DN Speak: 9/7/14

Saturday, September 13, 2014

The Claws of the Dragon, Senja, Norway [1500x1002] by Андрей

The 20 Scariest Things About The Texas GOP's Newest Bass-Ackwards 'Platform'

" The Texas GOP released its platform months ago but it's taken this long to process what it says. It's a laundry list of 'Fox News bullsh*t.' ..."
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Arizona GOP Vice-Chair: Sterilize Poor Women

Recalled Arizona senate president , who proposed the state's controversial anti-immigration law, spoke on the The Russell Pearce Show to explain how h... Read more

Beware The Obamacare Apocalypse!

Back in May, Dylan Scott first brought you the story about a free clinic in Tacoma, Washington, that was closing because Obamacare had succeeded in pr... Read more

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This Is The Second Week In A Row That An American Teacher Accidentally Shot Themselves At School

Last week, an Idaho State University professor shot himself, literally, in the foot.The post This Is The Second Week In A Row ... Read more

Week In The News: Obama’s ISIS Plan, Ray Rice, Congress Back (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

War again, this week. On ISIS. The President says the US role will be limited but long. To degrade and destroy. That he doesn’t need Congress to approve. That coalition partners will do the fighting on the ground. We’ll see. Domestic violence and the NFL all over the headlines. The Ray Rice video and a commissioner in the spotlight. A verdict on Oscar Pistorius. Home Depot confirms a hack. Yahoo strong-armed. And new numbers show heat-trapping CO2 surging in the atmosphere at a record rate. Happy Friday! This hour, On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. / Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/09/12/week-in-the-news-obama-isis-congress

Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)

President Obama outlines a strategy to combat the threat of ISIS, including air strikes and arming Syrian rebels. Congress debates the President’s Middle East strategy while leaders vow to pass a spending bill that would avoid another government shutdown. The N-F-L comes under fire once again for its handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence case. The White House says the President will delay taking action on immigration until after the midterm elections. In Ferguson, Missouri, the city council proposes broad changes to the court system in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting. And results from the latest and final round of primaries. A panel of journalists join Susan Page to discuss the week's top national news.

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-09-12/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

President Obama for the first time says he will order air strikes in Syria against ISIS targets. In a televised address, he declares the U.S. will be relentless in destroying the jihadist group. Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab states agree to back military and financial efforts against it. The European Union imposes further sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. With just days before an independence vote, British Prime Minister David Cameron urges Scotland to stay in the U.K. And health experts criticize the global response to the Ebola outbreak as inadequate. A panel of journalists joins guest host Susan Page for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-09-12/friday-news-roundup-international

Friday, September 12, 2014

Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement?

"...To those outside the community, freethought would seem an unlikely candidate for this sort of internal strife. Aren’t atheists and agnostics supposed to be liberal, forward-thinking types? But from the beginning, there has been a division in freethought between the humanists, who see atheism as one part of a larger progressive vision for society, and the libertarians, for whom the banishment of God sits comfortably with capitalism, gun rights, and free-speech absolutism. One group sees men like Michael Shermer as freethought’s big problem, while the other sees defending them as crucial to freethought’s mission..."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/markoppenheimer/will-misogyny-bring-down-the-atheist-movement#3s8smup

5 Things the Religious Right Needs to Learn About the 10 Commandments

American law is not based on the Ten Commandments. Here are five reasons why.
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David Cross tears apart the belief that Bin Laden attacked America on 9/11 because "he hates freedom"

David Cross annihilates the neocon lie that the terrorists hate America because of our freedoms.

http://youtu.be/EM202BVLf78

Sunrise at Gunsight Bay, Utah. Shot from our campground at Alstrom Point, right above Lake Powell. [1999x1337] By Joaquin Baldwin

Oops! Hannity 'Forgets' To Disclose Business Relationship With Tea Party Patriots

