Stephen Colbert, Herman Cain turn spotlight on super PACs in South Carolina - The Washington Post

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:39 PM EST (The Washington Post)

“But this is South Carolina, so I’m not 100 percent sure people know it’s satire.” This quote from a women at the gathering, about says it all. Stephen has got game:

republican, stephen-colbert, herman-cain, super-pak, south-carolina-presidential-primary

South Carolina Democrats unamused by Colbert's ploy| Reuters

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM EST (Reuters)

Mocking the primary process by asking democratic voters (who are allowed to vote in the Republican primary) to use Herman Cain as a proxy for a Colbert candidacy on the S. Carolina ballot is the latest brilliance coming from the comedian.

democrats, politics, republicans, stephen-colbert, the-colbert-report, herman-cain, presidential-primary, campaign-advertising, superpak

Who's afraid of "The Tempest" ?

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:05 AM EST (Salon.com)

In order to receive state funding for education, the school must remove books that teach about ethnicity. WTF? In addition to Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and

politics, book-banning, state-mandates, ethnic-struggles

When Did 'Kumbaya' Become Such A Bad Thing? : NPR

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:43 PM EST (NPR)

The fuzzily translated word has become crystal clear code in the world of politics. As Vanderbilt University political scientist John G. Geer said to Freedman in The New York Times, invoking kumbaya "lets you ridicule the whole idea of compromise."

civil-rights, south-carolina, jim-crow, consensus, edmund-brown, ows, spirituals, linton-weeks

Five dead (miles) in O HI O - another Man-Made Disaster.

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 8:37 PM EST (Reuters)

Fracking for natural gas trapped in shale rock formations produces waste water that is toxic and needs to be disposed of properly.

business, people, cancer, earthquakes, profits, planet, residual-waste, man-made-disasters, fracking, drinking-water-natural-gas

End Corporate Personhood, Vermont Introduces Resolution to Amend U S Constitution

Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:20 PM EST ()

Progressive legislators in Vermont are getting the ball rolling.

politics, big-business, citizens-united, buying-elections, vermont-action

Elizabeth Warren is the New Hilary Clinton

Seeded on Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:48 PM EST (www,good.is)

If all goes well in 2012, she's poised to be one of the most powerful Democrats—and the most formidable female one since Hillary Clinton. Like Clinton, Warren realized she wanted to be a politician after observing them up close. Check out a more complete profile for …

wall-street, politics, kennedy, brown, massachusetts, u-s-senate, consumer-protections, banking-and-financial-reform

Ben and Jerry Newsmakers Press Conference - Support for OWS is good business practice.

Seeded on Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:46 PM EST (c-span.org)

Not easy to dismiss the business founders who built a 300 million dollar ice cream empire on social responsibility and did not give up those rights when they sold out to corporate giant Unilever.

business, small-business, national-press-club, citizens-united, mega-corporations, social-responsibilities, occupy-wall-street, ben-jerrys-ice-cream

Jesus and the 99%

Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 10:03 PM EST (Truthdig)

Much like the political arena, the Christian church is equally at odds and hopelessly divided. Is the inability to reconcile the debate a part of the eternal plan?

religion, jesus-christ, philosophy, evangelical-christians, the-bible, occupy-wall-street, progressive-church, theological-teaching

Foto-Friday Occupy Wall Street October 5, Day 19

Seeded on Thu Oct 6, 2011 10:33 PM EDT (CRYPTOME.ORG)

These are not mine I wish they were because they are well done. And because the photo's are of the crowd and events on the day the Labor Unions came to support the 99% on the march on Wall Street. and I wish I could have been there..... I am the 99%.

politics, free-speech, labor-unions, police-state, new-world-order, police-brutality, freedom-to-assemble, occupy-wall-street, occupy-wall-street-protest

Obama Machine Prepares To Hijack Occupy Wall Street

Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 9:50 AM EDT (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)

The leftist juggernaut MoveOn.org, a Democratic Party front which vehemently backed Obama’s 2008 election campaign, is set to hijack the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests this week, which is pretty ironic given the fact that the Obama administration is a creature of …

politics, barack-obama, george-soros, move-on, global-revolution, wall-street-ceo8217-s, hijacked-messages-occupy-wall-street

Who is Telling the Truth as the Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun Oct 2, 2011 1:08 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Updated, 11:59 a.m.

politics, lower-manhattan, police-state, banksters, peaceful-protesters, occupy-wall-street, brooklyn-bridges

Did the President just insinuate that those in Congress are children?

