Pennsylvania GOP Senator: Rigging The Presidential Election Is What The Framers Would Have Done

Pennsylvania GOP Senator: Rigging The Presidential Election Is What The Framers Would Have Done
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Shortly after the Democratic presidential candidate won the White House last November, Pennsylvania state Senate Majority ... Read more

How scary is this Muslim girl???

How scary is this Muslim girl???
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The world’s top 100 billionaires now hold so much wealth, says a new Oxfam report, that just the increase in their net worth last year would be “enough to make extreme poverty history four times over.”

The world's top 100 billionaires now hold so much wealth, says a new Oxfam report, that just the increase in their net worth last year would be "enough to make extreme poverty history four times over."
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I wonder if it tastes better this way...

I wonder if it tastes better this way...
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Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration

Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration
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Telecom Corporations Are Trying To Stop The Government From Offering Free 'Super WiFi'

Telecom Corporations Are Trying To Stop The Government From Offering Free 'Super WiFi'
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Senate GOP Is Neutering Our Consumer Watchdog - GOP wants to kill watchdog aimed at preventing another 2008: Krugman

http://www.newser.com/story/162203/senate-gop-is-neutering-our-consumer-watchdog.html

Catholic bishop whines marriage equality is selfish and won't someone please think of the children?

Catholic bishop whines marriage equality is selfish and won't someone please think of the children?
DAILY KOS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Apparently, this book is all about marriage and how it's just for opposite-sex couples because freedom. If there's one ... Read more

Is the Senate GOP instigating a constitutional crisis over the CFPB?

Is the Senate GOP instigating a constitutional crisis over the CFPB?
DAILY KOS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Mitch McConnell on a crash course to crisis. Republicans in the Senate have vowed to destroy the Consumer Financial ... Read more

Why Republicans Should Fear Clinton

Why Republicans Should Fear Clinton
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Message to the Republican Party: Be afraid, be very afraid.... Read more

My 5-year-old came home with this assignment on Friday. Nearly stroked out trying to read it.

My 5-year-old came home with this assignment on Friday. Nearly stroked out trying to read it.
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So this snake walked into my aunt's house yesterday...

So this snake walked into my aunt's house yesterday...
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If you can quote from your holy book, can I quote from mine?

If you can quote from your holy book, can I quote from mine?
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'Are We Descending Into La-La Land?'

'Are We Descending Into La-La Land?'
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The Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Monday advanced legislation that could lead to the establishment of a ... Read more

Tina Fey Softened Sarah Palin Image w/SNL Impression?

Our loss of wisdom - Barry Schwartz

YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS #48

God's Quality Control 9.1

Billionaires Choking Out Climate Change Science

Fox Fail - Cheney on Gun Control

Are America's Schools Failing?

Student Debt Soaring - Get Ready, Taxpayers

China's Coal Problem - The Dirty Secret

Israel Admits Forcing Birth Control on Ethiopians

U.S. Income Inequality - Worse Than Latin America?

NRA's 'Enemy List '

Memo To Media: ‘Climate Sensitivity’ Is NOT The Same As Projected Future Warming, World Faces 10°F Rise

Memo To Media: 'Climate Sensitivity' Is NOT The Same As Projected Future Warming, World Faces 10°F Rise
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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The major media continue to sow confusion on one of the central questions of our time: How much warming will we subject our ... Read more

New York City’s Teen Pregnancy Rate Plummeted After High Schools Expanded Access To Plan B

New York City's Teen Pregnancy Rate Plummeted After High Schools Expanded Access To Plan B
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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The teen pregnancy rate in New York City dropped by 27 percent over the last decade, a statistic that city officials credit to ... Read more

Democratic Senator Floats Plan To Raise $200 Billion By Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes

Democratic Senator Floats Plan To Raise $200 Billion By Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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A Democratic Senator wants to raise $200 billion over ten years by closing corporate tax loopholes, according to Bloomberg ... Read more

Religion looms large over Boy Scouts decision on gays

Religion looms large over Boy Scouts decision on gays
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> If prayer can't sway Boy Scouts board members as they vote whether to end the organization's ban on gays, it won't be for lack of trying. ... Read more

87% of Americans Say Tax the Wealthy More to Protect Social Security Benefits

87% of Americans Say Tax the Wealthy More to Protect Social Security Benefits
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Religious Iceberg [fixed]

Religious Iceberg [fixed]
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Great author, good man.

