‘I’d rather fight like hell’: Naomi Klein’s fierce new resolve to fight for...
From The Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/148879-id-rather-fight-like-hell-naomi-kleins-fierce/ By WEN STEPHENSON December 14, 2012 Naomi Klein, black-clad and sharp-tongued mistress...
View ArticleOil and Gas Industry Prepare Smear Campaign Against New Matt Damon Flick...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/fracking/oil-and-gas-industry-prepare-smear-campaign-against-new-matt-damon-flick-promised-land Here’s what has the industry so spooked. By Sharon Kelly December...
View ArticleReport: Humanity Has Overshot The Earth’s Biocapacity
Turns out both Malthus and Paul Ehrlich were right. From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/12/15/1329841/report-humanity-has-overshot-the-earths-biocapacity/ By Jeff Spross on Dec...
View ArticleOutrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
From Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213 Matt Taibbi December 13, 2012 If you’ve ever been arrested on...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Scalia’s Son Was Chaplain At Catholic ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministry
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/supreme-court-justice-scalias-son-was-chaplain-at-catholic-ex-gay-ministry/news/2012/12/13/56269 by David Badash on December...
View ArticleScalia’s Gay Stance Is Unacceptable: Recusal From Supreme Court Deliberations...
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/scalias-gay-stance-is-una_b_2298838.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Michael Russnow 12/14/2012 The furor over Supreme Court Justice...
View ArticleMajor Medical Societies Call For End to Legislative Intrusion Into Women’s...
From RH Reality Check: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/12/14/who-really-cares-about-women%E2%80%99s-health-listen-to-your-doctor by Andrea D. Friedman, National Partnership for Women &...
View ArticleDallas Morning News: Affirm gays’ right to marry
The Dallas Morning News’ position on marriage equality has evolved a good deal over the last 8 years. Sometimes it seems as though evolution is better than revolution. From The Dallas Morning News:...
View ArticleVan Jones on Obama: Climate “Is Going To Be the Issue He’s Judged On”
From Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/van-jones-obama-climate-interview The green-jobs guru believes that Obama has an opportunity to tackle global warming. Will he take...
View Article‘The Limits to Growth’: A Book That Launched a Movement
From The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/171610/limits-growth-book-launched-movement# Christian Parenti December 5, 2012 In the spring of 1972, a slim book called The Limits to Growth dropped...
View ArticleEx-Komen VP: Planned Parenthood ‘literally co-opted the color pink’
From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/13/ex-komen-vp-planned-parenthood-literally-co-opted-the-color-pink-from-breast-cancer/ By Kay Steiger Thursday, December 13, 2012 Former senior vice...
View ArticleSean Penn blasts fellow actors for putting money before art
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/dec/14/sean-penn-blasts-fellow-actors Campaigning actor hits out at Hollywood contemporaries for contributing to ‘consumerist mosh pit’ of...
View ArticleTennessee pastor: Mass shootings because schools teach evolution and ‘how to...
BTW he is a lying sack of shit. Guns at gun shows are required by law and common sense to be kept unloaded. Even carry licensed people are not permitted to carry loaded guns in to the gun shows here...
View ArticleThe Elephant in the Room: Why is the Gunman Always Male?
From RH Reality Check: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/12/16/elephant-in-room-why-is-gunman-always-male by Sheila Bapat, RH Reality Check December 17, 2012 As a nation, we are reeling. On...
View ArticleWhy Won’t We Talk About Violence and Masculinity in America?
From Ms: http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/12/17/why-wont-we-talk-about-violence-and-masculinity-in-america/ by Soraya Chemaly December 17, 2012 As I listened along with the rest of the world to...
View ArticleDay to End Violence Against Sex Workers Is More than Grief and Death
From SF Weekly: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/12/end_sex_worker_violence_dec_17.php By Chris Hall Mon., Dec. 17 2012 December 17 is one of the few times that you’ll see the deaths of...
View ArticleKochs, ALEC Top Conservative Forces Behind Right-to-Work in Michigan
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13391-the-conservative-agenda-behind-right-to-work-in-michigan By John Logan Tuesday, 18 December 2012 On Tuesday, Michigan became the nation’s 24th...
View ArticleIs Obama Throwing Seniors Off a Cliff?
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/obama-throwing-seniors-cliff As part of a tax and spending deal, President Obama is reportedly willing to agree to significant cuts to Social...
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