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Obama easing tensions with Cuba
President Obama is beginning to loosen restrictions on Cuba. A prisoner exchange negotiated by Pope Francis seemed to start this. John Kerry stated that he wanted to be the first Secretary of State to visit Cuba in over 50 years. If sanctions are actually lifted and business and trade is allowed, will it actually help the…
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Fracking issues in SE Ohio.
Not to far away from a drilled fracking well, that seems to be at the southern most drilling area for now. I wonder if its connected. http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/201 ... -ohio.html link to some info for ohio with a map that shows by county name the number of quakes since 1971?…
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Taliban massacre in Peshawar
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435
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Meanwhile back in the states, ANOTHER shooting
Unfortunately, this one was committed by one of our own soldiers. Fucked up shit. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-body-of-pennsylvania-shooting-spree-suspect-bradley-william-stone-found/ PENNSBURG, Pa. -- The suspect in a Pennsylvania shooting spree that left six dead has been found dead after a manhunt that spanned two…
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Fraternities and Sororities-Time To Go?
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-20141119?page=2 http://www.businessinsider.com/west-virginia-university-suspends-greek-system-after-rumored-death-of-student-2014-11 At what point does student safety and respect for human dignity trump tradition?
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Stapp vs. Obama
http://m.tmz.com/#Article/2014/11/27/creed-singer-scott-stapp-president-obama-broke-irs-interview Lol
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Another school shooting. This time-Portland
CNN is reporting 3 people shot in a school in Portland.
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Racism without Racists.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/us/ferguson-racism-or-racial-bias/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Studies are suggesting that people can be racists even though they're not a racist person. That every white person has a racial bias weather they are consciously aware of it or not. That white people that say things like "I don't see…
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Police Shoot Kid in Cleveland
Another Shooting in the US. http://m.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/boy-12-shot-dead-by-cleveland-police-after-grabbing-replica-gun/story-e6frg6so-1227133274773
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Border and immigration crisis.
President Obama reportedly will hold off seeking legal changes to speed up the deportation process for illegal immigrant children, when he submits his request to Congress on Tuesday seeking billions in emergency funding to deal with the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. The administration insists it still plans to seek…
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Civil Liberties in The Age of Obama
A great talk here by Glenn Greenwald. Glenn Greenwald at Brown with Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikCUHh3Ge_k
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Splitting the Republican Party
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/sarah-palin-omnibus-spendng-bill-113531.html#ixzz3LhpX9eN4 Just when the GOP thought they were gaining ground....I can't wait for 2016
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Parable of the Polygons - a Playable Post on the Shape of Society
http://ncase.me/polygons/ Take a look at this interactive blog post on diversity if you care to. I absolutely loved this, I hope others here will too. What a fascinating commentary on how segregation occurs, and some reasons why it's still around even in spite of us saying that we're okay with multiculturalism. Here's to…
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Yep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yi3tLwigo0
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This holiday seaon, consider shopping locally at independents.
Those of you who know me know I'm not big into consumerism but let's face it, most everyone here is going to buy at least some gifts this month. The article in the link below offers some good reasons to consider shopping locally (yeah, I know, she said "local"... the demise of proper English). A few of those points…
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Not all Cops are evil
Law enforcement officers do more good than bad. I know for some here, that's hard to believe. Obviously, the bad get a lot more publicly than the good. This thread remind everyone that most cops are good people and do good things for their communities. If you know of an example of cops doing good, please feel free to…
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GunFail#
a blog on gun fails on the dailykos website. it is updated every couple of weeks. i think it would prompt some decent discussion if we check it and read it read it occasionally. http://www.dailykos.com/news/GunFail#
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Iraq War information
where does everyone get their information from? all I hear on this board is how bad Iraq is. so much death, America is the evil occupier, millions have died. I have NEVER heard one positive thing about the Iraq war on TV. no mainstream media source ever reports positive news. the public seems to thrive of negative news, so…
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Woolly Mammoth Cloned ?
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/11/18/can-long-extinct-woolly-mammoth-be-cloned/ any thoughts on this ? Godfather.
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe calls House vote on Keystone XL an act of war.
Damn right it is. I couldn't agree more! Let's hope Obama does the right thing and vetoes this hijacked, brought-to-you-by-big-oil vote. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/16/rosebud-sioux-keystone-war_n_6168584.html Rosebud Sioux Tribe: House Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline An ‘Act Of War' The president of South Dakota’s…
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The Day Israel Attacked America
not sure if anybody saw this. it was posted on youtube yesterday, and i thought everyone here needed to watch it. 49 minutes and 29 seconds that should infuriate every single american. Israel knowingly attacked the USS Liberty killing dozens of american sailors, and nothing was done about it. it was covered up. lbj was…
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Glenn Beck Ailing with Mystery Illness...
it is no secret how i feel about this man, but you hate to see this happen to anybody. even if that person was one of the people most responsible for using their media show to divide the country. to lie and make false accusations about presidential candidates. to spread rumors and panic and hysteria about laws that have…
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Knee-jerk Environmentalism vs Sound Environmental Thinking.
Many people often assume that if you show a strong interest in environmental issues and talk about that sort of thing a lot that you are also the type that will jump on every environmental bandwagon that comes through town. In same cases, that kind of knee-jerk thinking can actually be very contradictory to environmental…
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RIP Marion Barry
:( http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/us/marion-barry-death/index.html?c=homepage-t
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Sec Def stepping down
Hagel is or has submitted resignation. I haven't heard details as to why , but it comes on the heels of this "minor kitchen mishap. maybe fallout from the leaked info regarding troop presence on Afghanistan in 2015? Hmm, who steps in? With Afghanistan ongoing now and Iraq/Syrian boondoggle.
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National Adoption Day- November 22, 2014
"National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families." Why do I mention this? I mention this because our daughter is one of these children. K- came to us at a day and a half old. She was born cocaine positive to…
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Obama just made the gop's heads explode...
executive action on immigration. obama threw down the gauntlet. i thought it was a good speech. too bad the networks snubbed it in favor of things like big bang theory... i would love to see the gop justify their opposition to this. what are they going to say? "we are on the side of splitting up families by deporting mom…
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GOP takes back the house. Opinions?
GOP takes back the house. Opinions?
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Pastafarians join ranks of those persecuted for religion
This just in, and from my neck of the woods, too! It seems that Pastafarians are the latest to be discriminated against for their religious headgear. http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/pastafarian-s-icbc-woes-come-to-a-head-1.1414080 At least the colander can still be used for a delicious meal.