India’s New Paris Pledge: We’ll Cut Back On Coal If We Get Help With Renewables Now

Mathur said, “We look forward to an agreement that enables financial support from the countries that have developed on the backs of cheap energy, to those who have to meet their energy with more expensive but low carbon energy.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/09/3728782/india-paris-coal-renewables/

Ted Cruz Invited A Right-Wing Radio Host To Testify On Climate Science And He Gave This Insane Rant | ThinkProgress

The entire population of the Maldives … will fit in perfectly fine if they all move to this Brussels suburb that produced the shooters in Paris...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/09/3729959/mark-steyn-said-some-weird-things-at-this-hearing/

Supposedly 'Anti-Racist' Law Relies On Stereotypes And Lies To Ban Abortion | ThinkProgress

The law’s creators used racist stereotypes to back the need for its creation, arguing that Asian American women historically kill female fetuses and black women terminate their pregnancies because of racial biases...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/12/09/3730173/aclu-sex-selective-abortion-ban/

LPT Good way to recover a stolen vehicle

https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/3rs9mo/lpt_good_way_to_recover_a_stolen_vehicle/

Marked for Death: A Homosexual's Rant to His Would Be Executioners

"There are instances in which both the Old and New Testament speak to the matter with unbelievable clarity. You know what that sin is -- it's the sin of homosexuality. In fact in Romans 1 Paul affirms that this particular sin is worthy of death. The Old and New Testament, I believe both speak with authority and we outta receive it..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rohrer/marked-for-death-a-homose_b_8521360.html

"You see that picture above this paragraph? That's me. I'm a person. I'm someone's child, someone's brother, someone's uncle. I'm a cousin, a nephew, a friend. I'm a human being. I deserve to live my life to the fullest just like anybody else. 

The scary thing about people like these pastors is that, while they individually may not be the voice of the masses, they each have followers who are listening to their hateful words... and agreeing."

There's a new Big Tobacco — and one industry is determined to silence its critics

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Americans should eat and drink no more than 50 grams of sugar — roughly the amount in a can and a half of Coke — each day...
http://www.businessinsider.com/big-soda-is-fighting-science-on-sugar-2015-11

Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National: Marco Rubio: "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.

"If these were perfect lists, that would be one thing," he said. "But there are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured under this amendment the Democrats offered. And that's the problem."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/06/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-700000-americans-could-be-affecte/

It Can Happen Here: Trump Call For Excluding Muslims From U.S. Has Disturbing Precedents

Trump’s New Hampshire campaign chair, State Rep. Al Baldasaro (R), agreed with him, saying, “What he’s saying is no different than the situation during World War II, when we put the Japanese in camps.”...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/it-can-happen-here-trump-call-for-excluding-muslims-from-us-has-disturbing

Former drone pilots denounce 'morally outrageous' program

Four former drone operators have penned an open letter to President Obama and the CIA, calling for a reevaluation of the US drone program, which has killed between 488 and 1,071 civilians in the last eight years...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2015/1208/Former-drone-pilots-denounce-morally-outrageous-program

Bush's tax plan would add $6.8 trillion to the national debt

The tax plan proposed by Jeb Bush would add trillions to the national debt due to tax cuts. The wealthiest families would see incomes increase by over 10 percent, while middle income families would see less than a three percent increase...
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Tax-VOX/2015/1208/Bush-s-tax-plan-would-add-6.8-trillion-to-the-national-debt

Do most Muslims around the world applaud ISIS? Hardly.

In 11 countries worldwide with large Muslim populations, the majority of people 'disdain' Islamic State, reports Pew Research.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/1208/Do-most-Muslims-around-the-world-applaud-ISIS-Hardly

Nevada GOPer On Syrian Refugees: 'I'll Fly To Paris And Shoot 'Em' Myself

From a political leader of the "Christian nation":
"I am not OK with Syrian refugees. I’m not OK with terrorists. I’m OK with putting them down, blacking them out, just put a piece of brass in their ocular cavity and end their miserable life. I'm good with that," she continued.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michele-fiore-syrian-refugees-shoot-em

