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How do atheists find meaning in life?
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:43 PM EST (The Washington Post)
The correspondent was blunt: “Why don’t you atheists just go out and kill yourselves right now?” True, most Christians phrase it rather more delicately, but atheists are regularly informed by a certain kind of believer that our lives can have no value if we do …
Elizabeth Warren Is No Longer Just A Candidate, She's A Cause And She'll Be Almost Impossible To Beat - Business Insider
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:05 AM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)
Elizabeth Warren raised $5.7 million over the last three months of 2011 for her challenge to Republican Senator Scott Brown who currently sits in the seat once occupied by Ted Kennedy.
5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:45 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of today’s candidates, th …
Congress Really Is As Bad As You Think, Scholars Say
Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 7:43 AM EST (NPR)
Congressional approval ratings are on the rocks, hovering in or near single digits for the first time since pollsters started measuring them.
Bizarre Anti-Abortion Campaign Says Don't Abort Because It Makes Toys Sad
Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:22 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
Ad Week has caught what could only be described as one of the weirdest anti-abortion campaigns ever -- a billboard declaring that Christmas toys are sad because there aren't enough children to play with them this year.
Indefinite Military Detention Measure Passes On Bill Of Rights Day
Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:16 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, passed 86 to 13 and is expected to be signed quickly by President Obama, who withdrew a veto threat against the bill Wednesday.
Probe Finds Arizona Sheriff Violated Civil Rights : NPR
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:59 PM EST (NPR)
On Thursday, the Department of Justice released the results of a three-year investigation in which authorities conclude that Arpaio and his deputies are the ones who have been breaking the law.
Anonymous donors pay strangers' layaway accounts
Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:09 PM EST
The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.
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NASA says we might all be aliens | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:49 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
Whether or not you believe in life outside of our solar system, the fact that we are all here means that the stuff we're made of must have come from somewhere.
Huh? Now Obamas Are Condemned For Celebrating Christmas Too Enthusiastically
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:07 PM EST (Little Green Footballs)
Man, this whole War on Christmas is getting confusing. Right on cue, the right-wing media this month has been waging its annual battle to convince faithful followers that religious-hating liberals are at war with Christmas, and that once again Obama is leading the charge …
Mitt Romney Approaches Married Gay Couple To Tell Them Their Marriage Is Wrong (VIDEO)
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:57 AM EST (Addicting Info)
Mitt Romney’s campaign just can’t get it together. Actually, I don’t blame his campaign. The problems are purely Mittens’. I am beginning to believe that Romney lives in such an ivory tower, that he truly has no idea that not everyone is exactly like him.
Bernie Sanders Proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:26 PM EST ()
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a constitutional amendment today that would overturn Citizens United and make it clear that corporations are not people. Sen. Sanders’ proposed Saving American Democracy amendment states, SECTION 1.
Under Pressure From Anti-Choice Groups, Gingrich Flips To Anti-Birth Control Position | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:16 PM EST (Think Progress)
Although GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich previously took the view that “personhood begins at conception,” on Friday, Gingrich told ABC’s Jake Tapper that life begins at the “successful implantation” of a fertilized egg in a woman’s …
Sen. McCain: Instead Of A Tax Break For Middle-Class, 'Why Don't We Do' A Tax Break For Multinational Corporations
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 3:08 PM EST (Think Progress)
Republican lawmakers are struggling to shake off the view that they’re only out to help “the haves” over “the have-nots.” Today on Fox and Friends, Sen.
Santorum: People Die In America Because They 'Make Poor Decisions'
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 11:49 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Rick Santorum got in a lengthy argument with a young voter in Iowa on some pretty heavy topics: Life, death, health care, and gay sex. Jason Kornelis, a 23-year-old recent college graduate, challenged Santorum on gay marriage, according to ABC News.
Republicans face potential hard sell to women | Reuters
Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:45 AM EST (Reuters)
[Romney's] "net favorable rating" among women Republicans was 38 percent, slightly above his 35 percent rating among Republican men, according to a mid-November Gallup poll. Cain had the biggest gender gap in the survey, taken amid the harassment allegations, with a 32 percent …
Should Organized Religion Have More Rights Than Women?
Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 2:11 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Right now, Catholic bishops, charities, schools and universities are demanding exemptions from new rules requiring that insurance plans cover contraception for women, free of charge. And President Obama is listening, even as Congressional Democrats object. The demand for exem …
Christians for a Moral America Pray for George Michael's Death
Seeded on Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:15 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Word came out last week that George Michael, 48, was admitted to a Viennese hospital for severe pneumonia. (Though he has cancelled the remainder of the tour he was on, Mr.
ACRJ Blog: Expand access, not exemptions
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:05 PM EST (Reproductive Justice Blog)
As the Obama Administration debates whether to expand an exemption to a new health insurance requirement to cover all FDA-approved methods of contraception, there are some important facts to keep in mind: The average woman spends five years pregnant, postpartum, or trying to g …
Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry's Texas | Politics | Religion Dispatches
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:35 AM EST (Religion Dispatches)
As guest of honor at a 2010 fundraiser for the Beltway 8 Crisis Pregnancy Center in Houston, Texas Governor Rick Perry told the pastors and anti-choice activists that, “I feel like I am in the garrison of an army that has devoted itself to the defense …
The Middle Class Is Key to a Better-Educated Nation
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:33 AM EST ()
Education is key to America’s economic success as technological change and global competition increase exponentially. Unfortunately, where once our nation was atop the world academically, today American students rank in the middle of the pack.
Grover Norquist: a misleading accounting of recent history - The Fact Checker
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:57 AM EST (The Washington Post)
Norquist has every right to his opinions on the dangers of excessive government spending and taxation but he needs to come up with a better set of facts to make his case. His description of recent budgetary history bears little relation to the historical record.
Obama Administration's Achievements (Thus Far)
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:29 AM EST ()
I thought we would be interested in the Obama administration's achievements thus far. It is a very long list, so get into a comfortable chair.
The Supercommittee Failed Because Republicans Refused to Compromise
Seeded on Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:12 PM EST (The Washington Post)
On Sept. 8, six Democrats and six Republicans sat down to breakfast at the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Walker Recall: Witness to a felony.
Seeded on Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:22 AM EST (Daily Kos)
Ms. Cheesehead and I were enjoying the nice weather on the day before Thanksgiving here in our small city in western Wisconsin, running some political errands.
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How do atheists find meaning in life?The correspondent was blunt: “Why don’t you atheists just go out and kill yourselves right now?” True, most Christians phrase it rather more delicately, but atheists are regularly informed by a certain kind of believer that our lives can have no value if we do …
- Elizabeth Warren Is No Longer Just A Candidate, She's A Cause And She'll Be Almost Impossible To Beat - Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren raised $5.7 million over the last three months of 2011 for her challenge to Republican Senator Scott Brown who currently sits in the seat once occupied by Ted Kennedy.
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Sarah Palin... "If I were a South Carolinian -- and each one of these primaries and caucuses are different, Sean -- I want to see this thing continue because iron sharpens iron. Steel sharpens steel. These guys are getting better in their debates. ...
- 5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of today’s candidates, th …
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Iowa Republicans: They Never Fail To Pick A Loser | National Memo | Breaking News, Smart Politics
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Bizarre Anti-Abortion Campaign Says Don't Abort Because It Makes Toys Sad
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'You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic!'
'You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic!'
Indefinite Military Detention Measure Passes On Bill Of Rights Day
'You Whiny Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic!'
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