"Oklahoma’s Horrific Botched Execution Could Have Been Prevented" - in #Libertarian

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By Lauren Galik

Last night, a horrific scene played out at the
Oklahoma State Penitentiary as prison officials attempted to carry
out the first of what was supposed to have been a double
execution.
At 6:23 p.m., the execution...

Read More...Oklahoma’s Horrific Botched Execution Could Have Been Prevented

"Marianne Williamson: That Light Shall Not Be Extinguished" - in #Independent

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By Jed Ziggler The challenge of our generation is to resist the multi-national corporate takeover of the United States of America. These corporations have the right to exist in the global economy, but they do not have the right...

Read More...Marianne Williamson: That Light Shall Not Be Extinguished

"The Watercooler ~ An Open Thread" - in #Conservative

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By westcoastpatriette (<a href="/diary/westcoastpatriette/">Diary</a>)

Found this picture to depict the excitement I feel with the progress we are making. There’s nothing like gushing, falling water...

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"Under Pressure Of Lawsuit, Google Says It Will Stop Reading Students’ Emails" - in #Liberal

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Google said it has stopped reading emails for millions of student Gmail accounts for ads after students and teachers sued the tech company earlier this year, according to a company blog post.
Google was scanning...

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"Nancy Pelosi posts cartoon depicting US businessmen as greedy capitalist pigs" - in #Conservative

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By thisistwitchy

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and this morning she tweeted this cartoon by Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle to make her case:
#1010Means...

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"Rep. Alan Grayson: “I WANT MY DELOREAN.”" - in #Conservative

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By EM Zanotti
THIS KEEPS GETTING BETTER, PEOPLE.
Turns out, among the things Alan Grayson is requesting sole use of in his response to Lolita’s (yep, it’s still funny) divorce filing are a six-bedroom home and seven...

Read More...Rep. Alan Grayson: “I WANT MY DELOREAN.”

"Harry Reid Staging Phony Vote On Keystone Pipeline" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative
Harry Reid doesn’t want the Keystone XL Pipeline. President Obama keeps putting off a decision on the project that would create thousands of jobs to appease the far left environmentalists and...

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"GOP Senate Candidate's Children In Ad: Our Dad Is Cheap" - in #Liberal

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By Daniel Strauss
Rep. Jack Kingston’s (R-GA) children want you to know their dad is cheap.
The four children of the GOP Senate candidate are featured in a new ad describing their father’s thrifty habits.
“Our...

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"Rep. Alan Grayson says his wife is already married to someone else." - in #Conservative

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By EM Zanotti

I love this guy. Not only is Alan Grayson batsh*t crazy, but he produces only amazing fundraising emails, and he provides me with an bottomless well of evidence that Florida should one day be broken off from the...

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"Get Your Geek On: New Godzilla Trailer" - in #Conservative

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By Greg Pollowitz
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"MUST WATCH: Families speak out against the Phoenix VA" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

Hannity’s Ainsley Earhardt went to Arizona to interview families whose …
Read more here: MUST WATCH: Families speak out against the Phoenix VA



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"It’s. Not. The. Law? Anti-free speech Dems spanked for constitutional amendment plan" - in #Conservative

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By Sarah Desprat

It’s about time!
Dude. Senate Dems are going to try to amend the first amendment. LOLOL twitter.com/ChadPergram/st…— RB (@RBPundit) April 30, 2014
Here’s what’s on their docket:
Schumer says Sen...

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"A New Report Finds Health Care Sepnding Is On The Rise, And That’s A Good Thing" - in #Liberal

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New federal data finds that health care spending increased by 9.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014, representing somewhat of a turnaround in the four-year slowdown in health care spending. Some critics are already...

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"Report: Oprah May Bid To Buy The Clippers" - in #Liberal

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By Tom Kludt
Television personality and billionaire mogul Oprah Winfrey is reportedly considering a bid to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers if owner Donald Sterling is forced to sell the team following his racist comments.
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"Netflix Pays Verizon For Better Internet Access" - in #Liberal

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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix will pay Verizon Communications to help clear up some of the congestion that has been bogging down its Internet video service.
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"Senate Democrats Plot Vote To Overturn Citizens United In 2014" - in #Liberal

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By Sahil Kapur
The Senate will vote in 2014 on a constitutional amendment to undo Supreme Court rulings in recent years which invalidated campaign finance limits, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Wednesday.
The No. 3 Democratic...

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"Conservative Millennials More Likely to Vote in Midterm Elections Than Young Liberals" - in #Libertarian

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By Elizabeth Nolan Brown


Democrat, Republican, or independent, millennials
aren’t likely to be flocking to the voting booth come November.
A new national poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP)
finds less...

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"Oyez" - in #Liberal

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By David Kurtz
Justice Scalia’s goof in his dissent from yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling on the EPA has been corrected as of this morning. See update at the bottom.
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"Texas clinic said dog had to be killed, then kept it alive for 6 months of experiments" - in #Independent

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By David Edwards A Texas veterinary is under investigation after a family said that their dog was still alive and being used for blood transfusions six month after doctors told them the animal had to be euthanized. The Fort Worth...

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"Americans Want The U.S. To Pull Back From World Affairs, Poll Finds (CHART)" - in #Liberal

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By Caitlin MacNeal
More Americans want the U.S. to take a step back from its interventionist role on the world stage, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Wednesday.
Forty-seven percent of Americans want the...

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"Two Of A Kind? Sterling's Wife Also Accused Of Making Racist Comments" - in #Liberal

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By Eric Lach
On Sunday, two days after an audio recording of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist comments was released online, his wife, Rochelle Sterling, told ESPN she didn’t condone the...

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"Georgia Governor Nixes Bill To Give Private Companies Even More Power Over Probation Sentences" - in #Liberal

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Georgians were spared a bill that would have given private probation firms even more leeway to extract profit from the state’s poorest and lowest-level criminal defendants, after Gov. Nathan Deal (R)...

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"Hobby Lobby’s public school Bible class treats ‘Moses’ magic wand’ as historical fact" - in #Independent

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By Travis Gettys A pair of religious liberty watchdogs urged an Oklahoma school district to drop its plans to implement a Bible-based curriculum designed by a conservative Christian business owner. Americans United for Separation...

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"Classes Dismissed" - in #Libertarian

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By Zenon Evans

Coursera, which produces massive open online courses (MOOCs),
has the mission of “connecting people to a great education so that
anyone around the world can learn without limits.” The State and
Treasury...

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"Beck: Hillary 'Will Be Having Sex With A Woman On The White House Desk If It Becomes Popular'" - in #Liberal

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By Dylan Scott
While trashing political “cowards” who have backed gay marriage as it has become more popular with the public, conservative icon Glenn Beck appeared to reveal a pet theory that Hillary Clinton might be a...

Read More...Beck: Hillary 'Will Be Having Sex With A Woman On The White House Desk If It Becomes Popular'

"Iowa Central College gives accused rapist choice: Expulsion or not walking at graduation" - in #Independent

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By Scott Kaufman According to a report in The Des Moines Register, a male student at Iowa Central College who was found responsible for “non-consensual sex” was offered a choice of punishment: immediate expulsion, or staying in sc...

