Sunday, June 30, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Forget Stephen King. Real Terror is to be found in...
The Immoral Minority: Forget Stephen King. Real Terror is to be found in...: Here is an except from the book courtesy of Salon , which follows the death of President John McCain and another terrorist attack: It...
The Immoral Minority: Atheist group puts up monument in response to Ten ...
The Immoral Minority: Atheist group puts up monument in response to Ten ...: Courtesy of Yahoo News : A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their nonbelief in God on Saturday to sit alongside a granite slab...
The Immoral Minority: Bill Maher eviscerates Republicans over their hypo...
The Immoral Minority: Bill Maher eviscerates Republicans over their hypo...: Courtesy of the Daily Kos : And finally, New Rule: Stop saying Republicans are waging a war on women. It's not women they hate, i...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Immoral Minority: "Who cares?" Pelosi response to Michele Bachmann's...
The Immoral Minority: "Who cares?" Pelosi response to Michele Bachmann's...: Courtesy of Mediaite : “No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted,” Ms. Bachmann said in a statement....
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster: pTexas’ special session ends at midnight on Tuesday. And if state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) can continue speaking until that point about the dangerous effects of SB 5, an omnibus abortion bill that Texas Republicans are currently attempting to push through the extra lawmaking session, she’ll effectively block it from being able to pass. Since [...]/p
Exploded Indiana Grain Plant Has Never Been Inspected By OSHA
Exploded Indiana Grain Plant Has Never Been Inspected By OSHA: pOne person is dead after a grain bin at the Union Mills Co-op in northwestern Indiana exploded on Monday, the Associated Press reports. The victim was an employee believed to be working in the silo at the time of the blast. No other injuries were reported. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has [...]/p
U.S. Launches Investigation Into Price Rigging In Oil Markets
U.S. Launches Investigation Into Price Rigging In Oil Markets: pA month after European Union officials raided three fossil fuel companies as part of an investigation into price rigging in oil markets, American authorities have opened their own parallel effort. Bloomberg reports the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation is likely to merge with European efforts in the future. The investigations center traders manipulating oil markets, [...]/p
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes: pMore than 120,000 college graduates who obtained a bachelor’s degree took jobs in fields other than those that they most preferred last year, which works out to an unwanted job taken every five minutes. The numbers come from a recent report from McKinsey On Society, an online publishing forum for the consulting firm’s research on [...]/p
75 Years Later, Home Care Workers Are Waiting To Get Minimum Wage And Overtime Protection
75 Years Later, Home Care Workers Are Waiting To Get Minimum Wage And Overtime Protection: pJune 25th marks 75 years since the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. The law guaranteed workers a minimum wage and overtime pay. Yet a group of workers who embody a growing industry are still excluded from those protections: home care [...]/p
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Labor Group: Walmart Fired Five Workers For Participating In Strikes
Labor Group: Walmart Fired Five Workers For Participating In Strikes: pWalmart has fired five workers who participated in strikes and demonstrations against the company’s labor practices, the labor organization aiding Walmart workers said Friday. The Nation’s Josh Eidelson reported Saturday that the workers were among the 100 who left work and went to Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters earlier this month. Other workers who participated were suspended [...]/p
Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools
Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools: pRepublicans are reintroducing a bill to allow states to redistribute federal education dollars currently targeted at the country’s poorest school districts. The A-PLUS Act, originally crafted by the arch-conservative Heritage Foundation, was first introduced in 2007, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) have revived it for 2013. The measure represents the [...]/p
GOP Governor Slams His Party For Failing To Expand Medicaid: ‘Take A Vote, Not A Vacation’
GOP Governor Slams His Party For Failing To Expand Medicaid: ‘Take A Vote, Not A Vacation’: pThe Michigan state Senate has adjourned until August without taking a vote on the “Healthy Michigan” bill, which would expand the state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare. Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who supports the expansion, expressed his displeasure with that outcome during a press conference on Thursday evening. “I contacted the Senate Majority Leader and asked [...]/p
Friday, June 21, 2013
Millionaire Campaign Donor Could Singlehandedly Kill North Carolina’s Public Financing for Judicial Races
