The GOP Lies About Obama’s Economy

Friday's boffo jobs report—the 58th straight month of jobs growth in an expansion that has now entered its 67th month—was only the latest in a long st...  Read more

Is the U.S. Crazy?

"“Why would anyone oppose national health care?” European and other industrialized countries have had some form of national health care since the 1930s or 1940s, Germany since 1880. Some versions, as in France and Great Britain, have devolved into two-tier public and private systems. Yet even the privileged who pay for a faster track would not begrudge their fellow citizens government-funded comprehensive health care. That so many Americans do strikes Europeans as baffling, if not frankly brutal..."   Read more

Israeli Citizens Revolting Against Murderous Palestinian Occupation

"I didn't want to be part of a system whose main task is the violent occupation of millions of people." - Moriel ... Read more

Republicans Appoint Scientifically Illiterate Ted Cruz To Oversee NASA

Ted Cruz has a history of trying to kill funding for NASA, and Senate Republicans just put him in charge of it. Read more

Is America a Christian Nation - That Atheist Guy

“Is this a Christian nation? A look at the history and implications of the claim that America is a Christian nation including: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Treaty of Tripoli, founding fathers' faith and more.
http://youtu.be/ak-36PhNJEI

Marco 'Not A Scientist' Rubio To Oversee Major Government Science Programs In New Role

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was appointed chair of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard last week, a subsidiary to the Sena...  Read more

Your Favorite BBC Titles May Be Leaving Netflix

It may be time to say goodbye to your favorite BBC shows on Netflix. A contract set to expire between Netflix and BBC at the end of the month means so...  Read more

Mississippi lawmakers eye making Bible the official state book because it's 'good role model'

"It's unlikely the proposal will generate much opposition in the Legislature this election year, unless House and Senate leaders decide they don't want to spend time on symbols..."
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/mississippi_lawmakers_seek_to.html

Rival prayer rally to be held at Southern University on the same day as Bobby Jindal's Response

"...Organizers of the Southern event has said they will focus on Louisiana's mass incarceration rate, Medicaid expansion and the state's failing education system. The list of issues may be a personal critique of Jindal's tenure as governor. For example, the governor has consistently refused to accept federal dollars to expand the Medicaid program in Louisiana, even as other Republican governors have done so..."
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/rival_prayer_rally_to_be_held.html

WATCH: 'House Of Cards' Trailer For Season 3: 'We're Murderers, Francis'

Fans are still waiting for the third season of Netflix's smash hit political thriller "House of Cards," but viewers got a taste on Sunday with a bomba... Read more
http://youtu.be/sU9QTLXYCCc

Elizabeth Warren's Economic Agenda

"...Warren is well known for her cutting analysis of how Wall Street and other wealthy special interests have, with no effective government watchdog or accountability, messed up the American economy in terms of how it works for 90%+ of the population. But she also has a clear agenda (and already a substantial track record sponsoring specific legislation addressing that agenda) for what needs to happen to rebuild and reorient the American economy toward the 90%+ that's getting screwed. In the speech at the Raising Wages Summit, and in her legislative proposals over the last 2 years, she laid out that agenda..." Read more

British PM Calls Fox Commentator 'A Complete Idiot'

God, they really are stupid, aren't they? Via Raw Story/Agence France-Presse: A Fox News commentator's remark about the British city of Birmingham be...  Read more

Democrats Saved The Economy. Republicans Tried To Kill It.

Four years ago, Republicans led by then -new House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) began taking credit for the economic progress made since the Bus...  Read more

Senate Dems To McConnell: Don't Take Social Security Hostage!

Senate Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to refuse to go along with the House GOP's plan to force a battle over Socia... Read more

House Budget Chair Signals Big Social Security Reforms A-Coming

The new House Budget Committee chairman hinted Monday that he had big plans for Social Security reform in the next two years, according to the Atlanta... Read more

UK Prime Minister Shames Fox News ‘Expert’ For Making Things Up About Muslims In England

"This guy's clearly a complete idiot," said UK Prime Minister David Cameron.The post UK Prime Minister Shames Fox News ... Read more

Senator Pressures FDA To Crack Down On ‘Disgusting’ Warehouses That Supply Our Food

Reports of the filthy conditions at some of these warehouses sound like a page straight out of Upton Sinclair's 'The ... Read more

WHISTLEBLOWER: Vatican Clergy Child Sex Scandal

Thomas Doyle, a canon lawyer who initially worked for the Vatican when the clergy child sex abuse scandal first broke in the 80s was given the responsibility of addressing the accusations and charges against the clergy.
He speaks out about the Vatican's decades long attempt to cover it up.
http://youtu.be/cxHlD1614KY

Obamacare Doesn’t Ignore Health Care Costs. It’s Helping To Bring Them Down.

