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Charity NavigatorComprehensive charity rating sitehttp://www.charitynavigator.org/***BY DYLAN MATTHEWSDecember 26, 2013So you've finally given all your Hanukkah and Christmas gifts to friends and...
View ArticlePussy Riot To Form Human Rights Group. Mikhail Khodorkovsky May Join Them
Pussy RiotWikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot***In Moscow press conference, recently freed members of Pussy Riot cite plans to form human rights organization focusing on prisoners(Photo:...
View ArticleMethodist Church Includes Trayvon Martin In Its Nativity Scene
A southern California church known for its edgy Christmas displays depicted a mortally wounded Trayvon Martin this year in its Nativity scene as a comment on violence.Artist John Zachary said the...
View ArticleOccupy Madison Builds First House In Planned Eco-Village For The Homeless
A homeless Wisconsin couple moved into a “tiny home” Christmas Eve they helped build with fellow Occupy Madison members.Chris Derrick and Betty Ybarra had been living since April in an encampment at a...
View ArticleAlabama Lawmaker Will Introduce Bill Defending Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson
Alan: Increasingly, fundamentalist Christians and Catholic traditionalists use religion as a "Get Out Of Bigotry Free" card.Etymology of...
View ArticleThe Flow Of World Wind Patterns (Animation)
When you click on the following webpage, keep in mind that you can use your cursor to whirl the planet in any direction you...
View ArticleSharks on Twitter: Australian Scientists Use Transmitters On Sharks To Warn...
Followers get tweets containing details of shark’s size,breed and approximate locationANTONIA MOLLOYFriday 27 December 2013Scientists in Western Australia are using Twitter to warn surfers and swimmers...
View ArticleJesuit Mother Church In Rome Holds Funeral For Beaten Homeless Trans Woman
A week before her death, Qintero gave an interview to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, explaining that beatings had paralyzed her arm and left her walking with a limp. She told the reporter...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky: We’re No Longer A Functioning Democracy, We're A Plutocracy
Louis BrandeisBorn in Louisville of Bohemian Jewish parents, Brandeis graduated Harvard Law School at age 20 with the highest grade average in the school's history....
View ArticleAmerican Hedge Fund Billionaire Could Start A ‘Holy War’ In The Middle East
By Alex KaneGlobal Research, December 22, 2013 alternetHenry Swieca is a money man. The New York-based billionaire made his fortune by co-founding Highbridge Capital Corp., a hedge fund that boasted...
View ArticleCritics Pick The Best Movies Of 2013
Critics Pick The Best Moviews Of 2013by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features EditorDecember 8, 2013http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2013Below, we collect every...
View ArticleWhat Happens When A World Class Violinist Starts Playing At A D.C. Metro Stop?
Joshua Bell playing at D.C. Metro stop.Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOPu0_YWhw***Pearls Before BreakfastCan one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour?...
View ArticleMalignant Republicans Refuse Feds' Offer Of Medicaid Coverage To 5,000,000...
It is not name-calling to identify people for what they are.***The “wingnut hole” measured: 5 million without insurance thanks to GOP refusalBY RYAN COOPERDecember 31, 2013 at 2:42 pmFliers promoting...
View ArticleGOP Heartlessness: Mainstreaming Extremism
Finally, a moral touchstone for Republicans..."Pope Francis Links"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.htmlNote: Herman Cain is not pictured.There would have been plenty of...
View ArticleChapel Hill Physician Becomes Cheerleader For Health Law
Dr. Sam Weir, M.D.Alan: Sam (who happens to be my "next door" neighbor), is a dedicated physician and loving father.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Although still too early to gauge the impact of the Affordable...
View ArticleObamacare: The GOP Has Wandered Into A Box Canyon Boobytrapping Their Own Escape
GOP’s 2014 horror strategy: Exploit Americans’ misfortune, drum up fake outragePrepare for them to search high and low for people disappointed with Obamacare -- then pretend to share their painA quick...
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