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Friday, January 25, 2013

Yes, they really think like this

Yes, they really think like this
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School

Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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How A Pharma Giant Used The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal To Profit At The Expense Of Elderly Americans

How A Pharma Giant Used The 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal To Profit At The Expense Of Elderly Americans
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Amgen Inc. — one of America's largest biotech and pharmaceutical companies — has had a rough couple of ... Read more

FLASHBACK: Republicans Opposed Electoral Vote Rigging In 2004, Calling It ‘A Really Stupid Idea’

FLASHBACK: Republicans Opposed Electoral Vote Rigging In 2004, Calling It 'A Really Stupid Idea'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Nearly a decade before the GOP responded to President Obama's re-election by proposing to rig the Electoral College in ... Read more

California Restaurant Owners Pocketed The Money Intended To Fund Their Employees’ Health Care

California Restaurant Owners Pocketed The Money Intended To Fund Their Employees' Health Care
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Over 50 San Francisco-based restaurant owners are under fire for prioritizing their own profits over their workers' ... Read more

Michigan Republican: GOP Killed Election-Rigging Plan in 2012 Because They Thought It Would Hurt Romney

Michigan Republican: GOP Killed Election-Rigging Plan in 2012 Because They Thought It Would Hurt Romney
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Republicans in several blue states are currently considering a plan to rig the next presidential election by changing the way ... Read more

Less Than Half Of Wall Street Reform Rules Are Finalized

Less Than Half Of Wall Street Reform Rules Are Finalized
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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President Obama yesterday nominated prosecutor Mary Jo White to become the next head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... Read more

Coal Company Rehires Workers After Pinning Blame For Layoffs On Obama

Coal Company Rehires Workers After Pinning Blame For Layoffs On Obama
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Throughout the 2012 presidential election, Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray used his employees as a political tool to try to ... Read more

Austerity Pushes British Economy Toward Triple-Dip Recession

Austerity Pushes British Economy Toward Triple-Dip Recession
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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The conservative Tory government's austerity policies are pushing the United Kingdom toward an unprecedented triple-dip ... Read more

Researchers Object To Their Parenting Study Being Used In Arguments Against Marriage Equality

Researchers Object To Their Parenting Study Being Used In Arguments Against Marriage Equality
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Both briefs challenging marriage equality at the Supreme Court, in the cases defending the Defense of Marriage Act and ... Read more

Bjorn Legacy: Lomborg Urges Climate Inaction With Misleading Stats In Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal

Bjorn Legacy: Lomborg Urges Climate Inaction With Misleading Stats In Murdoch's Wall Street Journal
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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The legacy of the confusion and misinformation spread by Bjorn Lomborg and Ruport Murduch's Wall Street Journal is delay. ... Read more

Majority Of Americans Think Implementing Obamacare Should Be A ‘Top Priority’ In Their State

Majority Of Americans Think Implementing Obamacare Should Be A 'Top Priority' In Their State
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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The verdict is in: Americans don't just support Obamacare — they consider implementing its central tenets a ... Read more

Five Reasons Bobby Jindal Is Responsible For Transforming The GOP Into ‘The Stupid Party’

Five Reasons Bobby Jindal Is Responsible For Transforming The GOP Into 'The Stupid Party'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Days after Mitt Romney lost his bid for the presidency, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) kicked off a publicity campaign for ... Read more

GOP's Teen Superstar Now Part of Liberal Media - Jonathan Krohn now wonky journalist, not pundit

http://www.newser.com/story/161634/gops-teen-superstar-now-part-of-liberal-media.html

GOP Moves to Scrap Winner-Take-All Voting - Virginia poised to vote on changes next week; other states considering

http://www.newser.com/story/161636/gop-moves-to-scrap-winner-take-all-voting.html

Can you make the comparison?

Can you make the comparison?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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Whole Foods CEO caught lying about costs of ObamaCare, boycott ensues

Whole Foods CEO caught lying about costs of ObamaCare, boycott ensues
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul should never start a sentence, 'Had I been president ...'

The Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul should never start a sentence, 'Had I been president ...'
DAILY KOS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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Chances Rand Paul will ever be president No doubt you've seen Sen. Rand Paul's made-for-TV tantrum yesterday at the U.S. ... Read more

House Republicans Start New Congress By Telling The Same Old Lies About Wall Street Reform

House Republicans Start New Congress By Telling The Same Old Lies About Wall Street Reform
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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The new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), this week released a statement ... Read more

The Kids Are Not All Right: Senate Hearing Highlights Children’s Mental Health Coverage Gaps

The Kids Are Not All Right: Senate Hearing Highlights Children's Mental Health Coverage Gaps
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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During a wide-ranging hearing on the status of America's mental health system before a Senate health committee on ... Read more

Debt Ceiling Caves in on Republicans

How To Make Gasoline From Tar Sands, In Six Simple Steps

How To Make Gasoline From Tar Sands, In Six Simple Steps
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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By Jim Meyer via Grist Ever wonder about the future of energy? Will it be wind? Solar? Geothermal? No wait, I got it, tar ... Read more

New Mexico Lawmaker: Rape Victims Who Get Abortions Should Be Arrested For ‘Tampering With Evidence’

New Mexico Lawmaker: Rape Victims Who Get Abortions Should Be Arrested For 'Tampering With Evidence'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 24, 2013
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A New Mexico bill introduced Wednesday would force rape victims to carry their pregnancies to term during their sexual assault ... Read more

Disastrous Idea - Arm School Children, Says Lawmaker

Morgan Stanley Sold 'Nuclear' Investments, Cashed In

Fischer: Abortion Rights Will Lead to Terrorist Attacks

Blaming Black People for Gun Violence

"We're nothing without Him."

"We're nothing without Him."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Congressional report finds that ending corporate tax dodging would cut the deficit by twice as much as hiking the Medicare age

Congressional report finds that ending corporate tax dodging would cut the deficit by twice as much as hiking the Medicare age
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Rossen Reports: Webcam hackers can spy on you in secret

Rossen Reports: Webcam hackers can spy on you in secret
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | JANUARY 24, 2013
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> Could predators be spying on you and your kids through your computer's webcam? Authorities say criminals are now able to hack in and watch... Read more

How Republicans Plan To Rig The Next Presidential Election, In Six Pictures | ThinkProgress

How Republicans Plan To Rig The Next Presidential Election, In Six Pictures | ThinkProgress
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Jon Stewart: Global Warming A 'Total Hoax' Because It's Currently Cold In NYC

Jon Stewart: Global Warming A 'Total Hoax' Because It's Currently Cold In NYC
TPMDC | JANUARY 24, 2013
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Jon Stewart on Wednesday thanked his audience for braving "perilous weather conditions" to watch the show. "It's unbelievable ... Read more

How to Win States and Disenfranchise People

How to Win States and Disenfranchise People
THE ATLANTIC | JANUARY 23, 2013
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A proposed change would radically rework the way presidential voting works and give rural districts disproportionate new clout. Randall Hill/Reuters ... Read more

Solving the Password Problem

Solving the Password Problem
POPULAR MECHANICS | JANUARY 21, 2013
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Getting hacked is becoming an Internet rite of passage. Consider 2012 alone: First Zappos was hacked, its customers' passwords and other personal info... Read more

GOP Has to Rig Elections to Win

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

How The World Came to Be

How The World Came to Be
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Boehner: Obama administration wants to 'annihilate' GOP

Boehner: Obama administration wants to 'annihilate' GOP
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | JANUARY 23, 2013
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In an address Tuesday to the Ripon Society, a Republican-leaning group, House Speaker John Boehner charged that it was the Obama administration's goal... Read more

Democratic Senator Slams Republicans For Blocking Embassy Security Funding

Democratic Senator Slams Republicans For Blocking Embassy Security Funding
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) issued a statement on Wednesday slamming House Republicans for removing an authorization for ... Read more

Catholic Leaders Challenge ‘Pro-Life’ Politicians To Oppose Gun Violence, Not Just Abortion

Not enough! Not acceptable! Where are the marches and rallies sponsored by the bishops, as big and attention-getting as all their anti-abortion, anti-marriage equality,and anti-Obama campaigns? A "statement" is nothing.

