Eco Roundup 3.8.11
Wall Street Journal poll: Most popular spending cut is subsidies for new nuclear plants:It is no big surprise that Americans don’t want cuts in Social Security, Medicare, or K-12 education. But the new...
View ArticleAnonymous to target Defense Officials responsible for torture of Manning
I know this has been mentioned before, but new details have emerged from Anonymous's plan to avenge the inhumane detention of Bradley Manning, Operation Bradical:Over the weekend, the loose hacker...
View Article13-year-old, denied treatment and abortion, left paralyzed for life
That's the sad story of L.C.:L.C., the young woman in the video, lives in poverty in Lima, Peru. At the age of 13, she was raped repeatedly by a 34-year-old man, but when she discovered that she was...
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Does anyone else notice a pattern?
I'm sure you do: Republican governance is a man-made disaster that the public fails to learn from and must be reminded every so often by an unmitigated disaster that results from their short-sighted...
View ArticleIowa Woman Jailed for Thinking about an Abortion
Sounds far-fetched, right? Well it isn't. The anti-choice zealots aren't content to limiting a woman's access to safe and legal abortion, they're now thought police:Ms. Taylor became light-headed and...
View ArticleObama: Fox assures me hens are safe
Ok, obviously there's a lot going on in the world right now between Wisconsin, Michigan, Japan, the War on Women, the budget battle, amongst other things. But one story we need to keep in the...
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Woman pulls plow until she miscarries
Yes, it's another sad story from a time when abortion was illegal, a time some would take us back to:This is about my mother, who went to Alberta in 1909 with my father and my two older brothers, aged...
View ArticleDiary Guide to Formatting, Linking, Images, Embedding, and Tables
Ok, I know many users already know how to format their diaries and add images etc., but for every one else this is a guide to making your diary look like the pros. First thing to remember is that...
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Government Subsidies for the Rich: Tax Expenditures
Every year the Government doles out billions of dollars to the wealthiest Americans that our corporate owned media never talks about: itemized deductions for property taxes, mortgage interests,...
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Remembering Rosie Jimenez: First Victim of the Hyde Amendment
Rosie Jimenez was a poor student who already had a daughter. She she couldn't afford health insurance, that's why she was on Texas's Medicaid. Unfortunately for her the Hyde Amendment had just passed...
View ArticleFormer SoS Warren Christopher has passed...
We lost a great man and diplomat yesterday, he was 85 and suffered from kidney and bladder cancer. Condolences to his family and friends.From CNN:In 1981, Christopher received the Medal of Freedom --...
View Article70-year-old stoned for being gay? (or for money?)
Homophobic rhetoric couldn't have nothing to do with this:Authorities in Delaware County say a 70-year-old man was stoned to death with a rock stuffed in a sock by a younger friend who alleged the...
View ArticleAwww, Glenn Beck's "Liberty Coin" huckster found guilty
Remember the "monetary architect" Bernard Von Nothaus who Glenn Beck interviewed on CNN? Well it took a jury just 2 hours last week to find our intrepid Von Nothaus guilty of processing and selling...
View ArticleWikileaks Reader: HBGary + ChamberLeaks
Back to the Wikileaks Reader IndexIn this Diary:HBGaryHBGary Email ViewerAnonymousHBGary Federal hacked and exposed AnonymousChester Wisniewski(2/7/11)Data intelligence firms proposed a systematic...
View ArticleBig Gay Victories
Effort To Ban Gay Marriage In Iowa Fails:State Senator Jeff Danielson, a Democrat from Waterloo, told the The Gazette on Thursday that there isn't sufficient support for the measure in the Senate State...
View ArticleWikileaks Reader: Bradley Manning
Back to Wikileaks Reader IndexIn this diary:Firedoglake's excellent Bradley Manning/Wikileaks timelineFDLFiredoglake's Merged chat logsFDL(12/27/10)Bradley Manning’s New Charges: “Bringing Discredit...
View ArticleWikileaks Reader: Pushback part 1
Ok, sorry if this diary is a little disorganized, I will be making an index shortly so that it is easier to better navigate these Wikileaks Reader diaries, thanks for understanding :)In the meantime...
View ArticleWikileaks Reader: Pushback part 2
Ok, sorry if this diary is a little disorganized, I will be making an index shortly so that it is easier to better navigate these Wikileaks Reader diaries, thanks for understanding :)
View ArticleWikileaks Reader: An Index
Other Wikileaks Resources:WL CentralGreg MitchellWikileaks diaries on Daily KosWikileaks stories on Fire Dog LakeWikileaks InformationthreadWikileaks Video and Radio ResourcesVisit Wikileaks Store...
View ArticleSantorum: Social Security in "big trouble" because of Women
This is what one presumptive presidential candidate of the Republican party had to say this week:"The social security system in my opinion is a flawed design, period. But, having said that, the design...
View ArticleXenophobes' ugly agenda exposed in Maryland
Just how disgusting are these people?The red and white placards outside the Motor Vehicle Administration office strike some as an invitation: "Sign petition here. No in-state tuition for illegal...
View ArticleSantorum's Horrifying Vision for Women
Santorum: When I was leading the charge on partial birth abortion, several members came forward and said, “Why don’t we just ban all abortions?” Tom Daschle was one of them, if you remember. And Susan...
View ArticleBengals vs. Texans Open Thread
Who else excited about the big game? Should be a close one judging by their previous match.Will Foster be enough with the Texans down to their 3rd string QB?Will Dalton and Green be able to connect...
View ArticleSurprise! Kangaroo Court recommends Bradley Manning be tried for "aiding the...