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"Arizona May Impose Unusual New Tax On Customers Who Lease Solar Panels" - in #Liberal

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A new interpretation of state law in Arizona could force customers to pay property taxes on leased solar panels. In a state with an estimated 20,000 solar customers and 85 percent of new solar...

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"Economic Growth Slumped To Dismal 0.1% In First Quarter" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative
Economic growth plummeted to a dismal 0.1% in the first quarter of 2104. They’re blaming it on the weather.
The economy’s growth slowed to a barely discernible 0.1 percent annual rate in the...

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"Oklahoma inmate ‘tortured’ in shockingly botched execution" - in #Independent

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By Guest Voice

US inmate ‘tortured’ in botched execution (via AFP)

An Oklahoma death row inmate writhed in agony and mumbled incoherently in a botched execution using untested drugs, before dying of a heart attack 40 m...

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"Hawaii Passes A $10.10 Minimum Wage Without Waiting For Congress" - in #Liberal

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On late Tuesday night, Hawaii lawmakers passed an increase in the state’s minimum wage from the federal floor of $7.25 to $10.10 an hour by January 2018. Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) is...

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""The Most Transparent Administration In History": Obama Administration Quietly Strips Bill" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: DronesNews Story Source: Jonathan TurleyThere is yet another victory for the national security state under
President Obama. The Obama Administration has succeeded, with the help
of Senate Intelligence Committee...

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"Toyota Move Gives Perry Win For Possible '16 Run" - in #Liberal

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By WILL WEISSERT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With eight months left in office, Gov. Rick Perry is away from Texas almost as much as he’s home — hitting the road hard to tout his state as America’s best place to do bus...

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"The Constitution or Good Ideas?" - in #Libertarian

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By webmaster@thenewamerican.com (Walter E. Williams)

Should we be ruled by what are seen as good ideas or by what’s permissible by the U.S. Constitution?
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"The morality police in your checking account: Chase shuts down accounts of adult entertainers" - in #Independent

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By Electronic Frontier Foundation In the latest example of a troubling trend in which companies play the role of law enforcement and moral police, Chase Bank has shut down the personal bank accounts of hundreds of adult...

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"Benghazi E-Mail Writer in 2010: 'I Always Wanted to Be a Fiction Writer.'" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Geraghty From the Wednesday Morning Jolt:White House E-Mail: ‘Underscore that These Protests Are Rooted in an Internet Video’KABOOM. In short, the Obama administration’s lies about Benghazi came about exactly a...

Read More...Benghazi E-Mail Writer in 2010: 'I Always Wanted to Be a Fiction Writer.'

"Golden State Warriors Had Epic Sterling Boycott Planned For Last Night's Game" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
The Golden State Warriors were prepared to make a big statement in Tuesday’s Game 5 against the Los Angeles Clippers if the opposing team’s owner wasn’t punished for his racist comments,...

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"Fukushima operator TEPCO books $4.3 billion annual profit" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it booked a $4.3 billion annual net profit owing to an electricity rate hike and a massive government bailout following the...

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"Captain says warnings over South Korean ferry were ignored" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse A probe into South Korea’s ferry disaster has heard that warnings over the ship’s seaworthiness were ignored, prosecutors said Wednesday, as rescuers worked to recover the bodies of more than...

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"China pushes for rival trans-Pacific trade deal" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse China is pressing for a vast Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior official said Wednesday, as a rival US-led deal that excludes the Asian giant has yet to reach agreement. Wang Shouwen, an assistant...

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"Pixies in ‘progression’ on first album in 23 years" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Joey Santiago has this helpful tip for Pixies fan savoring the alt-rock band’s first album in 23 years: add to your existing playlist of past Pixies favorites. Hit shuffle. Enjoy. “It belongs...

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"Obvious: Google removes anti-abortion ads because they score high on Web searches for &#34;abortion clinics,&#34;" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit

Unless you are experience something firsthand, never forget someone may be filtering your information. Sadly, that someone is usually a liberal.
Via NewsMax:Google Inc. is eliminating advertisements for Crisis...

Read More...Obvious: Google removes anti-abortion ads because they score high on Web searches for "abortion clinics,"

"Rio 2016 Olympic preparations damned as ‘worst ever’ by IOC" - in #Independent

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By Owen Gibson, The Guardian International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates warns on readiness, saying it is worse even than Athens 2004 Five years after Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to be...

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"GOP’s Near-Term Optimism Could Backfire — Hard — In 2016" - in #Liberal

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By Ed Kilgore
As we move into the heart of the 2014 election cycle, it’s not surprising that many Republican observers are predicting a 2010-style “negative referendum” on Barack Obama’s presidency in general and on Oba...

Read More...GOP’s Near-Term Optimism Could Backfire — Hard — In 2016

"Fukushima radiation found in albacore tuna caught off the shores of Oregon" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit

The amount is very small, but this shows the global impact of the Fukushima disaster. Check out these shocking photos of Fukushima mutants.PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A sample of albacore tuna caught off...

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"Nuremberg Barbie's Blasphemous Punchline" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: Guantanamo BayNews Story Source: by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)If I were in charge, reality TV celebrity Sarah Palin told the recent convention of the National Rifle Association, “waterboarding is...

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"Lone Star Lunacy" - in #Conservative

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By Kevin D. Williamson Why do state universities have boards of trustees? In Texas, where the rather grandiose flagship university system styles its trustees “regents,” the governor appoints representatives to the uni...

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"Det Bowers" - in #Conservative

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By <a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/diary/erick/">Diary</a>)
This will shock most of you. I like Lindsey Graham. Always have for that matter. He’s always...

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"The purging of Donald Tokowitz" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) As I mentioned when asked yesterday, I don’t follow the NBA, the extent of my knowledge comes from a single Bill Simmons book, and I find it somewhat amusing to see the legions of the...

Read More...The purging of Donald Tokowitz

"Krugman in the 1 Percent" - in #Conservative

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By Michael Tanner I am outraged. The City University of New York recently announced that it is going to pay Paul Krugman $225,000 for part-time work studying income inequality. If you add in his sundry speaking fees, Professor...

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"Immigration Exaggeration" - in #Conservative

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By Steven Camarota In their recent article for NRO, Lee Habeeb and Mike Leven make almost every mistake common to immigration enthusiasts. First, they grossly overstate the degree to which immigration will slow down the aging of...

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"New Mission To Investigate Whether Syrian Regime Is Still Using Chemical Weapons" - in #Liberal

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The world’s chemical weapons watchdog announced on Tuesday that it would be sending a new mission to Syria, this time to investigate claims that the government has utilized chlorine gas in its...

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"Tim Allen: ‘Who decides’ when you’ve made enough money? Asked and answered [video]" - in #Conservative

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By Sarah Desprat

Recently, actor and comedian Tim Allen wondered aloud how taxing the rich will benefit the middle class. Was he taking a swipe at progressives? No, he said. It was “just an open question.”
This weekend, he asked a...

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"More Advertisers Fleeing From Their Los Angeles Clippers Sponsorships" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
The mass exodus of advertisers from their sponsorship and marketing deals with the Los Angeles Clippers continued ahead of a Tuesday press conference, when the NBA was expected to announce the results of its...