Shameless Sean is at it again. In these days of stress before the November midterms, he's ramped up the hate and the tea party rhetoric to a dull roar... Read more

Howard Dean Calls Out Dan Senor: Let's Not Revise History On Iraq

No matter how wrong these Iraq war cheerleaders like Dan Senor have been, our corporate media keeps having them on over and over and over again for th... Read more

Why It's No Surprise The IRS Is Auditing Breitbart News

Brietbart News, LLC announced Tuesday that they are being audited by the IRS. This is absolutely not a surprise to anyone who has paid attention to th... Read more

GOPer Who Called Gay People 'Filthy' Doesn't Care If Land Debates If She Wins

Though many in the GOP are less than thrilled about Terri Lynn Land's decision not to debate her Democratic opponent in the Michigan Senate race, one ... Read more

Republicans Filibuster Constitutional Fix To Overturn Citizens United

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a vote on a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and other Supreme Court rulings dating back to... Read more

Third Circuit Upholds New Jersey’s Ban On Ex-Gay Therapy

Conservatives' attempts to force the harmful treatment on children have not convinced the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.The ... Read more

American Kids Aren’t Getting The Preventative Health Care They Need

According to the CDC, too many kids aren't visiting the dentist, getting their eyes checked, or getting their vaccines.The post ... Read more

Doctors Say Arizona Prisons Mocked Sick Inmates, Left Stroke Victims In Soiled Diapers For Weeks

"I would just like to feel safe and not fall. That's all," one inmate said.The post Doctors Say Arizona Prisons Mocked Sick ... Read more

The Strange Case Of A Father Who Sued The Obama Administration To Keep His Daughters From Getting Birth Control

Providing two college-age women with health insurance that covers birth control, according to an attorney for Missouri state ... Read more

Georgia Secretary Of State Laments That Democrats Are Registering Minority Voters

The audio was released a day after the Senior Deputy Whip for the Georgia Senate Republicans vowed to block early voting dates ... Read more

The Dangerous Hole In The Ozone Layer Is Healing, And It’s Because Of A Global Agreement

According to a United Nations report published Wednesday, the ozone layer -- which protects Earth's inhabitants from the sun's ... Read more

John McCain Votes To Preserve A Supreme Court Case He Called The ‘Worst Decision Ever’

McCain had previously denounced the ruling as the Supreme Court's "worst decision ever."The post John McCain Votes To Preserve ... Read more

Missouri Lawmakers Just Enacted A 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period With No Rape Exception

Meanwhile, the state doesn't have any waiting period before you can buy a gun.The post Missouri Lawmakers Just Enacted A ... Read more

In Cameroon, Drinking Bailey’s Makes You Guilty Of Gay Sex

A Cameroonian lawyer wants to know: If his clients are being prosecuted under the country's sodomy law, with whom did they have ... Read more

Lingering Student Loans May Be Forcing More Seniors Into Poverty

Student loans and other debts are doing far more to undermine retiree finances than a decade ago.The post Lingering Student ... Read more

The U.S. Added More New Capacity For Solar Than For Natural Gas In The First Half Of 2014

The EIA said natural gas was the winner in terms of most new capacity additions in 2014, but Greentech Media says the agency ... Read more

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Airman must swear 'so help me God' or leave Air Force

In her letter, Monica Miller, an attorney with the AHA's Appignani Humanist Legal Center, said the airman should be given the choice to re-enlist by swearing a secular oath. She said the AHA will sue if the airman is not allowed to re-enlist...