Great author, good man.
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Definition of Church - an oldie, but a goodie

Definition of Church - an oldie, but a goodie
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Chef explains why God allows suffering.

Chef explains why God allows suffering.
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More than 40% of Americans are one crisis and less than 90 days from poverty

More than 40% of Americans are one crisis and less than 90 days from poverty
DAILY KOS | JANUARY 30, 2013
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If you suddenly lost your income, how long would you be able to live on your savings? For 43.9 percent of American households, ... Read more

We can quote the bible, too.

We can quote the bible, too.
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I am not an atheist because...

I am not an atheist because...
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The boy I used to nanny gets it right again...he's 7. (His mom's facebook post)

The boy I used to nanny gets it right again...he's 7. (His mom's facebook post)
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Fox News Host Blows Up At NRA Head: ‘That’s Ridiculous And You Know It, Sir!’

Fox News Host Blows Up At NRA Head: 'That's Ridiculous And You Know It, Sir!'
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 3, 2013
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Fox News host Chris Wallace tore into National Rifle Association's contention that President Obama and other elites are ... Read more

New Mexico Utility Agrees To Purchase Solar Power At A Lower Price Than Coal

New Mexico Utility Agrees To Purchase Solar Power At A Lower Price Than Coal
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 3, 2013
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The economic viability of solar power is advancing rapidly. It's actually already more then competitive within certain ... Read more

Paul Krugman Destroys GOP’s Talking Points On Government Jobs

Paul Krugman Destroys GOP's Talking Points On Government Jobs
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 3, 2013
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On Sunday, economist Paul Krugman hit back against GOP claims that public sector employment has increased under Obama, and that ... Read more

VIEWPOINT: How A Very Smart Senator Showed Us Everything Wrong With The Modern GOP In One Week

VIEWPOINT: How A Very Smart Senator Showed Us Everything Wrong With The Modern GOP In One Week
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 3, 2013
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It shouldn't have been this way. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is an undeniably smart man. Cruz is by all accounts a brilliant ... Read more

Ironic, isn't it?

Ironic, isin't it?
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I am against religion because...

I am against religion because...
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43 GOP Senators Threaten Obstruction Unless Consumer Protection Bureau Is Weakened

43 GOP Senators Threaten Obstruction Unless Consumer Protection Bureau Is Weakened
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
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When the Dodd-Frank financial reform law first passed, Senate Republicans refused to confirm a director for the newly-created ... Read more

REPORT: States Are Falling Behind In Implementing The Most Basic Obamacare Provisions

REPORT: States Are Falling Behind In Implementing The Most Basic Obamacare Provisions
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
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According to a just-released study by the Commonwealth Fund and Georgetown University, most states are woefully behind in ... Read more

Why are you even in college?

Why are you even in college?
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This popped up on my FB, and I think it is all appropriate

This popped up on my FB, and I think it is all appropriate
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Jon Stewart Jabs Skeptics Demanding A Photo Of Obama Skeet Shooting

Jon Stewart Jabs Skeptics Demanding A Photo Of Obama Skeet Shooting
TPMDC | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
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Jon Stewart on Thursday mocked people who demand to see a photo of President Obama skeet shooting at Camp David to believe it. ... Read more

Kerry Details New Timeline On Obama Offer

Kerry Details New Timeline On Obama Offer
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Incoming Secretary of State John Kerry said that President Barack Obama offered him the job one week before U.S. Ambassador to ... Read more

Kerry Warns Of What Threatens To 'Steal Our Democracy Itself'

