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" The [[Russia]]n government has just threatened to end [[US/relations/Russia|cooperation with]] [[US|America]] on major [[space exploration|space]] projects, including maintenance of the GPS system. The policy will also prevent [[US/gov/NASA|NASA]] from accessing the [[International Space Station]] from 2020, as well as blocking the supply of components for America's Atlas V rockets, which are currently vital for sending military and commercial satellites into space." +
"''[[New York Times|NYT]]'' violates standards of basic economics and journalistic procedures in reporting on [[Venezuela]] inflation" +
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"''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist [[George Will]] doesn't believe the statistic that [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/us/tougher-battle-on-sex-assault-on-campus-urged.html one in five women] is [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] while in college. Instead he believes that [[liberal]]s, [[feminist]]s and other nefarious forces have conspired to turn being a rape survivor into a "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-college-become-the-victims-of-progressivism/2014/06/06/e90e73b4-eb50-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html coveted status that confers privileges]." As a result of this plot, "victims proliferate," Will wrote in a weekend editorial that ran in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and ''[[New York Post]]''." +
"... it's impossible for me to write fiction set in the near future of [[Scotland]] until after we've navigated the political white water ahead: the referendum in September 2014, the general election in June 2015, and (optionally) the further [[UK]] referendum in 2016/17. Truly, we're living through the dog days of Schroedinger's Republic; and it's anybody's guess which state the wave function will finally collapse into." +
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"... we found that the data doesn't appear to support the persistent [[US film industry|Hollywood]] belief that films featuring women do worse at the box office. Instead, we found evidence that films that feature meaningful interactions between women may in fact have a better return on investment, overall, than films that don't." +
"...as one of those rare [[global warming/skepticism|contrarian climate scientists]], [[Roy Spencer|Spencer]] is in a good position to present the best arguments against the [[global warming]] consensus. Conveniently, he recently did just that on his blog, listing what he considers the "[http://archive.today/2qB74 Top Ten Good Skeptical Arguments]," throwing in an 11th for good measure. He also conveniently posed each of these arguments as questions; it turns out they're all easy to [[global warming/denial/rebuttal|answer]]." +
"...black youth are [http://www.schooldisciplinedata.org/ far more likely] to be suspended from school than any other race. They also face disproportionate expulsion and arrest rates, and once children enter the juvenile justice system they are far more likely to be incarcerated as adults." +
"...in 1985 American [[wikipedia:Lisa Rainsberger|Lisa Larsen Weidenbach]] won the [[Boston Marathon]]. Does her win [[erasure of women|not really count because she is a woman]]?" +
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"...my only quibble would be with that “now”. You’d have to define "now" as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I’m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine – and coincidentally, I’m giving an exam on sex chromosome anomalies today." +
"...one company stands out in its perceived civil disobedience lawsuit fighting the government mandate to give employees access to birth control coverage. Citing violation of religious beliefs, the owners of [[Hobby Lobby]], the David Green family, doesn't want to provide access to birth control they think will induce abortion, although according to Tulsa World they have covered other forms of birth control in the past." +
"...since [[9/11]], [[extremist]]s affiliated with a variety of far-[[right wing]] ideologies, including [[white supremacists]], [[anti-abortion]] extremists and [[anti-government]] militants, have killed more people in the United States than have extremists motivated by al Qaeda's ideology." +
"...their advocacy of "[[Abiogenic oil|abiotic theory]]" has many dismissing them as heretics, frauds, or idealists. They hold that oil can be derived from hydrocarbons that existed eons ago in massive pools deep within the earth's core. That source of hydrocarbons seeps up through the earth's layers and slowly replenishes oil sources. In other words, it turns the fossil-fuel paradigm upside down." +
"...there are additional threats facing the [[Great Barrier reef]]. Earlier this year, a University of Queensland report indicated that the reef [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/great-barrier-reef-irreversible-damage_n_4911737.html will not be able to recover from "irreversible" damage] caused by [[global warming|climate change]]." +
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"...this report points out the need to make progress in cover for situations of social exclusion and need. It also makes clear that wide-reaching protective cover (such as [[Spain]]'s) for situations of need is not enough if unaccompanied by quality services or enhanced protective intensity with a view to surmounting the situation of relative poverty. Nor is it sufficient if unaccompanied by real opportunities to enter the labour market." +
"...we also know that [[capitalism]] goes through periods in which [[economic disparity|economic inequality]] is more extreme and less so. So what kind of moment are we looking at now? What is the shape and contour of [[economic disparity/US|inequality in the U.S.]] today, six years after the recession that cratered in 2008?" +
"A 1500-year-old [[bible]] has been discovered in [[Turkey]]. Discovered in 2000, the book that contains purportedly the [[Gospel of Barnabas]] has been transferred by the Turkish government to the Ethnography Museum of Ankara with a police escort. Barnabas was a disciple of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], and in the work, claims that Jesus was not crucified, instead it says he ascended to heaven alive and Judas Iscariot was crucified in his place. Furthermore, the 1500-year-old bible states that Jesus Christ was not the son of [[God]], but simply a prophet who passed on the word of God." +
"A [[Christianity|Christian]] ministry in [[US/AL|Alabama]] said this week that it would remove a billboard with a quote by [[Adolf Hitler]] that it had used to promote its work with children." +
"A [[International Union of Muslim Scholars|leading Islamic organisation]] has called on the [[United Nations]] to make "contempt of religions" illegal and urged the West to protect Muslim communities following the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo]]." +
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"A [[Santa Ana School Police Department]] officer is at the center of controversy after a concerned citizen, [http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2014/04/santa_ana_school_police.php Elvia Fernández], filmed him [[police brutality|putting a crying young boy in a chokehold]]." +
"A [[Shell Oil|Shell]] oil-drilling ship was being moved to [[tax evasion|avoid Alaska state taxes]] when, on New Year's Eve 2012, it broke loose from its tow line in a wild Gulf of Alaska storm and ran aground on Sitkalidak Island, according to a U.S. Coast Guard investigation." +
2014/04/17/Calif. TV station films dog calmly playing with kids after cop shoots himself trying to kill it +
"A [[US/CA|California]] deputy accidentally shot himself while trying to kill a dog that he said was threatening his life on Wednesday, but video captured by a local television station later showed the animal much smaller than reported and peacefully playing with children." +
"A brief [http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2014/05/thought-of-day_5.html post] published at the blog of state Sen. [[Stacey Campfield]] ([[US Republican Party|R]]) read: "Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign ups for [[Obamacare]] is like Germans bragging about the number of manditory [sic] sign ups for [[Holocaust|'train rides' for Jews in the 40s]]."" +
"A clash between [[US/Bureau of Land Management|Bureau of Land Management]] agents and [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|protesters]] aimed at stopping the federal agency from taking cattle off a [[Cliven Bundy|Clark County rancher]]'s land resulted in a stun gun being used on the crowd." +
"A federal appeals panel in Manhattan ordered the release on Monday of key portions of a classified Justice Department memorandum that [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/world/middleeast/secret-us-memo-made-legal-case-to-kill-a-citizen.html?pagewanted=all provided the legal justification] for the targeted killing of a United States citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, who had joined [[Al Qaeda]] and [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-a-us-citizen-in-americas-cross-hairs.html?ref=anwaralawlaki died in a 2011 drone strike] in [[Yemen]]." +
"A group of San Francisco activists are trying to [[changing the definition of marriage|change old dictionaries definitions of marriage]], by replacing out of date entries wherever they find them." +
"A growing body of evidence suggests that the climate is less sensitive to increases in carbon-dioxide emissions than policy makers generally assume..." +
"A new app for French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been released for iOS, Android and Windows devices, letting readers worldwide get hold of a copy without queueing at newsagents. [..] The app is illustrated with the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/next issue|current cover]], a cartoon of the prophet [[Muhammed]], in a change from the norm for Apple's notoriously censorious App Store which has previous banned satirical and controversial apps." +
2014/04/16/Princeton Concludes What Kind of Government America Really Has, and It's Not a Democracy +
"A new scientific study from [[Princeton University|Princeton]] researcher Martin Gilens and [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] researcher Benjamin I. Page has finally put some [[science]] behind the recently popular argument that the [[US|United States]] isn't a [[democracy]] any more. And they've found that in fact, America is basically an [[oligarchy]]." +
"A new study estimates that 12 percent of land will be subject to drought by 2100 through rainfall changes alone; but the drying will spread to 30 percent of land if higher evaporation rates are considered." +
"A nine-month-old boy charged with planning a murder, threatening police and interfering with state affairs in [[Pakistan]] has been granted bail after appearing in court this week." +
2014/05/04/Fox panel imagines Hillary Clinton assassination, then uses it to attack her for Benghazi +
"A panel on the [[Fox News]] Saturday business show ''Cashin' In'' [[rhetorical violence|entertained the thought of a hypothetical assassination]] of former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] on Saturday to assert that the media did not place enough focus on her comments about [[2012 Benghazi attack|Benghazi]], which the group took out of context." +
"A poster of a young child has appeared in north-west Pakistan to raise awareness of the numerous drone attacks the region suffered. Artists who created the image hope military commanders will think twice about shooting after seeing the portrait." +
"A report by the German newspaper ''[[Bild]]'' reveals that specialists from the US [[US/gov/CIA|Central Intelligence Agency]] and the [[US/gov/FBI|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] are assisting the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] government in the fight against the pro-Russian separatists in the east." +
"A sepia print of an Indian woman, a Japanese woman and a woman from Syria, dated 1885. What do they have in common? Extraordinarily, each was the first licensed female medical doctor in their country of origin." +
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2014/05/07/Huge coalition led by Amazon, Microsoft, and others take a stand against FCC on net neutrality +
"A sizable coalition of technology companies has today taken a stand in favor of [[internet neutrality|net neutrality]] in the form of a letter to the [[US/gov/FCC|Federal Communications Commission]]. The group, led by giants including [[Amazon.com|Amazon]], [[eBay]], [[Facebook]], [[Google]], [[Microsoft]], [[Netflix]], [[Twitter]], and [[Yahoo]], challenges a proposal the FCC is considering that threatens net neutrality." +
"A study using data from monitoring stations designed to enforce a nuclear test ban treaty shows that the Earth is enduring far more dangerous [[asteroid/impact|asteroid impact]]s than previously thought." +
"A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of [[India]], after hearing the petition filed by the National Legal Services Authority, passed a historic judgement on [[transgenderism|Transgender]] [[human rights|Rights]] on April 15, 2014." +
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"A vinyl peace sign installed at a playground in Mystic, Connecticut, dedicated to a victim of the [[Sandy Hook massacre|Sandy Hook shooting]] was stolen last week by a man claiming that the Newtown massacre never happened." +
"A week after public outrage helped force [[NBC]]'s reversal of a decision to pull veteran reporter [[Ayman Mohyeldin]] out of [[Gaza]], the sole [[Palestine|Palestinian]] contributor to sister network [[MSNBC]] has publicly criticized its coverage of the [[Israel-Palestine conflict]]. "We are disgustingly biased when it comes to this issue," [[Rula Jebreal]] said Monday on MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily, citing a disproportionate amount of Palestinian voices and a preponderance of [[Israel]]i government officials and supporters." +
"Abdallah Zekri, head of the [[National Observatory Against Islamophobia]], said that in a 48-hour period after the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|Wednesday massacre at ''Charlie Hebdo'']], 16 places of worship around France were [[Islam/violence/on|attacked]] by firebombs, gunshots or pig heads]]." +
"Accuracy varies significantly across major cable news outlets. All of them can take steps to improve their coverage of climate science." [[Fox News]] was worst (misleading 70% of the time), and [[MSNBC]] was best (completely accurate 92% of the time); when inaccurate, Fox tended to disparage [[global warming]] while MSNBC tended to overstate the case for it. [[CNN]]'s misrepresentations were mainly along the lines of representing the issue as still being under serious debate. +
"Advocacy groups are leading the campaign to crush marijuana prohibition from coast-to-coast, and 83-year-old [[George Soros|Soros]] is helping line the pockets of those making that push." +
"After a previously undetected, 65-foot-wide asteroid exploded over Russia in February 2013, unleashing the force of 500,000 tons of TNT, [[US/gov/NASA|NASA]] launched a series of contests for smart folks around the globe to come up with ways to keep an eye on [[asteroid]]s that could [[asteroid/impact|threaten Earth]]." +
"After years of predicting it would happen -- and after years of having their suggestions largely ignored by companies, farmers and regulators -- scientists have documented the rapid evolution of corn rootworms that are resistant to [[Bt corn]]." +
2014/04/11/Statistical analysis rules out natural-warming hypothesis with more than 99 percent certainty +
"An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that [[global warming]] in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth's climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy." +
"An investigation by the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the CIA and U.S. military responded appropriately to [[2012 Benghazi attack|the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012]], dismissing allegations that the [[Obama-Biden administration|Obama administration]] blocked rescue attempts during the assault or sought to mislead the public afterward." +
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"And then there came a day when you started writing about your own llamas. Unsurprisingly, you didn't choose to write about the soft, downy, non-cannibalistic ones you actually met, because you knew no one would find those 'realistic.'" +
"Annie Kevans, who first painted well-known men as boys, is now portraying [[erasure of women|women who should have been famous]]." +
"April 19 is the 21st anniversary of the holocaust which ended the 51-day standoff between followers of the [[Branch Davidians]] and federal authorities in Waco, Texas. Though it calmed down before any violence took place, all last week the news cycle was consumed with talk of a comparable, [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|potentially bloody confrontation]] between supporters of lawbreaking cattle rancher [[Cliven Bundy]] and [[US/Bureau of Land Management|Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) agents in Nevada." +
"Arts and crafts giant [[Hobby Lobby]] Stores Inc. announced on Monday that effective immediately, the [[minimum wage]] for its full-time hourly employees at its stores and affiliate Hemisphere was increased to $14. The hourly wage for part-time employees was also increased to $9.50." +
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"As I discussed in an earlier post, pre-[[Comics Code]] comic books are full of fascinating women superheroes who've been more or less [[erased women|forgotten]] in the decades since WWII. Born in the era of Rosie the Riveter, when there was a national campaign to get women into workplaces, these costumed heroines were brassy, hard-assed, snarky, and sometimes just plain weird. They displayed remarkable grit and independence, and were portrayed as better crime-fighters than the inept, sexist cops that got in their way." +
"As a queer radical disabled trans* person who has a history of housing insecurity, it is incredibly important to me that every person coming into contact with Trans* Housing Atlanta Program is treated with utmost respect; especially in regards to consent and accountability practices, autonomy and freedom from coercion, and having their privacy maintained and respected. Recently I have discovered that Trans* Housing Atlanta Program has unequivocally failed our clients around these issues and overall in our mission to provide safe housing and supportive services to the transgender and gender non-conforming community of Georgia. '''I am sorry.'''" +
"As a writer for one outlet that talks about the Kochs frequently, let me explain why we do so: The Kochs threaten to destroy American democracy, regardless of their views. And, as it happens, their extreme and self-interested positions are taking over the Republican Party." +
"As a writer for one outlet that talks about the Kochs frequently, let me explain why we do so: The Kochs threaten to destroy American democracy, regardless of their views. And, as it happens, their extreme and self-interested positions are taking over the Republican Party." +
"As the years pass, however, secrets surface. Government documents become declassified. We now have evidence of certain elaborate government schemes right here in the U.S. of A." +
"As we've reported, [[Russia]] has been steadily trying to [[war against the internet|bring the Internet under control]] with [[authoritarianism|ever-more stringent measures]]. After tackling general Web sites through powers that allow them to be blocked more easily, it now seems to be the turn of the [[blogging|bloggers]]..." +
"At least 9.5 million previously uninsured people have gotten [[health insurance]] since [[Obamacare]] started, surveys and reports show." +
2014/04/12/Statement from Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze on the Cattle Gather in Nevada +
"Based on information about conditions on the ground, and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public." +
"Battles over water and food will erupt within the next five to 10 years as a result of [[global warming|climate change]], the president of the [[World Bank]] said as he urged those campaigning against global warming to learn the lessons of how protesters and scientists joined forces in the battle against HIV." +
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"Between 1974 and 1979, the Canadian government tested the idea of a [[income/ubiquitous|basic income guarantee]] (BIG) across an entire town, giving people enough money to survive in a way that no other place in North America has before or since. For those four years – until the project was cancelled and its findings packed away – the town's poorest residents were given monthly checks that supplemented what modest earnings they had and rewarded them for working more. And for that time, it seemed that the effects of poverty began to melt away. Doctor and hospital visits declined, mental health appeared to improve, and more teenagers completed high school." +