Read More...More Advertisers Fleeing From Their Los Angeles Clippers Sponsorships

"Elizabeth Warren: “We Are Not Resting Until at Least 50 Senators Are [Millionaire] Women”" - in #Libertarian

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By Mary Theroux


It’s just not fair: only one of the Senate millionaires pictured here is a woman
Elizabeth Warren is out selling herself and her new book, Fighting Chance, and her headline du jour is “We Are Not Resting U...

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"Company Halts Plans On 500-Mile Pipeline Through Kentucky" - in #Liberal

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Land owners and protesters gather on the steps of the Kentucky state capitol in Fronkfort, Ky., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, to opposed a pipeline that would carry flammable liquids through northern Kentucky.
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"Save the Tridentine Mass, or, ‘These Little-Town Blues’" - in #Conservative

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By Michael Potemra Living in a global metropolis such as New York has its drawbacks, to be sure. But one of the key reasons so many of us choose to do it anyway is that we love being in a place where so many cultural riches are...

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"#RapeCulture? FBI: Illinois Democrat Bragged About Molesting 6-Year-Old Girl" - in #Conservative

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By Robert Stacy McCain When he resigned last month, many people were shocked to learn that an Illinois Democrat was under investigation for federal child pornography charges. Now court documents provide a lurid glimpse of The...

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"ABC Misleads About 'Demoted' Catholic Saints" - in #Conservative

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By Matthew Balan


Rheana Murray’s Saturday article on ABCNews.com omitted key details about how the Catholic Church determines which saints’ feast days are observed by Catholic parishes all over the world. Murray...

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"EPA Hails Big Victory At Supreme Court" - in #Liberal

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By Sahil Kapur
It’s not every day that environmentalists notch up a victory in the modern Supreme Court, but that’s what happened Tuesday in a 6-2 decision upholding the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

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"ABC Buries Own Results, Allows 18 Seconds to Obama 'Facing Worst Poll' of His Presidency" - in #Conservative

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By Scott Whitlock


The news that Barack Obama is “facing the worst poll numbers of his presidency” warranted a mere 18 seconds of attention from Good Morning America on Tuesday. This scant coverage is despite the...

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"Oklahoma governor’s daughter performs ‘war dance’ to mock Native American protesters" - in #Independent

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By David Edwards Republican Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin this week apologized after her daughter mocked Native Americans with a “war dance,” and her boyfriend directed an offensive middle finger gesture at them. Last March, the Nat...

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"Denver radio host on Donald Sterling: ‘All racists are, at the end of the day, atheists’" - in #Independent

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By Travis Gettys A Denver talk radio host suggested that it wasn’t possible to believe in God and still be racist. Dan Caplis, of KNUS-AM, made the comments Monday morning during a discussion of Los Angeles Clippers owner...

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"The College Sexual Assault Crisis Turns A Corner" - in #Liberal

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After decades of colleges sweeping rape under the rug, activists are “cautiously optimistic” that there may be a shift on the horizon.
On Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden will hold a press conference with campus act...

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"Report: GOP Pastor May Have Illegally Fundraised For Campaign At Church" - in #Liberal

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By Daniel Strauss
Rev. Mark Harris, one of the eight Republicans competing for the nomination in the North Carolina Senate race, didn’t report donations from speaking events at church events as campaign donations.
That may...

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"Judge rejects Army’s claim that woman waited too long to sue over nerve gas exposure" - in #Independent

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By Travis Gettys A judge allowed a former Utah state wildlife biologist’s suit to go forward against the U.S. Army. Carolyn Bayless claims she was disabled as a result of exposure more than 15 years ago to sarin nerve gas...

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"Internet “Governance” Summit in Brazil Advances UN Control" - in #Libertarian

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By webmaster@thenewamerican.com (Alex Newman)

Under the guise of advancing “global governance” over the Internet by so-called stakeholders — including, of course, governments, autocrats, and international organizations such as the...

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"Pence Disappoints On Common Core" - in #Conservative

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By Stanley Kurtz There’s been a lot of talk lately about a potential 2016 presidential run by Indiana Governor Mike Pence. That is all to the good. Yet Pence is being touted, and is touting himself, as an opponent of Common...

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"John Boehner: Donald Sterling's Remarks 'Reprehensible'" - in #Liberal

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By Sahil Kapur
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) weighed in briefly Tuesday on racist remarks attributed to Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
“It’s reprehensible,” he told reporters, when asked to comment. He...

Read More...John Boehner: Donald Sterling's Remarks 'Reprehensible'

"Syrian Regime Continues ‘Barrel Bomb’ Strikes On Civilians" - in #Liberal

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Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks during an interview
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Syria’s embattled president announced on Monday that he was running for re-election amid the country’s civil war, even...

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"Tea Party candidate Greg Brannon insists ‘in Obamacare there are death panels’" - in #Independent

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By Eric W. Dolan Five years after the “death panel” was named as PolitiFact’s “Lie of the Year,” one Republican candidate for U.S. Senate insists the murderous medical board is real. Speaking at campaign event in Wilson, Nor...

Read More...Tea Party candidate Greg Brannon insists ‘in Obamacare there are death panels’

"On Obamacare Repeal: In Defense Of Rand Paul And Cathy McMorris-Rodgers" - in #Conservative

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By William Teach There’s been quite a few verbal barbs aimed at Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, the #4 Republican in the House, over comments about reforming Obamacare rather than repealing it. Allahpundit writes
Interestingly,...

Read More...On Obamacare Repeal: In Defense Of Rand Paul And Cathy McMorris-Rodgers

"Shooter Injures Six In Georgia Town Where Everyone Is Required To Own A Gun" - in #Liberal

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A gunman opened fire Tuesday morning at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Georgia. Six were shot, with their injuries ranging from minor to one in critical condition. Authorities report that the gunman is dead....

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"Merger Would Let Pfizer Duck A Billion Dollars In U.S. Taxes Each Year" - in #Liberal

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A major corporate takeover in the prescription drug industry is motivated in part by a desire to duck billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday night. If Pfizer is successful...

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"51 Percent Would Pay Higher Prices To Raise the Minimum Wage, but 58 Percent Would Not Tolerate Costs to Jobs" - in #Libertarian

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By Emily Ekins

Two-thirds of Americans favor
raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, while 32
percent oppose according to the
latest Reason-Rupe poll. However, support slips when possible
costs are considered.
A...

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"‘Gun enthusiasts’ stalk and threaten CEO after she develops weapon only owner can fire" - in #Independent

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By David Edwards Belinda Padilla, president and CEO of the U.S. division of firearm manufacturer Armatix, says she was stalked and threatened by “gun enthusiasts” after she tried to bring a safer handgun to market. Armatix, a Ger...

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"$1 Billion Worth of Ammo to be Destroyed by Obama&#8217;s Pentagon" - in #Conservative

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By Cassy Fiano While other countries — like, say, Russia and China — are busy building their militaries, Obama seems insistent on tearing ours down as much as possible. His newest plan is to destroy over $1 billion worth of amm...

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"Pew's Misleading Research -- Not Going to College Isn't a Penalty" - in #Conservative

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By George Leef Lots of studies claiming that higher ed is a great investment merely imply that people who don’t go to college are missing out on a big boost in earnings, but a Pew study released in February actually says...