The ACA is the most significant achievement for health care cost control in decades. It's about time the law got a little ... Read more

Top Democrats In Congress To Release Unapologetically Progressive Tax Plan

"We have a tax code that reinforces the preference for wealth over work," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said.The post Top ... Read more

'Totally Muslim' U.K. city gaffe sparks #foxnewsfacts storm

A Fox News guest has been forced to apologize for suggesting Britain's second biggest city was off-limits to non-Muslims.
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A Democratic plan for big middle class tax breaks

If you and your spouse make less than $200,000 and have kids, or if you're single and make less than $100,000, you would benefit from new tax proposals put out by a top House Democrat on Monday.
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6 Right-Wing Lunacies This Week: Rupert Murdoch's Post-Hebdo Advice Is 'Just Stop Being Muslim'

Plus Phyllis ...  Read more

Dear GOP: Here Are 10 Things You Should Never, Ever Say to Black People

Here's a ...  Read more

Robert M. Price Exposes William Lane Craig

Writer and New Testament scholar Robert M. Price exposes some of the flawed reasoning of Christian apologist William Lane Craig.
http://youtu.be/cLEBqU3D2TU

Hamburg is burying the Autobahn and putting parks on top

The Autobahn 7, Germany's longest highway, runs straight through Hamburg. Over the years, it's grown more and more congested, now carrying about 152,0...  Read more

2nd Amendment For Whites Only? Conservatives Freak Out Over New Black Panthers Carrying Guns

When white men open carry, it's "patriotism." When black men do the same thing, it's "alarming." Read more

Why Do Republicans Reject Human-Made Climate Change?

Who benefits?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28473-why-do-republicans-reject-man-made-climate-change

How The War On Science Affects Us All

"...Science matters because it is not dependent on faith, it depends on skepticism and doubt. Nothing is ever proven, only disproven. A prevailing theory can last for decades, centuries even, and then be cast aside. Yet science moves on, making new discoveries and eliminating possibilities that have been found wanting..."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2015/01/10/how-the-war-on-science-affects-us-all/

America’s 10 worst terror attacks by Christian fundamentalists and far-right extremists

"From Fox News to the Weekly Standard, neoconservatives have tried to paint terrorism as a largely or exclusively Islamic phenomenon. Their message of Islamophobia has been repeated many times since the George W. Bush era: Islam is inherently violent, Christianity is inherently peaceful, and there is no such thing as a Christian terrorist or a white male terrorist. But the facts don’t bear that out. Far-right white male radicals and extreme Christianists are every bit as capable of acts of terrorism as radical Islamists, and to pretend that such terrorists don’t exist does the public a huge disservice..."
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/americas-10-worst-terror-attacks-by-christian-fundamentalist-and-far-right-extremists/

Locals echo surveys that find steady growth among the religiously unaffiliated

"Overwhelmingly, they think that religious organizations are too concerned with money and power, too focused on rules and too involved in politics," the Pew study's authors wrote.
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150110/PC1204/150119975/1002/locals-echo-surveys-that-find-steady-growth-among-the-religiously-unaffiliated

In new interview, Francis strongly defends criticisms of capitalism | National Catholic Reporter

ROME Pope Francis strongly defends his repeated criticisms of the global market economy in a new interview released Sunday, rebutting those who accuse him of "pauperism" by saying he is only repeating Jesus' message of caring for the poor...

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This Restaurant Just Banned Tips So They Could Pay Their Staff $35,000 Per Year

If this isn't a revolution in the food industry, I don't know what is! Read more

Rupert Murdoch: All Muslims ‘Must Be Held Responsible’ Until Jihadism Is Eliminated

 The News Corp CEO took to Twitter to weigh in on the Charlie Hebdo attack. The post Rupert Murdoch: All Muslims 'Must Be ... Read more

First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough

The discovery of Teixobactin could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered.
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Only 25Mbps and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition.

