family.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/raise-the-wage

Cell vs. virus: A battle for health - Shannon Stiles

All living things are made of cells. In the human body, these highly efficient units are protected by layer upon layer of defense against icky invaders like the cold virus. Shannon Stiles takes a journey into the cell, introducing the microscopic arsenal of weapons and warriors that play a role in the battle for your health.

http://youtu.be/oqGuJhOeMek

RWW News: Beck Says The Bible Tells Us Everything We're Supposed To Do Politically

Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and organizations by showing their views in their own words. In this video, Glenn Beck tells David Barton that the Bible cannot be disconnected from politics because it provides everything we are supposed to know.

http://youtu.be/lpXlBG8RUE0

Ken Auletta: The Future of Online Original Content

What happens to advertising supported cable networks and particularly broadcast networks that are relying on advertising?

http://youtu.be/ne1xv0rEnO8
Interview:

The Koch Brothers and the Puppets They Control (Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent)

Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses the Koch brothers' agenda with MSNBC's Ed Schultz.

http://youtu.be/Rj5a6e_9rHM

RWW News: Glenn Beck Says David Barton's 'Founder's Bible' Is 'The Only Answer' To Saving America

Glenn Beck says that David Barton's book is the only solution to saving America and that God is begging this nation to turn back to Him.

http://youtu.be/15aUASafCL0

"You Don't Own The Sun" by Old Fart Rants

Today is Earth day, so it's the perfect time to make this video. You know how the climate change deniers love to talk about how unfair it is to tax the world's richest corporations for the carbon emissions they produce, and how eventually we will all be taxed unfairly as individuals for our carbon footprints?

http://youtu.be/3OyfBynU7vM

North Country High School - Newport, Vt. (Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent)

Sen. Bernie Sanders chats with students at North Country High School in Newport, Vt.

http://youtu.be/z-mmrSFMbb4
Interview:

Climate change: Earth's giant game of Tetris - Joss Fong

There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our cars, factories and power plants. Joss Fong outlines how this overload of CO2 leads to climate change and reminds us that, unlike Tetris, we won't get an opportunity to start over and try again.

http://youtu.be/ztWHqUFJRTs

Jeremy Rifkin on the Fall of Capitalism and the Internet of Things

Economic theorist and author Jeremy Rifkin explains his concept of The Internet of Things. Rifkin's latest book is The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism (http://goo.gl/4estV2).

http://youtu.be/3xOK2aJ-0Js

Interview:

5 Ways to Remove Stripped Screws.

We've all run into a stripped screw that needs removing. But what are the best ways to do this? We've put together the 5 simplest ways for you to say screw it and get that thing out of there. Do you have your own methods? Sound off in the comments!

http://youtu.be/gt1vTfGJNp4

Debate~Christopher Hitchens vDavid Berlinski

Does atheism poison everything?

http://youtu.be/b-A4Jyf8Ohk

Ravens have social abilities previously only seen in humans

They can recognize change in social order outside their communities. Read more

Viral Vid: 'Twilight 3' Bad Lip Reading (parody)

Jacob: "You don't know how much I wanna go and lift." Bella: "What will help you, buddy?" Jacob: "I need to wear one of my thongs. Will you get if f... Read more

Taxing Situation: When Will The IRS Put A Stop To Blatant Partisan Politicking In Houses Of Worship?

Some pastors have decided they are above the law. They are violating the "no partisan politicking" rule openly and flagrantly.
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Nevada Dems Beg GOP To Hold 2016 Convention In Vegas Because Bundy

Nevada Democrats released a tongue-in-cheek memo Friday urging the Republican National Committee to hold its 2016 convention in Las Vegas because it w... Read more

Netflix releases statement regarding paying Comcast an ISP toll

Netflix agreed to pay Comcast for direct interconnection to reverse an unacceptable decline in our members’ video experience on the Comcast network. These members were experiencing poor streaming quality because Comcast allowed its links to Internet transit providers like Level3, XO, Cogent and Tata to clog up, slowing delivery of movies and TV shows to Netflix users.

