August 2012
Rand Paul Doesn’t Care What The Supreme Court Says... →
justinspoliticalcorner:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tossed red meat to attendees of the Republican convention by saying he thinks the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act doesn’t settle the question of the law’s constitutionality.
“I still think it’s unconstitutional!” Paul thundered.
Do you think Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas have changed their minds?
I think if James...
Huffington Post Politics: David Chalian Fired From... →
David Chalian Fired From Yahoo News For Saying RNC Doesn’t Mind Watching ‘Black People Drown’ (VIDEO)
Yahoo News’ Washington bureau chief David Chalian was fired on Wednesday after a hot-mic incident during an online broadcast from the GOP convention in Tampa. Media watchdog NewsBusters was…
Federal judge to permanently lift Florida voter... →
justinspoliticalcorner:
A federal judge has said the he will permanently remove recently enacted voter registration restrictions in the state of Florida. According to Talking Points Memo, Judge Robert L. Hinkle has declared that he will grant a motion to permanently strike down the new rules once the state of Florida has dropped its case against the federal government in U.S. appeals court.
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Army Soldiers Allegedly Plotted To Kill President... →
A state prosecutor said on Monday that four U.S. soldiers had secret roles in a militia that planned to kill President Obama and take over the Fort Stewart Army base in Georgia, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The four soldiers, who served at Fort Stewart, were allegedly part of a group that went by the name F.E.A.R., or Forever Enduring Always Ready. The prosecutor said the...
N.S.A. Whistleblower Exposes Top Secret Domestic... →
arielnietzsche:
“So that now I can pull your entire life together from all those domains and map it out and show your entire life over time. The danger here is that we fall into a totalitarian state. This is something the KGB, the Stasi or the Gestapo would have loved to have had.” ~William Binney
William Binney is a former 33 year N.S.A. employee who has exposed some details about the...
Small Businessman Who Hit Obama at GOP Convention... →
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motherjones:
In Tampa, Andy Kroll keeps it real:
“President Obama talks like he supports small businesses, but his actions are destroying us,” Archuleta told the thousands in attendance Tuesday night. “His administration is putting us out of business. It is our turn to put them out of office!”
But Archuleta’s business, like those of several other business owners at the GOP...
Trying to find people of color in the crowd at the...
Harold Meyerson: In modern GOP, the old South... →
bohemiansouth:
Harold Meyerson writes:
The Republican ticket may hail from Massachusetts and Wisconsin, but Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan head the most Southernized major U.S. political party since Jefferson Davis’s day. In its hostility toward minorities, exploitation of racism, antipathy toward government and suspicion of science, today’s Republican Party represents the worst traditions of the...
College Students Are Going Homeless and Hungry --... →
questionall:
As the mainstream press frets that the much-touted “economic-recovery” appears to have lost steam, the economic crisis continues to escalate for ordinary people.
With official unemployment holding steady at 9.5 percent (real unemployment is much higher), and with the state budget cuts producing yet more tuition increases, a growing phenomenon is sweeping the nation: homeless and...
Farmer Debunks Corporate Propaganda Against... →
questionall:
Propaganda statement #4:
The overwhelming majority of scientists, medical experts and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration have all concluded that genetically engineered food products are safe and that requiring special labels is unnecessary.
The anti-labeling advocates repeatedly make this claim. True, the FDA has said that GMO foods and feed crops are safe. But how would the...
Condi Rice Can’t Name A Specific Obama Foreign... →
motherjones:
O’DONNELL: Can you be specific about somewhere where you think President Obama has failed on foreign policy.
RICE: What we should do tonight, is talk about what a President Romney would mean for America. It’s not a time to look back, it’s a time to look forward. We have real challenges out there…
O’DONNELL: But if President Obama isn’t doing anything wrong, then why change...