"Between 2008 and 2011, 26 major American corporations paid no net [[US/tax/income|federal income taxes]] despite bringing in billions in profits, according to a new report ([http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf PDF]) from the nonprofit research group [[Citizens for Tax Justice]]." +
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"Both of these people are committing a kind of rhetorical extortion, using the threat of murder elsewhere as a club to silence those who strive for respect and dignity in their lives. And in that sense both [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali|Ali]] and [[Tom Cotton|Cotton]] are happily exploiting atrocities to justify continued injustices." +
"Brian Olson is a software engineer in Massachusetts who wrote a program to draw [http://bdistricting.com/2010/ "optimally compact" equal-population congressional districts in each state], based on 2010 census data. Olson's algorithm draws districts that respect the boundaries of [http://blogs.census.gov/2011/07/20/what-are-census-blocks/ census blocks], which are the smallest geographic units used by the Census Bureau. This ensures that the district boundaries reflect actual neighborhoods and don't, say, [http://www.vox.com/2014/5/8/5695350/this-is-what-america-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering cut an arbitrary line] through somebody's house." +
"But real estate -- that's the fun part. By the time the Greens closed on the Northfield campus late last year, the previous owners had grown weary of spending millions on annual upkeep and the price had come way down. They got the core of the campus -- 48 buildings and 217 acres, without the surrounding woodlands -- for $100,000." +
"But they left out one crucial piece of information: [[Obamacare]] is designed to protect enrollees against year-to-year price fluctuations. Warning about higher premiums leaves an impression that people will pay more, and the GOP surely won't hesitate to push that line again whenever news of rising premiums breaks." +
"By smoking crack during her pregnancy, the indictment said, Gibbs had "unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously" caused the death of her baby. The maximum sentence: life in prison." +
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2014/03/15/Extreme Capitalism Depends on Government Subsidies, Corporate Welfare and Worker Insecurity +
"Capitalism has gone extreme due to pure, unadulterated GREED. Those that "have" ([[the 1%]]) want more for themselves and less for the "have-nots" (the 99%). All in the name of money and power." +
"Centre for Social Justice reveals plight of 'invisible' female [[street gang|gang]] members who face sex abuse and have to carry drugs" +
"Charging [[grazing fee|fees for grazing private livestock]] on federal lands is a long-standing but contentious practice. Generally, livestock producers who use federal lands want to keep fees low, while conservation groups and others believe fees should be increased. The formula for determining the grazing fee for lands managed by the [[US/Bureau of Land Management|Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) and the [[US/Forest Service|Forest Service]] (FS) uses a base value adjusted annually by the lease rates for grazing on private lands, beef cattle prices, and the cost of livestock production." +
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"Compared to the data from 2012, about 24 million more [[contraception|birth control pill]] prescriptions were filled without a co-pay in 2013. That means each of the women filling those prescriptions ended up saving an average of $269." +
"Did the [[Disney]] studio steal Kimba The White Lion and rework it as their "original story", The Lion King? They certainly give that impression with their corporate stance ("we never heard of Tezuka nor Kimba until after The Lion King was released"). And why would they have filed suit to try to prevent the showing of Tezuka Productions' 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo movie at the 1998 Toronto FantAsia Film Festival? (Jungle Emperor was the original title for Kimba The White Lion.) It seems quite simple; Kimba had been kept out of sight in North America for 20 years by that time. And once you can see the two together..." +
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"Did you know that if you make less than $66,000 a year, you can prepare and file your taxes for free? No? That’s no accident. Companies that make tax preparation software, like [[Intuit]], the maker of [[TurboTax]], would rather you didn’t know." +
"Earlier this week, Sen. [[Rand Paul]] ([[US Republican Party|R]]-[[US/KY|Ky]].) slammed President [[Barack Obama]] for not doing enough in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's incursion into Crimea." In 2009, however, he said almost the exact opposite. +
"Enough already with talking about [[Obamacare]], 53 percent of America (and 47 percent of Republicans!) says. Keep it, fix it and move on to other things, says 60 percent. That's according to the [[Kaiser Family Foundation]] poll for March." +
"Even if all vehicles became electric tomorrow (which they won't), and even if your local electric energy sources are on the renewable side, like BC's hydro-electric power (which they're likely not - it's just as likely they're on the especially dirty side, like coal), the truth is [[There are no sustainable energy sources/impact|there's no totally "clean" energy source, no energy without impacts]]. The only real energy solutions are [[urbanism|urban densities, use-mixes and patterns]], and personal choices, that depend on much less energy." +
"Everybody I know is on [[US/food stamps|Food Stamps]]. We have jobs, but the jobs pay so low that we still need help. We stock shelves, pump gas, and cook your food. Stuff that needs to be done, but is somehow not "Real Work" or a "Real Job." Let's not even go into the fact that a good chunk of us went to college so we could have a "Real Job" but when we finished those "Real Jobs" turned out to be as mythical as the Yeti or Brownies." +
"Everything that was anticipated ... with the very clear intent of what people wanted to do, with the level of confrontation and violence that they were expecting to bring, that did not occur. The officers were there and they prevented all of that from happening." +
"Except that the real world seems to be much murkier. Yes, a number of studies [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/13/four-things-to-know-about-obamas-minimum-wage-increase/ have found] a link between a higher [[minimum wage]] and higher [[unemployment]]. But many others, such as [http://escholarship.org/uc/item/86w5m90m this recent paper] from U.C. Berkeley that exploited differences across state borders, have found no effect at all." +
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"Experts on compensation say that the illegal doctoring of hourly employees' time records is far more prevalent than most Americans believe. The practice, commonly called shaving time, is easily done and hard to detect – a simple matter of computer keystrokes – and has spurred a growing number of lawsuits and settlements against a wide range of businesses." +
"Explaining that she and [[Cliven Bundy|Bundy]] were raised as [[Mormonism|Mormons]], Robertson said, “For the first 130 years of [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|our church]], they taught that black people carried the curse of Cain,” adding, “That's why their skin was black. He was raised in a [[racism|racist]] predicament.”" +
"Federal funds are running out at the [[Desert Tortoise Conservation Center]] and officials plan to close the site and euthanize hundreds of the [[desert tortoise|tortoise]]s they've been caring for since the animals were added to the endangered species list in 1990." +
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"Female students at [http://www.wasatch.edu/whs Wasatch High School] in [[US/UT|Utah]] is under fire after selectively editing female students' yearbook photos to [[prudery|show less skin]] – without the students knowing about it." +
"Finally there is a much needed debate about the relationship that people who are working for progressive change should have with the [[US Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. This is a debate that has existed at the edges, in email discussions and private conversations, but is now moving to center stage." +
"Five Nobel Prize-winning economists are calling for an end to the global [[war on drugs]] and a shift over to policies that focus on public health. The economists, along with over a dozen professors and politicians, have all endorsed [http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/pdf/LSE-IDEAS-DRUGS-REPORT-FINAL-WEB.pdf a report released last night] by the London School of Economics and Political Science, which breaks down the successes and failures of the worldwide drug war and finds that it has had "enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage." The report recommends that countries instead focus on individualized approaches to drug laws and encourages experimentation with lifting prohibitions." +
"For many, it is clear that any comprehensive plan to address gun violence in the United States must include further research into this problem. The longtime concern among the science community about the freeze on federal funds for gun violence research, which has now spanned nearly two decades, has seen a renewed wave of interest and advocacy. This article reviews the history of the freeze and of responses to it by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other organizations and individuals." +
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"For people who don’t know: last December I tweeted my support for [[Maya Forstater]], a tax specialist who’d lost her job for what were deemed ‘transphobic’ tweets. She took her case to an employment tribunal, asking the judge to rule on whether a philosophical belief that [[biological sex|sex is determined by biology]] is protected in law. Judge Tayler ruled that it wasn’t." +
"For the [[US/elections/2012|last election]], [[Koch PAC]] spent [http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2012 $4.9 million] in disclosed contributions (figures that appear on the chart referenced by Strassel). But they also spent over [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-400-million-in-2012-elections/2014/01/05/9e7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html $407 million] on undisclosed campaign entities, which does not show up in the [[Center for Responsive Politics|CRP]] chart." +
"For the past few years, grassroots efforts to end [[street harassment]] in the US have been gaining support and amplifying their message." +
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"Former New York Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], delivering Thursday's commencement speech at [[Harvard University]], criticized what he described as a disturbing trend of liberals silencing voices 'deemed politically objectionable.'" +
"Former Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]] said Friday that he believes the [[US Republican Party|Republican Party]] ought to get on board with raising the [[minimum wage]]." +
"French satirical magazine does not hold back in latest issue despite firebomb attack after printing Muhammad cartoon" +
"From [[Chris Christie|Christie]] to [[Rush Limbaugh|Limbaugh]] the [[right wing|right]]'s view of women is steeped in the 18th century. It may finally catch up to them." +
"Fukushima operator TEPCO has been forced to switch off the cooling system at mothballed Reactor Unit 5, after it was discovered that it had been leaking water. In nine days, if the system is not repaired, temperatures will exceed dangerous levels." +
"Go ahead, turn the White House's 77-cents quote into the new 47% video. But don't preach until you know where [[wage-gap vigilantism]] gets us" +
"Hedge fund flacks hail this growing [[US/education/primary/public/charter|charter]] presence as a new window of opportunity for underprivileged kids in failing [[US/education/primary/public|traditional schools]]. But [http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/28_01/28_01_karp.shtml many educators] consider charters a diversion of badly needed public tax dollars into unaccountable private entities that cream off top students and refuse to take in the most challenged." +
"Here I provide a short account of [[New American Movement|NAM]]'s history and a description of a school it opened in Los Angeles in the 1970s, both of which form a unique link between the study of everyday life and the practice of [[socialism]]." +
"Here's how it seems to work: the [[US/gov/executive|executive branch]] comes up with an interpretation of U.S. copyright law and then negotiates it into international agreements. It conducts these negotiations in [[government/secrecy|secret]], insisting that it needs no meaningful oversight because it doesn't require a change in U.S. law." +
2014/05/09/Sub-lethal exposure to neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization before proceeding to colony collapse disorder +
"Honey bee ''(Apis mellifera L.)'' [[colony collapse disorder]] (CCD) that appeared in 2005/2006 still lingers in many parts of the world. Here we show that sub-lethal exposure of [[neonicotinoid]]s, [[imidacloprid]] or [[clothianidin]], affected the winterization of healthy colonies that subsequently leads to CCD." +
"How can [[Hobby Lobby|the arts and crafts chain]] espouse [[Christian]] values when it [[US-China relations|imports products from China]]?" +
04/10/2014/Desert Tortoise Conservation Center's plan to euthanize hundreds of the tortoises in Nevada by 2014 +
"How does allegedly killing/[[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/cattle grave|burying]] (with or without a court order) and/or selling [[Cliven Bundy|Mr. Bundy]]'s cattle now save the [[desert tortoise|tortoise]] from extinction in the Nevada desert when they, the the FEDs, won't help preserve the turtles anymore--maybe even up to a thousand or more of the 1,400 turtles they've been caring for--when they won't release the funds necessary to keep them off that endangered species list for their preservation??" +
"I cannot guarantee that those checks [he included veterans and the disabled, in addition to Social Security] go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it." "...either [[Barack Obama|Obama]] and [[Timothy Geithner|Geithner]] are lying to us now, or they and all defenders of the [[topic::US/Social Security|Social Security]] status quo have been lying to us for decades. It must be one or the other." +
"I don't support their ideology. I don't support what they're doing," one protestor said about the conference – while those at the conference made clear they [[Islam/sympathy|don't support Islamic extremists]] who [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|shot and killed 12 people]] at the satiric publication ''Charlie Hebdo'' in Paris. +
"I had an [[abortion]] four years ago. I just recently decided to start talking about it." +
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"I have had people ask me to explain [[Cliven Bundy|my dad]]'s stance on this [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute|BLM fight]]. Here it is in as simple of terms as I can explain it. There is so much to it, but here it is in a nut shell." +
"I hope they take it in the spirit in which these were painted, and that was a spirit of friendship, and that I admired them as leaders and was willing to give it a shot in terms of getting people to see how I felt about them." +
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"I saw the same thing in US skeptics, of course. But there was something fundamental going on that is also reflected in the British school of [[evolutionary biology]], represented by [[Maynard Smith]] and [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]], that totally embraced reductive explanations and [[adaptationism]], vs. the American subset led by Lewontin and [[Stephen Jay Gould|Gould]], who fiercely opposed [[eugenics]] and detested the arrogance of thinking biology could be reduced to a catalog of alleles." .. "Then there's the outcome of all this activity by bigots claiming the mantle of science – some people actually believed." +
"I wanted to talk about the fact that I personally find it kind of offensive when transgender people don't own the fact that they're trans." Video is Tweeted, and much debate ensues. +
"I'm getting more than a little tired of seeing the reaction from the far right to this [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|standoff in Nevada]] where [[Cliven Bundy|a rancher]] refuses to either start paying or stop grazing his cattle on federal land the way every other rancher does. The [[hypocrisy]] and the dishonest overreaction could hardly be more obvious." +
"I'm grateful that during this medical emergency, my doctors were allowed to follow only their best judgment about what care would keep me healthiest, according to the most current standards of their profession. Their only legal concern was my safety. The police had no part in our story. If you want to imagine me at this moment, picture me thumbing my nose at every meddling [[anti-choice]] medievalist who was prevented from making a terrible week even worse and threatening my health to boot." +
"Immediately after the [[2012 Benghazi attack|terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya]] on September 11, 2012, the Committee on Armed Services began an ongoing extensive effort to evaluate the response of the Department of Defense (DOD). In addition to assessing how the Department reacted, the committee seeks to determine what preparations the U.S. military had made for the possibility of an attack in Libya, and what arrangements have subsequently been put into place to minimize the possibility of a similar recurrence." +
"In 1914, a [[racism|racist]] fiction helped sell one of the nation's first [[war on drugs|drug laws]]; 100 years later, it's still with us." +
"In January, 2012, documents obtained by an investigative journalist working at SF Weekly, a successful alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California, revealed that an Albanian nun, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known to the world today as [[Mother Teresa]] of Calcutta (1910-1997), supported and praised a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] priest knowing that he was an accused serial abuser of young boys in his care." +
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"In [Mayor [[Steve Schewel]]'s] view, the city's current funding for affordable housing isn’t enough to keep downtown from becoming an expensive enclave for white people. If residents are serious about preventing [[gentrification|displacement]], they need to put their money where their mouths are." +
"In [[2014/05/09/Sub-lethal exposure to neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization before proceeding to colony collapse disorder|the new study]], researchers didn't waste time with a low initial dose. They began right away with syrup containing 136 micrograms of insect-killer per liter. Eventually, six of the 12 colonies fed the spiked syrup failed. Calling the researchers' credibility into further question, the second study, like the first, ascribes colony failure to [[colony collapse disorder]], a malady with characteristics not evident in either trial." +
"In [http://blog.case.edu/singham/2008/07/14/why_religions_expect_you_to_believe_preposterous_things the previous post], I suggested that the [[Roman Catholic]] doctrine of [[transubstantiation]], which asserts that when the priest during the communion service consecrates the bread and wine, ''the bread becomes the actual body of Jesus and the wine becomes his actual blood'', was a fairly bizarre thing to believe in this day and age and raised the possibility that perhaps even Catholics did not really believe in it but were just humoring the church by going along with a doctrine that came into being a long time ago." +
"In a note at the end of the paper, all four authors claimed no conflicts of interest on the published study. But Kert Davies, executive director of the [[Climate Investigations Center]], an organization based in Virginia, said [[Willie Soon|Soon]]'s long track record of accepting energy-industry related grants indicates otherwise and might constitute a violation of <i>[[Science Bulletin]]</i>'s disclosure policy. [..] In a letter to ''Science Bulletin'', Davies points to the more than $1 million Soon has received from companies and interests supporting studies critical of climate change." +
"In a secret test of [[mass surveillance]] technology, the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] sent a civilian aircraft over [[US/CA/Compton|Compton, California]], capturing high-resolution video of everything that happened inside that 10-square-mile municipality." +