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Hallerbos, Belgium [1094x800] by Kilian Schönberger

http://ppcdn.500px.org/68179911/d08c1a8d91d758a66a9dfc62607b67522f75a6c6/5.jpg

Almost half of homeless men had traumatic brain injury in their lifetime

87% of which occured before they lost their home, new study finds
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Koch Brothers And ALEC Expand Fight On Clean Energy Users

The American Legislative Exchange Council is aligned with the Koch brothers in their current primary endeavor -- how to make ... Read more

Rep. Grimm (R-NY) Abandons Skepticism, Embraces Science On Showtime Climate Series

Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) has become the first GOP member of Congress in recent memory to flip from denying the science of ... Read more

Drilling Company Announces It Will Disclose All The Chemicals In Fracking Fluid

If Houston driller Baker Hughes follows through on that promise, it would be the first to disclose all the chemicals in its ... Read more

Gasoline Prices Rise As U.S. Refineries Send More Fuel Overseas

Prices are higher in large part because Gulf Coast refineries are exporting more gasoline to Latin America, analysts say. The average is about 18 cent... Read more

Friday, April 25, 2014

Colbert’s Ballad About Bundy Interrupted by Embarrassing Fact: ‘Nothing Rhymes with Negro’

"...Stephen Colbert last night lamented the fact that he hadn’t professed his love for Cliven Bundy, like his fellow conservative pundits had for weeks before, and decided to make up for it by singing a country ballad about the brave rancher standing up for his land rights. It went great, until he got interrupted by Bundy’s controversial comments about slavery..."

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/colberts-ballad-about-bundy-interrupted-by-embarrasing-fact-nothing-rhymes-with-negro/

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Christians have grabbed ‘theocratic control over public schools’ in Louisiana, critic says

"...“The bill exclusive targets — and I’m quoting from the bill here — ‘evolution,’ ‘the origins of life,’ ‘global warming,’ and ‘human cloning.’ These are not topics,” he continued, “thought to be problematic by scientists, or science educators, but [are] wedge issues frequently used by Christian fundamentalists to attempt theocratic control over public school curriculum.”..."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/25/christians-have-grabbed-theocratic-control-over-public-schools-in-louisiana-critic-says/

http://youtu.be/pMLkLdlmuGs

Pat Robertson: Stop the church-state separation ‘nonsense’ before atheists take over everything

"Robertson warned that the Muslim Brotherhood’s goal was “world domination,” and that they had already infiltrated “the highest counsels of the security apparatus of the United States of America advising our leaders as to how to deal with terrorism.”..."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/24/pat-robertson-stop-the-church-state-separation-nonsense-before-atheists-take-over-everything/#.U1l_rE2BBbo.email

Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

Parenting Beyond Belief is a book for loving and thoughtful parents who wish to raise their children without religion. There are scores of books available for religious parents. Now there's one for the rest of us.

http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/

Lessons from Auschwitz: The power of our words - Benjamin Zander

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, this short animated segment from Benjamin Zander's 2008 TED Talk tells the heartrending story of an Auschwitz survivor who learned that every word is sacred.

http://youtu.be/aBc2kw8aHRM

Obama Makes Shocking Keystone XL Pipeline Decision (and the Koch brothers are involved)

"The president is likely to announce his decision on the northern leg of the Keystone XL, the hugely controversial 1,179-mile-long pipeline that would bring tar-sands oil down from Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries. Although no final decision has been made, two high-level sources in the Obama administration told me recently that the president has all but decided to deny the permit for the pipeline -- a dramatic move that would light up Democratic voters and donors while further provoking the wrath of Big Oil. Finally, Obama is positioning the U.S. to play a key role in negotiations on a new global-climate treaty that will begin next year, establishing American leadership on climate issues and giving him one last chance to lead the world to a cooler future before he leaves the Oval Office."

http://youtu.be/gVM2qOl144c

22 Crazy Right-Wing Delusions about the Absurd Cliven Bundy Stand-Off

"...Here, then, are nearly two dozen claims that have been uttered in defense of Bundy by Fox personalities, other right-wing pundits and Bundy himself. (A good deal of them, alas, come from Sean Hannity.)..."

