Monday, December 31, 2012

Hobby Lobby To Deny Contraception To Employees, Ignoring Court Order

Hobby Lobby To Deny Contraception To Employees, Ignoring Court Order: pCraft store chain Hobby Lobby announced on Friday that it will ignore the ruling of U.S. courts and refuse to provide copay-free birth control access to its employees. It will do so despite whatever costs it may incur, even if they are higher than the cost of birth control itself. Upon learning that Obamacare required [...]/p

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

So-Called ‘Family Values’ Group Sued For Sexual Harassment

So-Called ‘Family Values’ Group Sued For Sexual Harassment: pA former employee is suing the anti-gay Family Research Council for sexual harassment, citing the sexually suggestive comments of her supervisor, particularly in regards to birth control. Moira Gaul worked as director of women’s and reproductive health for the FRC, an anti-gay hate group that claims to represent “traditional family values.” Her expertise is in [...]/p

Monday, December 17, 2012

Huckabee Blames ‘Tax-Funded Abortion Pills’ For Newtown Massacre

Huckabee Blames ‘Tax-Funded Abortion Pills’ For Newtown Massacre: pFox News Host and former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) doubled down on his claim that the murder spree in Connecticut was caused by removing God from schools, linking the shootings to “tax-funded abortion pills” and society calling “sinful” acts “normal.” Speaking on Fox News on Saturday, Huckabee suggested we should not be surprised “that a [...]/p

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Amputee Vet ‘Humiliated’ on Delta Flight

Amputee Vet ‘Humiliated’ on Delta Flight: A Marine, a double amputee, on a Delta Airlines flight earlier this month was reportedly treated poorly and humiliated by airline staff. Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown was on Delta flight 504 from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.  Army Col. Nickey Knighton, a fellow passenger and veteran,...

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Senator Gretchen Whitmer Furiously Slams Republicans over Right to Work ...


GOP’s Latest Fiscal Cliff Offer: Permanent Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy

GOP’s Latest Fiscal Cliff Offer: Permanent Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy: pCNN’s Dana Bash is reporting that House Republicans have offered an untenable new deal to the White House in the ongoing negotiations to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, demanding, Democratic sources say, that the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of Americans be made permanent. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) unveiled the GOP [...]/p

12.12.12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (Live from MSG)


Fox News Steven Crowder & Americans for Prosperity use Breitbart-style film editing to show “union thug brutality” (updated)

Fox News Steven Crowder & Americans for Prosperity use Breitbart-style film editing to show “union thug brutality” (updated)

Cops: Teens ask for smoke, then kill woman when she replies, ’Get a job’

Cops: Teens ask for smoke, then kill woman when she replies, ’Get a job’

Nickel Creek - The Lighthouse's Tale


Fox News contributor punched in the face during a pro-union in Michigan...

Cops gone bad: Some notorious cases of officers who wound up on the wrong side of the law

Cops gone bad: Some notorious cases of officers who wound up on the wrong side of the law

Monday, December 10, 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Big Pharma Company Mocked Patients Who Got "Jawbone Death" from Drug: "Ma Toot Hurts So Bad" | Alternet

Big Pharma Company Mocked Patients Who Got "Jawbone Death" from Drug: "Ma Toot Hurts So Bad" | Alternet

Despite decades of his own related research in rats, Kimmel said, "It's not proven that a rat is a reliable model of producing ONJ," and "Dr. Gotcher has a viewpoint."

Monday, December 3, 2012

Free Congress from the Norquist Pledge (Professor Robert Thurman's Meme)

Police Can Record Video Inside Your Home Without A Warrant, Appeals Court Says

Police Can Record Video Inside Your Home Without A Warrant, Appeals Court Says: pEarlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court provided some comfort to those fearing the seemingly limitless potential of new technologies to enable government privacy invasion. In holding that police could not attach a GPS device to a car and track it for 30 days without a warrant, the court said, “At bottom, we must ‘assur[e] [...]/p

The Truth About Republicans by George Carlin


George Carlin the illusion of freedom


Dear Democrats, Please Stick To These 8 Principles From Robert Reich

Dear Democrats, Please Stick To These 8 Principles From Robert Reich

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Republic of Gilead: Commentary Tidbits

Republic of Gilead: Commentary Tidbits: The Atlantic: Kosher Jesus: Messianic Jews in the Holy Land The New Statesman: Did a TV show host set a magician on fire because he though...

CRISIS: How Religion-Based Bigotry is Killing Our Children