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"In a surprising move, [[Sean Hannity]] comes to the defense of [[Cliven Bundy]], an anarchic Nevada rancher determined to trespass on federal land to feed his cattle. (4:30)" +
"In an amazing and terrifying essay called [http://www.ericgarland.co/2014/03/29/parasite-economy/ How to get beyond the parasite economy], Eric Garland describes how [[private equity]] infects industry after industry, sucking all productive capacity out of it through complex and fraudulent financial engineering, and abandoning the drained husk as it moves onto its next meal." +
"In an open letter sent to the leaders of Malaysia, China and Australia on Thursday, the relatives questioned how authorities could be certain the Boeing 777 had crashed into the Indian Ocean after vanishing without a trace two months ago. No wreckage has been found." +
"In case you missed it, [[Google]] CEO [[Sergey Brin]] publicly admitted last week that [[Google+]] was "a mistake" for him – one month after the man he hired to run the social network, [[Vic Gundotra]], left the company without explanation." +
"In light of [[gay marriage]] being legalized in the UK, the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] editors are [[changing the definition of marriage]]." +
"In public relations it is understood if you want to bury bad news you release it on Friday afternoon in August. [..] So it was the [[US Republican Party|Republican]]-led House Intelligence Committee declassified its two-year-old investigation into the [[2012 Benghazi attack|Benghazi tragedy]] last week, releasing its findings last [[:category:2014/08/01|Friday, August 1]], at 3:30PM Eastern Time." +
"In some communities in [[India]] boys as young as eight believe that violence against women is acceptable. Now workshops run by a local NGO are helping to end 'eve-teasing'." +
"In the LDS leadership, you will rarely hear someone say the words "gay" or "homosexual". Occasionally in older talks they will mention "homosexual" or "lesbian behavior". If you go to their site to research topics, this is what you will find when you search for "homosexual":" ("see Same-Sex Attraction") +
"In the [[Quiverfull]] movement, children are pretty much metaphorical weapons born to shoot a degenerate modern society in the face. I was one of nine children, and our family was just on the large end of "normal" in size. Really, it was downright small: We didn't need to use all the seats in our 15-passenger van to get to church. I was brought up to be just one more weapon in this terrible [[faith-based]] arsenal, but I didn't quite hit the target. Here's what I can tell you about being a weaponized offspring." +
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"In the final part of our extended interview, [[Glenn Greenwald]] reflects on the [[Pulitzer Prize]], adversarial journalism and the corporate media's response to his reporting on [[Edward Snowden]]'s leaked [[US/gov/NSA|National Security Agency]] documents." +
"In the most egregious instance, a [[McDonald's]] employee asked a girl, "Would you like the girl's toy?" The girl responded, "No, could I have the boy's toy?" When the girl opened the container a moment later, she learned that notwithstanding her explicit request, a McDonald's employee had given her the girl's toy. This girl went back to the counter with the unopened toy and requested, "May I have a boy's toy, please?" The same McDonald's employee replied, "There are only girl's toys." We then sent an adult male into the store who immediately was given a boy's toy." +
"In their quest to repeal and replace [[Obamacare]], three [[US Republican Party|Republican]] lawmakers have offered an alternative proposal to the health reform law that would roll back some of its major consumer protections, including maternity care for pregnant women." +
"In tweets, in street gatherings and in open letters, moderate Muslims around the world are insisting that the [[Islamic State]] of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists don't speak for their religion. Many are also frustrated that anyone might think they do, and a backlash has already begun." +
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"In yet another attempt to widen the confrontation between [[Russia]], [[Crimea]], and the Western-backed [[Ukraine|regime in Kiev]], snipers have opened fire on both Ukrainian and Crimean defense forces at a small military base within the heart of the Crimean peninsula, the administrative city of Simferopol." +
"Increased [[internet]] use is only one factor in the [[secularism|decrease of]] [[religion]], but research shows it's a significant one." +
"Increasing the [[minimum wage]] would have two principal effects on low-wage workers. Most of them would receive higher pay that would increase their family's income, and some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold. But some jobs for low-wage workers would probably be eliminated, the income of most workers who became jobless would fall substantially, and the share of low-wage workers who were employed would probably fall slightly." +
"Indications suggest that SSL and other fundamental Internet security technologies have indeed been compromised by the [[National Security Agency|NSA]]." +
"Inside the secretive campaign by state legislators to pass conservative amendments in 34 states and rewrite the [[US Constitution|Constitution]]." +
"Is it possible to create a "[[super PAC]]" that would end the power of super PACs by drawing enough Americans into the system to limit the influence of big money in politics? And is it possible to get voters excited about a subject as dry as campaign finance? [..] Harvard law professor [[Lawrence Lessig]] is leading a crusade to answer both those questions with a yes." +
"It appears the relatively unknown [[Crimson Holdings Corporation]] wants to [[fracking|frack]] more than a handful of nature preserves in [[US/NC/Durham|Durham]], as [http://www.indyweek.com/triangulator/archives/2014/07/22/fracking-company-makes-offers-in-durham reported] in today's [[Independent Weekly|Indy]]." +
"It could also add fuel to to a raging debate between bitcoin devotees – who view their decentralized, unregulated currency as a legitimate new form of transaction – and those who see it as a shady way to circumvent monetary standards." +
"It has been clear from day one that [[Cecily McMillan|Cecily]] has not received a fair and open trial." +
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"It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one's acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go [[Nazi]]." +
"It is looking like oil is far more plentiful than western governments and the mainstream media would like us to believe, and the reason oil is so plentiful is because it is produced deep in the earth by geological processes in addition to any biological processes. [..] [[abiogenic oil|Abiotic oil]] is explained pretty well by a recent article at Principia-Scientific entitled [http://principia-scientific.org/14-editor-s-favorites/134-fracturing-the-fossil-fuel-fable.html Fracturing the Fossil Fuel Fables]. Another article I recommend is [http://www.greenparty.ca/blogs/12489/2012-08-28/more-evidence-abiotic-oil More Evidence for Abiotic Oil]." +
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"It is not surprising that anti-slavery and [[income/ubiquitous|universal basic income]] raise similar arguments. Both are about emancipation of the suffering poor." +
"It is quite hard to take the claims by [[Hobby Lobby]] seriously. The main drugs in question in the case brought before the Supreme Court are the emergency contraceptives Plan-B and Ella. One huge problem with this situation is that up until 2012, Hobby Lobby provided them as part of their insurance plan. Only when they realized that [[Obamacare]] was going to mandate this coverage did they suddenly become interested in not providing these drugs." +
"It is undeniable that some Americans are [[racism|racist]] but racists split about evenly across the parties. No party has a monopoly on racists." +
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"It turns out that trying to stifle people's ability to simplify their own lives and file their taxes for free wasn't all that great for the old public relations department, however, so Intuit has instead decided to go the sneaky route and [http://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-maker-linked-to-grassroots-campaign-against-free-simple-tax-filing get a bunch of unwitting mouthpieces to do it for them]." +
"It was then she had the idea for [http://www.cardsagainstharassment.com/ Cards Against Street Harassment]: pocket-size cards women could download, print, and hand out to their catcallers, explaining why the [[street harassment|attention]] was unwanted without even speaking." +
"It's easier for a successful volunteer Free Software project to get money than it is to decide how to spend it. While paying developers is easy, it can carry unintended negative consequences. This essay explores problems and benefits of paying developers in volunteer free and [[open source]] projects and surveys strategies that projects have used to successfully finance development while maintaining their volunteer nature." +
"It's kind of perplexing to us, all this recent media attention in regard to potential terrorist training camps and things that are going on there," said [http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/local-police-speak-out-about-islamberg/ Delaware County Sheriff Craig Dumont]. "We don't see it. We just don’t find any of that to be valid at this time." [..] Rumors about the Islamberg compound have been circulating for years but gained recent attention after the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|terror attacks in Paris]]." +
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"It's not just her blatant transphobia on Twitter. As the trans community has been saying for years, [[J.K. Rowling|Rowling]]'s [[transphobia]] is obvious in her writing, too." +
"It’s official: "Libertarian Conservative" Senator [[Rand Paul]] (R-Kentucky) says he'll be [[US/president/election/2016|running for president of the United States in 2016]]. [..] Paul, 52, announced Tuesday morning that he'll indeed be pursuing the [[US Republican Party|Republican Party]]'s nomination for president ahead of next year’s election. +
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"I’m quite prepared to threaten violence because it seems to me that politically what they’re seeking to do is piss on all women. That’s what they’re doing for their personal gratification. There aren’t many of them, but what really offends me is the extent to which academia and political parties have listened to them in a way that they’re not listening to us as women." – [[Linda Bellos]] +
"Just before signing a controversial gun bill into law, [[US/GA|Georgia]] Governor [[Nathan Deal]] talks about the positive aspects of expanding locations citizens can carry firearms in the state without penalty." +
"Last year, we dredged the ugliest depths of [[victim-blaming]] when a middle-school girl was gang-[[rape]]d outside her homecoming dance, and [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/10/30/drunk-girls-deserve-to-get-raped/ a bunch of assholes got on the Internet] to shame her for drinking alcohol. Thought that was bad? Consider what happens when a rape accusation is coming from a [[transgender|trans]] woman." +
"Like other op-eds, [[2014/10/09/The Global Warming Statistical Meltdown|Dr. Curry's]] is framed as “contradicting” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and suggests that any reduction in potential risks from climate change can justify delay in reducing emissions." +
"Many [[Muslim]]s have [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/Muslim sympathy|expressed disgust]] at the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|deadly assault]] on the magazine's Paris office by [[Islamic extremist]]s who killed 12 people. However many also remain [[Islam/offense|deeply offended]] by the magazine's record of publishing cartoons lampooning the Prophet [[Muhammad]]. Those passions were further inflamed this week when the magazine's [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/next issue|first issue following the attack]] carried a cover cartoon [[Muhammad/images|depicting Muhammad]] holding a "Je Suis Charlie" sign." +
"Many corporations have lower effective tax rates than individuals. While corporate profits have soared, Americans' incomes have staggered and yet we're the ones carrying the tax burden. Not only do many U.S. companies keep their overseas profits in foreign countries, about $2.1 trillion in all, double what it was in 2008, they also spend tens of millions of dollars on lawyers and auditors who help identify possible loopholes." +
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"Many of her harassers, she believes, are men in the [[atheism/community|secular community]]. They feel threatened by the inclusion of issues that go beyond the central pillars of the secular movement, such as protections of freedom and conscience and church-state separation They want to [[silencing|silence]] activists, like Hensley and others, who want secularism to address broader issues of social justice, economic equality and racism." +
"Many solar projects consume enormous amounts of water. How much water are we talking? According to a [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/business/energy-environment/30water.html?ref=earth recent New York Times article], proposed plans for two solar farms in Nevada would gulp up 1.3 billion gallons of water annually--or 20 percent of the area's available water." +
"Mathematical modelling work by Drs Michael Pickles and Marie-Claude Boily from [[Imperial College London]] estimates that decriminalising [[sex work]] could prevent up to 33 to 46 per cent of [[HIV]] infections among female sex workers (FSWs) and clients worldwide over the next decade." +
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"Maysoon Zayid is a disabled Arab-American comedian. I had no idea who she was when I first met her at a Washington gala. She was beautiful and stood with her hand on her hip thrust sexily to one side. When I complimented her on the pose, she said, "I'm not posing. I have cerebral palsy – I have to stand like this." My response? "I don't care! You still look hot!" We both laughed, then I went home to google her." +
"Measurements of [[global warming/co2|the climate-changing gas]] by instruments high on a mountain in Hawaii and around the world show that global emissions from burning fossil fuels rose last month to levels higher than at any time in human history - and higher than it has been in hundreds of thousands of years." +
"Members of the [[Oklahoma Militia]] have come out in support of Nevada rancher [[Cliven Bundy]], who recently found himself in a [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|standoff]] with hundreds of armed federal agents over land rights related to his cattle ranch." +
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"Michelle Farber, a midwife at women's reproductive health clinics, describes the impact of [[anti-abortion|anti-choice]] protests on [[abortion]] providers and the women seeking their services." +
2018/03/05/Sex Change Physically Impossible Psychosocially Unhelpful and Philosophically Misguided +
"Modern medicine can’t reassign sex physically, and attempting to do so doesn’t produce good outcomes psychosocially. Here is the evidence." Article presents evidence to the contrary, ignores it, and repeatedly concludes that [[cherry-picking|selected ideologues]] are ''prima facie'' correct. +
"Most Americans, white and black, see [[racism]] as a lingering problem in the United States, and many say they know people who are racist, according to a new poll. [..] But few Americans of either race -- about one out of eight -- consider themselves racist." +
"Most of my previous posts here about [[Hobby Lobby]] and [[Conestoga Wood]] have been devoted to the question of whether the plaintiffs have adequately alleged that federal law imposes a "substantial burden" on their exercise of religion--the threshold question under [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act|RFRA]]. I've tried to make two principal points..." +
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"Nationwide, the federal government has paid at least $1.3 billion in [[farm subsidies|subsidies]] for rice and other crops since 2000 to individuals who do no farming at all, according to an analysis of government records by The [[Washington Post]]." +
"Natural fluctuations in the ocean temperature in the North Atlantic have a significant impact on the climate in the northern hemisphere. These fluctuations are the result of a complex dance between the forces of nature, but researchers at Aarhus University can now show that solar activity and the impact of volcanic eruptions have led this dance during the last two centuries." +
"New evidence shows that the [[Syria]]n government was not responsible for the August 21, 2013 sarin gas attack in Ghouta on its own people." +
"New photos released by the Bundy family Sunday provided more evidence to the claim that the Bureau of Land Management was illegally killing and burying confiscated cattle." +
"Not long ago, [[Mitt Romney]] seemed to be indicating that he was thinking about [[US/president/election/2016|running for President]]. Shortly after that, he indicated that he thought [[global warming/anthropogenic|Anthropogenic Global Warming]] was for real and important. Then [[Rush Limbaugh|Rush]] said..." +
"Not only has [ [[Germany]] ] announced plans to [http://inhabitat.com/german-parliament-approves-plans-for-nuclear-exit-by-2022/ shut down] all of its [[nuclear power]] plants and started the construction of [http://inhabitat.com/germany-to-construct-2800-miles-of-transmission-lines-as-it-abandons-nuclear-power-for-renewable-energy/ 2,800 miles of transmission lines] for its new renewable energy initiative, but now the village of [http://www.wildpoldsried.de/ Wildpoldsried] is producing 321% more energy than it needs! The small agricultural village in the state of Bavaria is generating an impressive $5.7 million in annual revenue from renewable energy." +
2015/01/08/Just As The Islamic State (ISIL) Gets Exposed As A Fake US Enemy, A "Wag the Dog" Terrorist Attack in Paris? +
"Notice how every time the US government is about to be fully exposed in another boldface lie, this one being that [[Islamic State|ISIL]] is our sworn enemy, another wag the dog "terrorist" incident suddenly comes along to divert world attention. This time it was three heavily armed and trained gunmen in Paris [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|attacking the office of the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo]], tragically killing twelve people. Of course like the US, France is notorious for arming and funding [[al Qaeda]] terrorists." +
"Now the often-caustic publication, faced with the challenge of reconciling its new status as a cause célèbre with its reflex to mock, ridicule and offend, is putting a caricature of the Prophet [[Muhammad]] on the cover of [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/next issue|what is likely to be their most-read issue ever]]." +
"Now, after decades of the status quo, [[psychology]] is finally coming to terms with the idea that [[replication of experimental results|replication]] is a vital ingredient in the recipe of discovery. The latest issue of the journal ''[[Social Psychology]]'' reports an impressive 15 papers that attempted to replicate influential findings related to personality and social cognition." +
"Of the 11 states with the greatest reductions, 10 expanded Medicaid and established a state-based marketplace exchange or state-federal partnership. [[US/MT|Montana]], which is tied for 10th, is the only exception." +
"On Friday, [[Sam Brownback|Brownback]] signed House Bill 2552, which removes his authority to accept [[Obamacare]]'s [[Medicaid]] expansion and requires the legislature to approve the policy. Since lawmakers have already concluded their session for the year, that means the state won't be able to move on Medicaid expansion in 2014. And even if a Democratic governor is elected in the fall, the Republicans in the legislature could continue to block expansion." +
"On September 12th, 2012, Federal District Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued a [https://pandaunite.org/downloads/ActionKit/Hedges-v-Obama-second-ruling.pdf permanent injunction] against enforcement of Section 1021 of the [[US/law/NDAA|2012 National Defense Authorization Act]]. In July 2013, the 2nd Circuit ruled the plaintiffs [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/ndaa-indefinite-detention-lawsuit_n_3612354.html did not have standing to challenge that law]. [..] Monday, the Supreme Court put the final nail in this suit by denying to hear the case, without comment." +