Catholic Leaders Challenge 'Pro-Life' Politicians To Oppose Gun Violence, Not Just Abortion
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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A group of 60 Catholic clergy, theologians, and social justice leaders are calling on "pro-life" members of ... Read more

State Higher Education Funding Has Dropped 10 Percent Since The Great Recession

State Higher Education Funding Has Dropped 10 Percent Since The Great Recession
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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State budget cuts brought about by the Great Recession have hammered funding for higher education, and as a whole, state ... Read more

GOP Rep: ‘The Only Constitution That Barack Obama Upholds Is The Soviet Constitution’

GOP Rep: 'The Only Constitution That Barack Obama Upholds Is The Soviet Constitution'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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For more than four years, a never-ending parade of conservatives have sought to label President Obama a socialist hell-bent on ... Read more

Paul Ryan Throws $1.5 Trillion In Spending Cuts Down The Memory Hole: ‘We’ve Yet To Get Anything’

Paul Ryan Throws $1.5 Trillion In Spending Cuts Down The Memory Hole: 'We've Yet To Get Anything'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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At a Wall Street Journal breakfast, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is re-emerging into the public eye ... Read more

One of my favorite quotes

One of my favorite quotes
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Why Republicans should stop talking about Roe v. Wade. A new poll shows 70 percent of Americans oppose the overturning of the landmark Supreme Court case legalizing abortion.

Why Republicans should stop talking about Roe v. Wade. A new poll shows 70 percent of Americans oppose the overturning of the landmark Supreme Court case legalizing abortion.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Krugman: There's A Popular Notion Going Around That Is 'Just Wrong'

Krugman: There's A Popular Notion Going Around That Is 'Just Wrong'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | JANUARY 23, 2013
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Many politicians and pundits treat it as an obvious truth that the U.S. has a government spending crisis. But that's "just wrong," according to Paul K... Read more

Aaron Swartz, Wikileaks, & Senator John Cornyn

House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On ‘Welfare Moms’

House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On 'Welfare Moms'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the fifth-ranking House Republican, laid the blame for gun violence at the feet of an unusual ... Read more

Illinois ‘Family’ Group: Gays Are ‘Perfectly Free’ To Marry The Opposite Sex

Illinois 'Family' Group: Gays Are 'Perfectly Free' To Marry The Opposite Sex
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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The Illinois Family Institute, a designated hate group, is joining the chorus of conservatives claiming that gays and lesbians ... Read more

I never thought I would say this, but I agree with this church sign

I never thought I would say this, but I agree with this church sign
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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I'm Congressman Jim McGovern, and I just introduced two constitutional amendments to overturn Citizens United, get the money out of politics, and restore "We, the people."

I'm Congressman Jim McGovern, and I just introduced two constitutional amendments to overturn Citizens United, get the money out of politics, and restore "We, the people."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Creationists...

Creationists...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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New farm bill gives Monsanto carte blanche - Massive public outcry necessary to stop the legislation from passing into law

New farm bill gives Monsanto carte blanche - Massive public outcry necessary to stop the legislation from passing into law
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Longfellow, I am not.

Longfellow, I am not.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 21, 2013
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Matthews Makes Bold Claim About GOP

Matthews Makes Bold Claim About GOP
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Chris Matthews said that Republicans will have to resort to rigging elections in order to win, in his commentary after ... Read more

Republicans Outraged Obama Is Liberal

“There is absolutely no reason why income earned for managing other people’s money shouldn’t be taxed in the same way as income earned teaching or working in a factory.”

