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Who does this Obama guy think he is?! (170 comments)
5 of the Most Offensive, Sexist and Homophobic Moves by Conservatives So Far This Month: From appaling remarks to awful bills, a roundup of a month of assaults from the GOP (92 comments)
Romney Praises Meg Whitman As News Breaks That She Is Slashing 30,000 American Jobs While Leaving Company's Jobs in China and Elsewhere Intact (85 comments)
Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study (64 comments)
Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Frigging Fecking Fracking Gag Rule on Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking (50 comments)

'The Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette': Inside the Racial Discrimination Lawsuit - The Daily Beast

Seeded on Mon May 21, 2012 2:07 PM EDT ()

Any TV viewer with eyes has noticed The Bachelor’s and The Bachelorette’s persistent whiteness. Can a class-action lawsuit force the shows to become diverse? Skinny, weepy white women + horny, wealthy white men = love.

entertainment, bachelor, racial-discrimination, civil-lawsuit, bachelorette, contract-law

Heist of the Century: Why Aren't Any of the Criminal Banksters Being Prosecuted by the Obama Administration?

Seeded on Mon May 21, 2012 5:26 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident. This behaviour is criminal. We are talking about deliberate concealment of financial transactions tha …

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Romney Praises Meg Whitman As News Breaks That She Is Slashing 30,000 American Jobs While Leaving Company's Jobs in China and Elsewhere Intact

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 3:46 PM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

Seeded by Carloz

In an interview with the National Review published on Thursday, Mitt Romney said he wished Whitman were the Governor of California instead of Jerry Brown, whom Romney insisted was doing things wrong. Romney praised Whitman as an economic guru, telling the Review, "I wish Cal …

us, economy, usa, politics, california, gop, republicans, hewlett-packard, mitt-romney, republican

Citizens United Fight: 22 states and the District of Columbia have joined Montana's call on Supreme Court to back down over corporate spending on political campaigns

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 2:02 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by Carloz

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the US supreme court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down laws restricting corporate spending in political campaigns. The states led by New York are asking the …

scotus, us, new-york, usa, politics, supreme-court, us-supreme-court, first-amendment, montana, citizens-united

John Boehner on GOP House: 'Hard to Keep 218 Frogs in a Wheelbarrow'

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 9:58 AM EDT (ABC News)

Seeded by Carloz

By George Stephanopoulos - Republican House Speaker John Boehner compared trying to pass a bill in the House of Representatives to keeping "218 frogs in a wheelbarrow" on "This Week" this morning. "I've never been shy about leading. But you know, leaders need follo …

us, congress, usa, politics, house-republicans, obama, barack-obama, photo, house-of-representatives, john-boehner

Politically Incorrect View on Teen Drinking and Parental Involvement w/Poll

Sun May 20, 2012 8:59 AM EDT

By Citizen Kane-473667

I saw on the news last week where a parent was arrested for allowing teens to drink at a party at their house hosted by their kid. I want to be able to let my kids and their friends drink alcohol at home--with their friend's parents permission of course. They are all …

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drunk, death, home, drugs, dwi, dui, kids, driving, parents, party

5 of the Most Offensive, Sexist and Homophobic Moves by Conservatives So Far This Month: From appaling remarks to awful bills, a roundup of a month of assaults from the GOP

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 8:33 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by Carloz

It seems like with every cultural step forward by the country on the whole, the right-wing has to take a few leaps backward--and women, gays and minorities are the victims. This month has already brought some great moments: massive protests on May 1 and the historic cultura …

us, congress, abortion, usa, politics, kansas, virginia, gop, republicans, sexism

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How the Obama Administration Has Worked Behind the Scenes to Advance Marriage Equality

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 8:02 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by Carloz

The Obama administration has a pretty good record on LGBT issues, but it has also had a sometimes contentious relationship with gay rights activists. Even in the wake of Obama's “evolution” on marriage last week, some critics seized on his statement that the states …

us, gay-marriage, usa, gay, democrats, politics, civil-rights, lesbian, barack-obama, dems

The new cultishness of the GOP at the heart of the hyper-partisanship in America today

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 7:28 AM EDT (The St Louis Post Dispatch)

Seeded by Carloz

By Leonard Pitts - In the first place, the issue is not partisanship, but hyper-partisanship, a mindset that prioritizes party above country. In the second place...this is not a problem caused by partisans "at both ends of the political spectrum." It was not Democrats who held t …

us, congress, usa, democrats, politics, gop, republicans, republican, dems, democrat

BREAKING: UK Government backtracks on fracking - Green Living - Environment - The Independent

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 12:51 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

Seeded by Bart Gruzalski (Clipped by truthlover)

A welcome reflection about the full-steam-ahead race to frack wherever and as soon as possible may be the sign that this hopelessly water contaminating process to drill for shale gas is finally pausing.

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