Millionaire Campaign Donor Could Singlehandedly Kill North Carolina’s Public Financing for Judicial Races: pFor nearly ten years, North Carolina’s judicial elections have been spared the multi-million-dollar slugfests that have swamped other states. Rather than relying on wealthy campaign contributors, appellate court candidates had access to public financing for their campaigns. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling made the program’s “matching” funds unconstitutional, and the 2012 N.C. high court [...]/p
In Major Blow To Consumers, Supreme Court Protects Mega-Corporations From Liability
In Major Blow To Consumers, Supreme Court Protects Mega-Corporations From Liability: pIn case it wasn’t clear already, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered home Thursday morning that it will protect the rights of corporations to force arbitration over the individuals’ access to the court system at any expense. In a 5-3 ruling with Justice Sonia Sotomayor recused, Justice Antonin Scalia eviscerated almost any opportunity small merchants have [...]/p
You Can’t Change The Economy Without Fixing America’s Politics
You Can’t Change The Economy Without Fixing America’s Politics: pEd. note: This is the second post in a TP Ideas symposium on Gar Alperovitz’s What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution. You can read the first installment here; the third is forthcoming. You can read our previous book symposia here. In the first part of our symposium, John Halpin [...]/p
GOP’s Food Stamp Amendment Sinks Farm Bill
GOP’s Food Stamp Amendment Sinks Farm Bill: pThe House killed a five-year farm bill on Thursday afternoon after Republicans passed an amendment that would have replicated the failures of Clinton-era welfare reform in the food stamps program. The bill was already facing steep odds after the White House issued a veto threat and conservative groups like Americans for Prosperity began whipping GOP [...]/p
In All But Six States, You Can Be Fired For Being A Victim Of Domestic Violence
In All But Six States, You Can Be Fired For Being A Victim Of Domestic Violence: pLast week, Carie Charlesworth, a teacher in California and a victim of domestic violence, was fired from her job because her abusive husband invaded the school parking lot and put the school on lockdown. While her abuser was sent to prison, she was also punished for his crime by losing her employment. The school’s action [...]/p
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Top Democrat pisses off Darrell Issa by releasing ...
The Immoral Minority: Top Democrat pisses off Darrell Issa by releasing ...: "What somebody told the truth? Why would anybody tell the truth?" Courtesy of Business Insider : Rep. Elijah Cummings, the...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Immoral Minority: If you thought Palin's appearance on Fox and Frien...
The Immoral Minority: If you thought Palin's appearance on Fox and Frien...: I swear Palin looks like she would be any place else in the world rather than sitting on that couch with these people. "Jesus how m...
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Immoral Minority: New book, "Christian Nation," examines what might ...
The Immoral Minority: New book, "Christian Nation," examines what might ...: Courtesy of Mediaite : “They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do.” That’s ho...
The Immoral Minority: How conservatives destroyed journalistic integrity...
The Immoral Minority: How conservatives destroyed journalistic integrity...: This is part of an excerpt from “ Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America ” courtesy of Salon : O...
The Immoral Minority: For those who still argue that government cannot e...
The Immoral Minority: For those who still argue that government cannot e...: Courtesy of The New York Times : The United States spends more than $8,000 a person per year on health care, well more than twice wha...
The Immoral Minority: Palin's "triumphant" return to Fox News. Now she h...
The Immoral Minority: Palin's "triumphant" return to Fox News. Now she h...: Click hair tumor to play video. The video above contains a portion of the truly awkward appearance that Palin had this morning on Fox an...
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s R...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s R...: Courtesy of Mediaite : “It seems so Orwellian around here,” Palin said. “Before 1984, terms like ‘leading from behind’ meant followin...
The Immoral Minority: 64 year old conscientious objector denied US citiz...
The Immoral Minority: 64 year old conscientious objector denied US citiz...: Courtesy of Divided Under God : Margaret Doughty, a 64-year old woman from the UK who has spent the past 30+ years in the U.S., is in ...
The Immoral Minority: Nova Scotia parents upset that school has done awa...
The Immoral Minority: Nova Scotia parents upset that school has done awa...: Father's Day card made by my daughter when she was little. Courtesy of Global News : As any parent knows, sometimes trying to ...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Immoral Minority: She's back! After five months of blissful peace on...
The Immoral Minority: She's back! After five months of blissful peace on...: "I'm back bitches!" Courtesy of Mediaite : Nearly five months after parting with Fox News, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Pa...
The Immoral Minority: The reason that conservatives never have their fac...