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"On a fine June morning last year at a Target store outside [[US/OR/Portland|Portland, Oregon]], customers arrive to a startling sight: the parking lot was covered with a seething mat of bumblebees, some staggering around, most already dead, more raining down from above. The die-off lasted several days." +
"Once the error was corrected, the "90% debt-to-GDP threshold" instantly disappeared. Higher [[national debt|government debt]] levels still correlated with slower economic growth, but the relationship was not nearly as pronounced. And there was no dangerous point-of-no-return that countries had to avoid exceeding at all costs." +
"One of my questions about what I term the [[cult of compliance]] is the extent to which it is a product of our historical moment or an indelible aspect of the relationship between the state and its subjects. I'm an optimist, I want to believe that we can improve, that we can make things better. I'm also an historian, though, so it's hard to ignore this kind of evidence as coming out of a fundamental place in the structures of our society in its reactions to protesters in general and women specifically." +
2014/05/27/This silent, zero-emissions electric plane could be the future of sustainable air travel +
"One of the first public demonstrations of energy efficient air travel took to the air last week at the [[Berlin Air Show]], in the form of a fully [[electric airplane]]." +
"One of the things that happens when I meet a bunch of new people, as I did last weekend, is that when they begin to ask about my job, the conversation inevitably comes around to the ugly part of my job. The threats, the [[harassment]], the rivers of vitriolic shit I have to navigate on a daily basis as a cost of doing this work. [..] Every time, the people with whom I share this experience express shock. It is always, always, a surprise that a woman who does public advocacy is subjected to this sort of [[abuse of women|abuse]]." +
"One of the world's most prominent climate researchers publishing scientific papers that doubt humanity's role in climate change has received at least $1.2 million from the fossil fuel industry to fund his research and salary, according to documents [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html?_r=1 revealed] this weekend." +
"One year ago, [[US/CA/San Jose|San Jose, Calif.]] raised its [[minimum wage]] to $10 an hour. From the moment an increase was first discussed, opponents quickly painted a grim scenario. San Jose Mayor [[Chuck Reed]] (D) said that a higher minimum posed [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/10/12/san-jose-2013-downtown-priorities.html "the biggest threat"] of any issue to the city's economic development." +
"Over the past few decades, the National Rifle Association has opposed most major efforts to control guns. But the organization's rhetoric and tactics against federal gun-control regulation have evolved significantly since 1934, when the first major weapons regulation – the [[National Firearms Act]] – was enacted." +
"Over the weekend, [[Glenn Beck]] wrote an open letter about the [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|standoff]] in Nevada. On the plus side, he is firmly against the far-right gun nuts flocking there to take on the evil gummint. On the minus side... wow, is it a weird, incoherent diatribe. Seriously, see if you can make any sense at all out of this." +
"Overwhelmingly, those who have committed [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] in the [[US/terrorism/in|United States]] and [[Europe/terrorism/in|Europe]] [[Islam/terrorism|aren't Muslims]]." +
"Owners of 23 outlets settle with workers for half a million dollars following waves of fast food workers' strikes, protests, and court battles" +
"Panic mongering, character assassination, and scapegoating are just three of the techniques [[Fox News]] relies on to drive its right-wing agenda forward." +
"Perhaps the most interesting thing about the House [[US Republican Party|GOP]]'s [[Obamacare]] survey, which an insurance industry source [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-rigged-obamacare-survey dismissed] as "incredibly rigged" when sharing it with TPM, is the question that it didn't manage to answer: How many of the law's enrollees were previously uninsured?" +
"Police forces around the world have had the problem that when their officers get a bit [[police brutality|carried away]] and start pepper spraying tied captives there is someone on hand [[sousveillance|filming the event on their mobile phones]]. [...] But they may not need to fear scrutiny much longer - [http://news.techeye.net/company/apple Apple] has patented a piece of technology which would [[state empowerment|allow government and police]] to [[citizen disempowerment|block transmission]] of information, including video and photographs, whenever they like." +
"President-elect [[Donald Trump]] on Friday named a [[libertarian]] election lawyer as his White House counsel and a hard-line former [[Reagan administration]] official to a top post on his national security staff." +
"Regardless of debate about the success of [[Germany]]'s [[sustainable energy|renewables]] revolution, there is no denying that a small town in the corner of rural eastern Germany, 40 miles south of Berlin, may be one of the best examples of decentralized self-sufficiency. [[Germany/Feldheim|Feldheim]] (population 150), in the cash-strapped state of Brandenburg, was a [[communist]] collective farm back when Germany still was divided into East and West. Now it is a model renewable energy village putting into practice Germany's vision of a renewably powered future." +
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"Regardless of whether you want to [[poverty/reduction|fight]] [[poverty]], stimulate the [[US/economy|economy]], [[small government|shrink the size of government]], or simply ensure everyone has a sense of human dignity – you should be calling for a [[free income|no-strings-attached basic income for all]]." +
"Reports from an oil rig worker who saw a fire in the sky on the night [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] disappeared are being taken seriously, police sources have confirmed." +
"Researchers have discovered a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power, but also to directly produce the solar energy materials that make this possible. This breakthrough could make the sun almost a 'one-stop shop' that produces both the materials for solar devices and the eternal energy to power them." +
"Rodriguez worked at the Mountaire plant until 2011, when, she says, she was hit in the stomach by a large bucket used to haul meat and had a miscarriage in the plant. A doctor told her that she needed to take time off to rest. When she brought the doctor's note to Mountaire's Human Resources department, she says she was ordered to turn in her ID and fired." +
"Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergei Lavrov]] revealed that CIA director [[John Brennan]] was in [[Ukraine/Kiev|Kiev]] last weekend. One of his advisors told the newspaper ''[[Vzgliad]]'' that Brennan had not come to oversee the "anti-terrorist" operations conducted by the Ukrainian authorities, but to seek information and rescue twenty [[Greystone Limited|Greystone Ltd]] mercenaries of whom there has been no news." +
"Sally Lieber, former Speaker pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Nancy Neff of the CA Clean Money Campaign, and others spoke in front of Palo Alto's City Hall. Al Mite TeDollar and a Supreme Court Justice shook hands as Al proffered cigars in mock celebration. Speakers in Palo Alto's King Hall Plaza said that the Court's ruling in favor of McCutcheon today is a giant blow to our electoral system. The event was organized by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center." +
"Sarah Harrison, a British journalist who's worked with Wikileaks and the Snowden papers, [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/14/britain-journalists-terrorists-edward-snowden-nsa writes that she will not enter the UK any longer] because the nation's overbroad anti-terror laws, combined with the court decision that validates using them to detain journalists who are not suspected of terrorism under any reasonable definition of the term, means that she fears begin detained at the airport and then jailed as a terrorist when she refuses to decrypt her files and grant police access to her online accounts." +
"Senator [[Farhatullah Babar]] on Monday questioned recent pronouncements of the [[Council of Islamic Ideology]] and asked if the council was a legal entity even after having submitted its final report to parliament in 1997 as required under the [[Pakistan/constitution|constitution]]." +
"Simulations show that for most study designs and settings, it is more likely for a research claim to be false than true. Moreover, for many current scientific fields, claimed research findings may often be simply accurate measures of the prevailing bias. In this essay, I discuss the implications of these problems for the conduct and interpretation of research." +
"Since 2003, a colossal barge called the [[Freedom Ship]], of debatable tax status, should have been chugging with majestic aimlessness from port to port, a leviathan rover with more than 40,000 wealthy full-time residents living, working and playing on deck. That was the aim eight years ago when the project first made headlines, confidently claiming that construction would start in 2000." +
"So [[Paul Ryan|Ryan]]'s latest health care package is at war with itself. It rails against top-down decrees from Washington, all while imposing a structure on states that would effectively neuter their insurance laws. And it's only the latest in a comedy of errors that includes a proposal to phase out [[Medicare]] and an accidental effort to nationalize the means of production. Nor are these the only examples of Ryan's allergic response to math – we haven't even discussed the multi-trillion dollar "magic asterisk" Ryan relies upon to pay for his tax proposals." +
"So far coverage of [[Facebook]]'s plan to squeeze the organic reach of Pages has focused on its impact on "brands" that spam us with ads and promotions. But nonprofits, activists, and advocacy groups with much fewer resources (and no ad budgets) are also being hugely affected. It's starting to look like Facebook is willing to strangle [[public discourse]] on the platform in an attempt to [[topic::profit|wring out a few extra dollars]] for its new shareholders." +
"Some 39 months after the [[2011 Sendai disaster/Fukushima|multiple explosions at Fukushima]], thyroid cancer rates among nearby children have skyrocketed to more than forty times (40x) normal." CAVEAT: This article's analysis is suspect. +
"Some of [[Edward Jones Investments|the firm]]'s financial advisors refer to it as a cult -- they call it "[[Jonestown]]" -- and hundreds quit every year, because they "can't drink the green Kool Aid any longer."" +
"Someone had the bright idea after winning the state championship to get the black dummy, string it up and gather around it. How could this be the first thing you think of doing after achieving a season long goal? They felt it was OK." +
"Sometimes research takes on a life of its own and becomes more like a Rorschach test for a national policy controversy. That's what's happened to a [http://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/ocbo/Final_Literature_Review.pdf review of the literature] on the critical information needs of American communities that I and colleagues from around the country conducted for the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in July 2012." +
"Tens of thousands of [[Muslim]]s are fleeing to neighboring countries by plane and truck as [[Christianity/violence/by|Christian militias stage brutal attacks]], shattering the social fabric of this war-ravaged nation. [..] In towns and villages as well as here in the capital, Christian vigilantes wielding machetes have [[Islam/violence/on|killed scores of Muslims]], who are a minority here, and burned and looted their houses and mosques in recent days, according to witnesses, aid agencies and peacekeepers." +
"Thankfully, the [[Church of Scientology]] has compiled this handy catalog of [[L. Ron Hubbard|L. Ron]]-approved holiday merchandise." -- including many items that cost more that most people make in a month while still being basically worthless. +
"The ''[[New York Times]]'' newsroom is unhappy because its editor is not very nice. Allegedly. This startling revelation comes from a piece [http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/jill-abramson-loses-the-newsroom-162480.html posted] on [[Politico]] yesterday that instantly lost the internet but gained fans at the ''NYT''." +
"The Berlin [[Islam]] Week event, held in one of the city's town halls, was stopped in its tracks by members of extreme protest group [[Femen]], who charged into the hall with slogans attacking 'religious oppression' and [[Sharia]] law daubed on their bodies." +
"The EPA ruled that the corporation could start bidding on lucrative new oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico after having been suspended from doing any new business with the government ever since [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|the accident]]. [..] That [http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/17/epa-lifts-bp-gulf-drilling-ban/ suspension was lifted on March 13] less than a week before the yearly government auction for drilling rights." +
"The Izolyatsia makerspace in [[Ukraine/Donetsk|Donetsk]], [[Ukraine]], has been seized by armed, masked Russian separatists from the [[Donetsk People's Republic]], who denounced it as "decadent" and accused it of being "an American-funded anti-Russian organisation which supports fascism and develops decadent kind of arts." Izolyatsia is the first hackerspace to be occupied by an armed militia." +
"The Ku Klux Klan, [[Ronald Reagan]], and, for most of its history, the [[National Rifle Association|NRA]] all worked to [[gun control|control guns]]. The [[US/founding fathers|Founding Fathers]]? They required gun ownership – and regulated it. And no group has more fiercely advocated the right to bear loaded weapons in public than the [[Black Panthers]] – the true pioneers of the modern pro-gun movement. In the battle over gun rights in America, both sides have distorted history and the law, and there's no resolution in sight." +
"The Republic of [[Ireland]] has never had a [[school shooting]] in its history. '''Not. A. Single. One.'''" +
"The U.S. posted a $130 billion [[US/gov/budget/deficit|budget deficit]] in May and the smallest shortfall for the first eight months of a fiscal year since 2008, as a stronger [[US/economy|economy]] and rising employment bolster revenue." +
"The White House counsel operates out of the public eye but has the president's ear. In the [[Trump administration]], with the unprecedented multiplicity of conflict-of-interest challenges facing the businessman-president, the job will take on added importance. As a Democratic commissioner at the Federal Election Commission, I served five years alongside [[Don McGann|Donald F. McGahn]], President-elect Donald Trump's choice for the post. My experience may be instructive – and disquieting." +
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"The Women's Economic Security Act, comprised of nine separate pieces of legislation, won legislative approval last week with bipartisan support. It forces about 1,000 state contractors to certify that they pay men and women equally for similar jobs, extends parental leave from six to 12 weeks and requires employers to make new accommodations for expectant and new mothers." +
"The Working Group III contribution to the [[IPCC|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] Fifth Assessment Report (WGIII AR5) provides a comprehensive assessment of all relevant options for mitigating [[global warming|climate change]] through limiting or preventing [[greenhouse gas]] emissions, as well as activities that remove them from the atmosphere." +
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"The [[2008 worldwide recession|present economic crisis]] comes against the background of decades of policy changes that have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens with adequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on data for 24 European Union countries, this paper asks whether EU governments implemented additional measures during the first phase of the crisis to improve [[social safety net|safety net]]s." +
"The [[Bush-Cheney administration|administration]] to which [[Condoleezza Rice|Ms. Rice]] was unswervingly loyal -- and for which she fudged her testimony in front of the [[9/11 commission]], and for which she helped [[US-Iraq/war/justifications|lie this country into a war]] that was the most fundamentally immoral act of foreign policy (perhaps) in its history -- did, in fact, [[torture]] people to those ends." +
"The [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|horrific murder]] of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was in my view a strategic strike, [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/polarizing|aiming at polarizing the French and European public]]." +
"The [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|Bundy standoff]] is emblematic of the larger [[anti-government]] sentiment around the country that has been amplified with the creation of the [[tea party]] movement in 2009. But the latest move in a [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute|two-decade-long tug of war]] between [[Cliven Bundy|Bundy]] and the federal government is bringing to light the delicate balance that has lasted between citizens in the West and the federal government over the use of federally owned land for generations." +
"The [[Federal Communications Commission]] will propose new rules that allow [[Internet]] service providers to offer a faster lane through which to send video and other content to consumers, as long as a content company is willing to pay for it, according to people briefed on the proposals." +
"The [[Federal Election Commission]] will consider a request this Wednesday that could open the floodgates for donors to make political contributions in [[Bitcoin]] in the upcoming mid-term elections." +
"The [[Koch brothers]] built their first fortune on the particularly dirty form of oil mined in [[Alberta tar sands|Alberta's tar sands]], where they have been major players for 50 years, and remain deeply invested." +
"The [[Koch brothers]], anti-tax activist [[Grover Norquist]] and some of the nation's largest [[power utility industry|power companies]] have backed efforts in recent months to roll back state policies that favor [[sustainable power|green energy]]. The [[Americonservatism|conservative]] luminaries have pushed campaigns in [[Kansas]], [[North Carolina]] and [[Arizona]], with the battle rapidly spreading to other states." +
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"The [[MoodleNet]] team use products and services from [[GitLab]] Inc. to develop the MoodleNet code base. We were therefore disappointed to learn of a recent decision by GitLab Inc. to change their policies around who they will and will not do business with." +
"The [[National Observatory Against Islamophobia]] said 116 [[Islam/violence/on|anti-Muslim incidents]] had been reported to authorities since the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|January 7-9 shooting spree]] by three French jihadists that killed 17." +
"The [[Obama-Biden administration|Obama administration]]'s decision to allow more veterans to get [[US/health/care|care]] at private hospitals could take some pressure off backlogged Veterans Affairs facilities struggling to cope with new patients from the [[war on terror|wars on terrorism]] as well as old soldiers from prior conflicts." +
"The [[Spain|Spanish]] government is using fines, harassment and excessive police force to [[oppression|limit the right to protest]], [[Amnesty International]] warned in a new report released on Thursday." +
"The [[US Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] espouses [[right-wing]] policies. Self-described [[progressivism|progressives]] give them cash. Comedian Bill Maher gave them a million cash dollars, yet Democrats don't agree with him on anything. Why? Because he hates [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] even more. Why didn't Maher save his money? Or better yet, fund a group or a writer or an artist who promotes ideas he actually agrees with? Because he, like tens of millions of other liberals, are stuck in the [[two-party system|two-party trap]]." +
"The [[US/Bureau of Land Management|Bureau of Land Management]] said Tuesday that [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/cattle grave|two cows died and four others were euthanized]] during the [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|roundup]] at a Bunkerville ranch two weeks ago." +
"The amazing result, though, was not the easily-dramatised response footage he perhaps expected: instead, the developers collectively refused to participate further, forcing production to cease." +
