Showing posts with label Social Issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Issues. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Supreme Court hears arguments in Hobby Lobby case for corporation's religious rights

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc, where Hobby Lobby is challenging the Affordable Ca...

Jack Daniels faces Tennessee "Whiskey Rebellion"

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I found this story through the Yahoo Food Section, with the source story from the Wall Street Journal.   Starting with the Yahoo Food Story...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

How many types of orgasms can a woman really have?

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I'm not sure I have a comment on this story from Salon.com.   But it is rather interesting:  The elusive female orgasm has been the s...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Democrats are abandoning the Middle Class

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I found this Kevin Drum post, where Drum responds to this American Prospect story by Sean McElwee , on why the American voters vote against...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Colorado GOP Senator: "a good thing that he (Aurora Theater Shooter) had a 100-round magazine, because it jammed."

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I found this story on both Daily Kos , and Talking Points Memo.   I'm still trying to wrap my head around the absurd logic of this story...
Saturday, February 08, 2014

Introducing the Submarine Hotel--For only $149,000 per person per night!

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I found this story via Yahoo.com, which even I can't believe: If candy and flowers won't cut it this Valentine's Day, one hi...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

Billionaire Sam Zell claims, "The 1 percent work harder!"

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I found this Huffington Post story , via Daily Kos .  From the Huffington Post: When the going gets tough, the rich dudes stick together. ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

CNN Poll: Americans want less income inequality and government to reduce the gap

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Well, isn't this an interesting poll from CNN.com: (CNN) – A majority of Americans surveyed believe the government should work to red...
Monday, February 03, 2014

Corporate boss can look over your shoulder with a "wearable gadget."

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This is from CNN.com: (CNN) -- If you're a person who hates it when your supervisor looks over your shoulder at work, you may want t...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

GOP's new leaders are Bill, Rush, and Glenn, according to young people

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I found this interesting Scribe story through Kevin Drum: During the January 2013 focus group research, respondents in the Columbus gro...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Appeals Court rules DOMA Act unconstitutional

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This will soon go to the Supreme Court. From MSNBC News: A federal appeals court has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that d...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Mitt Romney's "The Promise of America"

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I saw this post through the Daily Kos, and went to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Youtube page. I watched the video with th...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

New poll reveals 23 percent Americans spend too much time online

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Excuse me while I check out the latest OMG from Yahoo. In the meantime, you can ponder this revealing Rasmussen poll: Americans increasingl...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Pastor advocates more sex for married couples

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This is from The New York Times: GRAPEVINE, Tex. — And on the seventh day, there was no rest for married couples. A week after the Rev. Ed Y...
Saturday, November 08, 2008

Sales of guns surging after Obama win

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I'm just going to post this story without much of a comment. I'm not even sure what to say, except that there are plenty of America...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Choice?

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From YouTube:
Monday, January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King--I Have A Dream

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In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, here is his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of t...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Christmas Defense Kit--A perfect gift for the War on Christmas!

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I found this story through ThinkProgress, and I'll admit that I'm dumbfounded. I know that the War on Christmas has been raging w...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Alabama Sex Toy Law - No Vibrators Allowed

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I saw this through Shakesville, and I just can't believe it. Let's see if you can spot the absurdity in this story. From Yours Da...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Fox News producer for John Gibson: Edwards "whored his wife's cancer as a fundraising gimmick."

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The right wing-nuts are just going crazy over at Fox News. I found this posting on both Americablog and Daily Kos here. The original sou...