Kentucky Tourism Board OKs $18 Million In Tax Incentives for Ark Encounter

Yeah, 'cause the Creation Museum is doing so damn well!

http://wfpl.org/post/kentucky-tourism-board-oks-18-million-tax-incentives-ark-encounter#.U9kz5k8nLKg.facebook

Healthcare.gov massive cost overruns

Not good news. Fodder for conservatives, even if the overall program is a success:

http://time.com/3060276/obamacare-affordable-care-act-cost/?xid=newsletter-brief

Climate change denialist update

Here's the most massively ignorant candidate for Congress:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/30/the-most-frightening-candidate-ive-met-in-seven-years-interviewing-congressional-hopefuls/

And here's another member of Congress schooling climate change denier Inhofe:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/sheldon-whitehouse-climate-change_n_5633705.html

The Creation Museum is going bankrupt

Another heartwarming story:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/26/1316969/-Want-to-Know-Why-Ken-Ham-Is-Being-So-Obnoxious-Lately?detail=email#

Satanists Demand Religious Exemption From Abortion Restrictions, Cite Hobby Lobby Ruling

Nice! More fallout from the Hobby Lobby decision:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/28/1317272/-Well-well-Satanists-to-use-Hobby-Lobby-to-block-pro-life-propaganda?detail=email

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/07/28/3464769/satanists-hobby-lobby-abortion/

I really hope this starts a royal mess causes the Supreme Court to scramble to undo their ruling. :-)

More on the failed Kansas conservative economic experiment

http://www.nationofchange.org/kansas-experiment-blows-laboratory-democracy-1406556225

States That Raised Minimum Wage See Faster Job Growth

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/19/332879409/states-that-raised-minimum-wage-see-faster-job-growth-report-says

Heritage Foundation economist can only defend Kansas tax cuts by fabricating data

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/25/1316618/-Busted-Heritage-Foundation-economist-can-only-defend-Kansas-tax-cuts-by-fabricating-data?detail=email

Why do Republicans think government jobs aren't "real" jobs? In the private sector, businesses take money from customers for goods and services and use it to pay employees who then spend that money on goods and services, thus boosting the economy. In the public sector, governments take money from taxpayers for goods and services and use it to pay employees who then spend that money on goods and services, thus boosting the economy. Almost the same damn thing.

Creationist Ken Ham: End the space program or go to Hell

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/22/1315850/-Creationist-Ken-Ham-End-the-space-program-or-go-to-Hell?detail=email

Children Exposed To Religion Have Difficulty Distinguishing Fact From Fiction

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/children-religion-fact-fiction_n_5607009.html

The failed Republican economy in Kansas

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/19/1315203/-I-know-bupkis-about-economics-but-I-know-what-happened-to-Kansas?detail=email

How Americans feel about different religious groups

Atheists aren't at the very bottom for once. Yay.

http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/

But how do people feel about the large number of Jewish atheists?

Evidence austerity measures don't work

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/austerity-cost-633-billion_n_5592026.html

Kansas vs. California real-world test of whether tax cuts actually help the economy

http://www.nationofchange.org/how-kansas-and-california-debunked-right-s-tax-cuts-argument-1405524593

The rich aren't the "wealth creators" the conservatives claim

http://www.nationofchange.org/rise-non-working-rich-1405517368

Ignorant politicians inhibiting scientific research in the US

I truly hate this...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/11/sequestration-cuts-science_n_5577677.html

So much for Bush's '52 months of job growth' GOP talking point

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/07/1312400/-Say-goodbye-to-Bush-s-52-months-of-job-growth-GOP-talking-point?detail=email

Addressing the conservative talking points over Hobby Lobby

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/06/1312019/-Deconstructing-the-Washington-Examiners-Derp-Filled-response-to-White-House-on-HobbyLobby

4th of July facts conservatives would like you to forget

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/04/1311570/-Independence-Day-Special-A-Dozen-Facts-About-America-Conservatives-Would-Like-You-to-Forget?detail=email

Clergy hand out condoms at Hobby Lobby

http://www.nationofchange.org/clergy-protest-supreme-court-handing-out-condoms-hobby-lobby-1404482931

More potential consequences of the Hobby Lobby ruling

http://www.nationofchange.org/10-mind-bending-questions-about-hobby-lobby-decision-1404569145

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/03/1311419/-George-Takei-s-blistering-response-to-HobbyLobby-Could-a-Muslim-Corp-impose-Sharia-Law?detail=email#

Could the Declaration of Independence have implications for government that disturb libertarians?

http://news.yahoo.com/reading-declaration-independence-wrong-144302368.html?soc_src=mediacontentstorycontextual

More mess from the SCOTUS decisions

http://time.com/2955242/supreme-court-rules-on-religious-colleges-birth-control-plea/?xid=newsletter-brief

Christian Right's Mission To Control Americans' Sex Lives

http://www.alternet.org/belief/what-does-jesus-want-your-vagina-christian-rights-mission-control-americans-sex-lives?paging=off&current_page=1

Hobby Lobby Fallout: Catholic Soy Milk Mogul Won't Cover Drugs That "Prevent Procreation"

And so it begins....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby-fallout-catholic-soy-milk-mogul-wont-cover-drugs-that-prevent-procreation/?utm_source=followingimmediate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140703

What if a Muslim Company Used the 'Hobby Lobby' Decision to Impose Its Values on White Christians?

I honestly don't know what the SCOTUS was thinking. Now that the precedent is set, anyone can make up any religion they want and have a legal basis for defending virtually any position one wants to hold:

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/30/1310729/-What-if-a-Muslim-Company-Used-the-Hobby-Lobby-Decision-to-Impose-Its-Values-on-White-Christians?detail=email

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/religious-companies-opt-out-of-laws_n_5544582.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

http://www.nationofchange.org/why-today-s-hobby-lobby-decision-actually-hurts-people-faith-1404224830

How about if we make a religion that requires discrimination against Christians?

Life Does Not Begin at Conception and I Can Prove It

The gametes being alive is an argument I use all the time, but the "tubal pregnancy" point is new to me:

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/29/1310323/-Life-Does-Not-Begin-at-Conception-and-I-Can-Prove-It?detail=email