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"The answer lies in part to the coalescence of a certain set of ideas in a very specific circle of voices in the early 21st century – voices that later went on to hold high profile positions in much of the U.K.'s print and broadcast media." +
"The authors are correct to identify what contributes to the confidence gap, they simply overstate the remedial effect of closing it. I can have the swagger of Don Draper, but if I'm a middle class woman with kids and a salary lower than annual childcare costs, I'm going to leave the workforce and come back to men who have edged ahead and think I'm a bitch for speaking my mind." +
"The bottom line is that multiple studies indicate with very strong confidence that human activity is the dominant component in the warming of the last 50 to 60 years, and that our best estimates are that pretty much all of the rise is [[global warming/anthropogenic|anthropogenic]]." +
"The campaign, entitled "equal rights, not levelling," invites young men and women to post photos of themselves holding up signs explaining why they reject [[feminism]]." +
2014/04/15/Everything you need to know about the long fight between Cliven Bundy and the federal government +
"The case of cattle rancher [[Cliven Bundy]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/04/09/the-federal-government-moved-some-cows-and-nevadas-governor-isnt-happy-about-it/ burst into the national news cycle over the past week], captivating conservative media outlets with its protagonist, a firm believer of states' right with an armed group of supporters backing him. The [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute/standoff|stand-off]] between the Nevada rancher and federal government officials trying to push cattle off of protected federal land has paused for now, but officials plan to renew their efforts soon." +
"The court, without comment, denied the request by activist and former federal prosecutor [[Larry Klayman]], along with Charles and Mary Strange, to immediately hear their case against U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, NSA Director Keith Alexander, [[Verizon]] Communications and Roger Vinson, the judge who signed the order allowing the surveillance." +
"The election of [[Barack Obama]] failed to usher in a post-racial US, with a new poll showing that 51 percent of Americans hold explicitly [[racism|anti-black]] views. That figure is up from 48 percent in 2008, the year America elected its first black president." +
"The emergence of [[Google]] as a major [[lobbying]] force in Washington is a generally well-reported story. But the ''[[Washington Post]]'' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-google-is-transforming-power-and-politicsgoogle-once-disdainful-of-lobbying-now-a-master-of-washington-influence/2014/04/12/51648b92-b4d3-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html added fresh, intriguing details over the weekend] that reveal the search engine company has been deeply involved with financing and organizing conferences on Internet regulatory policy at a major center of libertarian research – [[George Mason University]]." +
"The findings, [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673614606966# published Friday] in ''[[The Lancet]]'', indicate that, while [[infant mortality]] rates [http://www.vox.com/2014/5/3/5675970/fewer-babies-are-dying-around-the-world-than-ever-before are improving], [[US|America]] is one of the few countries actually seeing an increase in its [[maternal mortality]] rate." +
"The first bills promoted by Rep. [[Paul Ryan]] (R-Wis.) as the new chairman of the tax-writing [[Ways and Means Committee]] would add nearly $100 billion to the [[US/gov/budget/deficit|deficit]] over 10 years. [..] Ryan, a deficit hawk during his time as the chairman of the Budget Committee for the previous six years, made his fame proposing budgets that aimed to dramatically cut domestic spending and balance the budget within a decade." +
"The frightening truth is that our economy is failing to generate enough jobs. Of the jobs it does generate, too many pay stagnant or declining wages; fast-growth sectors like retail and food service are often at poverty scale. This despite the fact that we are supposedly recovering from the Great Recession, and U.S. stock markets have more than doubled since 2008." +
"The great 20th-century economist [[John Maynard Keynes]] has been widely quoted as saying, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" Sadly, in their quest to concentrate economic and political power in the hands of the wealthiest members of society, today's [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] have held the opposite position – as the evidence has piled up against them, they continue spreading the same myths." +
"The largest effect is that of [[Fox News]]: all else being equal, someone who watched only Fox News would be expected to answer just 1.04 domestic questions correctly – a figure which is significantly worse than if they had reported watching no media at all." +
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"The lie is that raising [[income tax]]es on rich people and hugely profitable companies hurts economies and even leads to unemployment. The truth is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable companies actually helps economies and causes companies to hire more and more people, thus lowering unemployment." +
"The man charged in the murder of three people outside the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom assisted-living community in Overland Park, Kan., was once considered the most prominent [[neo-Nazi]] leader in North Carolina and operated a paramilitary camp in Johnston County." +
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"The massive tax cuts in Kansas have deepened the damage done to schools, colleges and universities, and other key services by the recession and have failed to improve Kansas's economic performance, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Kansas should serve as a cautionary tale for Wisconsin, not a model." +
"The measured USHCN daily temperature data shows a decline in US temperatures since the 1930s. But before they release it to the public, they put it thorough a series of adjustments which [[global warming/claims/altered data|change it from a cooling trend to a warming trend]]." +
"The mix-up proved to be a quick, hard lesson for [[Danielle Outlaw|Outlaw]] on [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]]'s unusual commission form of government. Mayor Ted Wheeler, who also serves as police commissioner, doesn’t have the final say on decisions like this. He must wade through established city procedures and gain majority support on the City Council." +
"The over simplification of the situation in [[Ukraine]] and in [[Crimea]] by the western media into a good vs evil is far from reality. The VOR talked to Greg Barns, he is an advisor for the WikiLeaks Party in Australia about [[Australia/Ukraine relations|Australian reaction]] to this situation in Ukraine." +
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"The paper rehearses arguments for and against the prediction of massive [[jobsolescence|technological unemployment]]." +
"The principal theoretical defect of nonoriginalism, in my view, is its incompatibility with the very principle that legitimizes judicial review of constitutionality. Nothing in the text of the Constitution confers upon the courts the power to inquire into, rather than passively assume, the constitutionality of federal statutes." +
"The tiny village of [[DE/Feldheim|Feldheim]], some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the [[sustainable power|renewable energy]] movement. Now visitors from around the world are flocking to this otherwise unremarkable rural community to see if they can replicate its success." +
"The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead [[Donald Trump]]'s presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive [[Council for National Policy]] (CNP), Hatewatch has learned" +
"The ultra-right U.S. [[Koch brothers]], little-known to [[Canada|Canadians]], are major players in [[CA/Alberta|Alberta]]'s oil patch, where they control at least 1.1 million acres." +
"The waters around south [[US/FL|Florida]] are rising fast. The Florida coast has already seen 12 inches (30 centimeters) of sea rise since 1870." +
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"There is a far cheaper option though: giving [[homelessness|homeless people]] housing and supportive services. The study found that it would cost taxpayers just $10,051 per homeless person to give them a permanent place to live and services like job training and health care. That figure is 68 percent less than the public currently spends by allowing homeless people to remain on the streets. If central [[US/FL|Florida]] took the permanent supportive housing approach, it could save $350 million over the next decade." +
"There is enough [[wind power|energy available in winds]] to meet all of the world's demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier and faster high-altitude winds into energy could generate even more power than ground- and ocean-based units. New research from Carnegie's Ken Caldeira examines the limits of the amount of power that could be harvested from winds, as well as the effects high-altitude wind power could have on the climate as a whole." +
"There is no substantial bill seeking to truly reform the [[US/gov/patent system|patent system]] and those which exist, including corresponding press coverage, are focusing on [[patent troll|troll]]s, costs, and other side issues. The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]], which once upon a time promised to fight against [[software patents]], recently hired some more lawyers whose articles on the matter tend to be a waste of time (and whose focus is truly bizarre, misguided at best)." +
"There was a storm on Twitter when [[Elliot Rodger]]'s [[misogyny|misogynistic]] ramblings and videos were discovered online. Bloggers and commentators pointed out he used language familiar to the "[[pick-up artist]]" (PUA) community - an industry dedicated to teaching men the art of attracting women." +
"These [[terrorist]]s ([[Taliban]]/[[al-Qaida]]/[[Islamic State|ISIS]]), so-called Muslims, have no religion. No religion in the world teaches you to kill innocent people, especially children and women. [...] These so-called Muslims are not only killing non-Muslims, they are also [[Islam/violence/on|killing Muslims]]." +
"These days, [[transgenderism|transgender people]] bring out the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ipSU2logPY crazy], [http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/05/20/Ordinance-Allowing-Transgendered-Men-in-Womens-Restrooms-Spurs-Protest mean], and ignorant in [[right wing|social conservatives]] like nothing else. They are accused of being rapists, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxqYqY7vwt4 child molesters], [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/02/dont-let-your-kids-watch-chaz-bono-on-dancing-with-stars/ delusional], and mentally ill. Social conservatives in very public positions have offered many "solutions" to the perceived transgender menace, ranging from mistreating us until we self-deport back to our birth gender, to [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/02/dont-let-your-kids-watch-chaz-bono-on-dancing-with-stars/ forced institutionalization], to "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parker-marie-molloy/todd-kincannon-transgender-camps_b_4100777.html putting them in camps]."" +
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"These discoveries do not sit well in a world in which sex is still defined in binary terms. Few legal systems allow for any ambiguity in [[biological sex]], and a person's legal rights and social status can be heavily influenced by whether their birth certificate says male or female." +
"This far from settles the fight over raising the [[minimum wage]], but does address concerns that a rise in the minimum wage would lead to across the board job losses." +
"This is a challenge to regulations issued under the [[Obamacare|2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] that would force [[religious]]ly-motivated business owners like Plaintiffs to violate their faith under threat of millions of dollars in fines." +
"This post covers the scientific and legal definitions of [[sexism]], [[sexual harassment]] and [[sexual discrimination]]. We include an overview of the different ways in which sexism is described, such as hostile, benevolent, accidental or unintentional. These qualifiers of sexism can sometimes confuse people, as they invite people to see sexism as an individual or subjective idea. Sexism is neither – it is about how the collective interactions that happen at the everyday level are connected to institutional practices of harassment and discrimination. We provide examples of how sexist culture operates in at various levels of [[STEM]], from undergraduate courses to gender inequality in pay, science publishing and recognition of women's achievements. STEM Women seeks to move beyond superficial arguments about what sexism is and isn't. The scientific evidence, some of which is included here, has established that [[gender inequity|inequality]] exists. We are looking for practical solutions to address inequality and lift the participation of women in STEM." +
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"This video crunches the numbers on how much [[Wal-Mart|Walmart]], the single biggest [[corporate welfare|beneficiary of the food stamp economy]], might have to raise prices across the board to help a typical worker earn a living wage." +
"Thousands of schools in states across the country can use taxpayer money to cast doubt on basic science." +
"Today the provisional government in Kiev launched a military offensive against the eastern city of Slavyansk using tanks and helicopters, but the [[mainstream media]] will never show you what actually happened." +
"Today we announced the decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our grave concern about the safety of employees and members of the public." +
"Today, yet another of the professional men I've hired to provide services for Triskele Media made the mistake of calling it Sean's corporation, and that's twice for this person. In all, the tally so far is two bankers, an insurance agent and an accountant in the last year alone." +
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"Two new studies have revealed the wealthy have even more wealth than anyone probably thought they did. A study by [[Emmanuel Saez]] and [[Gabriel Zucman]] has shown that income has only been increasing for the top one-thousandth, while another study by Gabriel Zucman shows exactly where that money is going." +
"Udi Tirosh at DIY Photography has uncovered a recently granted patent for the [http://www.diyphotography.net/can-close-studio-amazon-patents-photographing-seamless-white/ previously-unheard of process of photographing things/people against a white backdrop]... to of all companies, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]." +
"Ultimately, the answer is yes, she is [[transphobic]], at least in the ways that so many average [[cisgender]] people can be. However, because she’s [[J.K. Rowling]], creator of the [[Harry Potter|best-selling book series of all time]] and an idol to so many LGBTQ+ children and now adults, she gets called out for it. I think it's fair that she receives criticism from trans people, especially given her advocacy on behalf of queer people in general, but also because she has a huge platform. Many people look up to her for creating a singular piece of popular culture that holds deep meaning for fans from different walks of life, and she has a responsibility to handle that platform wisely." +
"Under the new rules, service providers may not block or discriminate against specific websites, but they can charge certain sites or services for preferential traffic treatment if the ISPs' discrimination is 'commercially reasonable.'" +
"Using a survey fielded by the [[RAND]] American Life Panel, we estimate a net gain of 9.3 million in the number of American adults with health insurance coverage from September 2013 to mid-March 2014." +
"We asked if he saw a distinction between families going in, and terrorists who committed the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|murderous attacks in Paris]]. "I see common ground," he replied." +
"We compared three variables related to the American workforce: the median wage for various jobs; the number of people employed in those positions in the United States; and the likelihood that [[jobsolescence|these jobs will become automated]]." +
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"We could say this every time I come on your show and talk to you: we've hit all-time lows with media coverage in this country. [..] When you look at what's happening right now in Gaza, this is a massive massacre and one epic series of war crime after war crime, child after child being killed. [...] Israeli propagandists are largely given carte blanche to say what they want on American television with very little pushback." +
"We shouldn't call people stupid. And when other people resort to name calling, we should discourage them by expressing public disapproval, because calling people stupid... makes people stupid." +
"We speak to the reporter who broke this story, <i>[[The Intercept]]</i>'s [[Jeremy Scahill]], about al-Awlaki’s background and the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|Paris shooters]]' claims of militant ties." +
"We, the members of the [[US Libertarian Party|Libertarian Party]], challenge the cult of the omnipotent state, and defend the rights of the individual." +
"Western headlines have attempted to spin into ambiguity the death of over 30 anti-fascist [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] protesters cornered and burned to death in the Trade Unions House in the southern port city of Odessa. The arson was carried out by [[Neo-Nazi]] mobs loyal to the unelected regime now occupying Kiev." +
"When Ray Massia Hewitt (our then BPP minister of education) and I went to the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) in January of 1969 little did I realize that I was being set up by the FBI-CIA [[COINTELPRO]] operations to go into exile." +
"When [[Cliven Bundy|Bundy]]'s grazing rights were modified by [[US/Bureau of Land Management|BLM]] in 1993, it was in part to protect [[desert tortoise|the species]], which inhabits the same publicly-owned desert areas trodden by Bundy's cattle and was at the time on the brink of extinction. [..] That's where the connection to the tortoise ends, however." +
"When [[Guido Barilla]] gave a radio interview last week, he stepped on a land mine of LGBT issues. While attempting to write about it from a mass market retail angle, this contributor did too." +
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"Whenever people talk about traditional [[marriage]] or traditional families, historians throw up their hands," said Steven Mintz, a history professor at Columbia University. "We say, 'When and where?'" +
"While Sen. [[Ted Cruz]] (R-Texas) received a very warm welcome from most of the 10,000 [[Liberty University]] students present at his [[US/president/election/2016|presidential campaign]] kickoff, not all were happy that they had to attend the event or face a fine." +
"While most citizens gripe about politicians or "the system" for operating beyond their influence--do any voters understand the "how" and "why" when elite interests wield far greater force?" +
"While of some scientific interest, the impact for real-world mitigation policy of the range of conceivable values for the TCR is small (see also [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-will-cross-the-climate-danger-threshold-by-2036/ this discussion in Sci. Am.]). For targets like the [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/10/limiting-global-warming-to-2-c-why-victor-and-kennel-are-wrong/ 2 K guide-rail], a TCR on the lower end of the Lewis and Curry and IPCC ranges might just be the difference between a achievable rate of emissions reduction and an impossible one..." +
"While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received considerably larger raises over the last three decades." +
"Why "efficiency" and "productivity" really mean more profits for corporations and less sanity for you." +
"With a three-step method, [[Harvey Mudd College]] in California quadrupled its female [[computer science]] majors." +
"Within hours the original page for the article was taken down, and CNBC senior vice president Kevin Krim received news that his children were killed under very suspicious circumstances." +
