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Friday, March 27, 2015

Preacher in Kuwait Wants Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt Demolished

A special reason to despise fundamentalist religion:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/preacher-kuwait-wants-pyramids-sphinx-egypt-demolished
Posted by Derek Mathias at 12:58 PM No comments:
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Activist counters California's 'kill the gays' initiative with 'Intolerant Jackass Act'

This is how to counter asshats to attempt stupid legislation:

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/24/1372992/-Activist-counters-kill-the-gays-initiative-with-Intolerant-Jackass-nbsp-Act?detail=email
Posted by Derek Mathias at 12:48 PM No comments:
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Smithsonian Stands By Wildly Misleading Climate Change Exhibit Paid For By Kochs

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/23/3637313/smithsonian-climate-change-koch/
Posted by Derek Mathias at 2:11 PM No comments:
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Here’s What Happens When We Lower Corporate Tax Rates

Raising corporate taxes doesn't help create jobs...but lowering them certainly doesn't help either (except in a recession):

http://www.cheatsheet.com/business/heres-what-happens-when-we-lower-corporate-tax-rates.html/?a=viewall
Posted by Derek Mathias at 11:12 AM No comments:
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How the Koch Brothers Are Bucking a Senate Probe Into Climate Change

http://www.cheatsheet.com/business/how-the-koch-brothers-are-bucking-a-senate-probe-into-climate-change.html/?a=viewall&ref=OB
Posted by Derek Mathias at 11:09 AM No comments:
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Republicans committing trillion dollar fraud?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/opinion/paul-krugman-trillion-dollar-fraudsters.html?_r=1
Posted by Derek Mathias at 11:08 AM No comments:
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Obama finally fact-checks Republicans

About damn time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXlPybx25A

And Dems should run with this through the next election cycle, playing the actual tapes of Republicans making false claims (Daily Show style!).
Posted by Derek Mathias at 11:29 AM No comments:
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Glenn Beck Declares He Is No Longer A Republican

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6896428?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

One down, a few tens of millions to go....
Posted by Derek Mathias at 9:59 AM No comments:
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Watch: A Visibly Embarrassed Rick Santorum is Screamed at by Obama Hater

These people really exist, and alas they vote:

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/watch-a-visibly-embarrassed-rick-santorum-is-screamed-at-by-obama-hater/
Posted by Derek Mathias at 9:36 AM No comments:
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Tom Cotton picked apart by Army general over ‘mutinous’ Iran letter

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/03/13/tom-cotton-picked-apart-by-army-general-over-mutinous-iran-letter/
Posted by Derek Mathias at 1:55 PM No comments:
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Presbyterian Church Votes to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

Now even one of the biggest Christian denominations has given in:

http://time.com/3748485/same-sex-marriage-presbyterian-church-vote-redefine-protestant/?xid=newsletter-brief
Posted by Derek Mathias at 1:53 PM No comments:
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California vs. Kansas vs. Florida

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/15/1371066/-A-Tale-of-Three-States-California-Kansas-and-Florida?detail=email
Posted by Derek Mathias at 1:51 PM No comments:
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Republicans in Congress literally deserve the term "traitor"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/10/1370035/-Six-years-too-late-media-call-Congressional-Republicans-traitors?detail=email
Posted by Derek Mathias at 2:28 PM No comments:
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Religion leading people to commit atrocities in the name of religion

http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.940/shocking-video-terrified-9-year-old-boy-excuted-by-iranian-shia-militia.html

Shouting "God is great!" after slaughtering a kid. Lovely. Religion is like putting a magnet next to one's moral compass.
Posted by Derek Mathias at 2:16 PM No comments:
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Friday, March 6, 2015

Conservative Christians shifting support toward gay marriage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/06/gay-marriage-support_n_6818842.html?cps=gravity_2677_-7759790479685689965
Posted by Derek Mathias at 2:05 PM No comments:
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White Christians Are Now A Minority In 19 American States -- Including Some Parts Of The Bible Belt

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/white-christians-minority-america_n_6811484.html
Posted by Derek Mathias at 1:59 PM No comments:
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More Than 300 Republicans Call on Supreme Court to Recognize Gay Marriage Nationally

Oh look! Pigs just flew out of my butt:

http://time.com/3734626/gay-marriage-supreme-court-republicans/?xid=newsletter-brief

This IS what I predicted would happen, but I'm still surprised.
Posted by Derek Mathias at 8:49 AM No comments:
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Obama Announces Solar Jobs For 50,000 Veterans and Takes On Climate Change

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/10/24/fell-swoop-obama-announces-solar-jobs-50000-veterans-addresses-climate-change.html

This could also fit in the Advancing Technologies blog, although there's a heavily political bent to this article.
Posted by Derek Mathias at 2:40 PM No comments:
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Another study says watching Fox News makes you dumber

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/22/1093953/-Another-study-says-watching-Fox-News-makes-you-dumber?detail=email
Posted by Derek Mathias at 1:24 PM No comments:
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