Read More...Pew's Misleading Research -- Not Going to College Isn't a Penalty

"6 Injured In Reported Shooting At FedEx Facility In Georgia" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
Six people were injured Tuesday morning in a reported shooting at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Ga.
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"Judge upholds county’s sale of widow’s home over $6.30 in unpaid interest" - in #Independent

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By Travis Gettys A judge ruled that a Pennsylvania widow was given ample notice before her $280,000 home was auctioned off over $6.30 in unpaid interest. Eileen Battisti had asked the court to reverse the September 2011 sale of...

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"Elon Musk and Johnny Depp got a speeding ticket while driving the Tesla Model S" - in #Independent

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By Gas 2.0 While on set for the film Transcendence, Johnny Depp and some of his costars (including Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, and director Pfister) were given a spirited demonstration of the Tesla Model S by Elon Musk. Then...

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"Kerry Backs Off Israel 'Apartheid' Remark" - in #Liberal

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By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says he chose the wrong word in describing Israel’s potential future after coming under withering criticism for saying the Jewish state could become an &...

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"Decency – and Smart Politics! – Require Us to Passionately Denounce Sterling." - in #Conservative

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By Jim Geraghty From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt:Decency – and Smart Politics! – Require Us to Passionately Denounce SterlingA lot of us rightfully lament the knee-jerk playing of the race card and the public cam...

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"Bonior Apetit" - in #Conservative

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By John J. Miller Remember our old friend David Bonior, the longtime whip for House Democrats? He’s now in the private sector as a restaurant owner, gaping at the regulatory state:Bonior said if he had the power, he would...

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"A Window on the Media" - in #Conservative

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By Conrad Black From my most recent NRO article, about the weekend’s cable-news coverage: “Much of American television news is in an appalling state of disinformation, and none of the three main English-speaking c...

Read More...A Window on the Media

"Cameron Threatens to Resign if He Can't Get an EU Referendum in 2017 After Activist Says 'No One Believes You'" - in #Conservative

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Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he will resign if he cannot deliver a referendum on Britain’s EU membership by 2017. He made the pledge during a conference call with party activists yesterday, during which one...

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"Mark Cuban Doesn't Think Sterling Should Get The Boot: 'People Are Allowed To Be Morons'" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban joined others in the league on Monday in condemning Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments but wouldn’t go as far as calling for...

Read More...Mark Cuban Doesn't Think Sterling Should Get The Boot: 'People Are Allowed To Be Morons'

"Historians battle loyalists at Nixon library over how to portray the disgraced president" - in #Independent

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By Reuters Nearly 40 years after President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal, the debate over how his legacy should be defined seems as vibrant as ever – at Nixon’s presidential library, at ...

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"Storms kill 21, tornado roars through Mississippi city" - in #Independent

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By Reuters On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday destroying homes and businesses, according to...

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"Supreme Court confronts digital privacy rights today in cell phone case" - in #Independent

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By Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday confronts the question of whether the increasing amount of deeply personal information kept on mobile devices means police officers need a warrant before they can search an arrested...

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"Y Is For Yodel" - in #Independent

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By PATRICK EDABURN, Assistant Editor


I do suppose Yodel is an obvious choice for “Y Is For” but I decided to combine a couple items today.
This month marks the 50th anniversary if the Disney attraction “It’s A Small World” ...

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"Obama ignites Chinese anger as he warns against use of force on American allies" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse US President Barack Obama ended an Asian tour Tuesday with a warning to China against using force to resolve territorial disputes, and an “ironclad” promise of military support for the...

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"Child marriage could become law in Iraq this week, but it’s a global scourge" - in #Independent

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By Gordon Brown, The Guardian When Iraqi voters go to the polls tomorrow they are likely to endorse parties that plan to legalise child marriage at nine years old. Based on Shia Islamic jurisprudence, what is called the...

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"New tornadoes thrash the South, killing 19 people in two days" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Fresh storms tore across the US Southeast, killing at least two people in Alabama and threatening millions of people a day after tornadoes killed 17 and ripped up homes in nearby states. Several tornadoes...

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"John Kerry apologizes for Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks" - in #Independent

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By Peter Beaumont, The Guardian US secretary of state sparked outcry when he said country risked becoming an ‘apartheid’ state without a peace deal US secretary of state John Kerry has apologised for warning that Israel r...

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"To Change America" - in #Conservative

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By <a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/diary/erick/">Diary</a>)

Stories continue to trickle out about coming Republican betrayals. Once primaries are over,...

Read More...To Change America

"Chase Bank Shuts Down Hundreds Of Porn Industry Accounts (LETTER)" - in #Independent

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By Khier Casino

Chase Bank Shuts Down Hundreds Of Porn Industry Accounts (LETTER)
Chase Orders Closure Of Bank Accounts Belonging To Adult Entertainers (LETTER)
...

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"Faith and trust and pixie dust" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) David Brooks asks a grand strategic expert to help him make sense of his impression that the international system is collapsing:
All around, the fabric of peace and order is fraying. The leaders of...

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"Stephen Fry doesn’t know what it’s like to have OCD eyes" - in #Independent

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By David Adam, The Guardian Fry has done so much for public perceptions of mental illness, but those of us with OCD know how misjudged his cake tweet was Oh Stephen, how could you? The saintly Stephen Fry at the weekend received...

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"Chalk up another “victory” for spreading democracy" - in #Liberal

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By Attaturk


pic via enggul at flickr.com
We’re so good at this, we may just bankrupt ourselves back into a Hobbesian state of nature.
Fears for Egypt’s democracy deepened on Monday when a judge sentenced 683 men to...

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"Dems fret over midterms while GOP profits off Tea Party enthusiasm" - in #Independent

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By Moyers & Company Much of our political dysfunction arises from the fact that different parts of the electorate turn out to vote during midterm and presidential elections. Democrats rack up big wins in presidential years,...

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"Justice Department seeks to weed out racial bias in the criminal justice system" - in #Independent

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By Reuters By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it will begin collecting data on stops, searches and arrests made in five U.S. cities to weed out possible racial biases within the c...

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"Melchior: 'There's Concern, But Not Hopelessness' in Ukraine over Russian Threats" - in #Conservative

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By NRO Staff Be sure to check out more of Jillian’s appearance on Melissa Harris-Perry here and here, where she discussed more about her trip to Ukraine as well as the economic-inequality debate.
Read more here: Melchior:...

Read More...Melchior: 'There's Concern, But Not Hopelessness' in Ukraine over Russian Threats

"Racing Through Paradise" - in #Conservative

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By Jack Fowler From Bill Buckley’s private collection, we came across a few boxes in the mailroom (found underneath a crate of NR Tee-Shirts!) containing a several dozen hardcover copies of WFB’s acclaimed sailing...

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"Jon Stewart's Former Sidekick Rips Oregon's Obamacare Debacle in New HBO Show" - in #Conservative

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By Andrew Johnson Former Daily Show correspondent John Oliver kicked off his new HBO show Last Week Tonight by panning Oregon’s troubled Obamacare exchange (it’s yet to enroll a single person). This past week, the...

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"Putin's Brazen Humiliation of Obama" - in #Conservative

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By David Pryce-Jones Previous occupants of the Kremlin would stand shoulder to shoulder with Vladimir Putin. From the mid-16th century to the end of Communism, Russia conquered territory the size of Holland every single year. At...

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"New Probe Confirms Harry Reid's Long History of Corruption" - in #Libertarian

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By webmaster@thenewamerican.com (Bob Adelmann)

Senator Harry Reid’s past is finally catching up to him, thanks to investigative journalists who have a vast history of corruption from which to draw.
Read more here: New Probe...