"Yes, [http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/44832_The_Huge_Right_Wing_Anti-Choice_Fake_Outrage_of_the_Day they are liars]. They [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a43326/center-for-medical-progress-planned-parenthood-abortion/ are lying] little [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/07/14/lila_rose_and_live_action_have_another_planned_parenthood_sting_yet_again.html liars] who tell [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/14/planned-parenthood-isnt-selling-baby-parts-unpacking-the-lies-in-a-new-undercover-video/ wicked lies]. How do you know that a forced-birth activist is lying? Simple: if they carry a sign or open their mouths, [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/what-you-didnt-see-planned-parenthood-video they are lying]. They are never not lying. They only ever lie. Fibbing and fraud are their primary weapons." +
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"Yesterday, [[Catholic League (US)|Catholic League]] president [[Bill Donohue]] issued a news release calling attention to the plea that [[PZ Myers|Paul Zachary Myers]] made on his blog: he solicited the [[communion wafer|Communion Host]] for the express purpose of desecrating it. Donohue now responds to the reaction he has received from the University of Minnesota Morris professor, as well as others:" +
"You're five times more likely to die from a gun in Arizona than Hawaii. In the wake of the Giffords massacre, The Daily Beast ranks which states have the worst record of gun fatalities." +
"Young children who are exposed to [[religion]] have a hard time differentiating between [[fact]] and [[fiction]], according to a new [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.12138/abstract study] published in the July issue of ''[[Cognitive Science]]''." +
2
"[[Amazon.com|Amazon]] tracks its competitors extremely closely. So when an upstart called [[Diapers.com]] began catching on with parents by allowing them to easily schedule recurring orders of diapers and other essentials, [[Jeff Bezos]] took notice..." +
"[[Barack Obama|The president]]'s visiting [[Wal-Mart|my store]] Friday. He won't see how I sleep on my son's floor and eat potato chips for lunch." +
"[[Ben Carson]]'s rise to the top of the [[US Republican Party|Republican]] presidential field shows that many Republicans, especially [[Christian fundamentalist]]s, have decoupled from the real world – and are proud of it. The more that GOP candidates embrace "[[Antiepistemics|anti-knowledge]]" the more popular they become, as Mike Lofgren explains." +
"[[Bill Kristol]] rightly finds the [[IRS]]'s targeting to be exemplary of abuse, overreaching government. But the [[NSA]]? Not really a concern." +
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"[[CEO]] is the profession with the most [[psychopathy|psychopaths]]." +
"[[Cecily McMillan]] was on Monday afternoon found guilty of deliberately elbowing Officer Grantley Bovell in the face in March 2012. After a trial lasting more than four weeks, the jury of eight women and four men reached their verdict in about three hours." +
"[[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting/next issue|This week]]'s front page is a lot less defiant, if it is defiant at all, when compared to the caricatures previously published by the satirical newspaper. So how can these reactions be explained? HuffPost asked religious anthropologist and psychoanalyst Malek Chebel, author of the book ''L'Inconscient De L'Islam'' (The Unconscious of Islam)." +
"[[Cliven Bundy]] -- the Nevada rancher turned [[Americonservatism|conservative]] folk hero for [[Cliven Bundy/BLM dispute|bucking]] the federal government's attempts to stop his cattle from grazing on public land -- admits he doesn't understand the bipartisan uproar over his comments suggesting blacks might have been better off under slavery." +
"[[Elizabeth Warren|The Massachusetts senator]] says she knows "a little bit about the way [GOP Rep.] [[Trey Gowdy]] pursues oversight" – because in 2011, she "was on the other end of it."" +
"[[Fox News]] commentator [[Karl Rove]] said to a conference in California earlier this month that he suspects that former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] is brain-damaged from a fall and concussion she suffered in 2012." +
2014/04/14/Frazier Glenn Miller, charged in Kansas killings at Jewish Center, participated in deadly Greensboro confrontation +
"[[Frazier Glenn Miller]] was 39 years old and a leader in the North Carolina [[white supremacy|white supremacist]] movement in 1979 when he participated in a deadly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oxh5-hq6mc confrontation] in [[US/NC/Greensboro|Greensboro]] between the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and the [[Neo-Nazism|Nazi]]s on one side and on the other, black and white members of the [[US Communist Party|Communist Party]], who were holding an anti-racist rally." +
"[[Greg Brannon]] is a doctor and former [[Tea Party|tea party]] activist running for Senate in [[US/NC|North Carolina]]. Brannon, who is most likely headed for a [[US Republican Party|Republican]] Senate primary run with North Carolina state House Speaker [[Thom Tillis]], led incumbent Democratic Sen. [[Kay Hagan]] 42-40 in an April Public Policy Polling poll." +
"[[Hillary Clinton]] announced on Sunday that she was [[US/president/election/2016|running for president]] of the United States, promising to be a champion of middle-class Americans if she made it to the White House as the country’s first female commander in chief." +
"[[Hobby Lobby]] is so offended by the idea of contributing to its employees' [[contraception|birth control]] expenses that it fought all the way to the Supreme Court over the issue. But its retirement plan has over $73M sunk into funds that include companies that make contraception." +
"[[Israel]] has gone ahead and destroyed several EU-funded humanitarian projects in a settlement zone in the West Bank, despite diplomatic threats and repeated calls to desist, it has been revealed by EurActiv." +
"[[Israel]]'s army has denied targeting the [[Gaza]] offices of [[al-Jazeera]] TV after the network's correspondents reported that the building had come under fire on Tuesday." +
2014/04/24/Chase Bank exploiting FDIC warning to close accounts of adult entertainers, sex workers +
"[[JPMorgan Chase Bank|Chase Bank]] sent hundreds of letters this week to account holders who work in the adult entertainment industry informing them that they have until May 11 to close their accounts and find another bank." +
"[[Kuwait]]i [[domestic servant|domestic worker]]s are being [http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/kuwaiti-instagram-vigilantism-hunting-runaway-domestic-workers named and shamed] on an [[Instagram]] account called Mn7asha, or "runaway"." +
"[[Lloyd's of London]], the world's oldest and biggest insurance market, has for the first time called on insurers to incorporate [[global warming|climate change]] into their models." +
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"[[MSNBC]] anchor [[Rachel Maddow]] investigates this swing of public support in favor of [[Obamacare]], and describes a political scene where the Affordable Care Act's success converts into a literal Armageddon for the [[US Republican Party|conservative party]] – and not just temporarily." +
"[[Malta]] has become the first European state to have [[gender identity]] in its constitution following the proposed amendment that was approved yesterday evening in parliament." +
"[[Muslim]] scholars responded quickly to the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|attack on the French satirical magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'']] which killed 12 and injured 10. Slamming the incident as un-Islamic, scholars express anger towards the perpetrators who "betrayed and tainted" Islam rather than defended it." +
"[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]] administrator [[Charles Bolden]] said Tuesday that humanity faced certain extinction unless it developed the technology to [[space colonization|colonize other planets]]." +
"[[Nigel Farage|Farage]] sparked yet more outrage when he claimed European governments have some 'culpability' for the [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|shooting at satirical magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'']] and a Jewish supermarket. [..] He further blamed the EU’s open door immigration policy for 'much of what has happened.'" +
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"[[Patent troll]]s can claim a major victory today thanks to Sen. [[Patrick Leahy]]. The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman has removed [[patent reform]] legislation from the agenda, citing a lack of "sufficient support behind any comprehensive deal." [...] This stall in the Senate comes after the House passed a bipartisan bill designed to crack down on frivolous lawsuits with strong support on both sides of the aisle. The White House also stands behind reform." +
"[[Patriarch Kirill]], the supreme leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, is unsurprisingly criticizing the publishing of cartoons that are viewed as blasphemous by some Muslims. Kirill was the main force pushing for harsh [[anti-blasphemy law]]s in Russia, so this is expected." +
"[[Political cartooning]] in the United States gets no respect. I was thinking about that this morning when I heard NPR's Eleanor Beardsley call [[Charlie Hebdo]] "gross" and "in poor taste." (I should certainly hope so! If it’s in good taste, it ain't funny.) It was a hell of a thing to say, not to mention not true, while the bodies of [[Charlie Hebdo/2015 shooting|dead journalists]] were still warm. But these were cartoonists, and therefore unworthy of the same level of decorum that a similar event at, say, ''The Onion'' – which mainly runs words – would merit." +
"[[Rachel Maddow]] criticized [[Fox News]] Wednesday for their coverage of Nevada rancher [[Cliven Bundy]] -- what she called a "dead" story that could potentially lead to violence." +
"[[Solar power]] in southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost the same amount of power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States, according to two new studies." +
"[[Switzerland]]'s citizens voted Sunday on whether to create the world's highest [[minimum wage]] of 22 Swiss francs ($24.70) an hour." +
"[[Turkey]] has reportedly blocked [[Google]] DNS inside its borders, eliminating a backdoor that briefly helped Turks stay connected to [[Twitter]] after the country banned access." +
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"[[US Republican Party|Republican]] politicians began backtracking on their support of Nevada anti-government rancher [[Cliven Bundy]] after the ''[[New York Times]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/us/politics/rancher-proudly-breaks-the-law-becoming-a-hero-in-the-west.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-thecaucus&_r=1 caught Bundy] making [[racism|racially-inflammatory remarks]] blaming African-Americans for willingly submiting to dependency on federal assistance." +
"[[US conservatism|Conservatives]] have taken to a new spin on [[truth]], by refashioning definitions of words and terms in order to provoke new connotations. [[Socialism]] is now defined as a government take over, [[Capitalism]] is now defined as [[patriotic]], and the wealthy are now defined as [[job creator]]s. But simply redefining these words will not change their true meaning, it is only myth making." +
"[[US/WA/Seattle|Seattle]] will raise its [[minimum wage]] to $15 an hour over the coming years under a deal brokered by Mayor Ed Murray and blessed by labor and business groups alike, city leaders [http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/kiro-live-event-1/vt6Gk/ announced Thursday afternoon]." +
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"[[US/education/primary/public|Schools]] have already taken over the decision as to when and in what manner your child will be introduced to sex. Some schools are teaching various techniques of [[homosexual]] acts and some have gay activists visiting the schools, passing out cards giving the addresses of local homosexual hangouts." +
"[[US/gov/DHS|Department of Homeland Security]] documents obtained last month reveal details of incidents in which [[transgender]] travelers were subjected to heightened scrutiny when passing through airport security checkpoints." +
"[[Ukraine]] is [[Ukraine/2014 coup|on the brink of civil war]], [[Vladimir Putin]] has said, and he should know because the country is already in the midst of a covert intelligence war. Over the weekend, [[US/gov/CIA|CIA]] director [[John Brennan]] travelled to [[Ukraine/Kiev|Kiev]], nobody knows exactly why, but some speculate that he intends to open US intelligence resources to Ukrainian leaders about real-time Russian military maneuvers." +
"[[Ukraine]], to use a technical term, is broke. That's what you call a country whose currency has lost half its value in just two days." +
"[[United Nations|UN]] scientists are set to deliver their darkest report yet on the impacts of [[global warming|climate change]], [[predictions|pointing to a future]] stalked by floods, drought, conflict and economic damage if carbon emissions go untamed." +
"[[Willie Soon|Soon]] is a dishonest hack, one of the [[global warming denial|climate change deniers]] who exploited his prestigiously titled position as a researcher at the [[Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics]] (Oooh! Sciencey!) to claim authority in attacks on more credible climate scientists, and he’s been very popular on the [[global warming denial|denialist]] side of things. [..] Now his own boss is [http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/02/21/ask-not-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-it-tolls-for-soon/ admitting that he violated disclosure principles by failing to reveal his industry connections]." +
"[[YouTube]] will remain blocked in [[Turkey]] in spite of a court order ruling that the ban is a violation of [[freedom of speech]]. The prohibition of social media in Turkey sparked public ire and mass protests against [[war against the internet|internet censorship]]." +
"[[gun rights activism|Gun rights activists]] who cite [[Adolf Hitler|the dictator]] as a reason against [[gun control]] have their [[history]] dangerously wrong." +
"[[mainstream media|Major English-language media]] have been propagating a false narrative about the stunning success of Germany's transition to renewable energy: the Energiewende. To hear them tell it, the transition has been a massive failure, driving up power prices, putting Germany's grid at risk of blackouts, and inspiring a mass revolt against renewables. Nothing could be further from the truth." +
"[[nuclear power|Nuclear]] and [[coal power|coal]] may be big offenders, but wet-cooled [[solar power/heat engine|concentrating solar power]] [[water conservation|uses even more water]] per MWh of electricity generated. Dry-cooled CSP cuts water consumption significantly, but it's still far more than solar power from [[solar power/photovoltaic|photovoltaics]] (or [[wind power]])." +
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"[[slut-shaming|Shaming women]] has become almost a sport in [[US/education/primary|schools]]. Every day, it seems we are confronted with a new instance of a yearbook [[2014/05/29/Utah High School Photoshops Yearbook Pics|editing female students to make them less sexy]] or a girl being kicked from prom because it was likely that [http://aattp.org/christian-homeschool-dads-get-girl-kicked-out-of-prom-because-they-cant-stop-lusting-after-her/ she was going to drive a crowd of middle-aged men wild with lust]." +
"[[transsexuality|Transgender]] [[Muslim]] women say law criminalising 'posing as a woman' violates [[Malaysia]]'s constitution." +
"[http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-invests-in-satellites-to-spread-internet-access-1401666287?mod=rss_whats_news_us&cb=logged0.8194229840300977 The ''Wall Street Journal'' reports] that [[Google]] is planning to spend more than $1 billion on satellites that will offer [[internet access]] worldwide from space. The publication's sources say that Google will begin with 180 small satellites that will orbit the Earth at a lower altitude than most other craft, before possibly expanding the fleet in the future." +
"[http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=15752468459985585088&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 A paper] published in ''Nature'' in [[1972]] accurately predicted the next 30 years of [[global warming]]." +
"[http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/04/22/230-schoolgirls-still-missing-after-boko-haram-raid 234 young women were abducted] from a physics test in [[Nigeria]], specifically to keep them from getting an education. Nothing is being done to find them. [http://www.change.org/petitions/over-200-girls-are-missing-in-nigeria-so-why-doesn-t-anybody-care-234girls Collective public outrage] is the only tool that can possibly get a search started." +
"a prominent member of the Republican movement further undermined the party's campaign to appeal to women voters by suggesting that the current pay gap [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/schlafly-increase-pay-gap-so-women-will-have-better-opportunities-find-husband isn't wide enough]. In an [http://www.christianpost.com/news/facts-and-fallacies-about-paycheck-fairness-117959/ op-ed] published by the Christian Post, [[Phyllis Schlafly]] – the founder of the [[Eagle Forum]] – maintained that increasing the pay gap will help women find suitable husbands..." +
“For months, I've been calling on my Democratic colleagues to press the 'reset' button and embrace commonsense, targeted solutions to strengthen and reform health care. Democrats have instead left Republicans with no alternative but to propose our own plan.” +
“It was not until a [[2009-07-26 The formula|Boston Globe article]] in which Mooney and Kirshenbaum place the blame and responsibility squarely on the shoulders of scientists that the camel's back broke.” +
“Newly released draft reports from a city review of how Portland police handled dueling demonstrations last summer reveal cops admitting what activists have long suspected: They saw right-wing protesters as less of a threat than leftist ones.” +
“The 31-year-old woman walked on crutches into a downtown [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] park. Minutes later, she set herself on fire. Bystanders put out the fire that consumed [[Chloe Sagal]], but she died from her injuries. It was an act, witnesses and friends say, that was a [[political protest]] as well as a [[suicide]].” +
2017/09/01/How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley +
“The narrative surrounding [[2017-08-27 Berkeley protest|last weekend’s protests in Berkeley]] took shape on social media and was picked up, at least in part, by [[mainstream media|mainstream news outlets]]. The result was a skewed presentation of events that was almost entirely devoid of the context in which they took place. Even more troubling: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-01/russia-linked-bots-hone-online-attack-plans-for-2018-u-s-vote that narrative was influenced by pro-Russian social media networks], including state-sponsored propaganda outlets, botnets, cyborgs, and individual users.” +
“To settle a legal claim, the city of Portland has agreed to pay $5,000 to Portland police Capt. Mark Kruger and erase two disciplinary actions from his personnel record: a suspension for his public tribute to five [[Nazi]]-era German soldiers at a city park and a reprimand for retaliating against a female lieutenant.” +
“[[US/OR/Portland|Portland]] resident and [[religious right|far-right preacher]] [[Allen Pucket]] has penned an inflammatory Facebook post promising violence at future protests, possibly including the upcoming "Freedom March" and counter-protests slated to envelop downtown Portland on Sept. 10..” +
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“ It has been 40 years since [[homosexuality]] was removed as a mental illness from the DSM. But given a clean slate, [[Ray Blanchard|Blanchard]] said he would still classify homosexual sex as ab[[normal]].” +
2018/07/04/Sheriff's office called on Oregon state legislator for representing constituents while black +
“"Casing" the neighborhood by knocking on doors and having extended conversations with the homeowners, carrying only a phone, a pen, and some leaflets. [[Janelle Bynum|Bynum]] appears to have, sadly, taken it in stride. "It was just bizarre," she told an Oregonian reporter. "It boils down to people not knowing their neighbors and people having a sense of fear in their neighborhoods, which is kind of my job to help eradicate. But at the end of the day, it's important for people to feel like they can talk to each other to help minimize misunderstandings." Indeed. Had the woman who called the cops – it was a woman – simply engaged with Bynum, problem solved.” +
“"It turns out there's no economic law that says everybody is going to share equally when technology brings some of these wonders to the planet," [[Erik Brynjolfsson|Brynjolfsson]] said. "It's quite possible for some people, even possible for a majority of people, to be made worse off in absolute terms."” +
