Water-issue protesters greet UF's Stronach center dedication

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:22 PM EDT (Local News from Star-Banner)

CITRA — Billionaire auto parts magnate Frank Stronach said high school bands usually welcome him at openings for his factories, so he "felt a bit bad" about being met by protesters at Tuesday's dedication of a University of Florida conference center named after him. Photo …

food, water, protest, environment, corporations, beef

Conservatives: Giant Bullies That Abuse the Weak

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:23 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Mitt Romney says he likes being able to fire people. Mitt Romney takes a drive with a terrified family pet strapped to the roof of his car. Mitt Romney assaulted a gay student while in prep school. Mitt Romney tricked a blind teacher, apparently one he "liked," letting the man …

politics, gop, flip-flop, bully, kittens, mitt, vulture, mittens, george-orwell, nuspeak

Medical Marijuana May Ease Pain in People With Multiple Sclerosis

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 12:52 PM EDT (Gawker)

Researchers continue to find new uses for medical marijuana, as more states begin to approve its use. A new study by the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (yep) tested the effect of marijuana on people with multiple sclerosis. The patients were be …

drugs, health, marijuana, medicine, grass, pharmaceuticals, weed, thc, dope, cannibis

BREAKING: Romney Announces Support for Corporations to Marry

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 4:28 AM EDT ()

Announcing his position at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Romney went on to explain that gun manufacturing corporations should be allowed to have shotgun weddings, the energy industry deserves to have a nuclear family if they so choose and competing corporations should have the …

business, marriage, sex, gop, romney, satire, democrat

Does it matter if Mark Zuckerberg wears a hoodie to meet investors?

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 4:14 AM EDT (AMERICAblog)

Where I do agree with Zuckerberg is his insistence to living his life the way he wants to live his life, Wall Street investors be damned. If the guy wants to wear a hoodie, his PJ's or whatever else that he likes, he should be able to do it. Listening to Wall Street investors t …

fashion, privacy, prejudice, opinion, perception

GOP congressmen Stearns, Nugen and Webster vote to cut social programs, spare Pentagon

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 8:33 PM EDT (Local News from Star-Banner)

Local lawmakers support reducing federal spending, but not at the Pentagon’s expense. Republicans in Marion County’s congressional delegation — U.S. Reps. Cliff Stearns, Rich Nugent and Daniel Webster — joined the overwhelming majority of their party in …

pentagon, defense, politics, gop, government, spending, social-programs

Videos - Noam Chomsky and Bill McKibben on Global Warming

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 9:45 AM EDT ()

On the one hand you have a consensus of a vast majority of scientifically trained individuals, and on the other you have the James Inhofe, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh contingent. Maybe Rush Limbaugh is right?

oil, global, coal, warming, environment, mercury, climate, petroleum, emissions, humanity

Broadband at the Speed of Light

Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 5:35 AM EDT ()

The fastest networks in the nation are built by local governments, a new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Benton Foundation reveals Chattanooga, Tennessee, is well known for being the first community with citywide access to a “gig,” or the fastes …

economy, digital, jobs, internet, computer, broadband, us-news, communication, gigabyte, captialism

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 4:52 PM EDT (Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National)

A new Americans for Prosperity ad is one of the sneakiest we’ve seen this year. It weaves tidbits of truth into an artful narrative that distorts the truth about the economic stimulus. We’ve checked three claims from the ad, finding them Mostly False, False and Pan …

elections, politics, gop, democracy, voice, campaigns, deceit, smear, inundate, koch-bros

Dan Savage Points Out BullSchyte in the Bible, Right-Wing Groups Spring Into Action

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 7:05 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

We can learn to ignore the bull@!$%# in the Bible about gay people. The same way, the same way we have learned to ignore the bull@!$%# in the Bible about shellfish, about slavery, about dinner, about farming, about menstruation, about virginity, about masturbation. We ignore bull …

diet, health, slavery, farming, homosexuality, choices, shellfish, masturbation, the-bible, selectivity

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Federal judge: Rick Scott's drug testing of state workers unconstitutional.

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:25 PM EDT (Raw Story)

A federal judge in Miami found on Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s requirement that all state workers undergo drug testing is unconstitutional. In a 37-page opinion (PDF), U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled that Scott’s executive order for bl …

privacy, florida, politics, scott, legality, drug-testing, recreational-drugs

Florida Governor Rick Scott Vetos $1.5 Million For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:10 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) is commemorating Sexual Assault Awareness Month by vetoing a budget line item of $1.5 million passed by the legislature to fund 30 rape crisis centers around the state.

governor, health, florida, veto, womens-health, rape-crisis-centers

Common Cause Requests IRS Investigation into ALEC's Tax-Exempt Status

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:00 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