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"It Could Cost Indiana $125 Million To Avoid The Common Core" - in #Liberal

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Mason Atkins is an intern for Think Progress.
Gov. Mike Pence
CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK
Indiana’s Legislative Services Agency released its report on the expected costs of implementing the state’s alternative to the Common...

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"Cartoons: Popes Canonized" - in #Independent

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By CAGLE CARTOONS

Three cartoonists’ views of Popes being canonized:
Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com

Dario Castillejos, Diario La Crisis
These cartoons are licensed to run on The Moderate...

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"Iowa GOP Senate Candidate Doesn't Think Senators Make That Much Money" - in #Liberal

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By Daniel Strauss
An Iowa Republican Senate candidate isn’t sure United States senators make that much money.
“I don’t think U.S. senators make that much money, but again, you know, I’m willing to make...

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"Picking at the Flesh of Failed States." - in #Independent

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By Chris Evans
Those war-mongers who want to send in NATO and supply hoards of cash to Ukraine need to look at the state of their union. It’s a mess. Yes, just because a country is corrupt and divided shouldn’t mean...

Read More...Picking at the Flesh of Failed States.

"Florida Senate Approves Bill to Admit Illegal Immigrant to Florida Bar" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog A “narrow majority” in the Florida Senate has voted to allow an illegal immigrant, Jose Godinez-Samperio, to practice law in the state.
Godinez-Samperio was brought to the US from Mexico at age 9 by his par...

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"Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. stands up for 2nd amendment against former Supreme Court Justice" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

If you missed Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr’s speech at …
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"Bruce Skarin: Will You Answer the Call to Restore Our Republic?" - in #Independent

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By Jed Ziggler Unlike some countries, Americans still have the full authority to take their country back in just two elections. The midterm elections in 2014 are an opportunity to blaze the trail for reclaiming the democracy that...

Read More...Bruce Skarin: Will You Answer the Call to Restore Our Republic?

"Brandeis Brownshirt Talia Lepson Hurls Crude Insults at Pro-Israel Student" - in #Conservative

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By Robert Stacy McCain Talia Lepson (@tlepthechamp on Twitter) is a Brandeis University sophomore “majoring in Politics and minoring in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies” who describes herself as an “avid MSNBC viewer.” In ...

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"Detroit Reaches Deal With City's Largest Union" - in #Liberal

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By AP
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit has reached a tentative deal with unions that represent thousands of employees in the bankrupt city.
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"Virus Kills 7 Million U.S. Pigs, Pork Prices Soar" - in #Conservative

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A virus that first appeared in April 2013 has now killed over seven million pigs in the United States, pushing pork prices to record levels.
The virus, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv), had spread to farms in 22 states by...

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"Los Angeles Clippers Stage Silent Protest Before Playoff Game (PHOTO)" - in #Liberal

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By Igor Bobic
Los Angeles Clippers players staged a silent protest at center court before they took on the Golden State Warriors in Sunday’s Game 4 of their first-round series.
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Read more here: Los Angeles C...

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"Justice Stevens’s Unethical Testimony" - in #Conservative

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By Ed Whelan Justice John Paul Stevens Stevens retired only from active service in 2010. He remains an Article III judge (eligible to sit on a lower court) and is therefore subject to the same ethical norms that govern the...

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"New Sanctions Announced Against Russia" - in #Conservative

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By Greg Pollowitz The United States on Monday imposed additional sanctions against Russian government officials and companies deemed close to President Vladimir V. Putin, accusing Moscow of failing to live up to its agreement to...

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"Microsoft Details Internet Explorer Security Flaw" - in #Independent

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By Will Hagle

Microsoft Details Internet Explorer Security Flaw
Microsoft Details Internet Explorer Security Flaw
Has Been Optimized
Just a few...

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"Rep. Michael Grimm arrested in New York" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

I guess I’m not really surprised given his recent thuggish …
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"Maine Republicans Still Oppose Marriage Equality Over A Year After Voters Approved It" - in #Liberal

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Delegates at this weekend’s Maine GOP convention cheer Gov. Paul LePage, who opposes marriage equality.
CREDIT: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
This weekend, the Maine Republican Party adopted a new platform, which among other...

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"Most Of The Jobs Added Since The Recession Pay Low Wages" - in #Liberal

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Six years after the Great Recession began, job growth has returned to is original peak level. But the kinds of jobs that have been added don’t pay well. Low-wage jobs have accounted for most of the employment...

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"Senate GOP 'Civil Wars' Lagging In NC" - in #Liberal

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By CHARLES BABINGTON
DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — The feisty personalities and anti-establishment fervor that fed tea party challenges in recent Republican U.S. Senate primaries are largely missing this year, a troubling sign for D...

Read More...Senate GOP 'Civil Wars' Lagging In NC

"Taxpayers On The Hook For Oregon’s Failed Obamacare Exchange" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative
Last week you probably heard that Oregon’s Obamacare exchange, which Democrats previously touted as simply the best, is being scrapped and the federal government is going to take it over. What you...

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"DHS Head Jeh Johnson Wants Immigration To Respect Sanctity Of Family" - in #Conservative

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By William Teach When I mention that it is not the immigration system that is broken, but the politicians, this is what I’m referring to
(CNS News) Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, asked by President Obama to review...

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"John Oliver Blasts 'F*cking Idiots' In Oregon For Broken Obamacare Website (VIDEO)" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
Comedian John Oliver parodied Oregon’s twee Obamacare ads on Sunday’s premiere of his new HBO show “Last Week Tonight” as he ranted about how the state spent a quarter of a billion...

Read More...John Oliver Blasts 'F*cking Idiots' In Oregon For Broken Obamacare Website (VIDEO)

"Dionne: You Gun Owners Are Supremacists" - in #Conservative

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By William Teach Climate change believers (who are typically hypocrites, but that’s a separate story) refer to non-believers as “deniers”, in an attempt to equate non-belief in climate change to denial of the Holocaust (in...

Read More...Dionne: You Gun Owners Are Supremacists

"Congress Returns To Work To Do The Bare Minimum" - in #Liberal

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By Andrew Taylor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress gets back to work Monday after a two-week vacation, and it’s looking like lawmakers will do what they do best: the bare minimum.
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"Dog Fighting Raid: Police Seize 20 Pit Bulls, Shoot One, in ‘Biggest Dog Fighting Ring in Buffalo”" - in #Independent

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By Phyllis M Daugherty

Dog Fighting Raid: Police Seize 20 Pit Bulls, Shoot One, in ‘Biggest Dog Fighting Ring in Buffalo”
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"The Left's War Against the Culture of Gun Owners" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Geraghty From the first Morning Jolt of the week:The Progressive War Against the Culture of Gun OwnersPermit me to begin with what might seem like a silly observation from the National Rifle Association’s Annual...

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"John Oliver and Lisa Loeb mock failure of coveroregon.com in song: ‘You f*cking idiots’" - in #Independent

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By Tom Boggioni Sunday night, John Oliver mocked the state of Oregon over the failure of its coveroregon.com healthcare website, using pop singer Lisa Loeb to parody one of the state’s cutesy advertisements for the program...