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/airman-refuses-say-so-help-me-god/15384169/

History Books Becoming Next Fight in Texas Schools

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The next ideological fight over new textbooks for Texas classrooms intensified Wednesday with critics lambasting history lessons that they say exaggerate the influence of Moses in American democracy and negatively portray Muslims.

http://www.kristv.com/news/history-books-becoming-next-fight-in-texas-schools/

Pastors turning to atheism find sanctuary in online community

The Internet has long been a safe place for religious devotees to discuss the doubts that sometimes accompany their faith. Now, hundreds of pastors, ministers and church leaders have found one website to be a sanctuary when doubt turns into disbelief.

http://www.wptv.com/news/national/pastors-turning-to-atheism-find-sanctuary-in-online-community

100% Proof That God Exists (Like 2 + 2 = 4)

Debunking the modal ontological argument...

http://youtu.be/QOrsN9BcvEw

How we're responding to the ISIL threat (The White House)

Good evening,
I just addressed the nation about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL.
Let's be clear: While this group may call itself the "Islamic State," it is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. Nor is it a "state." It is not recognized by any government, nor by the people it subjugates.
This is nothing but a terrorist organization with no vision or goal other than to slaughter all who stand in its way. While we have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland, these terrorists have threatened America and our allies. And the United States will meet this threat with strength and resolve.
Already, our military has conducted more than 150 successful airstrikes over the past month against ISIL targets in Iraq -- strikes that have protected American personnel and facilities, killed hundreds of ISIL fighters, and helped save the lives of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
Going forward, our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy.
Here is what that strategy looks like.
First, we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. Working alongside the Iraqi government, we'll expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people to hit ISIL targets as Iraqi forces go on offense. And we will continue to hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, whether in Iraq or Syria. They will learn what leaders of other terrorist organizations have already learned: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.
Second, we will increase our support to the forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq to support Iraqi and Kurdish security forces. These American forces will not have a combat mission. But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence, and equipment -- and tonight, I again called on Congress to give our military the additional authorities and resources it needs to train and equip the Syrian opposition fighters.
Third, working with our partners, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding, counter its warped ideology, improve our intelligence, strengthen our defenses, and stem the flow of foreign fighters into and out of the Middle East.
And fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the innocent civilians displaced by this terrorism organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who have borne the brunt of this terror, as well as tens of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities.
I have the authority to address the threat from ISIL. But I believe we are strongest as a nation when the President and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional action to support this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger.
This mission will not be like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil. This effort will be a steady and relentless approach to take out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting our partners on the front lines.
This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom. And we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.
When American forces helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on Mt. Sinjar, here is what one of them said:
"We owe our American friends our lives. Our children will always remember that there was someone who felt our struggle and made a long journey to protect innocent people."
That is what the United States of America does. That is the difference we make in the world. And moving forward, our own safety and security depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation, and uphold the values that we stand for.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama

The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

http://youtu.be/KvRd17vXaXM

Frank Turek vs "Atheism"

http://youtu.be/1NyTFqJUZPQ

Maternity Death Rates Are Very High In The U.S., But Congress Doesn't Seem To Care

"...In 2013, 18.5 mothers died for every 100,000 births in the U.S—a total of nearly 800 deaths. Nationwide, black American women are four times as likely to die during childbirth than white women, according to Amnesty International..."

http://www.alternet.org/maternity-death-rates-are-very-high-us-congress-doesnt-seem-care

Teenagers who smoke marijuana daily are over 60 percent less likely to complete high school than those who never use.

They're also 60 percent less likely to graduate college and seven times more likely to attempt suicide. Those are the startling conclusions of a new study of adolescent cannabis use. ...

...many of the problems associated with teen cannabis use are likely a function of the drug's illegal status..."

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Closing The Public Purse: Christian Campus Ministry ‘De-Recognized’ By Calif. Public Colleges Over Discriminatory Policies

"At the end of the day, InterVarsity is just another fundamentalist group that wants to receive taxpayer money without any strings. It doesn’t work that way. If they want public money, they’re going to have to play by the rules. If they want to discriminate, then they can’t get public support...."
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Cenk Rips Bloodthirsty Conservatives’ ‘Boom Boom Boom’ Strategy On ISIS

"In an otherwise solid and informative segment about ISIS on Sunday morning’s Face the Nation, Peggy Noonan used her grownup words to describe the potential for effective airstrikes against the Sunni militants.