The Immoral Minority: The reason that conservatives never have their fac...: Just in case you thought this was a joke, let me assure you it is not . Some of you may remember that the website was started by Andrew ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Rachel Maddow takes a deep dive into our lack of p...
The Immoral Minority: Rachel Maddow takes a deep dive into our lack of p...: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy A whole lot of you were upset yesterday by my post yesterda...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin suddenly VERY concerned about data gat...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin suddenly VERY concerned about data gat...: "Look there's a bandwagon I can jump onto to get some attention." Courtesy of the Tin-hatted Twit's Facebook page : ...
The Immoral Minority: 'We have an idiot on the show.' Crazed conspiracy ...
The Immoral Minority: 'We have an idiot on the show.' Crazed conspiracy ...: Courtesy of the Daily Mail : Infowars founder Alex Jones has been ridiculed live on British television by host who called him an &...
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
99 One-Liners Rebutting Denier Talking Points — With Links To The Full Climate Science
99 One-Liners Rebutting Denier Talking Points — With Links To The Full Climate Science: pProgressives should know the disinformers’ most commonly used arguments — and how to answer them crisply. Those arguments have been repeated so many times by the fossil-fuel-funded disinformation campaign that almost everyone has heard them — and that means you’ll have to deal with them in almost any setting, from a public talk to a dinner [...]/p
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Tonight "Though the Wormhole" with Morgan Freeman ...
The Immoral Minority: Tonight "Though the Wormhole" with Morgan Freeman ...: "Or did humanity invent God." Well you know what I think. I LOVE shows like this ! Shows that make you think. Programs t...
The Immoral Minority: Judge makes gun lobbyist give up weapons after bei...
The Immoral Minority: Judge makes gun lobbyist give up weapons after bei...: Courtesy of Salt Lake Tribune : Clark Aposhian — a political force who helps guide gun policy on Utah’s Capitol Hill — was ordered by ...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin accuses the government of instituting ...
The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin accuses the government of instituting ...: So this was posted on the Wasilla Wendigo's Facebook page as about nineteen hours ago: The government will bend the rules left an...
Child With Weeks To Live Denied Lung Transplant Due To Controversial Organ Donation Policy
Child With Weeks To Live Denied Lung Transplant Due To Controversial Organ Donation Policy: pTen-year-old Philadelphia resident Sarah Murnaghan only has a couple weeks to live unless she receives a lung transplant soon. Sarah, who has end-stage cystic fibrosis, has waited for over a year to receive a lung from a child donor, even though she is at the top of the pediatric organ list. Because there are no [...]/p
Doctors, Hospitals, And Advocates For The Poor Protest California Governor’s Planned Medicaid Cuts
Doctors, Hospitals, And Advocates For The Poor Protest California Governor’s Planned Medicaid Cuts: pOn Tuesday, thousands of California doctors, nurses, hospital representatives, patient advocates, and Medicaid beneficiaries stormed the state Capitol to protest Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) proposed cuts to the health entitlement program for the poor. Brown included cuts of up to 10 percent for Medi-Cal providers’ reimbursement rates in his most recent budget. Providers sued to [...]/p
Don’t Let Utilities Get Away With Mercury Pollution
Don’t Let Utilities Get Away With Mercury Pollution: pby Dominique Browning Back in 2011, we launched Moms Clean Air Force with an urgent campaign: get mercury and other poisonous emissions from coal-fired power plants out of our air. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, extremely dangerous for fetuses, infants and toddlers; it affects their developing brains, lungs and hearts. After 21 years—and a fierce [...]/p
Think Again: Blame The News For The Public’s Ignorance About The Climate
Think Again: Blame The News For The Public’s Ignorance About The Climate: pIn a blog post titled, “Scientists agree on climate change. So why doesn’t everyone else?,” The Washington Post’s Brad Plumer covers a new survey by John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli of Skeptical Science. According to the survey, “Among abstracts [of published scientific papers] expressing a position on AGW [anthropogenic global warming], 97.1% endorsed the consensus [...]/p
UK Climate Minister Slams Media And ‘Blinkered’ Deniers: ‘It’s The Science, Stupid’
