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Time to grow up.

U.S. Attack on Iran by Spring?

Lectures in History Preview: "Gone with the Wind"

Bible Slavery: TOTALLY DIFFERENT

Fischer: "Big Gay" is "Trying to Destroy the Military"

GOP Takes on Big Bank CEOS?!

Police Caught Kicking, Tasering Man Lying on Ground (VIDEO)

Some Christians have some explaining to do...

Some Christians have some explaining to do...
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Colin Powell to Bill O'Reilly: I want to see a Republican Party that, rather than trying to make it more difficult to vote and restricting the number of days and hours you can vote, a Republican Party that says we want everybody to vote and we're going to give you a reason to vote for us.

Colin Powell to Bill O'Reilly: I want to see a Republican Party that, rather than trying to make it more difficult to vote and restricting the number of days and hours you can vote, a Republican Party that says we want everybody to vote and we're going to give you a reason to vote for us.
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Reid Tips His Hand Over Dems' Sequester Strategy

Reid Tips His Hand Over Dems' Sequester Strategy
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On Tuesday, Harry Reid revealed the Democrats' strategy for saddling the GOP with blame for hitting the sequester. Read more

Threat To Obama Puts U.S. On 'Precipice Of Recession'

Threat To Obama Puts U.S. On 'Precipice Of Recession'
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WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers were stunned Wednesday to learn that the U.S. economy officially dove toward a double-dip recession at ... Read more

In other words, "If religion were true, they wouldn't be so insecure about their religion."

In other words, "If religion were true, they wouldn't be so insecure about their religion."
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Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly, a study by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.

Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly, a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.
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Theist Repellent

Theist Repellent
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NOM Founder To SCOTUS: Religious Discrimination Is More Important Than Marriage Equality

NOM Founder To SCOTUS: Religious Discrimination Is More Important Than Marriage Equality
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
http://tinyurl.com/b69xwnq


Robert George helped found the National Organization for Marriage, but one of his projects since then was The Manhattan ... Read more

ALEC Loses Two Big Names In Clean Power Over Opposition To Renewable Energy Standards

ALEC Loses Two Big Names In Clean Power Over Opposition To Renewable Energy Standards
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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The American Legislative Exchange Council is a "stealth business lobbyist," according to the New York Times. It has ... Read more

IQ Isn't Enough Anymore: You Need PQ, Too - That would be 'passion quotient,' says Thomas Friedman

http://www.newser.com/story/161939/iq-isnt-enough-anymore-you-need-pq-too.html

Stewart Blasts Beck's 'Freedom Towns' - Jon Stewart rails on so-called freedom lovers

http://www.newser.com/story/161923/stewart-blasts-becks-freedom-towns.html

Christianity Aggressively Pushed in Texas Schools

Joyner: Gun Control is Pushing Nation Toward a 'Second American Revolution'

"NaziZona" by Old Fart Rants

Lindsey Graham: GOP-Forced Budget Cuts Will Mean Fewer Cops, So People Need To Arm Themselves

Lindsey Graham: GOP-Forced Budget Cuts Will Mean Fewer Cops, So People Need To Arm Themselves
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has been among the Senate's most vocal backers of draconian budget cuts and has ... Read more

CHART: How More Austerity Will Push The U.S. Further Away From Full Employment

CHART: How More Austerity Will Push The U.S. Further Away From Full Employment
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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Our guest blogger is Adam Hersh, an economist at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The U.S. economy went negative ... Read more

Al Gore Says Obama Could Have Had A Climate Bill, Warns Shale Gas ‘May Be A Bridge To Nowhere’

Al Gore Says Obama Could Have Had A Climate Bill, Warns Shale Gas 'May Be A Bridge To Nowhere'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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Al Gore's new book, The Future, isn't mostly about climate change. In fact, global warming is only one of the ... Read more

Missouri Bill Would Require All First Graders To Take NRA-Sponsored Gun Class

Missouri Bill Would Require All First Graders To Take NRA-Sponsored Gun Class
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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Students in Missouri have no sexual education requirement, so there's a good chance they don't know how to properly ... Read more

Catholic Bishops To SCOTUS: Deny Marriage Equality Because Being Gay Is Just ‘Conduct’

Catholic Bishops To SCOTUS: Deny Marriage Equality Because Being Gay Is Just 'Conduct'
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed amicus briefs in the two marriage equality cases before the Supreme Court, ... Read more

Top Conservatives Fund White Supremacist PAC

GOP Badly Losing 'Culture Wars'

Limbaugh Hates Immigration Reform! But Also Loves it?

Barack Obama: "The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican."

