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Utah lawmaker claims he doesn't 'mind' gays, but 'I don't want 'em stuffing it down my throat all the time.'
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:23 PM EST (Think Progress)
BUTTARS: I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don't mind gays. But I don't want 'em stuffing it down my throat all the time. Certainly not in my kid's face.
C Street House No Longer Tax Exempt
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:06 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Residents of the C Street Christian fellowship house will no longer benefit from a loophole that had allowed the house's owners to avoid paying property taxes.
An Object Lesson on Not Being Jerks
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:44 PM EST (Balloon Juice)
The funny thing about all of this is that no matter how bad all their ideas are, no matter how disastrous their governance has been, no matter how many horrible things they have done to the economy and this country, what really is killing the Republican party is that deep down, t …
Matt Taibbi: Palinoia
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:06 PM EST (True/Slant)
Since Sarah Palin's new soon-to-be-bestseller is finally coming out, I thought now was as good a time as any to put out an article about Palin's resignation I wrote this summer but never published.
Goldman Lobbies Senate, Says Full Transparency Sucks
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM EDT (True/Slant - Taibblog)
Matt Taibbi takes on Goldman Sachs (again) for a lobbying document the company is circulating in the Senate that says a lack of transparency in the part of the market involving large institutional traders, aka "dark pools of liquidity" is a good thing... Instead, the bank argues …
Mom says school secretary duct-taped her son's mouth, wrists
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:25 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)
DENVER - A mother says a secretary at her 6-year-old son's school placed duct tape on his mouth and taped his wrists together. Ashlye Tenner's son, Joshua Fredericks, is in first grade at Palmer Elementary School.
Heene Parents Teach Their Kids to Bash "Faggots"
Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:36 PM EDT (The Progressive Puppy)
I was determined not waste blog space on the Heene family who last week duped the media into believing that a 6-year-old boy was trapped inside a runaway balloon.
Popular GOP.com Topic: Secession
Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:20 PM EDT (The Washington Independent)
The downside of user-driven political Websites is that site owners' can't control the users... And GOP.com has begun hosting topics like "suceeding (sic) from union."
6 Year Old Thought to be Trapped in Runaway Experimental Aircraft, Not. Search Underway
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:36 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)
The Colorado National Guard has launched a helicopter to try and help a child who literally floated away from his family's home on an experimental aircraft at 11 a.m. Thursday.
REPORT: 'We Will Overthrow The Government' — Calls For Violence Repeatedly Stoked By Conservative Voices
Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 1:55 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Last week, the right-wing media outlet Newsmax — which receives 4 million unique monthly visitors and 130,000 print subscribers — published a column by conservative author John Perry arguing that a military coup could "resolve" the "radical left…Obama problem." Afte …
Franken Wins Bipartisan Support For Legislation Reining In KBR's Treatment Of Rape
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 3:46 PM EDT (Think Progress)
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More Americans Paying Close Attention to News
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:05 PM EDT (OpenLeft.com)
Gallup has some polling data that should provide a bit of optimism about the state of the country. Over the past decade, there has been a steady increase in the percentage of Americans reporting that they are paying "very close" attention to the news
What's The Border Fence Good For? Subsidizing Mexican Scrap Metal Entrepreneurs
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:21 PM EDT (EXILED ONLINE - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE)
Last week, the Government Accountability Office released a depressing audit of the US-Mexico border fence we've been trying to put up for the past three years. The report caused about 8 hours of pretend outrage and was promptly forgotten.
Sound Beam Weapons Turned On Americans
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:05 PM EDT (EXILED ONLINE - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE)
Here's some blowback anyone could have seen coming from 10,000 miles away–or however far Iraq and Georgia are from the USA: those crazy LRAD sound-beam weapons which were used to devastating effect by Georgia's authoritarian leader to crush massive pro-democracy demonstrati …
Fear of Fascism, 'Gay Agenda' Dominate Conservative Kickoff for Midterm Elections
Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:32 PM EDT (The Washington Independent)
Huckabee, Bachmann Among GOP Stars at 'How to Take Back America Conference' Surveying the landscape of the American far right leading into 2010.
DoJ official finds it 'surreal' to have to respond to Franken's concerns about Patriot Act.
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:48 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Franken asks Assistant Attorney General David Kris how the Patriot act's "roving wiretaps" provision squares with the 4th amendment. Kris punts on the question, noting how "surreal" he thinks the situation is.
America Hooked on War
Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:27 PM EDT (The Nation)
"War is peace" was one of the memorable slogans on the facade of the Ministry of Truth, Minitrue, in "Newspeak," the language invented by George Orwell in 1948 for his dystopian novel 1984.
He's Coming For Our Food
Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:59 PM EDT (Political Animal)
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is worried. "President Obama said we can't eat as much food as we want and think the rest of the world will be okay about that, as if that matters to freedom-loving Americans," she told her colleagues from the House floor this week.
Lawyers, families say 5 girls strip-searched at school
Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 2:36 PM EDT (The Des Moines Register)
School officials in Atlantic forced five teenage girls to take off their clothing for a search after a classmate reported $100 missing from her purse, according to the girls' families and two lawyers.
Fox Pushes Bogus Conspiracy Theory That Nancy 'Music Czar' Pelosi Is Banning Patriotic Muzak
Seeded on Wed Sep 2, 2009 12:13 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Yesterday the right-wing site The New Ledger published a report about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) "problem" with "patriotic music". For years, when you would call a congressional office and get put on hold, you'd either hear no music or some patriotic tunes.
Anarchists raise bail for Dem HQ vandalism suspect
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:51 PM EDT (KUSA-TV)
DENVER - Anarchist Web sites identify the person accused of smashing windows at the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters as a transgender activist who uses the name "Ariel Attack."
Romney for Senate?
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:36 PM EDT (Political Animal)
Whether Massachusetts law is changed or not, the state will host a special election in January to fill the vacancy left by Sen. Edward Kennedy. It's likely that Massachusetts will elect a Democrat, but it's also likely that Republicans will at least field a candidate.
Fox News viewers overwhelmingly misinformed about health care reform proposals.
Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:00 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Basically, an overwhelming majority of Fox News viewers believe the things they hear on Fox regarding health-care reform.
Palin Endorsed End Of Life Counseling As Governor
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:36 PM EDT (Think Progress)
...on April 16th 2008, then Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed some of the same end of life counseling she now decries as a form of euthanasia.
Vitaminwater's Empty Calories Are at the Heart of What's Wrong with the Beverage Industry
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:33 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Many millions of Americans continue to seek all sorts of ways to become healthier and control their weight, but let's get real; it's not working. The health trend continues, yet our obesity rates remain on the rise.
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SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP
Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger.
Leaked documents reveal Tony Blair cover-up over Iraq invasionMilitary commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.
Procedual Vote Passes - 60 Votes!
Starting at approximately 7:55pm Saturday, November 21, 2009. the vote started. Senate votes to move Health care Bill forward 60 - 31 All Democrats & Independents - Yes; All Republicans - No Debate will begin after Thanksgiving.
- Protestors gather at billboard comparing Obama to terrorists
The owner of a local auto dealership has gotten international attention after putting up a controversial billboard about President Barack Obama. Advertisement
- New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil
WAIT! Don't click on that link yet. Why not? Because the boss man who wrote this email to his employees likes to swear. I mean he REALLY LIKE TO SWEAR! So consider yourself forewarned.
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Utah lawmaker claims he doesn’t ‘mind’ gays, but ‘I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time.’