Category Archives: Politics

COUNTER RELIGIOUS RIGHT CAMPAIGN AGAINST FFRF

Posted on Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 by Jacob

The Freedom From Religion Foundation needs your help to support our court victory last week, when a three-judge panel of the Colorado State Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in our favor that gubernatorial proclamations of an annual Colorado Day of … Continue reading →

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Productivity Doubled — And The Middle Class Got Screwed. What Went Wrong?

Posted on Wednesday, 9 May, 2012 by Jacob

I would also like to add that I believe in the past 10 years there has been a new “wedge”: demanding employees work every waking moment in order to boost productivity without appropriate compensation. 40 hours work-week? You’re dreaming. Almost … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Obama Endorses Same Sex-Marriage

Posted on Wednesday, 9 May, 2012 by Jacob

Today, less than 24 hours after North Carolina’s hateful passage of the discriminatory Amendment One which bans gay marriage and curbs civil unions, President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage in an interview with ABC. Earlier in the day, the … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan’s Healthcare Plan: Die Quickly

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012 by Jacob

As a favor to struggling Americans, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed a federal budget last week ravaging programs for the poor, elderly, disabled, young, veterans, jobless, students and other vulnerable people. Ryan did it, he said, because these programs, … Continue reading →

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Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves: What Marriage Would Look Like if We Actually Followed the Bible

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012 by Jacob

Let me tell you a secret about Bible believers that I know because I was one. Most of them don’t read their Bibles. If they did, they would know that the biblical model of sex and marriage has little to … Continue reading →

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How Hedge Fund Vampires Use Insider Info to Extract Their Dishonest Fortunes

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012 by Jacob

Ever wonder how hedge funds can make 20 percent returns during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, while your savings account grows smaller? Ever wonder how it’s possible for the top hedge fund manager in 2011 to make … Continue reading →

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Robert Greenwald on the New Film ‘Koch Brothers Exposed’ — the 1% at Its Very Worst

Posted on Wednesday, 11 April, 2012 by Jacob

Koch Brothers Exposed weaves together a series of short films produced over the course of the last year or so as part of an online video campaign of the same name. As principals of Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held corporation … Continue reading →

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Gun-shy TSA gets critic booted from Congressional panel

Posted on Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 by Jacob

Bruce Schneier, the security expert who coined the term “security theater” to describe the Transportation Security Agency’s airport screening procedures, was uninvited from speaking on a Monday Congressional panel at the insistence of the TSA. In a blog post, Schneier … Continue reading →

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Republican Party Is Rotted and Collapsing from Within — And We Can Thank Super PACs for Exposing It

Posted on Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 by Jacob

Super PACs are an affront to the democratic process, but they are hastening the Republican Party’s fall. They are anti-democratic and turning the 2012 presidential campaign into an extreme sport for the wealthy, but they are destroying the modern Republican … Continue reading →

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GE Unleashes Propaganda Campaign To Hide Its Tiny Tax Burden and Mass Layoffs

Posted on Tuesday, 27 March, 2012 by Jacob

No corporation has surpassed General Electic’s mastery of profit-maximization, or its use of public-relations (“corporate propaganda”) to mask its true aims behind the widely-supported goals of expanding scientific horizons, “bringing good things to life” and rebuilding America’s industrial base. But … Continue reading →

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