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"Hillary Clinton, the Unrepentant Hawk" - in #Libertarian

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By Steve Chapman

When
he ran for president in 2000, George W. Bush promised to “stop
extending our troops all around the world in nation-building
missions.” When he ran in 2008, Barack Obama trumpeted his
opposition...

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"Reports: Grimm To Surrender To Feds Today" - in #Liberal

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By Catherine Thompson
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) was expected to surrender to federal authorities Monday morning as he faces charges in connection with a health food restaurant he owned in Manhattan, according to several reports.
...

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"TN deputy fired hours after photos show him choking compliant student during arrest" - in #Independent

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By Travis Gettys A veteran Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was fired Sunday, just hours after a series of photographs were published showing him choking a college student during an arrest. Frank Phillips, a Knox County...

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"Clippers players stage protest after owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist comments" - in #Independent

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By Reuters Los Angeles Clippers players staged a protest at a playoff game on Sunday against racist comments allegedly made by team owner Donald Sterling, turning their warm-up jerseys inside-out to hide the team name before a...

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"Obama: US To Levy New Russia Sanctions Monday" - in #Liberal

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By JULIE PACE
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Vladimir Putin, President Barack Obama said the United States will levy new sanctions Monday on Russian individuals and companies in retaliation for M...

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"Tornadoes Kill 16 In Arkansas, 1 In Oklahoma" - in #Liberal

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By ANDREW DeMILLO & CHRISTINA HUYNH
VILONIA, Ark. (AP) — Three years after a tornado devastated the Little Rock suburb of Vilonia, its residents found themselves huddling in the dark early Monday wondering how they would r...

Read More...Tornadoes Kill 16 In Arkansas, 1 In Oklahoma

"Britain is now ‘post-Christian,’ says ex-archbishop Rowan Williams" - in #Independent

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By Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian Lord Williams enters debate provoked by PM, saying UK is not a nation of believers, but neither is it full of dedicated secularists Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has declared...

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"Britain is now ‘post-Christian’, says ex-archbishop Rowan Williams" - in #Independent

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By Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian Lord Williams enters debate provoked by PM, saying UK is not a nation of believers, but neither is it full of dedicated secularists Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has declared...

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"Video: Deadly Tornado in Mayflower, Arkansas" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit
Raw Footage Tornado video from Mayflower, Arkansas, 27. April 2014.
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"‘Revolutionary’ advanced battery leaps theoretical maximum boundary" - in #Independent

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By CleanTechnica Just when you thought you knew everything about the theoretical maximum capacity of batteries, along comes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to throw you for a loop. A team of researchers at ORNL has developed a...

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"Judge Jeanine Pirro Goes After Dirty Harry (Harry Reid) &#38; BLM Land Grab" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit
Read more here: Judge Jeanine Pirro Goes After Dirty Harry (Harry Reid) & BLM Land Grab



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"Reveille 4/28/14" - in #Conservative

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By Jason Epstein Good morning.Here are several links from the past week that will make your Monday at the office a bit more bearable: Grantland’s Matt Borcas profiles Charlie Blackmon, the Rockies outfielder who has been en...

Read More...Reveille 4/28/14

"At least 12 killed as tornadoes rip through Arkansas and Oklahoma" - in #Independent

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By Reuters Tornadoes ripped through the south-central United States on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma and wiping out entire neighborhoods, authorities said as rescue workers searched in darkness for...

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"X Is For" - in #Independent

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By PATRICK EDABURN, Assistant Editor
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"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Israel risks becoming ‘apartheid’ state" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse US Secretary of State John Kerry told a group of senior international officials that Israel risks becoming an “apartheid” state if it does not make peace soon, a US news website reported. Kerry...

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"Why Primaries Matter" - in #Conservative

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By <a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/diary/erick/">Diary</a>)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who Republicans chose to respond to President Obama’s State of the Union...

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"Getting their talking points from Limbaugh" - in #Liberal

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By Attaturk

North Korea’s “genetics-based” dictatorship of the proletariat has reached the last stage of political irrelevancy [no, not hosting Sean Hannity at his Nevada Ranch] its agitprop is starting to sound like Rush Li...

Read More...Getting their talking points from Limbaugh

"Tyranny with a Smile" - in #Conservative

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By Tom Rogan George Galloway, the far-left British parliamentarian, is an expert politician. When one district gets sick of him, he simply stirs up hatred and runs again someplace else.But Galloway isn’t just a politician....

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"Adirondack Daily Enterprise: Green Party Candidate May Be Excluded from Race" - in #Independent

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By Jed Ziggler By Matthew Turner New York 21st Congressional Green Party candidate Donald Hassig of Colton made a campaign stop to the Harrietstown Town Hall Wednesday afternoon. Hassig may have been a long shot in past Congress...

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"Fox Guest Flips Out In Shock After Activist Calls Affirmative Action Ban 'Racist'" - in #Liberal

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By David

Jennifer Gratz, CEO and founder of XIV Foundation, on Sunday blasted Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor for opposing a recent supreme court ruling which gave states the right to ban Affirmative Action.
In a 6-2...

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"Pence Sidesteps Questions About 2016 Presidential Bid" - in #Conservative

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By Eliana Johnson Indiana governor Mike Pence is raising his national profile, but, at least for now, he isn’t answering any questions about a possible presidential bid in 2016, telling Fox News’ Chris Wallace on...

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"Obama Criticizes America During Presser with Malaysian P.M." - in #Conservative

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By Greg Pollowitz . . .Speaking at a news conference with Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mr. Obama treaded politely into these issues. He said he pressed Mr. Najib during their meeting about Malaysia’s civil liberties and...

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"Primaried colors: A look at House incumbents in danger of losing renomination" - in #Liberal

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By rss@dailykos.com (Darth Jeff)

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), one of several House members facing a tough primary challenge
Every cycle, a number of House members find themselves facing tough primary challenges. This year is no...

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"Dancin' Dave Continues Beating The War Drums With Putin On Meet The Press" - in #Liberal

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By Heather

This makes two weeks in a row for David Gregory. Last week on Meet the Press, he was helping Sen. Bob Corker with the tough talk on Russia and asking if he’s learning the “right lessons” by our lack...

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"Watch Fox guest’s head explode when activist calls Affirmative Action ban ‘racist’" - in #Independent

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By David Edwards Jennifer Gratz, CEO and founder of XIV Foundation, on Sunday blasted Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor for opposing a recent supreme court ruling which gave states the right to ban Affirmative Action. In a...

Read More...Watch Fox guest’s head explode when activist calls Affirmative Action ban ‘racist’

"Fed up: President Selfie strikes again; Greta Van Susteren has a question" - in #Conservative

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By Lori Ziganto

It’s not funny, because it’s true. As Twitchy reported, President Selfie struck again. This time with the Malaysian prime minister in tow.
@jaketapper @gretawire @NajibRazak I guess that will solve the...

Read More...Fed up: President Selfie strikes again; Greta Van Susteren has a question

"Elizabeth Warren Dodges Previous Criticism of Hillary Clinton" - in #Conservative

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By Eliana Johnson Elizabeth Warren was tight-lipped on Sunday when confronted with her own criticism, leveled in a 2003 book, of Hillary Clinton. The Massachusetts senator is the author of the new book A Fighting Chance and many...