“''[[Newsweek]]'' Magazine's cover story of August 13, 2007 entitled, "The Truth About [[global warming denial|Denial]]" contains very little that could actually be considered balanced, [[objective]] or fair by journalistic standards.” +
“...a 2008 study that examined 141 "English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005" found that over 92% of them were connected to [[conservative think tank]]s, either published by them or authored by persons directly affiliated with them...” +
“...anyone who has any understanding of how America – or any civilization – works... will realize that this new diktat of the courts [in support of [[gay marriage]]] will not have any of the intended effects, while the unintended effects are likely to be [[gay marriage will destroy society|devastating]].” +
“...decrying the purported [[War on Christmas|"war" on Christmas]], [[Fox News]] host [[Bill O'Reilly]] claimed that "it's all part of the [[secular progressive agenda]] ... to get [[Christianity]] and [[spirituality]] and [[Judaism]] out of the public square."” +
“...in June, [[J.K. Rowling]] liked a tweet from a Canadian anti-trans organisation called [[We The Females]] opposing a proposed law in Canada that would ban [[conversion therapy]] for LGBT+ youth, including [[transgender|trans]] kids. [..] Like other [[anti-trans]] organisations, We The Females propose that trans youth should be subjected to “gender-critical therapy”, to deter or prevent them from transitioning. Gender-critical feminists often claim that affirming therapists railroad youth. ” +
“...it is important that we understand [[Francis Collins|Dr. Collins]] and his [[religious faith|faith]] [[religion vs. science|as they relate to scientific inquiry]].” +
“...items are arriving spoiled and well past their sell-by date, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] customers say. Interviews with brands, consumers, third-party sellers and consultants all point to loopholes in Amazon’s technology and logistics system that allow for expired items to proliferate with little to no accountability.” +
“...once they've experienced sex with other men, Catullus tells us, men are unsatisfied with what their new wives provide them.” +
“...policy makers and the media are doing no favors either to the public or the transgendered by treating their confusions as a right in need of defending rather than as a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.” +
“...since these trans-women-are-not-women claims recur on a regular basis (and are often forwarded by people who self-identify as feminists), I thought that it would be worthwhile to compile all my relevant counterarguments in one essay.” +
“...sometimes, efforts to undermine or exclude trans women rely on a somewhat different tactic which takes the following form: A case will be made that sex is distinct from [[gender]] – the former being purely biological in nature, the latter being entirely social. Upon making this claim, it will then be argued that, while trans women may indeed be women (because “woman” is a gender category), we nevertheless remain “biologically male” (a sex category).” +
“...sources inside the White House have already made it clear that Trump intends to nominate [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|a replacement]] "[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-put-nominee-replace-justice-ruth-bader/story?id=73107862 in the coming days]." It can be expected that nominee will come from the [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/additions-president-donald-j-trumps-supreme-court-list/ list of potential justices] Trump published just last week, but considering that it is [[Donald Trump]], anything is possible. +
“...the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]]'s 1989 fatwa against ''[[Satanic Verses]]'' author [[Salman Rushdie]] introduced a new kind of jihad. Instead of assaulting Western ships or buildings, Khomeini took aim at a fundamental Western freedom: [[freedom of speech]].” +
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“...the leaders of the "public option" movement haven't told the public they have abandoned their original vision. It's high time they did.” +
“A few Members were even told that there would be [[martial law]] in America if we voted "no."” +
“A furious battle over a Supreme Court vacancy is arguably the last thing the United States needs right now. [..] The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today represents a devastating loss for feminists who held up the 87-year-old as an icon of women’s rights, and as a bulwark protecting abortion rights and a wide range of other progressive ideals on a conservative Supreme Court.” +
“A lot of what’s happened over the last 10,000 years can be attributed to hormonally charged young men pulling stupid crap.” +
“A new billionaire is created every other day. The three richest Americans have the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the U.S. population. And 82% of the global wealth generated last year went to just 1% of the world's population.” +
“A proponent himself of single-payer when he was but an Illinois legislator, [[Barack Obama|Obama]] now [[Obamacare|counsels]] that the way to achieve universal coverage is by reforming – or "building on" – the private insurance system while bolstering the public insurance sector.” +
“A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by [[2020]].” +
“According to official data, in every year since 1998, world temperatures have been getting colder, and in 2002 Arctic ice actually increased. Why, then, do we not hear about that?” +
2009/11/18/How we discovered Verizon's Spamdetector could be twisted into a disguise for censorship +
“According to the laws of [[Verizon]] Central, once you've been labeled spam, there is only one course of action and it goes like this:...” +
“After surviving [[2017/08/12/Charlottesville Nazi march|far right violence in Charlottesville]], [[Emily Gorcenski]] has tracked the [[Proud Boys]] and other extremist groups.” +
“Against all odds, and despite the usual drumbeat of criticism, [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] had a very good year. .. The troop surge in [[US occupation of Iraq|Iraq]] is succeeding. America remains safe from terrorist attacks. And the [[US economy|Goldilocks economy]] is outperforming all expectations.” +
“Anti-racists continue to mobilize in [[US/NC|North Carolina]] against [[neo-Confederate]] and [[white nationalist]] groups, with this weekend seeing two more arrests on the anti-racist side.” +
“As a test, [[US/gov/DHS|Homeland Security]] officials tried to sneak guns and bombs through [[Transportation Safety Administration|TSA]] checkpoints. They succeeded almost every time.” +
“As the political reality of Ginsburg’s passing sank in, the ticker that keeps track of donations soared on ActBlue, the non-profit operation that provides a tool for left-leaning activists to raise money for political candidates and issues. About $100,000 in donations came each minute.” +
“Based on follow-up data collected from youth four to six years after study enrollment, the report presents the estimated [[abstinence-based education|program]] impacts on youth behavior, including [[sexual abstinence]], risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and other related outcomes.” +
“But you know what really kills a city? Keeping people out. Making it prohibitively expensive by demanding it look or feel a certain way. A city cannot be planned all at once or dropped from the sky. A city is the accumulation of years and years of small changes made by many, many people of all kinds, creating a unique, irreplaceable product.” +
“Chief executives at some of the nation's largest companies earned an average of $12.9 million in total pay last year -- 380 times more than a typical American worker, according to the AFL-CIO. [..] Average CEO pay rose 14% compared to 2010, when they earned $11.4 million on average, according to the union group.” +
“Consider [[Frank Schaeffer]]. The name may not be familiar to you, but Schaeffer’s father, theologian and Presbyterian pastor [[Francis Schaeffer]], was pivotal in the creation of the [[Religious Right]]. .. Frank Schaeffer shared his father’s opinions and, as an adult, worked alongside him. He had an insider’s view of the rise of the Religious Right. Father and son were there at the movement’s birth and worked with some of its biggest names. .. What does Frank Schaeffer think about the Religious Right these days? Let’s just say he’s not a fan. He refers to [[Pat Robertson|Robertson]] as “a lunatic” and says [[James Dobson|Dobson]] is “a power-crazed political manipulator cynically abusing his followers.” He calls the late [[Jerry Falwell]] an “unreconstructed bigot.”” +
“Despite how it's been portrayed, [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the memo]] was fair and factually accurate. Scientific studies have confirmed sex differences in the brain that lead to differences in our interests and behaviour.” +
“Eleven charts that explain what’s wrong with America.” +
“Even calling it "insurance" is a sick joke. Insurance implies a guarantee, and no matter what we pay, there are never any guarantees.” +
“Every time [[Islam/terrorism|Islamic terrorism]] is discussed, those who bring up the "[[Christianity/violence/by|Christian terrorism]]" of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] or [[anti-abortion]] violence simply block free speech, as if deliberately trying to scramble the main topic. They seem to be saying, "Whether the [[Islamic State]] is Islamic or not is irrelevant; there are Christian terrorists as well, so do not talk about Islamic terrorists."” +
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“Findings indicate that youth in the program group were no more likely than control group youth to have abstained from sex and, among those who reported having had sex, they had similar numbers of sexual partners and had initiated sex at the same mean age.” +
“First, respondents dramatically underestimated the current level of [[economic disparity/US|wealth inequality]]. Second, respondents constructed ideal wealth distributions that were far more equitable than even their erroneously low estimates of the actual distribution. Most important from a policy perspective, we observed a surprising level of consensus: All demographic groups – even those not usually associated with [[wealth redistribution]] such as [[US Republican Party|Republicans]] and the wealthy – desired a more equal distribution of wealth than the status quo.” +
“Five members of [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s [[evangelical]] executive advisory board, including the founder of the [[FRC|Family Research Council]] [[James Dobson]], [https://www.thegailygrind.com/2017/08/31/trump-advisers-sign-nashville-statement-denouncing-homosexual-immorality-transgenderism/ signed the Nashville Statement]. The Nashville statement dictated that [[transgender]] people should not be tolerated in society, and that anyone who tolerates them is not a [[Christian]].” +
“Former President [[Bill Clinton]] says [[deregulation of financial institutions]] is not to blame for the mortgage market mess. ...these facts will likely come as news to many ... who are promoting the idea that [[financial deregulation|deregulation]] is to blame for the [[2008 mortgage crisis|mortgage market meltdown]].” +
“Gah, what ''crap''. [[Revelation]] is irrational and unreasonable. You can't do [[science]], collect data, and then decide, "Well, [[God]] has revealed to me that the correct answer is 2 grams heavier". .. That's precisely what [[Francis Collins|Collins]] wants to do, and he admits it: he wants to add in [[anti-scientific]] beliefs and pretend he is still talking about science.” +
“Gather round friends, I want to tell you a true horror story. I can’t promise a twist ending; the monster is still going to turn out to be humans with funny hats on. What I can promise is a direct connection to a recent high-profile act of violence, and an increased anxiety about unregulated internet speech. +
“Have you read the [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto published internally at Google]] that has thrown many people into a tizzy? It’s amazingly stupid. Yet another blinkered male engineer babbling about his biases as if they are factual.” +
“House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] on Sunday would not rule out impeachment as an option to stop President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick from being [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|confirmed to the bench]], saying [[US/Democratic Party|Democrats]] will "use every arrow in our quiver” to block the eventual nominee.” +
“I happened to read University of Virginia Psychologist [[Jonathan Haidt]]'s [[2008-09-09 What Makes People Vote Republican|thoughtful essay]] on what makes people vote [[US Republican Party|Republican]] ... Read the whole thing. You might even conclude, as I suspect Haidt does, that Republican voters tend to be more nuanced and sophisticated than Democratic voters.” +
“I keep getting told that [[James Damore]] loves diversity. It’s the first thing he says in [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|his manifesto]]. [...] Simply put, [http://www.sciencealert.com/a-google-employee-was-fired-after-blaming-biology-for-tech-s-gender-gap-but-the-science-shows-he-s-wrong Damore's conclusions are not backed up] by the [[scientific consensus]].” +
“I speak of [[Dinesh D'Souza]], who seems to have noticed that his creepy and dishonest tirade against [[atheist]]s won him some attention, so now he has upped the ante, and gotten even creepier and more dishonest.” +
“I wasn't sure what the answer to that question might be, so I interviewed seven female hackerspace members ... to get their take on what it's like.” +
“If something happened that upset me, hurt me, or angered me, my reaction was often met with some variation of "That didn't happen! I never said that! You're overreacting!"” +
“If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?” +
“In a move that angered customers and generated waves of online pique, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] remotely deleted some digital editions of [''[[Animal Farm]]'' and ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]''] from the [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] devices of readers who had bought them.” +
“In a video, [[Allen Wesley Pucket|Pucket]] also said that “God’s going to wipe them out one day anyway,” referring to anti-racist and [[antifa|anti-fascist]] counter-protesters who have marched against white supremacist groups in recent months. He also professed a belief that those who organize such rallies shouldn’t cancel them for fear of violent retaliation, but should be "patriots" willing to "fight" in the streets for their white supremacist beliefs.” +
2017/08/13/Damore's Claim There Are Population-Level Differences Between the Genders Is Not The Central Problem With His Manifesto +
“In response to [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Damore manifesto]], "[[Heterodox Academy]]", a group that includes multiple political points of view, [https://heterodoxacademy.org/2017/08/10/the-google-memo-what-does-the-research-say-about-gender-differences/ posted] that the scientific evidence is strong that there are population-level differences between the genders. However, the bare assertion that there are population-level differences between the genders is not the central problem with Damore's manifesto.” +
“Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.” +
“It didn't take long for the handful of irritated [[Bank of America]] employees to abandon their desks and make for the doors. Their office, a small Bank of America branch on Massachusetts Avenue, had been more or less taken over by a boisterous rally of 75 or so protesters from the [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU), the organizer behind two days' worth of [[Wall Street]]-themed protests in or near Washington.” +
“It may shock you exactly how wealthy this top 1 percent of Americans is. ThinkProgress has assembled five facts about this class of super-rich Americans...” +
“Jeremy Bertino, of [[US/NC/Locust|Locust]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], was exposed as a [[Proud Boy]] this week after rallying in [[US/NC/Pittsboro|Pittsboro]], North Carolina.” +
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.” +
“Last week, Britain discovered that they had a eugenicist advising the prime minister, and that caused a polite bit of upset for almost everyone&rdquo Among the people who were ok with it was [[Richard Dawkins]], who argued that [[eugenics]] may be morally wrong but it nonetheless works and these are [[just the facts]]. +
“My friend seemed totally shocked when I said "All [[socialism]] isn't bad". She became very serious and replied "So you want to take [[money]] away from the rich and give to the poor?" I smiled and said "No, not at all. Why do you think socialism means taking money from the rich and giving to the poor?"” +
“Now we know: More than half of the people arrested in Portland last year were homeless. [...] The [[ACLU of Oregon]] issued a [https://aclu-or.org/en/publications/decriminalizing-homelessness-oregon report] last year documenting 224 laws around the state that target people who are homeless. It identified laws that target people for sleeping in public places, for begging for money and for loitering. In other words, ACLU of Oregon researchers identified laws that matter only if you are homeless.” +
“On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state court judges delivered a monumental victory against the worst [[gerrymander]] in modern history when it [https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2019/10/28/5db75d06e4b006d49173ae52.pdf blocked] [[US/NC|North Carolina]] from using its [[US Republican Party|Republican]]-drawn congressional map in the 2020 elections, clearing the way for a fairer replacement that could see [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] pick up three or more seats.” +
“Paul Keckley, executive director of the [[Deloitte Center for Health Solutions]], tells Bloomberg that if existing regional co-ops are the model, such plans can take decades to fully develop.” +
“People testing the [[Google+]] social network are discussing increasing evidence that, terms of service requirement or not, Google+ wants people to use their legal names much as Facebook does. Skud [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/U2L7mooA2yF shares a heads-up from a user banned for using his initials]. Then, for example, see discussion around it on [http://plus.google.com/106318111152683661692/posts/3UKv9qqT9mh Mark Cuban's stream], [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/c12TA34ppnY Skud's stream] and [http://www.sarahstokely.com/blog/2011/07/why-google-should-allow-anonymouspseudonymous-names-on-google/ Sarah Stokely's blog].” ''The post includes a bingo card to keep score of anti-nym arguments.'' +
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“People vote Republican because Republicans offer "[[moral clarity]]" – a simple vision of [[good]] and [[evil]] that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to [[reason]] with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.” However, “to see what Democrats have been missing, it helps to take off the halo, step back for a moment, and think about what [[morality]] really is.” +
“Plans submitted to the City / County Planning department with the rezoning demonstrated several worrisome elements to neighbors. The scale had grown considerably from the single multipurpose building discussed in previous years; it now stretched over portions of five city blocks, involved the demolition of 9 houses in historic district, and contemplated the closing of two streets, creating a fenced/gated facility stretching over three blocks.” +
“Progressives should not worry about what will happen if they mimic McConnell’s constitutional hardball. Their representatives need only act with a little less restraint” +
“Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], just told Alaska Public Media on Friday afternoon that she would not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before next year's inauguration. "Fair is fair," she said speaking hypothetically before the announcement of Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.” +
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who first rose to national prominence as an ACLU lawyer fighting for equal rights for women, has died at 87 years old.” +
“Section 3106 is difficult to read. ... I will tell you first what I derive from it in the plainest language possible, and then discuss some of its provisions so you can judge for yourself whether I got it right.” +
“Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) proposed replacing a public health care plan with a non-profit cooperative "that would have the same plans and would be subject to the same standards [as private plans]."” +
