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[LINK:] We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party. // But the real move to the bedrock right starts with two names: Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist.
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[LINK:] I didn't tell every superhero about this! Who put this shit on Facebook!?
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[LINK:] Murdoch facing new challenge as US senator contacts Leveson over hacking -- Jay Rockefeller writes to British judge in bid to find out whether News Corporation has broken American laws. -- 5,000 potential victims of phone hacking, was one of those an American; what are the odds?
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[LINK:] The monster sculpture work of Jordu Schell. There is a LOT of it...
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[LINK:] How awesome is this treasure trove of emails, documents, files et. al placed online by the NY Fed? // Some of the emails between Lehman execs are laughable - naive, silly, hubristic, childish. // But my favorite piece simply has to be the Morgan Stanley research report from June 30 2008 “Overweight Rating” on Lehman Brothers - “Bruised, Not Broken, Poised for Profitability“. 60 days later, Lehman Brothers filed what was then the largest bankruptcy in the United States.
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[LINK:] This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent American airport atrocities. Yeah, you read that right -- just under a week.
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[LINK:] "#$#! I Just Got Tear Gassed!" and Other MoJo Tales From Occupy May Day -- Photos, video, and dispatches from our correspondents in New York City, DC, Oakland, and San Francisco…
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[LINK:] David Barton, Jon Stewart, and the Myth of Raymond Raines…
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[LINK:] Medical marijuana -- the gateway drug to cancer treatments…
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[LINK:] I think the wrong lesson was learned here today: Straight man's Facebook status -- "I am gay, I'm coming out"; Friends and family -- "OMG"; Best Buy employee who exchanged his broken cell phone -- "Trollololol"
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[LINK:] Porn Web Sites vs. Religious Web Sites: Which Are Riskier For Web Users? -- (probably the web sites that rely on faith instead of constant monitoring to keep infectious software out of their web site…)
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[LINK:] Side effects of becoming vegetarian -- actually, more like a study which only slightly (almost anecdotally) confirm the results of using a poor diet in place of an omnivore diet. Yes, if you are going veg/vegan, you need to eat PROPER proportions of nutrients. And no, cheeseburgers don't have Omega 3 in them either.
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[LINK:] Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield. --WOW! We haven't had threats like that in over 50 years…
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[LINK:] FBI returns Riseup server to May First/People Link cabinet // Anonymous email servers keep no records of their users and are frequently used by activists, organizers and information sources world-wide. (abuse of power, or pure authority derp?)
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[LINK:] In other words, having goaded the government into an outrageous and very public seizure of the blog, the RIAA members refused to follow up and answer the government’s questions. In turn, the government acted shamefully, not returning the blog or apologizing for its apparent mistake, but instead secretly asking the court to extend the seizure and deny Dajaz1 the right to seek return of its property or otherwise get due process…
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[LINK:] What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana?
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[LINK:] Here's what's really bad about this monumentally awful decision: the only people who wouldn't have thought this was "torture" in 2001-03 were the people doing it or writing memos trying to justify it. Is it a good idea to let officials use "uncertainty" they tried to create in order to argue they should be immune now because things were so unclear at the time?
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[LINK:] What "saving face" may look like. China to dissident: we've decided to allow you to continue your studies abroad and are granting you a student visa. Dissident: I have studies to continue? China: You do now…
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[LINK:] Dude reading entire Bible in 100 days, tumblogging neat stuff he finds…
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[LINK:] I didn't tell every superhero about this! Who put this shit on Facebook!?
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[LINK:] Murdoch facing new challenge as US senator contacts Leveson over hacking -- Jay Rockefeller writes to British judge in bid to find out whether News Corporation has broken American laws. -- 5,000 potential victims of phone hacking, was one of those an American; what are the odds?
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[LINK:] The monster sculpture work of Jordu Schell. There is a LOT of it...
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[LINK:] How awesome is this treasure trove of emails, documents, files et. al placed online by the NY Fed? // Some of the emails between Lehman execs are laughable - naive, silly, hubristic, childish. // But my favorite piece simply has to be the Morgan Stanley research report from June 30 2008 “Overweight Rating” on Lehman Brothers - “Bruised, Not Broken, Poised for Profitability“. 60 days later, Lehman Brothers filed what was then the largest bankruptcy in the United States.
------------------------------
[LINK:] This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent American airport atrocities. Yeah, you read that right -- just under a week.
------------------------------
[LINK:] "#$#! I Just Got Tear Gassed!" and Other MoJo Tales From Occupy May Day -- Photos, video, and dispatches from our correspondents in New York City, DC, Oakland, and San Francisco…
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[LINK:] David Barton, Jon Stewart, and the Myth of Raymond Raines…
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[LINK:] Medical marijuana -- the gateway drug to cancer treatments…
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[LINK:] I think the wrong lesson was learned here today: Straight man's Facebook status -- "I am gay, I'm coming out"; Friends and family -- "OMG"; Best Buy employee who exchanged his broken cell phone -- "Trollololol"
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[LINK:] Porn Web Sites vs. Religious Web Sites: Which Are Riskier For Web Users? -- (probably the web sites that rely on faith instead of constant monitoring to keep infectious software out of their web site…)
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[LINK:] Side effects of becoming vegetarian -- actually, more like a study which only slightly (almost anecdotally) confirm the results of using a poor diet in place of an omnivore diet. Yes, if you are going veg/vegan, you need to eat PROPER proportions of nutrients. And no, cheeseburgers don't have Omega 3 in them either.
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[LINK:] Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield. --WOW! We haven't had threats like that in over 50 years…
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[LINK:] FBI returns Riseup server to May First/People Link cabinet // Anonymous email servers keep no records of their users and are frequently used by activists, organizers and information sources world-wide. (abuse of power, or pure authority derp?)
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[LINK:] In other words, having goaded the government into an outrageous and very public seizure of the blog, the RIAA members refused to follow up and answer the government’s questions. In turn, the government acted shamefully, not returning the blog or apologizing for its apparent mistake, but instead secretly asking the court to extend the seizure and deny Dajaz1 the right to seek return of its property or otherwise get due process…
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[LINK:] What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana?
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[LINK:] Here's what's really bad about this monumentally awful decision: the only people who wouldn't have thought this was "torture" in 2001-03 were the people doing it or writing memos trying to justify it. Is it a good idea to let officials use "uncertainty" they tried to create in order to argue they should be immune now because things were so unclear at the time?
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[LINK:] What "saving face" may look like. China to dissident: we've decided to allow you to continue your studies abroad and are granting you a student visa. Dissident: I have studies to continue? China: You do now…
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[LINK:] Dude reading entire Bible in 100 days, tumblogging neat stuff he finds…