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"NAACP Will No Longer Give Clippers Owner Lifetime Achievement Award" - in #Liberal

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By Caitlin MacNeal
Interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Lorriane Miller, on Sunday said that the organization has decided to no longer honor Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
“He...

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"Pope Francis Declares 2 Popes Saints" - in #Liberal

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By DANIELA PETROFF and NICOLE WINFIELD
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis declared Popes John XXIII and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday in an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of ...

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"Donald Sterling to be given NAACP lifetime achievement award as racist rant made public" - in #Independent

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By Scott Kaufman Embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling was slated to receive a second Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People before the...

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"Tucker Carlson: Oprah's 'Anti-male' Brainwashing Will Destroy Your Infant's Manhood" - in #Liberal

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By David

Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Saturday announced that he had forced himself to give up Oprah Winfrey’s talk show after his baby boy was born because he didn’t want her “anti-male” viewpoint to...

Read More...Tucker Carlson: Oprah's 'Anti-male' Brainwashing Will Destroy Your Infant's Manhood

"College Student Cynthia Diaz Goes On Six-Day Hunger Strike to Protest Mom's Immigration Detention" - in #Independent

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By Allison Geller

College Student Cynthia Diaz Goes On Six-Day Hunger Strike to Protest Mom’s Immigration Detention
College Student Cynthia Diaz Goes On Six-Day Hunger Strike...

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"Heartland Institute Edits George Carlin's Words For Cheap Facebook Hits" - in #Liberal

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By karoli

[Caution: It's George Carlin, and NSFW]
Did the idiots running social media at the Heartland Institute really think no one would notice what they did there? AnnieJo at Daily Kos has the details.
Here’s George...

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"Obama: Donald Sterling’s Racism Is Part Of ‘The Legacy Of Race And Slavery And Segregation’" - in #Liberal

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Obama plays basketball with former NBA player Etan Thomas
CREDIT: AP
President Obama weighed in on a racist recording of Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, while touring Malaysia on Sunday. Sterling was caught on...

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"President Selfie Strikes Again" - in #Conservative

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My selfie with President Obama ! pic.twitter.com/mr94wZtmuA— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) April 27, 2014
Read more here: President Selfie Strikes Again



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"‘YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT!’ See Obama’s latest ‘embarrassing’ selfie [photo]" - in #Conservative

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By Lori Ziganto

Well, that isn’t going to happen any time soon, evidently. President Selfie strikes again. This time with the Malaysian prime minister.
My selfie with President Obama ! http://t.co/mr94wZtmuA— Mohd Najib Tun ...

Read More...‘YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT!’ See Obama’s latest ‘embarrassing’ selfie [photo]

"The Fracking Prostitutes of American Colleges" - in #Independent

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By WALTER BRASCH, PH.D.
(part 1 of 2)
by Walter Brasch
Lackawanna College, a two-year college in Scranton, Pa., has become a prostitute.
The administration doesn’t think of themselves or their college as a prostitute. They...

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"Obama Takes Selfie With Malaysian Prime Minister (PHOTO)" - in #Liberal

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By Caitlin MacNeal
President Obama on Sunday took a selfie with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

My selfie with President Obama ! pic.twitter.com/mr94wZtmuA
— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) April 27, 2014

Read More →...

Read More...Obama Takes Selfie With Malaysian Prime Minister (PHOTO)

"China investigating claims that over 100 stray dogs were buried alive" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Claims 100 stray dogs buried alive in China probed (via AFP) Claims that about 100 stray dogs were buried alive in northern China are being investigated, an official said Sunday, the latest apparent case...

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"Anti-UKIP, Dirty Tricks, 'Fantasy' Letter Alleges Fraud, Paedophilia, and Theft within Farage's Party" - in #Conservative

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Breitbart London has learned of a dirty tricks campaign being waged against the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the West Midlands, involving numerous allegations including child pornography, theft, and ‘multi-million pound...

Read More...Anti-UKIP, Dirty Tricks, 'Fantasy' Letter Alleges Fraud, Paedophilia, and Theft within Farage's Party

"Stupid: Obama on human rights, &#34;Malaysia still got some work to do just like the United States&#34; (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit Obama is a major embarrassment…

Read more here: Stupid: Obama on human rights, "Malaysia still got some work to do just like the United States" (Video)



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"Demo, liberal cause supporter and accused racist Clippers owner Donald Sterling scheduled for NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award..." - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit I’ll bet this gets quickly cancelled.
This will be an interesting banquet… pic.twitter.com/FZdcjI7mAJ— Shelby Grad (@shelbygrad) April 26, 2014
Via The Corner:
L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, w...

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"Obama Responds To 'Ignorance' Of Clipper Owner's Racist Remarks" - in #Liberal

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By Caitlin MacNeal
President Obama on Sunday said that Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments show that racism still lives in the U.S.
“When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t...

Read More...Obama Responds To 'Ignorance' Of Clipper Owner's Racist Remarks

"Helping People Understand Freedom Is Key to Libertarianism" - in #Libertarian

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By Sheldon Richman

If the
libertarian movement is to be the vehicle—actually, collection of
vehicles—for the advancement of liberty, then libertarians need to
master the art of persuasion. That’s hardly news, but it’s ...

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"Hillary Clinton Talks Faith, Foreign Policy" - in #Liberal

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By ADAM BEAM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s faith in God was shaped by her grandmother’s hymns and the bedtime prayers from her gruff Navy father, the former secretary of state told thousands of M...

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"Rand Paul: GOP Doesn't Need To Be 'Pure,' We Need To Find Common Ground" - in #Liberal

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By ALANNA DURKIN
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Republican Party must become a bigger coalition that welcomes diverse ideas to win national elections, Sen. Rand Paul said Saturday at the Maine Republican Party convention.
Paul’s s...

Read More...Rand Paul: GOP Doesn't Need To Be 'Pure,' We Need To Find Common Ground

"Islamist 'Trojan Horse' Ringleader Authored 72-Page Document on How to Takeover Schools" - in #Conservative

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The alleged ringleader of the Islamist ‘Trojan horse’ plot to take over a number of British schools reportedly wrote a 72-page document detailing how a takeover could occur.
The Telegraph’s Andrew Gilligan...

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"The legend confirmed" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) Atari’s legendary ET dump in the desert has been found:
A decades-old urban legend was put to rest Saturday when workers for a documentary film production company recovered “E.T.”...

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"Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: I do not think that word means what you think it means edition" - in #Liberal

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By rss@dailykos.com (Mark Sumner)

The New York Times shines light on the Koch Brothers vs. the Sun, Ross Douthat doesn’t believe bears know how to go in the woods, David Leonhardt looks into the mailbox to see if Harvard is...

Read More...Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: I do not think that word means what you think it means edition

"Poll: UKIP Surges Into First Place for European Elections Despite 'Smears' and Media Attacks" - in #Conservative

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A new poll for the Sunday Times by YouGov shows the UK Independence Party “surging” into first place in the European Elections, with 31 percent of Brits now saying they will back Nigel Farage’s Eurosceptic party...

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"Huffington Post Mum on Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II" - in #Conservative

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As the news of the canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II streamed across the world Saturday morning bringing joy to Catholics everywhere, Huffington Post found that news of “Instagram Feuds,” the fact that...