Watch Mark Fiore's Hilarious Animation: Cliven Bundy's Hypocritical Home on the Range | Alternet

Bundy and his pals are calling the anti-government militia types to his side to keep him from having to pay past due grazing fees

http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/watch-mark-fiores-hilarious-animation-cliven-bundys-hypocritical-home-range

West Virginia Secretary Of State Calls Out Koch Group For 'Misleading' Voters

West Virginia's Secretary of State, who also happens to be running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat, issued a statement this week criticizing the America... Read more

TIL American schoolchildren rank 25th in math and 21st in science

...out of the top 30 developed countries....but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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this heron is using bread as bait to catch fish

Intelligent Heron catching fish using bread as bait

http://youtu.be/Porp5v5lLKk

Ohio’s Clean Energy Programs Save Customers $2 For Every $1 They Spend

"It defies all logic that Ohio lawmakers would be tempted to do away with this kind of success."The post Ohio's Clean Energy ... Read more

After Championing Cliven Bundy, Fox News Studiously Ignores His Racist Meltdown

The network that gave Cliven Bundy his platform completely ignored his racist comments.The post After Championing Cliven Bundy, ... Read more

I Went from Selling Crack to College — Thanks to the Work Ethic of My Poor Black Community

I came from a place where everyone hustled. The work ethic that helped me sell drugs also got me to college.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Said Earth Is 4.5 Billion Years Old on TV: Creationists' Heads Explode

Each week’s episode of Tyson's "Cosmos" drives creationists to the brink of insanity.

We're NOT Number 1: Guess Which Country Now Has a More Affluent Middle Class Than America?

America's rich are surging ahead, but the rest are falling behind. What happened?

Thursday, April 24, 2014

'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's EPIC Takedown Of Religious Bigots

"No one can make the case for gay marriage quite like a pro wrestler can. And wrestling fans are now circulating some pretty unfiltered comments Stone Cold Steve Austin made on his podcast months ago about why he doesn't "give a shit" about people's sexuality, he just wants them treated equally. He said, "I believe that any human being in America, or any human being in the goddamn world, that wants to be married, and if it's same-sex, more power to 'em."

http://youtu.be/Uy7lORSgn_8

Humanists get active in Week of Action

In response to the National Day of Prayer, humanists are committing acts of good works April 24-30.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/religion-world/os-hunamists-get-active-in-week-of-action-20140424,0,6989730.post

Reagan or Carter? Who Does Rand Paul Think Was The Better President?

"As Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ponders a presidential bid, he has lately made efforts to wrap himself in the banner of Ronald Reagan. In op-eds and speeches, the libertarian tea partier has increasingly invoked the Republicans' most holy icon, especially after being attacked by members of his party's establishment who have accused him of isolationism. Writing in the Washington Post last week, Paul likened his nuanced approach to foreign policy to what he claimed was Reagan's embrace of "strategic ambiguity." A few days earlier, at a so-called "Freedom Summit" in New Hampshire, Paul hailed Reagan as the last president who presided over the creation of millions of jobs, asserting that after the Gipper lowered tax rates, 20 million jobs were created and "more revenue came in." (FactCheck.org concluded that Paul was "falsifying evidence"—and ignoring that more jobs were created during President Bill Clinton's tenure when tax rates went up.) But Paul hasn't always cast himself as much of a Reagan fan. In fact, when he stumped for his father in 2008 and again when ran for Senate in 2010, Paul often referred to the grand old man of the GOP with a touch of disappointment and criticism. And he routinely made an assertion that might seem like blasphemy to many Republicans: President Jimmy Carter had a better record on fiscal discipline than Reagan."

http://youtu.be/V8-GATEZb84

Bill O'Reilly Challenges Cliven Bundy Supporter

"Bill O'Reilly took on a militia leader Tuesday night supporting Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and asked him a very blunt question: what's the difference between Bundy supporters and Occupy Wall Street? Scott Shaw acknowledged that Bundy broke the law, but said Bundy should stick to his convictions."

http://youtu.be/eolMw6f7csY

Is Running Against Obamacare A Bad Idea?

"A poll released Wednesday offers yet another data point showing the politics of Obamacare aren't as set in stone as the conventional wisdom would have you believe. Embracing Obamacare isn't necessarily a political loser, and obstructing it isn't necessarily a winner."

http://youtu.be/6UoxiTNmcwo

TJ Responds to 'God's Not Dead'

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http://youtu.be/wFk83C2awyA

Mission to Mars is necessary for ‘survival of human race’

To achieve this stellar ambition, Mr Bolden, head of the US space programme and a veteran space shuttle pilot, outlined a series of ‘stepping stones’ to Mars that include ‘lassoing’ an asteroid and bringing it into the Moon’s orbit by 2015, growing plants in space and using 3D printers for onboard repairs.
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Increasing Storm Tides in New York Harbor, 1844-2013.

