Monthly Archives: February 2012

INCONCEIVABLE: Obama Attacks America’s Founding Principles12837904522

President Obama – in a speech to the United Auto Workers union – said that “trying to climb to the very top” was not what America is “about,” saying that it was “greed” and that in reality “we’re all in … Continue reading

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Clinton: No timeline yet for new Keystone pipeline decisionimagesCAHEKXE7

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it’s too early to say how quickly the State Department might decide on TransCanada Corp.’s revised plans to build the controversial Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. The company plans to file a new application … Continue reading

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EPA still hopes for power plant climate rules ‘early’ in ’12, but refinery plans unclearuntitled293847652364

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson remains hopeful the agency will propose delayed draft greenhouse gas standards for power plants early this year, while the schedule for separate rules covering oil refineries remains uncertain. “We don’t have a date yet,” … Continue reading

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Barack Obama no longer really even pretending to have faith counciluntitled7082394651

Not that the President ever really had one, contra this Politico report: what Barack Obama had was a collection of useful idio… ah, “a group of religious organizations that were perhaps a little too trusting of the President’s motives and … Continue reading

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AIDS and Imperialism: Karma and Colonial CrimesimagesCAQBR6DV

Maybe it’s too much to say that imperialism caused AIDS. But at the very least, it’s karma—payback, if you will, for mass slaughter, slavery and vicious exploitation in central Africa more than a century ago. That’s the point of a … Continue reading

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House GOP leaders announce vote on jobs package as early as next weekuntitled028374562345

GOP leaders said on Tuesday that the House is set to vote on a package of job-creation bills as soon as next week. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who spearheaded the effort to bundle six bipartisan bills together, told … Continue reading

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2 dating websites sued over soldier’s photo in adsuntitled7238452345

The picture of a handsome, uniformed soldier accompanying online ads that proclaim “Military Man Searching for Love” is an Army lieutenant who was killed in Iraq in 2007, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents Monday against two dating … Continue reading

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Former DNC Communications Director: GOP Supports ‘Letting Women Die’untitled287345234

“I mean, and I think they’re also not paying attention to the fact that women have very much been awakened over the last several months. Again, look at these Republican legislatures and these sort of anti-women bills, you know, having … Continue reading

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Pentagon report: 9/11 remains incinerated and dumped in landfillimagesCAXPI8S7

Tragic news from a Defense Department report, brought to us by the Washington Post: Some small portions of unidentified human remains recovered from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., were incinerated and ultimately … Continue reading

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Guantanamo detainees get new $750G soccer fieldgitmo_soccer_field_022812

At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers. The project was the highlight of a tour … Continue reading

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