It's about time some of these organizations got the evil eye from the IRS. Common Cause has filed a request with the IRS for them to take a long look at whether or not ALEC has reached beyond the constraints of their tax-exempt status. This follows a front-page feature article …

taxes, politics, influence, exemptions, churches, pacs, think-tanks, campaign-funds

The Talking Dead / Cheney

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:49 AM EDT (Firedoglake)

“The single most important criteria has to be the capacity to be president,” said Cheney. “That’s why you pick them. Lots of times in the past that has not been the foremost criteria.” By which, Dick Cheney means that Mitt’s running mate mus …

cheney, politics, gop, vice-president, vp, palin, mitt, veep

Health Insurers Switch Baseline for Out-of-Network Charges

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:31 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Insurance companies defend the shift toward Medicare-based rates under the settlement, which allowed any clear, objective method of calculating reimbursement. They say that premiums would be even costlier if reimbursements were more generous, and that exorbitant doctors’ …

doctors, insurance, health, medicine, pharmaceuticals

Environment vs. gun control

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:59 AM EDT ()

TALLAHASSEE -- More than 400 gun ranges across the state could be shielded from state environmental laws under a fast-moving legislative proposal being pushed by House Republicans. A House panel on Tuesday approved the legislation sponsored by Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, who …

pollution, environment, guns, lead, nra, alec, gun-ranges

ConocoPhillips Makes $2.9 Billion In Profits, While Its Retiring CEO Receives $8.5 Million Raise

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:07 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Conoco uses its billions in profits to protect its tax breaks and finance policies benefiting the oil industry, primarily aimed at Republican players.

business, oil, elections, bp, government, petroleum, shell, industry, exxon-mobile, conoco

Social Security and Medicare: Behind the Numbers and the Spin

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:19 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

Medicare, unlike Social Security, does have very serious long-term financial problems. Why? Because we're the only developed nation that insists in delivering its health care through a system of for-profit hospitals and other medical providers. The for-profit medical/industrial …

economy, health, medicare, aging, assistance, social-security, sharing, welfare, wealth-disparity, logical-living

Zimmerman Released From Jail On Bond - Trayvon Martin Extended Coverage News Story - WESH Orlando

Seeded on Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:32 AM EDT ()

SANFORD, Fla. -- George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from the Seminole County Jail on $150,000 bail, as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. The neighborhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and …

What Does The Battle Over California's High Speed Rail Project Mean For America?

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:34 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

In California, the car is still king. But that could be a different story by 2028 — when a proposed massive, 520-mile-long high speed rail project, intended to span the state from north to south, Sacramento to San Diego, is supposed to be completed, ideally making the Gol …

green, environment, concrete, trains, transportation, highways, high-speed-rail

Will Paul Ryan Pull Down The Rest Of The Republican Party With Himself?

Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:47 AM EDT (down with tyranny)

I've lost count of how many times we've run the Ayn Rand video of her denouncing the teachings of Jesus Christ-- like this one last week-- and we have both the Ayn Rand anti-Jesus videos up on the Blue America contribution page, StopPaulRyan. If you haven't seen them, you ought …

economy, taxes, 1, money, politics, gop, corporations, extremists, right-wing, haters

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As the OKC anniversary reminds us, America's right-wing mental degenerates stand proudly with the world's most extreme mental degenerates

Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:36 AM EDT (Down with Tyranny blogspot.com)

HOW DO YOU TELL FAR-RIGHT CRACKPOTS FROM SO-CALLED "MAINSTREAM" REPUBLICANS? This is not a riddle; it's a question, based on the American Right's descent deeper and deeper into its hermetically sealed world of paranoia, lies, and delusion, generously laced with anything from w …

women, race, politics, gays, gop, government, immigrant, welfare, hate, republican

Guns, Paranoia and Obama Assassination Jokes: Inside the NRA's Annual Convention | Tea Party and the Right

Seeded on Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:15 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

"Hell no I don't trust him, the guy is an empty shell -- but what am I gonna do, vote for Ron Paul?" said Ross Davis, a 30-year-old landscaper from Tennessee standing in line to meet Ted Nugent.

politics, guns, romney, lobbyists, nra, pacs, empty-suit

Sen. Feinstein Places Hold On NRA Concealed Carry Bill

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:00 AM EDT (Think Progress)

These dangerous bills — which are opposed by leading law enforcement organizations — would undermine states’ rights by forcing nearly every state to accept the concealed-carry permits issued by other states, even if the permit holder could not qualify for a pe …

health, guns, second-amendment, self-defense, concealed-carry, stand-your-ground, trayvon-martin

Several Seattle Catholic Pastors Shun Referendum 74 Petitions Endorsed By Archbishop

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:48 AM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

'm always happy to see priests and sisters stand up to the bullies of the Catholic hierarchy. But I predict that these pastors will soon be transferred to remote locations. I sure hope some enterprising politicians look into the tax-free status of the Catholic Church if these p …

taxes, drugs, marriage, religion, sex, rock-n-roll

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