Well, no real surprise here:Lt. Col. Paul Almanza's recommendation to try Pfc. Bradley Manning on all 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, now goes up the chain of command for a final determination....
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Tales of GOP living with Austerity: Sarah Palin
Profiles of Republicans living with AusterityHello, and welcome to what I hope is a regular installment of fact filled posts about the captains of industry, masters of the universe, and very serious...
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Tales of GOP in Austerity: Paul Ryan
What's fact, what's fiction? If you're a Master of the Universe, you decide! It's the second chapter of Tales of GOP Living with Austerity.Paul Ryan as a Young ManPaul Ryan's father died when he was...
View ArticleFBI "Whistle-blower" with wingnut "worldview" revealed
So now we know the FBI agent who leaked sensitive information about the ongoing cyber stalking investigation of Jill Kelley to Eric Cantor. Yeah, this guy:Later, the agent became convinced —...
View ArticleAnti-abortion zealot Phill Kline facing disbarment
Finally, sort of. Last week former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline was brought before their State Supreme Court:Whether former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline will keep his state law license is...
View ArticleMan with 51 IQ held for 30 years without proper trial
Former Death Row Inmate Imprisoned for 30 Years in Texas With No Conviction:A former death row inmate with intellectual disabilities has languished in the Texas prison system for over 30 years despite...
View ArticleOK Supreme Court Stops Abortion Restrictions
Some welcome news:Oklahoma laws requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of the fetus and that ban off-label use of certain...
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The Rotting Conservative Mind
Yesterday The Blaze posted a story about Anderson Cooper with the following image: With a brief explanation: On his talk show Tuesday, Cooper said he was in Portugal last week working on a story for...
View ArticleFather accidentally shoots 7 year old son
No, ready access to guns couldn't have anything to do with this:A seven-year-old boy was shot to death by his father on Saturday in the parking lot of a gun store in western Pennsylvania in an apparent...
View ArticleDog almost killed for being "gay"
Seriously this happened:A dog in Tennessee is going to lose his life today because of suspicions that he is gay. As explained by Examiner.com, "According to the prior owner, the dog was seen 'hunched...
View ArticleRussia: Snowden was never here
The mystery continues...Russia's foreign minister has said the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden never crossed the border into Russia, deepening the mystery over his suspected flight from Hong...
View ArticleGood news: Christie to sign 'gay-conversion' therapy ban
Well, as they say, even a broken clock gets the time right twice a day:Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey...
View ArticleYes, Ari Fleischer is this stupid
This happened:Question to @gov: how come @BarackObama's last tweet was more than 140 characters? Does he play by different rules???— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 24, 2013And just in case you...
View ArticleObamacare manipulators Papa John's, Applebee's see their reputation plummet
Great news: the people trying to hurt their workers instead of providing them health insurance, and using Obamacare as an excuse, have seen drastic drops in their brand's reputation.According to YouGov...
View ArticleBoy, 15, kills himself after facing charges for streaking
The link to the original story no longer seems to be working, here's a different one. --- Yet another tragedy caused by our legal "justice" system:Christian Adamek, 15, hanged himself Wednesday and...
View ArticleDavid Corn collecting Obamacare stories on Twitter...You should read them
Over on twitter David Corn has started re-tweeting people's positive experiences with Obamacare so far, and we should make sure people (i.e. the media) know about it.My neighbor, 2 heart attacks , 50...
View ArticleOhio expanding Medicaid for 275,000 residents
GreatMixed news from Republican controlled Ohio: they're not attempting to sabotage Obamacare by screwing its residents and rejecting federal funds to expand medicaid. But they are using the new...
View ArticleTeacher survives multiple tours in Afghanistan...to be shot in Nevada...
This is just incredibly sad, not that it's likely to change anything...A student opening fire with a handgun he took from his parents. Screaming students running for cover. A teacher, trying to help,...
View ArticleMichael Hayden bashes Obama in interview, demanding anonymity...while riding...
From the "you can't make this shit up" file:Former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden is more used to being the one listening in on conversations than the one being eavesdropped on...
View ArticleTexans "volunteer" to take women to abortion clinics...only to take them to...
This really alarmed us this morning. Just one reminder that getting an abortion in Texas can be very dangerous. pic.twitter.com/bdHCZ3F3lM— Fund Texas Women (@FundTexasWomen) November 10, 2013In case...
View ArticleLet's remember to thank David Waldman today
It's easy to be extremely cynical about the political process and its ability to make the lives of the 99% actually better. But every once in a while an everyday citizen works really hard to advocate...
View ArticleHandcuffed 17-year-old shot dead while in back of police car
There's a tragic and conflicting story developing in Durham, North Carolina. According to their police department, a teenager in their custody for trespassing, somehow shot himself while handcuffed and...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Deal Reportedly Reached
Important update, The New York Times has some vague details of the emerging deal:After marathon talks that finally ended early Sunday morning, the United States and five other world powers reached an...
View ArticleMichigan Police Officer Admits to Disseminating Humiliating Videos of...
I searched the tags and didn't see a diary about this already: there's been a disturbing story developing in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Park.At least one Grosse Pointe Park police officer is...
View ArticleLatest Right-Wing Meme: Greeks Self-Inflicting HIV for Government Benefits
Rush Limbaugh, The Daily Caller, The Blaze, and Fox News are all in a lather over a discredited World Health Organization report that up to 40% of new HIV cases in Greece are self-inflicted for a 700...
View ArticleDear DNC: Want to know why people stop voting? Look no further than the Iowa...
There are many reasons people, both young and old, either stop voting or never do. Some of them we probably cannot change (the electoral college), but others we can. Like the way the Democratic Party...
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