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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Senate's old guard just says 'no' to pot overhaul

A generational split in the Senate spells trouble for the movement to change marijuana laws.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/senates-old-guard-just-says-no-to-pot-overhaul-116336.html#ixzz3VJkNMsfF

“I may owe Mitt Romney an apology”: Jon Stewart mocks Ted Cruz’s absurdly creepy presidential announcement

Was Ted Cruz's presidential announcement the creepiest one of all time? Jon Stewart investigates.
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/24/i_may_owe_mitt_romney_an_apology_jon_stewart_mocks_ted_cruzs_absurdly_creepy_presidential_announcement/

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Liberty Students Forced To Attend Ted Cruz Speech Or Face 'Fine'

I think it's safe to say that Senator ted Cruz' demographic of voters falls more in line with Bill O'Reilly than Lena Dunham so Cruz decided to announ... Read more

McConnell Working To Undermine International Climate Change Negotiations

Jerry Brown says that Mitch McConnell's actions "border on the immoral." He's too kind. Last week, McConnell sent a letter to all state governors urg... Read more

GOP's Pete King: Cruz Is A Better 'Carnival Barker' Than A President

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Monday mocked his party's first major presidential contender, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), as "a carnival barker." ... Read more

Ted Cruz Launches White House Bid By Appealing To A Voting Bloc That Doesn’t Exist

Ted Cruz goes all-in for the evangelical vote, but doesn't stand for the policies they support. ... Read more

Ted Cruz Just Laid Out The Most Anti-Woman Agenda Yet

On nearly every issue the Texas senator named in his presidential announcement speech, women are less likely to be on his side. ... Read more

Scott Walker Deputy Admits Clean Energy States ‘Have A Competitive Advantage’

States that "have already gotten online to different standards than what is traditional in our state, all of a sudden they have ... Read more

Thanks To Obamacare, Hospitals Saved More Than $7 Billion Last Year

Federal officials are touting it as the latest evidence that Obamacare is working. ... Read more

Koch Money, Misleading Climate Change Exhibit Threaten Smithsonian Credibility

The Smithsonian is damaging its reputation with a polluter-funded science denier on the payroll and a misleading Koch-funded ... Read more

The Ted Cruz economy: Reality-checking his talking points

Here are Cruz's top economic talking points so far...
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5 ways Obamacare has helped Americans

Still, many Americans are better off. Here are five ways Obamacare has made Americans healthier.
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FREE WILL AND PASCAL'S WAGER - Catch 22

http://youtu.be/AfM7vVzUQVU

Florida Prosecutors Drop Vandalism Charges Against Woman Because She’s A Christian

A Florida woman describing herself as a "Catholic Warrior" escaped prosecution for destroying a Satanic Christmas display after ... Read more

This Map Shows Which Countries Will Probably Survive Climate Change (IMAGES)

The map reveals the racism of climate change, which explains a lot about Republicans' refusal to act on climate. Read more

How to save for retirement without getting ripped off by Wall Street

Retirement planning is a topic that fills many people with dread. Not just because saving is difficult, but because advice on how to do it well is com... Read more

Ted Cruz: Here’s What You Need To Know About Him.

...Cruz has been an outspoken critic of those in the GOP who he says want to “abandon” the “Judeo-Christian values” on which the country was founded. At Liberty, those values include prohibitions on out-of-wedlock sex and entertainment that might “incite behaviors that are contrary to the Bible and/or the Liberty Way” such as “promiscuity” or “gratuitous crass language/behavior.”...
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Republicans Dismiss Netanyahu’s Anti-Arab Remarks As ‘Election Rhetoric’

"The president should get over it," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union. ... Read more

7 Demented Right-Wing Moments this Week: Fox Gives New Meaning to March Madness

Ayn Randian on Fox News: It's racist to talk about race.
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GOP's Cruel Budget Proposals Threaten to Take Us Back to the 19th Century

Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz call for more prisons and less gruel in Big Capital's Dickensian war against the poor.
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World's most popular weed-killer labeled 'probable carcinogen' - Chicago Tribune

According to the French agency, glyphosate is used in more than 750 different herbicide products and its use has been detected in the air during spraying, in water and in food.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-weed-killer-roundup-carcinogen-20150322-story.html

Jeb Bush Implicitly Endorses Georgia Bill that Would Legalize Discrimination Against Gay People

The potential presidential contender voiced support of Georgia's infamous "religious liberty" law.
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Atheist Experience-Faith has no place for seeking truth

We are pattern seeking mammals its part of our evolution we look for passion. Our mind design look for them.Religion give permission to function irationally to accept something above and outside the power of the reason.Im atheist beacuse religion is mystical its based on faith not on reason and fact.Faith stop seeking truth.Faith is to stop your mind to think
http://youtu.be/6sJbAWDrB_Q