Broadband not being deployed “in a reasonable and timely fashion," Wheeler says.  Read more

9 questions about the Keystone XL pipeline debate you were too embarrassed to ask

By now, most people have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. It's the source of a bitter, endless fight in Washington, DC. But to many onlookers, it's ...  Read more

Lindsey Graham: Troop Withdrawal From Iraq And Closing Gitmo Are 'Getting A Lot Of People Killed'

Once again it's upside down land over at Faux "news" where Senator Huckleberry J. Butchmeup wasn't quite over the latest case of the vapors he develop...  Read more

The Right Tries (and Fails) To Justify Its Assault On Social Security

How does the right justify the kind of action Congress took this week, when it moved to cut disability benefits for millions of people by 20 percent? ...  Read more

As Seen On TV Nutrition Advice (on Dr. Oz)

The new year is a chance for new beginnings, an opportunity to eat better and to take better care of ourselves; many look to popular media for ideas o...  Read more

Bird uses bread as bait

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UN: Muslims ethnically cleansed in CAR

UN report says Christian militias engaged in ethnic cleansing of Muslims in ongoing Central African Republic civil war.  Read more

As Extremist ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Meet With Senators, Their Supporters Call For Obama’s Lynching

Cross-posted at Hatewatch. In one of the spacious meeting rooms of the Russell Senate Building in Washington, D.C., last month, three conservative me...  Read more

Harry Reid Mocks McConnell For Taking Credit For The Economy

On Friday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) laughed at his Republican counterpart's attempt to link the improving economy to the GOP takeover ... Read more

Even Hezbollah says Muslims should worry more about ISIS than cartoons

Hezbollah is a Lebanese militant group and political party with a long history of conducting terrorist attacks against Israeli — and a few American — ...  Read more

The End Of Fracking? Scotland Reached Almost 100% Wind Power In 2014

If America is so exceptional, why is Scotland kicking our ass in renewable energy? Read more

Renewable Energy Investment Surges, Nearly Surpassing 2011 High-Water Mark

Clean energy investment rose for the first time in three years in 2014, totaling $310 billion.The post Renewable Energy ... Read more

10 Insane Right-Wing Reactions to the Charlie Hebdo Massacre

Fox's Eric Bolling urges return of police state asap.
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Invocation: "We Need Not Look Above For Answers"

Invocation - George Gold, President, Atheists of Butte County
http://youtu.be/MHipDknwgwQ

Infographic: The Anti-Science Climate Denier Caucus, 114th Congress Edition

Climate change is happening. But you wouldn't know that by looking at the members of the 114th Congress.The post Infographic: ...  Read more

10 Cities Where an Appalling Number of Americans Don't Have Enough Food

It'll get worse if the Republicans continue their attacks on anti-hunger programs.
...  Read more

Hezbollah Leader Says Islamic Extremists Have Hurt Islam More Than Cartoonists

He said the violent actions by some Muslim militants have hurt Islam more than the people they attack.The post Hezbollah Leader ... Read more

America's Most Wealthy Believe The Poors Have It Easy

A new Pew Poll has given us some more conclusive evidence that the very wealthy in this country have no clue what goes on in most of America household...  Read more

Three Georgia Men Charged With Domestic Terrorism

2015 is beginning with a bang, as the indictments roll in and more home-grown terrorist plots are revealed. Here's one from Rome, Georgia, a pictures...  Read more

Obama wants community college to be free

"No one with drive and discipline should be denied a college education simply because they can't pay for it," Obama said Friday. "A college degree is the surest ticket to the middle class."
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9 secrets I've uncovered about depression

"My relationship with depression is a complicated one. I have, clinically speaking, been grappling with it since I was a teenager; I was diagnosed for ..."  Read more

90% of Bibi Netanyahu’s Campaign Funds From U.S.

More than 90 percent of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s $250,000 in campaign funds has come from donors in the United States—and just three families contributed more than half of that amount.
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LPT: Night Mode on Apple Devices

Apple's mobile devices have a very useful, and not very well known night mode. It is difficult to activate the first time, but easy to activate with a triple click of the home button.
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Fox Host Actually Does Her Job, Hammers Catholic League Bigot On The First Amendment (VIDEO)

Catholic League president Bill Donohue thought he would get a softball interview on Fox News to push his anti-First Amendment ... Read more
http://youtu.be/1O8xx1XkWQ0