"There is absolutely no reason why income earned for managing other people's money shouldn't be taxed in the same way as income earned teaching or working in a factory."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Ha!

Ha!
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Liberal -- but also not outside the mainstream

Liberal -- but also not outside the mainstream
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | JANUARY 22, 2013
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Political observers have placed so much emphasis on the "liberal" second inaugural address that President Obama delivered yesterday. David Remnick in... Read more

US Has More Than One Deficit - Larry Summers warns against getting myopic about the national debt

http://www.newser.com/story/161439/us-has-more-than-one-deficit.html

Mitch McConnell On Obama Inauguration Speech: 'The Era Of Liberalism Is Back'

What???

You complained for the past 4 years that Obama was the most liberal socialist president we've ever had. Now you say, "The era of liberalism is back"? Well, which is it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/mitch-mcconnell-obama-inauguration-speech_n_2528485.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

C-SPAN: President Barack Obama 2013 Inauguration and Address

LA Diocese Covered Up Sex Abuse for Decades - Court documents reveal decades of secrecy

http://www.newser.com/story/161394/la-diocese-covered-up-sex-abuse-for-decades.html

In 1st, Majority of Americans Say Keep Abortion Legal - Poll comes on 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

http://www.newser.com/story/161405/in-1st-majority-of-americans-say-keep-abortion-legal.html

Cornell West Goes OFF on Obama (Video)

"Inauguration 2013" by Old Fart Rants

Monday, January 21, 2013

FreeOK2 - Eddie Tabash "The True Meaning of the Separation of Church and State"

Interview:
Published on Jan 21, 2013
Edward (Eddie) Tabash is an American lawyer and political and social activist. An atheist and a proponent of the Establishment Clause, Tabash has debated several Christian apologists, including Richard Swinburne, William Lane Craig, Matt Slick and Greg Bahnsen.

Tabash is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association. He is also the Chair of the First Amendment Task Force for the Council for Secular Humanism and has written amicus briefs for both the U.S. Supreme Court and the California State Supreme Court.

Tabash graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1973 and obtained a law degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1976. His father was an orthodox rabbi from Lithuania and his mother was an Auschwitz survivor from Hungary.

Tabash works in Beverly Hills, California.

FreeOK2 - David Silverman "The Rally is OVER! (Now what?)"

Interview:

David Silverman is the current president of the American Atheists, a non-profit organization that supports the rights of atheists and the removal of expressions of religion in public when possibly interpretable as governmental endorsement. http://www.atheists.org

FreeOK2 - Hemant Mehta "The Uprising of the Young Atheists"

Interview:
Hemant Mehta is an atheist best known as the author of I Sold My Soul on eBay. He is the current chair of the Secular Student Alliance. Mehta currently teaches mathematics at Neuqua Valley High School in Illinois and writes the blog www.friendlyatheist.com

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/

GOP Lawmaker 'Appalled' by Muslim Books at College

GOP Pollster: Re-Market Policy Until It Sounds Good

Old Man O'Reilly Rages Against the Evil Machine

Cross-Dressing Priest Arrested For Dealing Meth

Press Release | The Untouchables | FRONTLINE | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/business-economy-financial-crisis/untouchables/press-release-23/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Rand Paul Is Blocking Three Treaties To Catch Wealthy Tax Cheats

Rand Paul Is Blocking Three Treaties To Catch Wealthy Tax Cheats
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 20, 2013
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Does this offend you too?

Does this offend you too?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 20, 2013
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The Dwindling Deficit - NYTimes.com

The Dwindling Deficit - NYTimes.com
NYTIMES.COM
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Priest is planning to defy Vatican’s orders to stay quiet. “If I signed this, it would be a betrayal not only of myself but of my fellow priests and lay Catholics who want change. I refuse to be terrified into submission”

Priest is planning to defy Vatican's orders to stay quiet. "If I signed this, it would be a betrayal not only of myself but of my fellow priests and lay Catholics who want change. I refuse to be terrified into submission"
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JANUARY 20, 2013
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