REPUBLICANS “EVANGELIZING” CATHOLIC VOTERS

"...This suggests that the war on religion is resonating with Catholic voters who increasingly see themselves on the losing side of a culture war and feel the need to assert their religious identity in a more public and forceful manner that traditionally has been the territory of Evangelicals. And, as Posner notes, religious liberty looks to be a key theme in 2016:..."
http://religiondispatches.org/republicans-evangelizing-catholic-voters/

Why Texan Ted Cruz Is Announcing in Virginia 2 Weeks Before Rand Paul

"...The timing and focus may help Cruz, who lacks the major Wall Street backing of hopefuls such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, build a national donor base for the $40 million to $50 million he'll seek for a primary..."
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/ted-cruz-texas-virginia-rand-paul/2015/03/22/id/631800/

Paul Krugman Reveals the Outrageous Con Job Behind the Savage GOP Budget

"The modern G.O.P.’s raw fiscal dishonesty is something new in American politics."
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Republicans Evangelizing Catholic Voters

"...While Catholics have long been swing voters—trending toward the GOP in the Bush years and then back to the Democrats in 2008 and, more marginally, in 2012—there has been a sudden and large defection of white Catholic voters to the Republican column in the past few years. The 14-point gap that has opened up between white Catholics favoring the GOP versus the Democrats means that for the first time, white Catholics are now more Republican than white Protestants... What does seem to explain it is the bishops ginning up of the religious liberty fight over the contraception mandate in the affordable care act, the push for same-sex marriage and the disqualification of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from a large contract to provide services to victims of sex trafficking..."
http://religiondispatches.org/republicans-evangelizing-catholic-voters/

The Rise Of Robots In Our Everyday Lives (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Human imagination got so far out front, so fast, on robots that robot reality has been vaguely disappointing for a long time. Isaac Asimov and “WALL-E” and the Terminator put our real robots to shame. They still do. But things are changing. Sensors and chips and AI and mechanics and “the cloud” are coming together to push robot dreams and reality into new terrain. There is need – we have aging societies that could use the help. There is risk – talk of jobs lost to robots and “killer robots.” And there is reality – they’re moving in. This hour On Point: the rise of the robots. /Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/06/18/robots-emotions-ai-killer-robots

David Niose on “Fighting Back the Right” (The Humanist Hour #126)

In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with David Niose about his new book, Fighting Back the Right: Reclaiming America from the Attack on Reason. David is the immediate past president of the American Humanist Association. He currently serves as the legal director of the AHA’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center, running the AHLC’s Massachusetts office.

From Amazon: The political scene is changing rapidly in America. The religious right is on the defensive, acceptance of gay rights is at an all-time high, social conservatives are struggling for relevance, and more Americans than ever identify as nonreligious. What does this mean for the country and the future? With these demographic shifts, can truly progressive, reason-based public policy finally gain traction? Or will America continue to carry a reputation as anti-intellectual and plutocratic, eager to cater to large corporate interests but reluctant to provide universal health care to all its citizens? Fighting Back the Right reveals a new alliance in the making, a progressive coalition committed to fighting for rational public policy in America and reversing the damage inflicted by decades of conservative dominance. David Niose, Legal Director of the American Humanist Association (AHA), examines this exciting new dynamic, covering not only the rapidly evolving culture wars but also the twists and turns of American history and politics that led to this point, and why this new alliance could potentially move the country in a direction of sanity, fairness, and human-centered public policy.

Interview:
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-126-david-niose-on-fighting-back-the-right

ODE TO YAHWEH (with 43alley)

http://youtu.be/8MHXBQWaf7A

Sorry Rick Scott, Admit Climate Change Is Real Or Florida Loses $100M+ In FEMA Funding

If climate change denying toddlers, I mean Governors, don't start listening to the adults, FEMA is going to give them a ... Read more

Arches National Park, UT [2048x1362] by Norm Erikson

Fact: Netanyahu's Political Party Explicitly Opposes the Two-State Solution

The Israeli Prime Minister's attempt to "walk back" his pre-election rhetoric does not hold water.
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14 Reasons Why House and Senate Republicans Have Declared Economic War On Average Americans

Poll after poll finds Americans want the exact opposite of what the GOP proposes.
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Florida Govt. Employee Punished and Told to Seek Mental Health Evaluation After Using Term 'Climate Change'

The worker reportedly included an explicit mention of climate change in his official notes from a meeting.
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Fox News Tries To Start War With U.S. Navy Over ‘Intolerance’ To Christians, Loses Badly

Fox fires over the bow of the Navy's no-nonsense policy towards discriminating against gay people, Navy instantly sinks their ... Read more

(Republican Presidential Candidate) Dr. Carson’s Solution To Palestinian Question – Ethnic Cleansing