Barack Obama: "The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican."
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Governors in Louisiana, Nebraska, and North Carolina have proposed eliminating their state’s personal and corporate income taxes and raising the sales tax to offset the lost revenue...this is a transparent effort to reduce taxes on the rich and increase taxes on the poor and the middle class

Governors in Louisiana, Nebraska, and North Carolina have proposed eliminating their state's personal and corporate income taxes and raising the sales tax to offset the lost revenue...this is a transparent effort to reduce taxes on the rich and increase taxes on the poor and the middle class
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Three Charts Reminding The GOP That Domestic Spending Is Already Headed Toward Historic Lows

Three Charts Reminding The GOP That Domestic Spending Is Already Headed Toward Historic Lows
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 29, 2013
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Republicans like to portray President Obama as a big government spender, despite the fact that government spending under Obama ... Read more

Louisiana Will Eliminate Health Benefits For HIV Patients, Poor Children, And First Time Moms This Week

Louisiana Will Eliminate Health Benefits For HIV Patients, Poor Children, And First Time Moms This Week
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 29, 2013
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Last week, Louisiana's poor and terminally ill residents won a surprising victory when Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced ... Read more

British Politician tweets about Christianity

British Politician tweets about Christianity
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Obama Vs. Fox News

Daniel Burrus: Predicting the Future

Jackson: God used Election to Expose Pro-Obama "False Church"

GOP Rep Says He Opposes Immigration Reform Because Latinos Are Uneducated, Will Never Support Republicans

GOP Rep Says He Opposes Immigration Reform Because Latinos Are Uneducated, Will Never Support Republicans
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 29, 2013
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Republican senators in the so-called Gang of 8 working to enact comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship ... Read more

Rachel Maddow points out that despite a new populist message and apparent wariness about being seen as the party of the rich, Republican governors Bobby Jindal and Sam Brownback are cutting income tax and raising sales tax, a combination that benefits the rich and punishes the poor

Rachel Maddow points out that despite a new populist message and apparent wariness about being seen as the party of the rich, Republican governors Bobby Jindal and Sam Brownback are cutting income tax and raising sales tax, a combination that benefits the rich and punishes the poor
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How Big Banks Are Making Jobless Americans Pay Millions To Access Their Benefits

How Big Banks Are Making Jobless Americans Pay Millions To Access Their Benefits
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 29, 2013
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According to a new report from the National Consumer Law Center, jobless Americans are being forced to pay millions of dollars ... Read more

Forced to be Guilty

Backpedal Time! 92% Want Universal Background Checks

Fox News' Clown Doctor Analyzes Obama

Parasite tales: The jewel wasp's zombie slave - Carl Zimmer

Interview:

I'm single and I LOVE it! | CRABSTICKZ

The coming neurological epidemic - Gregory Petsko

Interview:

God's QC 9.0: Is God A Moral Monster?

Remember when Paul Ryan blamed the attack in Benghazi on the sequester?

Remember when Paul Ryan blamed the attack in Benghazi on the sequester?
DAILY KOS | JANUARY 28, 2013
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In 2012, Paul Ryan said looming automatic budget cuts had encouraged the attack in Benghazi In light of Paul Ryan's newfound ... Read more

Fox anchor is convinced millions of new taxpayers would be bad for America because Obamacare

Fox anchor is convinced millions of new taxpayers would be bad for America because Obamacare
DAILY KOS | JANUARY 28, 2013
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Meet Stuart Varney, a Fox Business News anchor who appeared on the mothership earlier Monday to tell Fox viewers why they ... Read more

Four Important Ways Immigration Reform Could Benefit America’s Economy

Four Important Ways Immigration Reform Could Benefit America's Economy
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 28, 2013
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced a comprehensive immigration reform plan today that would reshape the nation's ... Read more

How Immigration Reform Will Strengthen America’s Health Care System

How Immigration Reform Will Strengthen America's Health Care System
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With comprehensive immigration reform in the national spotlight this week, one talking point already being parroted by reform ... Read more

Nicholas Stern: ‘I Got It Wrong On Climate Change–It’s Far, Far Worse,’ An ‘Existential’ Threat For Many

Nicholas Stern: 'I Got It Wrong On Climate Change–It's Far, Far Worse,' An 'Existential' Threat For Many
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Another day, another climate expert explains the deadly combination of inaction and faster-than-expected impacts. This time the ... Read more

Makers, Takers, Fakers - NYTimes.com

Makers, Takers, Fakers - NYTimes.com
NYTIMES.COM
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Backpedal Time! 92% Want Universal Background Checks

Michigan’s GOP House Speaker Expresses Support For Election Rigging

Michigan's GOP House Speaker Expresses Support For Election Rigging
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 28, 2013
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Late last week, democracy scored two important victories over a Republican plan to rig future presidential elections by ... Read more

This has got to be the dumbest thing I have read in my entire life.

This has got to be the dumbest thing I have read in my entire life.
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New Mexico Lawmaker Clarifies Her Bill Will Prosecute Doctors Who Perform Abortions For Rape Victims

New Mexico Lawmaker Clarifies Her Bill Will Prosecute Doctors Who Perform Abortions For Rape Victims
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 28, 2013
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New Mexico Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R) made headlines this past week when she introduced a bill to charge women who become pregnant ... Read more

Rights group: Israel using deadly force against unarmed protesters

Rights group: Israel using deadly force against unarmed protesters
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israel is breaking its own rules of engagement by using deadly force to disperse unarmed Palestinian protesters in the occupied... Read more

I am against religion because..

