February 2012
51 posts
Perry’s On-the-Job Retirement Lifts Pension Perk... →
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sarahlee310:
It’s been discovered that an old obscure paragraph dealing with state pension benefits has allowed Texas Gov. Rick Perry to increase his take-home pay by more than $90,000 a year. While slashing programs for the poor, he’s getting retirement benefits while still working.
An interesting history of how Perry got the ability to double-dip.
Why Diversity Still Matters by Julie Ajinkya |... →
On Tuesday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case, Fisher v. The University of Texas, which may challenge the future of race-conscious admissions at our country’s colleges and universities. If the Court bars the use of race in admissions decisions, it threatens years of hard work by civil rights activists in the higher education field who fought to make college campuses more integrated,...
“If this were another country and they were not allowed to protest, we’d be up in...”
– Senate Votes to Oust Occupy Nashville | Pith in the Wind (via tracesharp)
“We’re helping him, as we should. We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the...”
– David Koch, talking about his support for Scott Walker. (via wisconsinforward)
“We’re going to keep throwing money at this thing until you start saying ‘worker’s rights? What are those?’” -Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
“The political correctness infecting the Pentagon has resulted in silly and...”
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Fox News’ Liz Trotta, defending her comments about women in the military being raped too much.
This is a defense?
Video.
(via reallyfoxnews)
Yeah seems more like a double-down than a defense. She just exists in some strange hateful 1950s temporal distortion. -Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
Daily Kos: You don't own me →
There’s a basic, historical misunderstanding at the root of modern Republican philosophy. A little fact that seems to get overlooked. It’s not their insistence that the road to fascism begins with good health care. It’s not even the pretense that President Obama somehow masterminded an economic collapse, bank bailout, and massive deficit weeks, months or years before he came into office. No, the...
The New Poor | The Daily Buzz →
tracesharp:
Your Daily Blue from Tennessee …
The Public’s Right To Know | The Daily Buzz →
I must have missed the meeting by Lee Leslie |... →
likethedew:
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expired last year and has not been reauthorized. The law has been held hostage by the Republican men on the Judiciary Committee over some asinine pretexts that the law might could be used to expand protection of undocumented or LGBT victims and allow tribal governments to arrest paleface abusers.
VAWA is not your...
The Legislature Is In Full Swing | The Daily Buzz →
tracesharp:
Your Daily Blue …
ShortFormBlog: Pew study: Millions of voter... →
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1/8 of all voter registrations in the U.S. contain errors, Pew says
24M voter registrations contain major errors, according to Pew
2.7M people have current voter registrations in multiple states
1.8M registered voters have one slight problem: they’re dead source
» Is this a…
Here's TMZ's report on Whitney Houston's death,... →
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Our sources tell us a member of Whitney’s entourage found her in her room at the Beverly Hilton hotel … and called hotel security — who then dialed 911. When paramedics arrived Houston was found unresponsive.
We’re told police arrived to the scene within minutes and fire was already there on an unrelated call. According to our sources, paramedics performed CPR but it did not...
GOP senators: Domestic violence against... →
motherjones:
A very important NY Times editorial.
“Really, conservatives just hate women. They resent the fact that we work, go to...”
– hunnichild (via brienne—of—tarth)
inb4 someone changes this all to “uterus-bearers”
(via unknowablewoman)
We just want to point out how awesome our culture... →
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At No. 3 this week is Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen with the debut of “Old Ideas” (41,000). It’s the icon’s highest charting album ever and best sales week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The beloved artist’s new album is his first studio effort since 2004’s “Dear Heather,” which debuted and peaked at No. 131 (9,000 in its first week).
Oh yeah, Lana...
“Political blogging is especially tricky. I’ve always thought that there are a...”
– I Am Donating A Blog Post To Steve Ross (via tracesharp)
Infernal Pastimes of a Sunspot Mind: Constitution... →
joelance:
There is big news in the ongoing battle for minor party ballot recognition in Tennessee. If you’ll recall, a federal judge struck down Tennessee’s ballot access laws as unconstitutional, after a lawsuit by the respective state entities of the Constitution Party, the Green Party, and the…
Watchmichaelbyrd:
Bill Moyers: “Maybe that’s why Newt Gingrich has been slandering Alinsky’s name. Maybe he’s afraid. Afraid the very white folks he’s been rousing to a frenzy will discover who Saul Alinsky really was. A patriot, in a long line of patriots, who scorned the malignant narcissism of duplicitous politicians and taught every day Americans to think for themselves and to fight together for...
City Of Berkeley Plans To Pull $300M Out Of Wells... →
climateadaptation:
Why isn’t this viral?
citymaus:
In what may be the most damaging blow to Big Banks since the overwhelming success of Bank Transfer Day in late 2011, the City of Berkeley recently announced its intention to withdraw all financial assets from Wells Fargo.
On Tuesday night, the City Council voted unanimously to find a more socially-minded institution to hold approximately...
“Well, as expected, our general assembly has gone into session and it’s back to...”
– Newscoma
I admit that I don’t know all the answers but am just trying to find a starting place.
(via tracesharp)
Planned Parenthood supporters denounce Komen's... →
bohemiansouth:
The Los Angeles Times reports:
” … [C]ritics said they believed the organization had capitulated to antiabortion pressure. ‘The investigation they refer to is politically motivated and bogus,’ said Vicki Saporta, president and chief executive of the National Abortion Federation, a professional association of abortion practitioners. ‘To use that as an excuse to end a relationship...
Check out this new tumblr: "Planned Parenthood... →
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ShortFormBlog: CBO: What if Congress did nothing... →
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positive According to a hypothetical posed by the Congressional Budget Office, if Congress’ deadlock worsened and nothing got done this year, the deficit would shrink heavily as the Bush tax cuts would expire and other spending initiatives would end. Huh.
negative However … this comes with a…