Dr. Ben Carson's solution to the Palestinian occupation? Taking the Palestinian people to the middle of a desert and dumping ... Read more

5 Powerful Shifts Transforming America Society into an Unrecognizable and Frightening Future

A new kind of governance is being born right before our eyes. Let's stop pretending it’s not happening.
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How Big Oil and Big Tobacco get respected scientists to lie for them

By the 1950s, Big Tobacco knew smoking caused cancer. By the 1960s, the companies knew nicotine was addictive and that smoking could lead to heart di... Read more

Horatio Sanz: There's Too Much Conservative Bullsh*t On SNL

Horatio Sanz was a cast member on SNL from 1998 to 2006. He was able to see Will Ferrell do his likable George Bush while Darryl Hammond brilliantly p... Read more

Antibiotic Use In Meat Is Soaring

BLT sandwiches may need to add an A to the acronym -- for antibiotics. Soaring demand for meat across the world has caused a major uptick in the amoun... Read more

Man wielding machete shot at New Orleans airport. Should TSA agents carry guns?

On Friday, a man with a machete and wasp spray attacked passengers and TSA agents at the Louis Armstrong International Airport. TSA agents don't carry... Read more

Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of Its Energy From Renewables For 75 Days Straight

Costa Rica hasn't had to use fossil fuels for its energy once this year, the state-owned utility announced this week. ... Read more

Obama: I'll Use Clemency Power 'More Aggressively'

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to grant clemency to federal offenders "more aggressively" during the remainder of his presidency, he said ... Read more

Judge Strikes Down Scott Walker’s Anti-Abortion Law

"While the court agrees with the State that sometimes it is necessary to reduce access to insure safety, this is decidedly not ... Read more

Paul Ryan Presents New Republican Healthcare Plan: Deathcare!

When I think of Paul Ryan, I think of this. Freedom to become a pauper, freedom to hurry up and die! Digby says: So Paul Ryan is out there instructi... Read more
https://youtu.be/OGnE83A1Z4U
"With... Paul Ryan's draconian and savage cuts to Medicare in his budget proposal, we have to ask ourselves: Is America still beautiful without Medicare?"

"God & Cosmology" Sean Carroll vs William Lane Craig Comments Enabled!!!

"...Sean Carroll and William Lane Craig debate modern science and Craig's theology and ancient metaphysics. Same old stuff. The scientist follows the evidence and refrains from pretending to know things he doesn't know and the theist leads the evidence with God as the goal. Pretty much every time Craig speaks I'm reminded of my Russel's Teapot picture on the wall above my computer..."
http://youtu.be/GKDCZHimElQ

Woody Allen - The Atheist

"A neurotic, pessimistic, Jewish atheist. I do find it somewhat surprising and odd that this iconic, quintessential Jewish icon of modern history ends up being an atheist. I remember doing a double take when I saw him featured in the Unbelievers film. But knowing about the abundance of Jewish atheists out there, I don't know why I was surprised."
http://youtu.be/6pAObJ_rIU4

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Bumpy Lane: Religious Right Operative Seeks To Build (Another) Church-Based Political Machine

David Lane is the latest in a long line of Religious Right operatives seeking to forge right-wing evangelicals into a well-oiled political machine.
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Rep. Connolly Chastises GOP For Claiming Obama Had A 'Temper Tantrum' Over Netanyahu Win

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) gave Republicans a piece of his mind during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing this Thursday over their love of Isra... Read more

White House Fires Warning Shot At Republicans On Social Security

WASHINGTON — A top adviser to President Barack Obama on Friday slammed a House Republican maneuver aimed at forcing a showdown on Social Security as e... Read more

McConnell Tells States To Ignore Obama's Climate Change Rule

WASHINGTON — In an unusual move, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is calling on states to ignore a directive from the Obama administratio... Read more

Paul Ryan To States: Don't Set Up ACA Exchanges To Save Subsidies

A top House Republican says states should avoid setting up Obamacare exchanges as a way to protect insurance subsidies for their residents if the Supr... Read more

NAACP Wants GOP Leader Investigated For Saying Obama Part Of Islamic State

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine branch of the NAACP wants an investigation into whether a state senator violated the Legislature's code of ethics by sha... Read more

Laurence Tribe Says Obama’s Clean Power Plan Is Like ‘Burning The Constitution’

"...The primary reason the EPA is trying to regulate greenhouse gases is because it’s required to under the Clean Air Act: a bill the legislative branch passed, the executive branch signed into law, and the judicial branch affirmed..." ... Read more

Every Claim In This Ted Cruz Statement Is Completely False

"...First, Common Core is not “federally created.” It was created by the states, on a voluntary basis. As NPR reported, “the federal government played no role in creating the standards, nor did it require that states adopt them.”
Second, Common Core is not a “curriculum.”..."
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