Trump Tops USA Today Poll Where Supporters Say They'd Back Indy Bid

Trump supporters are also proving to be a loyal bunch. Sixty-eight percent of supporters said they would still vote for Trump if the former reality television star left the GOP and ran as an independent.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/usa-today-suffolk-december-poll

American Muslims raise more than $100,000 for families of San Bernardino shooting victims

In just four days, the Muslims United for San Bernardino campaign has raised more than $100,000 from more than 1,000 donors across the country, including in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The money will be disbursed through San Bernardino County and the United Way to assist victims’ families with funeral expenses and other needs, Qazi said...
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-muslim-fundraise-20151208-story.html

Top U.S. and World News Headlines for Wednesday, December 9

https://youtu.be/KNGK8sTTdRM

What President Obama Didn’t Address: Who’s Funding the Hate Campaign Against Muslims?

Hint: Their last name starts with K...
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/what-president-obama-didnt-address-whos-funding-hate-campaign-against-muslims

Jeb Bush Floats Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Theory

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush responded to a poll promoted by Donald Trump -- which showed the billionaire holding on to 68 percent of his supporters if he ran as an independent -- by floating the theory that the GOP frontrunner's candidacy might be a false flag operation planted by Hillary Clinton...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-hillary-trump-theory

Ex-Netanyahu Chief Of Staff Joins Ben Carson's Campaign

The ex-chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson's presidential campaign as a foreign policy adviser, Politico reported Tuesday...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/geroge-birnbaum-joins-ben-carson-campaign

How Fear Made Us Less Free • Snowden Speaks! • War on Whistleblowers • BRAVE NEW FILMS

Interview:
https://youtu.be/xbBQc57qN4Y

"A Question Of Truth" by Old Fart Rants

Donald Trump is a bigger threat to America than ISIS is, and he's doing more to promote recruits to radical Islam than anyone else in the world. He's proposed a total shutdown on all Muslims entering the United States until our leaders figure out what the hell is going on. Well let me explain it to you Donald - it's actually very simple. The problem is religion. We have billions of people living in the 21st century believing Bronze Age fairy tales are real who are more than happy to go to war against anybody who believes different fairy tales than theirs. It all boils down to a question of truth. Remember when Republicans like George Bush and Sarah Palin said that our invasion of Iraq was "God's work."

Remember how we killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Muslims and displaced millions more, all based on lies from Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld? And since you constantly tout your opposition to that war Donald, you of all people should understand why they hate us. Anyone who thinks “they hate us for our freedom” is an idiot. And finally Donald, now that I've explained to you what the hell is going on, and since you like over the top ideas, here's what we do about it. We have Islam and Christianity, or any other religion that's interested, appoint a supreme spokesperson they see as closest to their god. We have them go to the World Court in the Hague, swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth on their own holy book, sit on the witness stand, and invoke their god to make a personal appearance like he used to do in their holy books thousands of years ago but stopped for some reason.

If there ever was a time that god needed to show up it's now, so I doubt any real god would snub such an invitation. Each supreme spokesperson will have 20 minutes to have their god show up in person, prove that he created the universe and is still in charge of all of it at all times, and give clear instructions, rules and regulations on how the whole of humanity should live. Whichever spokesperson accomplishes this feat wins, and their religion will be installed as the only religion on the planet. If no spokesperson can accomplish this then all religion will be abolished around the world - people can still believe crazy crap if they want, but no more organized religion – no more tax exemptions for churches, no more influence by any religious beliefs on any governments or laws will be tolerated, and anybody who claims religious beliefs as facts, such as living in god's grace, or having a wonderful afterlife, or wiping out the infidels will be thrown in prison for life for fraud. There you go Donald - that's the root problem and the solution.

And this shouldn’t bother you a bit since you’re only faking being a Christian to get votes. You've heard me say many times that religion rots the mind and is a cancer on society. Religion is a road block to scientific and social progress, and is the number one reason for hatred and conflict - and we're observing that in real time right now. Anyone who can't see that now is a fool. As I said at the top of the video, it's all about truth. If you agree that the definition of truth is that which can be proven to be true, then there is no truth in religion - any religion. Religion, all religions are nothing but a pack of lies. Religion has to go, the sooner the better...
https://youtu.be/81-PuQSBQJI