February 2012
“They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn’t, he’s a secularist...”
– E.J. Dionne Jr. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“That’s the essential expression of the American Surveillance State: we can and...”
– NYPD spying program aimed at Muslims (via theamericanbear)
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AZ cops beat an Afghan war vet to death. →
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solo1y asked: I fucking love Jon Huntsman. I mean, he's as asshole as right-wing people get, but you could see the desperate look in his eyes of his brain trying to get out. GET ME OUT OF HERE JON! FUCKING HELL YOU SPEAK CHINESE DUDE! I want to give him a hug and tell him everything's going to be OK.
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Jon Huntsman Calls for the Rise of a Third Party -... →
In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday, Huntsman called for the rise of a third party, saying another option in presidential politics “would be a healthy thing.
“I think we’re going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third party movement or some voice out there that can put forth new ideas,” Huntsman said. “Someone’s going to step up at some point and say...
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macfoto:
5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search (Even if You Have Nothing to Hide)
1. It’s your constitutional right.
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures. Unless police have strong evidence (probable cause) to believe you’re involved in criminal activity, they need your permission to perform a search of you or your...
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Previously Legal WI Voters Turned Away at Polls... →
racetothestoneage:
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
The Republicans don’t have any ideas, so the only way they can win is to cheat.
+5 to Wisconsin
Georgia lawmakers want to outlaw assisted suicide... →
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bohemiansouth:
State lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would outlaw assisted suicide in the wake of a recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling that destroyed a long-running criminal case against members of a suicide group. House Bill 1114 would make it a felony to “knowingly and willfully” assist another person in committing suicide.
Meanwhile, in more enlightened and far...
BREAKING: DOMA's Federal Definition of Marriage... →
kp777:
Posted by Chris Geidner February 22, 2012 From the article: In part, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White today found that Section 3 of DOMA violates the equal protection rights of Golinski, finding that heightened scrutiny applies — as urged by the DOJ — and noting that it might not even pass rational basis — the lowest — legal scrutiny:
The Court concludes that, based on the...
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BREAKING NEWS: Texas lets 130,000 people (most of... →
stfusexists:
Texas has decided to violate federal policies concerning the Women’s Health Program of Medicaid, and has lost $40 million of federal funding towards reproductive health care in the process. Way to go Texas! Now you’ve produced Rick Perry, W, and THIS abomination of legislation.
Click through to see what this means for reproductive rights in Texas, and to donate to Planned...
Okay, Ladies, You Can Talk About Birth... →
stfuconservatives:
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is organizing a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee event on Thursday to allow Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who tried to testify at last week’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, a chance to talk about the issue.
Pelosi aides say the House recording studio has denied a request to ...
“In American today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard...”
– Ken Miller, Biology Professor from Brown University and Roman Catholic, on America’s Darwin Problem (via crookedindifference)
The Worst Things Said On Fox News | The Huffington... →
stfuconservatives:
reallyfoxnews:
The 10 worst Fox News moments, the video version.
h/t peaslepuff
I don’t know how they narrowed it down to just 10. You could turn on Fox News on any given day and hear them say 10 terrible things.
Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
somepolitics:
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally...
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Romney Has Massive Drop-Off in Polling, Losing to... →
stfuconservatives:
-Joe
[tw: rape] Please spread the word!
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needleg33k:
Hey all
My friend is trying to get signatures for a petition against Judge David Farrell. Recently, he sentenced 2 men to 40 months in prison for raping an 11-year old. Why was the sentence so light? Because she looked older than her age and was “willing”, despite the fact that she claimed it was rape. Please reblog as far as the eye can see and sign this petition to...
BREAKING: Virginia Personhood Bill Officially Dead →
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“My guest is House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. But if she’s here, then who’s...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
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Coordinated attacks across Iraq kill an estimated... →
achichi-javier:
At least 60 people were killed and over 200 injured in a wave of car bombings and small arms fire across Iraq. Although the attacks targeted security installations and government buildings, civilians suffered the greatest casualties. The worst violence was concentrated in neighborhoods in Baghdad, many of which were predominately Shiite, during the morning commute between 6:00...
Administration moves to advance benefits for... →
Just as social issues are stealing some of the economy’s thunder in the Republican presidential nomination contest, the Obama administration is preparing to finalize regulations that would advance benefits for the same-sex partners of federal employees.
The regulations were proposed many months ago, but plans to make them final in this election year could draw distinctions between the...
“I will confirm that I was energized, yes. As you can see from the reaction...”
– The only woman who was invited and then prevented from testifying at a GOP hearing on birth control.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), dismissed Sandra Fluke (a third year law student) as an “energized” “college student” who was not “appropriate and qualified” to testify...
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Grandmother, stepmother charged with running girl... →
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What Oligarchy Means: Small Groups of... →
Forget the five people you meet in heaven, here are the five people running the US election system these days.
We know how the super PACs have come to dominate the presidential campaign, but a closer look at financial-disclosure numbers shows how just a tiny handful of billionaires are dominating those super PACs. An analysis of January’s campaign-disclosure filings reveals that 25 percent...
“I have often, both publicly and privately, advocated the wider use of birth...”
– Martin Luther King (via azspot)
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