December 2011
Battling Anew Over the Place of Religion in Public... →
If you’re like me, this piece will get your blood boiling. School, an institute for teaching facts, sciences, history, etc is no place for religious teaching. There are churches for that nonsense. One dude from this article says it’s no different forcing students to hear about Christ than it is to force Chriters to be taught evolution, which is fucking stupid. After all, I have...
Noise Level Rises Over Iran Threat to Close Strait... →
Iran and the United States elevated the belligerent tone between them on Wednesday over an Iranian vow to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital Middle East waterway for oil tanker traffic, if Western powers attempted to make good on their threat to stifle Iran’s petroleum exports.
Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, Iran’s naval commander, said that “Iran has total control over the strategic...
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World News: Shoppers pepper-sprayed, break down... →
US military 'ready to engage in a conflict with... →
Tensions have been growing in the region following international condemnation over Tehran’s growing nuclear ambitions.
Last month, Britain’s ambassador to Iran was expelled from the country following attacks on the British Embassy. The US is also involved in a standoff over a downed spy drone, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has refused to return despite America’s ...
“Thanks to 9/11, our government has laid aside all pretense that this is a free...”
BBC News - In pictures: Rare lenticular clouds... →
I read today that the GOP has invaded the bedroom on MN state senate majority leader Amy Koch and is now conducting a witch hunt.
Yes, apparently the GOP hates gov’t intrusion into private citizens lives, except when it comes to the private matters of political foes.
I take no position of what Mrs. Koch has admitted she has done because no one knows the circumstances except for her.
But I...
Nearly 1 in 3 will be arrested by age 23 –... →
socialismartnature:
The United States only has 5% of the world’s population, but has 25% of the world’s prisoners. In the U.S., some people enjoy the unlimited freedom of autocrats because so many others enjoy very little freedom at all.
Also, this study does not differentiate for factors like race or class. If you were to do the same study for Black people exclusively, this percentage would...
Politicalprof: Republican Presidential... →
politicalprof:
So it turns out that most of the Republican presidential candidates this year utterly loathe the notion of Constitutional democracy. They—and apparently their supporters—prefer presidential dictatorship.
Think about it. The heart of the theory of the Constitution is the system of checks and…
“I just watched series 3 episode 1 of Misfits and Nathan’s gone! Wtf?!? ...”
“I’ve just made my first conscientious choice to not “like” or...”
NDAA Set To Become Law: The Terror Is Nearer Than... →
cognitivedissonance:
It turns out that destroying the American democratic republic was easy to accomplish, historians will write someday. Simply get the three major cable news networks to blather on about useless bull**** for a few days, while legislators meet in secret behind closed doors to rush through the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA), and its evil twin sister, the Stop...
“Just as I do not understand what makes men attracted to men, I don’t...”
“It occurs to me I should be warning the rest of the world that we Americans are...”
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Toronto's 'gay penguins' go their separate ways |... →
Republican Values Create Child Molesters →
A list of the pederasts in the GOP
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Camping out in the Winter all Winter long
A few years back, I was homeless during the Wintertime. For those not in the know, Michigan Winters can be exceptionally cold and blustery and that Winter was no exception. While I was one of the lucky homeless people who could stay in one of Ann Arbor’s few homeless shelters, many more were not. I didn’t find this out until well into Spring when the Delonis Shelter started kicking...
Busted for Tweeting - Occupy Wall Street -... →
The protesters– maybe a 100 or so– had gathered in the center of the floor and were dancing and chanting, “Occupy Brookfield!” A long line of police began to form in the periphery, and John and the other media people dispersed to take pictures. As the police formed an outer circle to surround the large group, the crowd began to disperse. Many of the protestors headed up the marble...