“That is, if you went in with a different [[interpretive framing|framework]] for explanation – like, "too many guys in one-night stands don't know how to satisfy women" or "women are better at sex than men" – you could construct another story around this data that was ... more plausible than 'women are programmed to want long-term relationship'...” +
“That's right, the ''[[New York Times|Times]]'' is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"!” +
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“The ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' on Wednesday accused [disgraced British doctor [[Andrew Wakefield]] of committing an "elaborate fraud" by faking data in his studies [[Autism vaccination theory|linking vaccines with autism]].” +
“The ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed page is trying to go from bad to diverse. The page has hired [[William Kristol]], editor of ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', as a weekly columnist, starting next Monday. The Politico reports that word of the hiring "caused a frenzy in the liberal blogosphere Friday night, with threats of canceling subscriptions and claims that the Gray Lady had been hijacked by neo-cons"” +
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“The [[Bear Stearns]] people dismissed my questions with ill-concealed contempt. Their computer models told them that home prices wouldn't fall much and that few people would default on their loans, barring another [[Great Depression|Depression]]. .. About the same time, [[Richard Bitner]], the co-owner of a small subprime mortgage bank in Dallas, was coming to a different conclusion. Mr. Bitner wasn't relying on mathematical formulas. He was dealing with actual subprime borrowers...” The article is a review of Bitner's book ''[[Confessions of a Subprime Lender]]''. +
“The [[Daily Wire]], the [[right-wing]] website founded by pundit [[Ben Shapiro]], is a cesspool of [[misogyny]], [[bigotry]], and [[misinformation]]. Its toxic content is also fantastically successful on [[Facebook]], with each story reaching more people than any other major media outlet. A Popular Information investigation reveals some of this success is attributable to a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport to be independent but exclusively promote content from The Daily Wire in a coordinated fashion.” +
“The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] who was fired after posting a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|missive criticizing the company's diversity efforts]] calls his dismissal illegal and says he is "exploring all possible legal remedies."” +
“The [[US Navy|navy]] showed a tape of what they claimed were Iranian speedboats "harassing" a U.S. warship, along with audio of foreign-sounding bad guys making very threatening statements. .. However, after a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hooman-majd/its-a-fake_b_80682.html blogger pointed out] that the accents of the supposed speed boat passengers could not have been Iranian, the government [http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4115702&page=1 changed its story]...” +
“The basic theme of [[2009 US healthcare reform|health care reform]] is that insurance would be mandatory, subsidized and regulated.” - an overview of the bills currently being reconciled +
“The belief that a handful of unexplained anomalies can undermine a well-established theory lies at the heart of all conspiratorial thinking (that includes, in addition to Holocaust denial, creationism and crank theories of physics), and is easily refuted by noting that beliefs and theories are not built on single facts alone, but on a convergence of evidence from multiple lines of inquiry. All of the "evidence" for a 9/11 conspiracy falls under the rubric of this fallacy.” +
“The cancellation of the town hall meeting caps off nearly a week of escalating anxiety around the targeted harassment of various [[Google]] employees. Very shortly after <em>Motherboard</em> [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google first reported] the existence of a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|controversial memo]] circulating inside Google, the memo's author was identified as [[James Damore]]. (Damore was [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto fired on Monday]). Since then, [[online harassment|various corners of the internet have targeted]] Googlers who have been openly critical of the memo.” +
“The current [[2008 Wall Street bailout|Credit Crisis bailout]] is now the largest outlay in American history”, even when earlier outlays are adjusted for inflation. +
“The evidence of [[economic disparity|income inequality]] just keeps mounting. According to "[http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-summ-en.pdf Working for the Few]," a recent briefing paper from [[Oxfam]], "In the US, [[the 1%|the wealthiest one percent]] captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent became poorer."” +
“The governor of [[US/OR|Oregon]] has declared a state of emergency ahead of [[right wing|far-right]] demonstrations in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]], where groups including the [[Proud Boys]] are expected to hold a rally following months of protests against police brutality and federal intervention.” +
“The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule.” +
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“The man wearing a "JESUS WILL JUDGE YOU" sweatshirt while kicking a person on the ground – standing next to a noted [[white supremacist]] sucker punching a woman in the face – is antagonistic Oregon street preacher [[Allen Wesley Pucket]]. He traveled with his associates down to Berkeley, California, on Saturday for a pro-[[Donald Trump]] "Patriot Day" [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg5bnm/violent-protests-turned-berkeley-into-a-battleground rally that turned violent +
“The problem with [[socialist]]s, according to [[Margaret Thatcher]], is that "they always run out of [[other people's money]]." We haven't hit that point just yet, but we have hit our nation's legal credit limit of $14.3 trillion. To avoid defaulting on our loans, policymakers must raise that limit.” ...so that we can continue borrowing other people's money. +
“The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2015, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.” +
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“There are significant political and logistical hurdles that McConnell must clear to confirm Trump's nominee with just 45 days left until the election. But there’s little Democrats can do to halt the process if Republicans, who hold a majority in the Senate, [https://news.yahoo.com/why-and-how-republicans-will-push-through-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-184752773.html remain united]. ” +
“There have been [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/06/girls-mathematics-and-sexual-equality.html numerous] [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/05/macho-culture-of-science-and.html posts] about a recent report on the lack of women in science and technology careers, pointing to the sexism and macho culture as the main reason women leave these careers. Needless to say the comments on some of those posts have been frustrating.” +
“There is no conclusive evidence that sex change operations improve the lives of transsexuals, with many people remaining severely distressed and even suicidal after the operation, according to a medical review conducted exclusively for Guardian Weekend tomorrow.” This article [[sex reassignment surgery/misrepresentation|misleadingly represents]] what is known about the effects of SRS, and the headline is an outright lie. +
“There is no question, though, that the color pictures of mangled fetuses will stop you from ordering cherry cobbler for dessert. ... [[Donald Q. Fozard Sr.|Fozard]] called abortion "the most evil [[atrocity]] in the nation" and said the display is intended to combat "white folks sending money to [[Planned Parenthood]] to pay for black abortions." .. Say what?” +
“There were 13,843 abortions performed in [[US/MN|Minnesota]] in 2007. Of the women who listed a reason for their abortions, 40 percent cited economic concerns – the largest share since the state started collecting detailed abortion information a decade ago.” +
“There's no doubt members of the public must become much more knowledgeable about science and its importance. But scientists must also become far more involved with - and knowledgeable about - the public.” +
“These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.” +
“This is the problem: C. S. Lewis was an unabashed traditionalist. As he outlined in The Abolition of Man, he believed there was an underlying and objective moral law, which was foundational to all human behavior.” +
“Those I met after [[sex reassignment surgery|surgery]] would tell me that the surgery and hormone treatments that had made them “women” had also made them happy and contented. None of these encounters were persuasive, however. The post-surgical subjects struck me as caricatures of women.” +
“Thousands gathered outside the Supreme Court as Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] returned for her last visit on Wednesday, including more than 100 of her former clerks.” +
“Three years ago, league members voted to rescind a rule that penalized them for refusing to compete against [Nancy Griffin, a woman who has beaten many top male players] or anyone else. [Some] men have invoked both their wives and [[God]] to avoid matches against her”, while others have signed a petition supporting her case. +
“Thursday night, the Senate cast a near-unanimous vote to reverse the Federal Communication Commission's December 2007 decision to let media companies own both a major TV or radio station and a major daily newspaper in the same city.” +
“To DESTROY [[Ben Shapiro]], you must first BECOME Ben Shapiro” +
“To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] is a simple proposition: If they don’t replace her right now with a conservative jurist, they’ll lose their chance to replace her. [..] In other words, they think they’re going to lose [[US/president/election/2020|in November]].” +
“To [[US conservatism|us]], bipartisanship is [[US liberalism|them]] being forced to agree with us after we have politically cleaned their clocks and beaten them.” +
“To translate this into practical language, if [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Google Manifesto]] was correct, then you would expect to see that [[Google]] was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever [[James Damore|the author of the manifesto]] thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.” +
“Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. Much paternalist scrutiny has recently centered on personal economics, including calls to regulate subprime mortgages.” McGovern's point about pay-day lending seems related to the point others have made about outsourcing: the terms (be that interest or wages) may seem completely abusive by our standards, but may seem a godsend (or at least far better than the alternatives) to those who choose them. +
“Unfortunately for advocates of the [[Kyoto treaty]], atmospheric temperatures over the same two decades have not risen.” +
“Unfortunately, "[[science]]" is one of those hugely polymorphic terms that carries a tremendous amount of baggage, and any one definition is going to be inadequate. This is one of those subjects where a smart philosopher ... could go on at amazing length, and even then, everyone will argue with their summaries. I'll just charge in, though, and give a couple of shorter definitions off the top of my head.” +
“Using lobbying, the revolving door and "dark pattern" customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government's attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.” +
“Webster Cook is a student at the University of Central Florida. He is also a top notch jerk.” +
“What on earth has happened to [[Ben Stein]]? ... Though I've never met him, I know people who know him, and they all speak well of him. ... So what's going on here with this [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed|stupid ''Expelled'' movie]]? ... It's pretty plain that the thing is [[creationist]] porn, propaganda for ignorance and obscurantism. How could a guy like this do a thing like that?” +
“When [[Ronald Reagan]] and his advisors wanted to undermine the very institution of social programs, he turned to a news story out of Chicago – the tale of one [[Linda Taylor]], who'd bilked the government benefits system out of so much money she was dubbed the "[[welfare queen]]."” +
“When the use of [[asbestos]] was banned, [[Herbert Levine|Levine]]'s insulation had already been installed in the first 64 floors. The newer lightweight construction didn't permit traditional heavy concrete insulation for the remaining 54 floors, and so a nonasbestos substitute was jury-rigged to complete the buildings. On studying the arrangement, Levine said, "If a fire breaks out above the 64th floor, that building will fall down." He was right.” +
“With a proposed $10,455,838 (pg. 4 in the referendum) to be spent on homeless programs over the next 5 years, how do we protect Durham from attracting an even greater number of homeless people?” +
“Within the community of scientists and others concerned about anthropogenic climate change, those whom [[James Inhofe|Inhofe]] calls skeptics are more commonly termed contrarians, naysayers and denialists. ... What follows is only a partial list of the contrarians' bad arguments and some brief rebuttals of them.” +
“You have a society that generates a ''huge'' amount of wellbeing. That wellbeing is ''not'' well-distributed. I do not mean to say it should be ''evenly'' distributed... but it's not ''well''-distributed. It's not efficiently distributed with respect to producing the kind of incentive that you would want -- you know, a dyed-in-the-wool [[libertarian]] ought to want opportunity better distributed because it results in more people discovering more things that serve us collectively. [...] The revolution that we are watching begin has misunderstood the difference between the noise in the way [...] they've misunderstood the basic fact that their lives will get much, much worse if the engine that creates the wellbeing that is unfairly distributed is turned off.– +
“You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are intrinsically different and we should stop trying to make it possible for women to be engineers, it’s just not worth it.” +
“You know, I was asked once, 'Do you feel responsible for the American public having a ... a negative view of the [[US occupation of Iraq|war in Iraq]]?' And I looked at the reporter and I said, 'Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead American soldier. ... Who in America knows what that looks like? Because I know what that looks like, and I feel responsible for the fact that no one else does.'” +
“[...] [[2011/02/03/Building a Better America|Mike Norton and I recently conducted a study]] in which we asked Americans to first guess at the distribution of wealth in the United States, and then we asked them to perform the thought experiment and lay out what they think would be the ideal distribution of wealth if they were to enter society and be placed randomly in a class.” +
“[Marc Jolin, the director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services], said the office already knows what the solution is. "The fact that we don’t have [[supportive housing|supporting housing]] is why we’re seeing a persistent increase in the chronically [[homelessness|homeless]] over time," he said.” +
“[Sarah Palin]'s big spend on clothes emerged publicly last month, but [[John McCain|McCain]]'s aides also said that she spent "thousands more" than the reported $US150,000 on clothes during the campaign,” +
“[[Asheville Anti-Racism]] exposed [https://avlantiracism.blackblogs.org/2019/10/27/identifyevropa-meet-james-patrick-shillinglaw-child-abuser-and-violent-white-nationalist/ James Patrick Shillinglaw], of [[US/NC/Jamestown|Jamestown]], [[US/NC|North Carolina]], as a member of white nationalist group [[Identity Evropa]], recently renamed the [[American Identity Movement]].” +
“[[Chris Dodd|Senator Christopher J. Dodd]] of Connecticut, who spoke on the Senate floor for more than 20 hours in an unsuccessful effort to stall the wiretapping bill, said the vote would be remembered by future generations as a test of whether the country heeds "the rule of law or the rule of men."” +
“[[Cynthia Dunbar|Dunbar]] was not worried about [[martial law]] when President [[George W. Bush]] actually took the steps she claims to worry about now, [[2008 US domestic troop deployment|assigning troops to domestic crowd control]] in the U.S.” +
“[[Diebold]] Inc. [http://www.news.diebold.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5006 announced] [[:category:2009/09/03|yesterday]] that it had sold its U.S. election systems business ... to [[Election Systems & Software]], Inc..” +
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“[[Dysconservatism|Conservatives]], especially those who seemingly [[freeze peach|don't understand the First Amendment or concepts of free speech]], are outraged.” +
2018/07/17/Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States +
“[[Election Systems & Software|The nation's top voting machine maker]] has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold over a period of six years, raising questions about the security of those systems and the integrity of elections that were conducted with them.” +
“[[Fox News]] repeated [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] [[misinformation]] 253 times in its weekday coverage from July 6 through 10, including claims that undermined scientific research about the pandemic, eroded trust in public health experts and policy recommendations, called for reopening schools and businesses without regard to public health precautions, and politicized the country’s response to the virus.” +
“[[James Damore]]'s controversial [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto]] says women are genetically unsuited to tech roles. Doesn't he know they were the original computer programmers?” +
“[[James Damore]], the author of that [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|dumbass Google manifesto]], has been fired. Now he wants to sue Google, and all the usual suspects are [[freeze peach|howling about “Free Speech!”]] [but] It's absurd. This really isn’t a free speech issue.” +
“[[Jim David Adkisson|Adkisson]] was also clear that he considered his actions a [[hate crime]]. He made a special point in explaining that by emphasizing his hatred of "damn left-wing Liberals."” +
“[[Matt Barber]], policy director for cultural issues at Washington, DC-based [[Concerned Women for America]], says the project puts to rest the notion that there is no "[[gay agenda]]." He says the [[homosexual lobby]] is committed to infiltrating the executive branch with people who define their identity based on changeable, sexually deviant behavior.” As [https://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/29/1506 Box Turtle Bulletin points out], his singling out of the "gay agenda" for attention while neglecting any mention of the [[anti-gay agenda]] of groups such as [[Focus on the Family]] shows that they too have an agenda. +
“[[Maya Forstater|Forstater]] tweeted that "men cannot change into women". She has argued that her "[[gender critical]]" beliefs should be protected under the 2010 Equality Act, and she has funded her legal challenge through the CrowdJustice website.” ...“She was accused of using "offensive and exclusionary" language in tweets opposing government proposals to reform the [[UK/2004 Gender Recognition Act|Gender Recognition Act]] to allow people to self-identify as the opposite sex.“ +
“[[Michael C. Ruppert]] was a lot of things to a lot of people, but amidst it all – although many didn’t know it, Mike was a troubled man. He carried the weight of what he genuinely believed to be the coming "end of the industrialized civilization" and the inevitable "[[global collapse|collapse]]". He had told us many times that “There is no more time.”” +
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“[[Oliver Lyttleton]], British Minister of Production, stated in 1944: "Japan was [[engineered provocation|provoked]] into [[Pearl Harbor attack|attacking America at Pearl Harbor]]. It is a travesty of history to say that America was forced into the war."” +
“[[Real Life Superheroes|Real life superhero]] [[vigilante]]s in New York – the [[New York Initiative]] – have decided to step in and have sworn to do everything they can to protect sex workers from the Long Island Serial Killer. They are offering brute-force, no questions asked protection – because they believe police are inadequate...” +
“[[Saudi Arabia]] is to lift the ban on women drivers in an attempt to stem a rising suffragette-style movement in the kingdom. ... The move is designed to forestall protests for greater freedom by women, which have recently included campaigners driving cars through the kingdom in defiance of a threat of detention and loss of livelihoods.” +
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