“It’s one thing to send U.S. guys in there for intelligence, for guidance, for some leadership,” Noonan said. “That’s different from, ‘Hey guys, let’s invade a nation and do nation building.’ ISIS is a specific threat. We probably know of fifty targets on which we can go boom boom boom. Yes, there will have to be human beings on the ground. But this doesn’t have to be hundreds of thousands of Americans invading a country in which we’re not wanted.”"... Read more

Former Murray Energy Worker: I Was Fired Because I Wouldn’t Donate To GOP Politicians

Murray allegedly sent letters to employees at the Marion County Mine, asking them to support pro-coal candidates for political ... Read more

Republicans Are Fine With Obama Ignoring Them If It Involves Bombs

What was that about Obama's "imperial presidency"? The post Republicans Are Fine With Obama Ignoring Them If It Involves Bombs ... Read more

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Duck Dynasty Patriarch: Sexual Diseases Are God’s ‘Penalty’ For Homosexuality

"Either it's the wildest coincidence ever that horrible diseases follow immoral conduct, or, it's God saying, 'There's a ... Read more

Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Promises To Seize And Sell America’s National Parks, Forests And Public Lands

Republican nominee Bob Beauprez said in the first gubernatorial debate that "this is a fight we have to wage."The post Colorado ... Read more

Local 4 Poll: Mark Schauer gaining on Rick Snyder; Gary Peters increases lead over Terri Lynn Land

The Detroit News-WDIV (Local 4) poll shows Snyder leading Schauer 43.6 percent to 41.8 percent, which is within the margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Schauer gained seven percentage points since The News last surveyed the governor’s race in late May...

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140909/POLITICS01/309090155/Poll--Michigan-governor-s-race-close--Peters-widens-lead

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local-4-poll-mark-schauer-gaining-on-rick-snyder-gary-peters-increases-lead-over-terri-lynn-land/27959094

Rick Santorum Presents Latest 'Religious Persecution' Movie

"...One Generation Away" is described as a documentary, but it’s really a preaching-to-the-choir call to arms for conservative Christians and pastors to get more involved in culture war battles while they still have the freedom to do so. Among the film’s producers are Donald and Tim Wildmon from the American Family Association, which Santorum said is packaging a shorter version of the movie into more of an activist tool..."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-santorum-presents-latest-religious-persecution-movie

Santorum: Call Secularism A Religion So We Can Ban It From Public Schools | Free Speech TV

Claiming that the absence of religion is itself a religion, Santorum said that Christians must reassert themselves and insist that Christianity "should be taught in the schools" instead of worrying about offending people...
https://t.freespeech.org/text/santorum-call-secularism-religion-so-we-can-ban-it-public-schools

http://youtu.be/TK3gNTUZzkc

Streaming now on Netflix: The Unbelievers

What are you willing to believe?

The Unbelievers is a 2013 documentary film that follows Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss as they speak publicly around the globe about the importance of science and reason in the modern world, encouraging others to cast off religious and politically motivated approaches toward what they think to be important current issues. The film includes interviews with influential people and celebrities such as Stephen Hawking, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Sam Harris, Cameron Diaz, Woody Allen, Penn Jillette, Ian McEwan, and David Silverman.

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70293728?trkid=13641790

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Victor Dominocielo: Pseudo-Skepticism and Anti-Science — ‘There’s Just So Much We Don’t Know’

"In our society today, there are three major pseudo-skeptical and anti-science movements: creation “science,” climate change pseudo-skeptics and the anti-vaccination movement...."

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/victor_dominocielo_pseudo_skepticism_and_anti_science

God Just Trolled the Westboro Baptist Church So Hard

A new billboard was unveiled in Topeka, Kansas on Monday. The advertiser? God.

http://mashable.com/2014/09/08/god-loves-gays/

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