I am against religion because..
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Fetus Isn't Human Life, Catholic Hospital Says

Why President Obama is right about the GOP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/28/why-president-obama-is-right-about-the-gop/

Paul Krugman Shreds Right-Wingers And Their 'Bubble'

Paul Krugman Shreds Right-Wingers And Their 'Bubble'
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Paul Krugman took on the argument that America is becoming a nation of takers. "Right-wing intellectuals and politicians ... Read more

Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama? - Forbes

Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama? - Forbes
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God quotes.

God quotes. 
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20 fascinating facts about your body.

20 fascinating facts about your body.
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TIL that when asked about his religious beliefs in an interview with TIME, Vladimir Putin remarked, "…There are things I believe, which should not in my position, at least, be shared with the public for everybody's consumption because that would look like self-advertising or a political striptease."

TIL that when asked about his religious beliefs in an interview with TIME, Vladimir Putin remarked, "…There are things I believe, which should not in my position, at least, be shared with the public for everybody's consumption because that would look like self-advertising or a political striptease."
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After seeing the phone unlocking law, as a Canadian

After seeing the phone unlocking law, as a Canadian
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Shameless Flameout: Washington Post Once Again Publishes George Will’s Anti-Scientific Nonsense

Shameless Flameout: Washington Post Once Again Publishes George Will's Anti-Scientific Nonsense
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 27, 2013
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You may recall the Washington Post's editorial page editor coming to his senses (briefly) in April 2011, writing, "The ... Read more

Paul Ryan Embraces Spending Cuts He Said Would Devastate The Country

Paul Ryan Embraces Spending Cuts He Said Would Devastate The Country
THINKPROGRESS | JANUARY 27, 2013
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During an interview on Meet The Press on Sunday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) predicted that the sequester cuts are "going to ... Read more

Ryan previews bruising spring fiscal showdown

Ryan previews bruising spring fiscal showdown
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> Republicans are dug in as ever against raising new taxes, and their budgetary standard-bearer, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, said Sunday that ... Read more

Introduction

Who inspires you more: Your church leaders, or people like this?

Paul Ryan Breaks Down Under Wonkterrogation -- Daily Intelligencer

Paul Ryan Breaks Down Under Wonkterrogation -- Daily Intelligencer
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Quit Squirming

Quit Squirming
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WashPost And AP: Obama Is ‘Liberal’ Because He Agrees With Most Americans We Need More Climate Action

WashPost And AP: Obama Is 'Liberal' Because He Agrees With Most Americans We Need More Climate Action
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This Washington Post headline sums up so much that is wrong with the media and politics today: I understand why ... Read more

Surviving a nuclear attack - Irwin Redlener

Interview:

The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history's farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to survive an attack.

Talk by Irwin Redlener.

Week In The News: Inauguration, Clinton Hearings, Women In Combat

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/01/25/week-in-the-news-229

Term two for Barack Obama, off and running this week.  If Beyonce was lip-syncing, the President was not.  It was a clear progressive message in his inaugural address.  We’ve got to succeed together.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Republicans regrouping, looking for their way forward. In the hot hearings seat, Hillary Clinton banged the table on Benghazi.  John Kerry is lining up for Secretary of State.  The debt ceiling’s pushed off a bit.  And the Pentagon clears women for combat.
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/2013-01-25/friday-news-roundup-domestic

The Pentagon lifts the ban on combat roles for women. Secretary Clinton testifies before Congress on the Benghazi attack. And the House passes a short term debt ceiling extension. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top domestic news stories.

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-25/friday-news-roundup-international

Conservatives lose ground in Israeli elections. The U.S. provides support to France in Mali. And Britain's prime minister promises an EU membership vote. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Big Government Vs. Reaganism

Why The GOP Feels it Needs to Rig Elections

MIDDLE EASTERN PARENTS 2

Only One Way to Stop GOP Vote Rigging!

Win, Lose or Straw (Jon Stewart)

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CNN confirms Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter was lying about ObamaCare price increases

CNN confirms Papa John's CEO John Schnatter was lying about ObamaCare price increases
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John Boehner: Ending Abortion Is 'One Of Our Most Fundamental Goals This Year'

John Boehner: Ending Abortion Is 'One Of Our Most Fundamental Goals This Year'
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Are Atheists The Enemy of God?

The Inquisition: A Model For Modern Interrogators

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http://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145512271/the-inquisition-a-model-for-modern-interrogators

Jon Stewart Rips Republicans At Benghazi Hearings

Jon Stewart Rips Republicans At Benghazi Hearings
TPMDC | JANUARY 25, 2013
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Jon Stewart on Thurdsay lit into Republican members of the House and Senate committees over their repetitive questions of ... Read more

Colbert: Benghazi Hearings Proved Congressional Republicans 'Suck At Their Jobs'

Colbert: Benghazi Hearings Proved Congressional Republicans 'Suck At Their Jobs'
TPMDC | JANUARY 25, 2013
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The congressional grilling of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, proved definitively ... Read more

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: science funding can “guarantee your economic future”

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: science funding can "guarantee your economic future"
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It's not a hoax!

It's not a hoax!
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