UK Climate Minister Slams Media And ‘Blinkered’ Deniers: ‘It’s The Science, Stupid’: pEdward Davey is the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy & Climate. On Monday he gave a blistering speech at a Met Office Climate Services event held at London’s Institute of Physics. He slammed the climate science deniers and those in the media who enable them: Of course there will always be uncertainties within climate [...]/p
June 5 News: China Noncommittal On Carbon Cap
June 5 News: China Noncommittal On Carbon Cap: pChina, contrary to previous reports, will not announce a plan to adopt an absolute cap on carbon emissions at the UN talks in Germany. [Bloomberg] China’s Chief Climate Negotiator Su Wei reaffirmed his nation’s commitment to lower emissions relative to economic output while dismissing reports that it will adopt an absolute cap on greenhouse gases. [...]/p
Wall Street Journal Slams ‘Totalitarians’ Behind ‘Dreadful’ Bike-Share Program That Has ‘Begrimed’ NY City
Wall Street Journal Slams ‘Totalitarians’ Behind ‘Dreadful’ Bike-Share Program That Has ‘Begrimed’ NY City: pYou probably think that bike-sharing programs are a modest, environmentally friendly way to give people another option to the fossil-fuel-based car culture that dominates our major cities. For the Wall Street Journal, though, it is a program designed by “totalitarians,” which has “absolutely begrimed” New York’s “best neighborhoods,” all “so that New Yorkers can feel [...]/p
‘Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding And Why Television Makes Pregnancy And Childbirth So Violent
‘Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding And Why Television Makes Pregnancy And Childbirth So Violent: pThe June 2 episode of Game of Thrones has already become broadly notorious for an event that in the George R.R. Martin novels becomes known as the Red Wedding. At a celebration of the wedding of Edmure Tully, a minor lord, to the daughter of Walder Frey, a notoriously unpleasant major lord who controls a [...]/p
Virginia Congressman Feigns LGBT Support To Justify Not Endorsing Extreme Republican Candidate
Virginia Congressman Feigns LGBT Support To Justify Not Endorsing Extreme Republican Candidate: pRep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) will not publicly endorse his party’s Lieutenant Governor nominee, Bishop E.W. Jackson, due to his extreme anti-gay views — but will still vote for him this November. Rigell told the Virginian Pilot on Monday that he could not campaign for Jackson because “his views with respect to the gay and lesbian [...]/p
Virginia Congressman Feigns LGBT Support To Justify Not Endorsing Extreme Republican Candidate
Virginia Congressman Feigns LGBT Support To Justify Not Endorsing Extreme Republican Candidate: pRep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) will not publicly endorse his party’s Lieutenant Governor nominee, Bishop E.W. Jackson, due to his extreme anti-gay views — but will still vote for him this November. Rigell told the Virginian Pilot on Monday that he could not campaign for Jackson because “his views with respect to the gay and lesbian [...]/p
Monday, June 3, 2013
Black Women With Breast Cancer Suffer From Higher Rates Of Genetic Mutations
Black Women With Breast Cancer Suffer From Higher Rates Of Genetic Mutations: pThe gene flaw that prompted Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer has been detected in a surprisingly large number of black women with breast cancer. The first comprehensive study of black women with breast cancer has found that 20 percent of these women have genetic mutations that [...]/p
POLL: Most Americans Support Physician-Assisted Suicide When It’s Not Described As ‘Suicide’
POLL: Most Americans Support Physician-Assisted Suicide When It’s Not Described As ‘Suicide’: pA new poll from Gallup shows that Americans’ support for physician-assisted suicide changes radically depending on whether or not “suicide” is used in the question’s wording. When asked if the doctor of a patient with an incurable disease should be allowed “to assist the patient to commit suicide” at the patient’s request, 51 percent of [...]/p
The Immoral Minority: "Five people in this town take Darrell Issa seriou...
The Immoral Minority: "Five people in this town take Darrell Issa seriou...: 'No I can't prove anything yet, but I have faith that someday I will." Courtesy of Politico : The chairman of the House...
The Immoral Minority: Parenting in Wal-Mart.
The Immoral Minority: Parenting in Wal-Mart.: Whenever I hear one of those pro-Life assholes talking about how every child should be born I think about this kind of thing. There are pe...
The Immoral Minority: New report says younger voters see Republican part...
The Immoral Minority: New report says younger voters see Republican part...: Courtesy of Politico : The 95-page study, which looked at the party’s views on social and economic issues, as well as its messaging an...
The Immoral Minority: Picture of the day.
The Immoral Minority: Picture of the day.: I missed this earlier but apparently THIS is the picture that Palin has prominently displayed on her Facebook page to commemorate her com...
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