Seeded on Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:08 PM EDT ()

I just finished watching the President's news conference. He was asked about the debt and deficit measures being debated in Congress.

congress, politics, obama, harry-reid, biden, debt-ceiling, mitch-mcconnell, debt-deficit

Politifact takes the heat: Readers say we were uninformed about Jon Stewart's claim

Seeded on Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:54 PM EDT (Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National)

Disagreement and division prompt readers to respond to the claim Jon Stewart got his facts wrong.

entertainment, media, jon-stewart, fox-news, agenda, truth, fair-and-balanced, misinformed, chris-wallace

Cicconi Cupcakes Effective

Seeded on Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Lobby influence buying in the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. Cupcakes are sweet.

congress, fcc, wireless, broadband, at-t, verizon-communications, consumer-protection, t-mobile, anti-trust, influence-buying

Encryption turned off.

Seeded on Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:15 PM EDT (EFF )

Microsoft turns off Https encryption for Hotmail in countries that need to have secure communications. What's up with that?

technology, revolution, privacy-concerns, civil-unrest, email-and-internet-communication, https-everywhere

Men Can Stop Rape, Something Representative Passidomo Needs to Know.

Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:54 PM EDT

I was disturbed by the gang rape of an 11 year old first reported by the NYT on March 8th. I signed a petition at Change.org calling out Representative Passidomo of Naples Florida for blaming the rape victim after reading a blog post on March 15th.

Continue reading this entry ...

texas, politics, republicans, victim, nyt, child-rape, victim-blaming, tampabay-com, naples-fl, representative-passidomo

Could Our Government Shut Down the Internet?

Seeded on Thu Feb 3, 2011 10:29 PM EST (PBS)

You on board with that in the interests of national security? Share your thoughts.

politics, free-speech, liberty, national-security, dictators, internet-access, government-intervention, cyberwars

War from the Independent and a Voice for the People

Seeded on Sat Dec 4, 2010 11:33 AM EST (YouTube)

YouTube clip of a Cspan2 Senate chamber debate, a speech on the floor by Senator Bernie Sanders, (I) Vermont. He tells us there is a War in these United States.

senate, politics, warfare, middle-class, bernie-sanders, estate-tax, top-1, tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy

"No means yes. Yes means anal!" Proclaim the Yale Men.

Seeded on Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:18 PM EDT (change.org)

"The little ditty that Yale Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity pledges chanted on Wednesday as they marched around Old Campus, where most first-years are housed. That means lots of 18-year-old women embarking on their first term of university life."

rape, law-enforcement, violence-against-women, hate-speech, womens-rights, sexual-violence, fraternities, misogyny-on-campus

A Call to Help Me to Help Yourselves

Seeded on Mon Sep 6, 2010 1:18 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

This is the good old USA after all, so I have to back the Freedom of Speech of Rev. Terry Jones even if I totally think he is completely misguided.

religion, war, islam, bible, christianity, koran, holy-book-burning-batman

Tea Party Take Down

Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:19 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin has been removed.

politics, vladimir-lenin, barack-obama, north-iowa-tea-party, adolf-hitler-advertisement

Muslim Haters Unite! The President Has a Confirmation Message for You.

Seeded on Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:57 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)

Barack Obama choses to address the nation to acknowledge the Muslim Holiday of Ramadan and acknowledge their contributions to the world. How is that going to go over with all those fearful people who are worried about his allegiance and agenda.

terrorism, politics, religious-freedom, our-future, first-amendment, ground-zero, american-muslims, citizens-rights, white-house-office, but-ramadan

Insurance Companies and The Royal Scam, Shame on You!

Seeded on Mon Aug 9, 2010 6:16 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Death Benefits for the Heroes, and their suffering families. Many life insurance companies suggest leave the bulk of the policy proceeds with the carriers. They will give the recipients limited checkbook-like access to the funds and pay modest interest..

business, insurance, fraud, corporate-greed, war-veterans, death-benefits

The music plays on,,,Truth From the Mouth of Another Republican!

Seeded on Sat Aug 7, 2010 10:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Bush Jr's go to man on the economy, Alan Greenspan, clearly on the supply side bandwagon and NOW he sings a remake that sounds like a new tune!

economy, politics, republicans, bush-tax-cuts, elections-2010, deficits-the-fed-reserve

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