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"Supreme Court: 2nd Amendment Guards 'Right of Resistance and Self-Preservation'" - in #Conservative

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In the majority opinion for the Supreme Court’s District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) decision, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia quoted Sir William Blackstone to show that the Second Amendment guards “the natural...

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"Euroscepticism Set to Make Sinn Fein the Kingpin of Irish Politics" - in #Conservative

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Sinn Fein, the political wing of the terrorist Provisional IRA, is emerging as “the kingpin” of Irish politics, according to the latest opinion poll taken in the run-up to the elections to the European Parliament.
The party, once ...

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"Goldberg Misses His Own Punchline" - in #Conservative

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By smitty by Smitty Goldberg goes for a fairly straightforward South Park play in discussing Obama’s foreign policy, “Obama’s foreign-policy plan B”, but misses the obvious gag: the whole thing is an extended Plan B Ab...

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"NRA Debuts New Ad: 'It's Time to Believe in the Good Guys Again! Join Us Today'" - in #Conservative

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"LISTEN: TMZ's Alleged Recording of LA Clippers' Owner Racist Rant" - in #Conservative

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"NBA Commissioner: Sterling Won't Attend Playoff Game, Will Be Given Due Process for 'Disturbing' Remarks" - in #Conservative

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On Saturday evening, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed not to attend the team’s playoff game on Sunday against Golden State, would be given due process as the...

Read More...NBA Commissioner: Sterling Won't Attend Playoff Game, Will Be Given Due Process for 'Disturbing' Remarks

"George Clooney engaged to British lawyer girlfriend Amal Alamuddin: report" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Oscar-winning heartthrob George Clooney, one of Hollywood’s most coveted bachelors, has got engaged to his British lawyer girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, People magazine reported Saturday. “George...

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"Why is Guantanamo’s Camp 7 so shrouded in secrecy?" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Everyone knows it exists and yet officials clam up at the mere mention of Camp 7, the most secure and secretive area of the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Hidden among the arid hills of the...

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"South Africa celebrates 20 years of end of apartheid" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse South Africa on Sunday celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first ever all-race, democratic election that ended decades of sanctioned racial oppression under the apartheid system. The day will be marked...

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"Sunday Talking Heads: April 27, 2014" - in #Liberal

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By Elliott


Love Me, Monday’s Movie Night
This afternoon, dakine01 hosts a beer and baseball Book Salon: Edward Achorn’s Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight...

Read More...Sunday Talking Heads: April 27, 2014

"Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas says Holocaust ‘most heinous crime’ of modern era" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse The mass killing of Jews in the Holocaust was “the most heinous crime” against humanity of the modern era, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Sunday in his strongest remarks yet on the...

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"South Korean PM Chung Hong-Won resigns over ferry disaster" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse South Korea’s prime minister resigned on Sunday, blaming corruption and “deep-rooted evil” for the sinking of a passenger ferry that left 300 people dead or missing, as anger grows over...

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"Obama denounces ‘ignorant’ racism by LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse US President Barack Obama interrupted his diplomatic initiative in Asia Sunday to condemn “ignorant” and “incredibly offensive” racist remarks allegedly made by the owner of the NBA...

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"How Maryland's Domestic Violence Laws Became A Right Wing Weapon Of Personal Destruction" - in #Liberal

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By karoli

Right-wingers have discovered that it is a relatively simple trick to turn a legal process intended to protect those at risk of domestic abuse into a weapon of personal destruction. All that’s needed is a friendly...

Read More...How Maryland's Domestic Violence Laws Became A Right Wing Weapon Of Personal Destruction

"Weekend Watching: Under Our Skin - Documentary About Lyme Disease" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: Health and Physical FitnessNews Story Source: http://www.dailypaul.com
What do you guys know about Lyme Disease?
I have a friend who was diagnosed with it, and is undergoing (brutal)
treatment. I didn’t...

Read More...Weekend Watching: Under Our Skin - Documentary About Lyme Disease

"Indiana Unveils the Pence Index for Education Standards" - in #Conservative

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A mere parent or citizen–even a college professor who sees the effects of college unready freshmen every year–might lament that the new Indiana college- and career-ready draft standards are simply copied-and-pasted...

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"On MSNBC, Salon's Walsh Invokes Timothy McVeigh While Trashing FNC's Hannity" - in #Conservative

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By Brad Wilmouth


On the Friday, April 25, PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during a discussion of FNC host Sean Hannity’s reaction to racist comments by Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, as the MSNBC host went after Hannity’s...

Read More...On MSNBC, Salon's Walsh Invokes Timothy McVeigh While Trashing FNC's Hannity

"Ex-DHS watchdog put on leave after critical report" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: Homeland SecurityNews Story Source: APHomeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson put
his agency’s former internal watchdog on leave within hours of the
publication of a Senate report that concluded the employee...

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"Max Abramson Running for New Hampshire Governor ‘to Combat Wrongful Convictions’" - in #Independent

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By Jed Ziggler From “Convicted Seabrook resident running for governor” by Corinne Holroyd: A Seabrook resident convicted of reckless conduct in 2012 is now running for governor of New Hampshire “to combat wrongful convictions.” “T...

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"NBA Owner To Girlfriend: Don't Bring Black People To My Games" - in #Liberal

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By Eric Lach
Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, told his girlfriend during a recorded argument that he did not want her bringing black people to his basketball games, according to audio obtained and put online...

Read More...NBA Owner To Girlfriend: Don't Bring Black People To My Games

"Lesbian Couple Arrested For Abusing Disabled Son; Neighbors Heard Boy Wailing, &#8220;Do You Love Me?&#8221;" - in #Conservative

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By Ashley Herzog This story is so sickening it actually brought tears to my eyes. A lesbian couple in Georgia has been arrested for locking a 6-year-old boy in a cage and torturing him while he reportedly yelled “Don’t kill ...

Read More...Lesbian Couple Arrested For Abusing Disabled Son; Neighbors Heard Boy Wailing, “Do You Love Me?”

"NRA’s New Ad – Bloomberg’s Millions" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative


This new ad by the National Rifle Association debuted Friday during the annual meeting. Michael Bloomberg has millions of dollars, but the NRA has millions of members. Who do you think will win?

You can...

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"Petition Victory: First Lady Will NOT Give Speech At High School Graduation" - in #Conservative

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By Caleb Howe

Last week The Right Scoop brought you the story of …
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"Dartmouth Greeks Cancel 'Phiesta' Fundraiser Due To Possibly Offensive Theme" - in #Independent

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By Kathryn Schroeder

Dartmouth Greeks Cancel ‘Phiesta’ Fundraiser Due To Possibly Offensive Theme
Dartmouth Greeks Cancel ‘Phiesta’ Fundraiser Due To...

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"Texas GOPer Spent Over $33,000 In Campaign Cash On Chocolates, Ham" - in #Liberal

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By Eric Lach
Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) in recent years has spent more than $33,000 in campaign money on orders from Honey Baked Foods and Godiva Chocolatier, BuzzFeed reported on Friday.
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"Garett Jones on Thomas Piketty's "Central Contradiction of Capitalism"" - in #Libertarian

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By Reason.com

In Capital in
the Twenty-First Century, the French economist Thomas Piketty
claims to have uncovered “the central contradiction of capitalism.”
When a major scholar like Piketty—a man who has made g...

Read More...Garett Jones on Thomas Piketty's "Central Contradiction of Capitalism"