Kerry Warns Of What Threatens To 'Steal Our Democracy Itself'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 1, 2013
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Speaking Wednesday in his farewell speech to the Senate, incoming Secretary of State John Kerry warned of the corrupting ... Read more

Beck: The "Smear Machine" Has Destroyed My Reputation

How Cindy Jacobs And Her Prayer Warriors Saved The Global Economy

We're Losing on Immigration; We Need More - David Brooks says the economic case is impossible to refute

http://www.newser.com/story/162085/were-losing-on-immigration-we-need-more.html

Obama Administration’s New Birth Control Rules Already Gaining Support Among Catholic Leaders

Obama Administration's New Birth Control Rules Already Gaining Support Among Catholic Leaders
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 2, 2013
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On Friday, the Obama Administration announced updated regulations for its birth control rule that requires employer-based ... Read more

When he ran for president, John McCain said he wanted Chuck Hagel as his Secretary of Defense – whom he now opposes for that same position

When he ran for president, John McCain said he wanted Chuck Hagel as his Secretary of Defense – whom he now opposes for that same position
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Stand Up Comic demonstrates how difficult it is to learn Cantonese

Week In The News: Immigration, Guns, Hagel Hearings (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/01/week-in-the-news-230

Big noise on big issues this week.  Immigration.  Guns.  Whether big results will follow… quite unclear.  But from “path to citizenship” to Gabby Giffords, the talk was big and compelling.

Hillary Clinton, out at State.  John Kerry in.  Chuck Hagel flayed by his old Republican colleagues in confirmation hearings.
We’ve got Egypt in uproar – a “collapse of the state” warning.  Israeli jets striking inside Syria.  China allegedly hacking the New York Times.  And Ed Koch is gone.

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/2013-02-01/friday-news-roundup-domestic

The U.S. economy shrinks slightly in the fourth quarter. A bipartisan group of senators and the White House propose immigration reform. And a Senate committee holds hearings on gun violence. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.

Friday News Roundup - International

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-01/friday-news-roundup-international

An explosion outside the U.S. embassy in Ankara kills one Turkish guard and wounds two people. U.S. intelligence officials say Al Qaeda’s affiliate in north Africa is seeking to carry out attacks on western targets in the region. Niger, which borders Mali and Algeria, agreed to host American troops and surveillance drones to keep tabs on Islamic militants. An israeli airstrike on Syrian territory drew condemnation from Iran, Hezbollah and Russia. And opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi demand his overthrow after the deadliest week of his seven months in office. A panel of journalists joins Diane to discuss the week's top international news stories.

Teachers Must Tell Parents if Kid is Gay, Say GOP Lawmakers

Teaching Climate Change Denial in Schools Pushed in 3 States

HHS issues proposed contraception coverage rule

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/01/contraceptive-regulation-proposal-hhs-sebelius/1883165/

Interview with Noam Chomsky - Is Obama Progressive?

What if we could look inside human brains? - Moran Cerf

Adorable 4-Year-Old Geography Expert

the roadblock

from the tea pot

another hostage taking

Tea Party, anyone?

Tennessee is completely controlled by the Republicans. They have introduced a Solution for Kids Who Fail School: Starve Them

Tennessee is completely controlled by the Republicans. They have introduced a Solution for Kids Who Fail School: Starve Them
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Americans shocked to learn that there isn’t actually a Social Security crisis

Americans shocked to learn that there isn't actually a Social Security crisis
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Found this in the comments for John Lennon - Imagine video on YouTube. Thought r/atheism may like this.

Found this in the comments for John Lennon - Imagine video on YouTube. Thought r/atheism may like this.
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Pro-Gun Myths Shot Down

Pro-Gun Myths Shot Down
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | JANUARY 31, 2013
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By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried ... Read more

Cutting science funding to reduce the deficit is simply gutting future innovation

Cutting science funding to reduce the deficit is simply gutting future innovation
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inauguration

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