Sea level rise has increased the annual odds of flooding Manhattan from 1% to 20-25%
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In Landmark Ruling, Jury Says Fracking Company Must Pay $3 Million To Sickened Family

"As we get more and more information about what the impacts of this industry really are, I think we're going to see more and ... Read more

Rand Paul To Neocons: ‘Sharpen Your Knives’ For The GOP Foreign Policy Fight

The neocons are trying to marginalize Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) foreign policy views. But the junior Senator from Kentucky isn't ... Read more

How A New Book About Gay Christians Is Reviving Evangelical Homophobia

Matthew Vines' argument that the Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality has provoked conservative Christians to lay out what they ... Read more

Last Month Was The Fourth-Hottest March On Record

Even though in the U.S., March 2014 was the coldest one since 2002, warm temperatures around the globe broke records.The post ... Read more

Put It To Bed

New information that the IRS actually targeted progressive groups more than the Tea Party should put this issue to rest once ... Read more

Top Figures in Conservative Movement Spreading Crazy Lie That Faith in God Ended Slavery

"...History is not on the side of DeMint, who is fighting to change the country's history to fit a new narrative he has for the Tea Party and the far right. DeMint knows the true history of this country is built upon the backs of liberals, union men and women, and those who fought against an oppressive South, ruled by then conservative Democrats, who are now in turn the conservative right’s Republican Tea Party..."
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

House Republicans Are Stepping Up Efforts to Attach Special Policy Riders to Spending Bills

"... Among the provisions listed as victories are a series of antiabortion measures inserted into at least four different appropriations bills; a provision exempting livestock producers from the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse-gas regulations; a prohibition on any funding being used to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States and for construction or acquisition of a prison in the U.S. to house such detainees; and a reduction in EPA staffing to the lowest levels since 1989. It also cited the provisions concerning the U.N. and the incandescent bulb..."

http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2014/04/house-republicans-are-stepping-efforts-attach-special-policy-riders-spending-bills/82963/

How to explain miracles to religious people?

http://youtu.be/pqd2iyQJW74

Maddow Asks: 'Why Do We Overlook Right-Wing Violence and Refuse to Call it Terrorism?' Answer: Because They're White

Terrorism is what "other people" do.

Eric Bolling: Copy China, Eliminate Labor Laws

Fox News host Eric Bolling and most of his colleagues on The Five dismissed seemingly the whole idea of a balance between life and work on Tuesday, with Bolling suggesting that the U.S. look to China, and not Europe, for inspiration...

http://youtu.be/zKS5n0Tlta4

Religion Is An Excuse

This is just an old school anti-religious rant. Sometimes you just gotta go back to the basics.

***Explicit Language***

http://youtu.be/3g-f9tPune8

:-)

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http://youtu.be/FYqEFwKo1Mk?t=4m24s

Start at 4:24...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Food Chain CEOs Want Subsidies for Their Salaries, But Are Against Raising Workers' Wages

There's injustice inside your Chipotle burrito bowl and your Starbucks latte.

Robert Reich: How to Fix Sky-high CEO Pay in Companies that Pay Workers Like Serfs

A new tax would narrow pay discrepancy—and help the economy.

Matt Taibbi's New Book Is a Striking Study of How the Rich Are Never Punished for Their Crimes

'The Divide' is a riveting account of how the 1% get away with pretty much whatever they want.
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How Billionaires Use the Government as a Tool to Destroy Companies They've Bet Against

This is the heart of the new financialism and it is happening all over the country.

Why Economist Thomas Piketty Has Scared the Pants Off the American Right

"He writes calmly and reasonably about economic inequality, and concludes, to the alarm of conservatives, that there is no magical force that drives capitalist societies toward shared prosperity. Quite the opposite. He warns that if we don't do something about it, we may end up with a society that is more top-heavy than anything that has come before — something even worse than the Gilded Age. " ... Read more

Convenience Store Contraception?: NYC Cardinal Thinks 7-Elevens Sell Birth Control

According to Dolan, Hobby Lobby should win its suit because women can buy birth control at ... Read more

Black Caucus: 'Nice Guy' Ryan Still Wrong About Poverty

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-CA) on Tuesday said that the Congressional Black Caucus is willing to work with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), despite the comments he made... Read more

Harper removing North Pacific Humpback whales from list of ‘threatened’ species because of pipeline.

"OTTAWA — The Harper government is downgrading the protection of the North Pacific humpback whale despite objections from a clear majority of groups that were consulted."

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Trained dog

http://youtu.be/Zr3_mXJeP1g

American middle class no longer richest in world.

"...While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger raises over the last three decades..."