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This is a from a WABC report on Manifested Glory Ministries, a Connecticut church that appears to be performing a gay exorcism on a young man or teenager. This is fucking disturbing. The video shows him contorting as if he’s having a seizure and than vomiting. The church originally was promoting this video on [...]
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Levi Johnston says Sarah Palin is lying.
From Politico:
Levi Johnston said during an interview on CBS’s “Early Show” that he moved into the governor’s house a few weeks before Bristol Palin gave birth to their child.
Palin’s camp has denied the claim, but Johnston insisted the governor is not telling the truth. “They [...]
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President Obama has proposed the following steps:
Tax businesses based on the carbon they admit in order to pay for government investment into renewable energy research and extend tax relief to low and middle income Americans to help pay for the likely increase in energy costs as producers pass the cost of their carbon permits on [...]
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My local paper published today a list of every education professional in our county earning over $50,000. Their explanation for doing so ran as follows,
“After receiving multiple questions and requests from readers, and in light of the budget crisis public shcools are facing, The Index-Journal delved more into the public school payroll.
Under the Freedom of [...]
Filed under: commentary, social | Tagged: budget, crisis, education, funding, H.L. Mencken, journalism, local politics, schools, stimulus, Tip O'Neil | 5 Comments »
“Our inner cities are still too conversant with crime but the level of fear generated by that crime, now found in once quiet, and now electronically padlocked suburbs is alarming and further demonstrates that our past, present and future are linked.”
That’s a mind for you. Check the rest.
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With Barack Obama’s inauguration this past Tuesday, the United States has ushered in a new era in American history. Throughout the campaign, President Obama promised a new ear of diplomacy focusing on international cooperation, and his inauguration speech and Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks indicate that he intends to keep that promise. However, are Americans [...]
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As a someone who enjoys reading, I found this article from the Washington Monthly to be incredibly interesting. It’s a series of small essays written by journalists, other writers, and academics from multiple on what books they would want President Obama to read. I was surprised by some on the list, including a few fiction [...]
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One of the side effects of Obama’s election here in the US has been the profligacy of both Obama-themed merchandise and the way that advertisers have been co-opting Obama’s messages of hope and change. Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic discussed this the other day, but he hasn’t seen this: You can’t find this [...]
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The last time I watched this speech in full, I was in High School. For our own sake, we can’t allow heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. to be distilled into sound bites and slogans. Take some time today and reflect on what he did for us as a people and as a nation.
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First up, Tim Geithner. Sorry buddy, you’re too cute. I get that you’ve only been on the job for two months, and the problems arrived long before you, but you should have known about these AIG bonuses. Hell, you did know about these bonuses. The congressman from New [...]
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