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"Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago." (Entire Video)
President Barack Obama, in a surprisingly candid speech, talked about the Trayvon Martin case.Alan: I recommend David Brooks and Mark Shields' review of Obama's talk, which was given without a...
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Enemy Of The Catholic Church
The real enemy of the Catholic Church -- indeed the real enemy of Christianity, along with the world's other great religions -- is Cowboy Capitalism, a ruthless engine-of-productivity that inflames...
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Congressman Formerly Known as Crazy Is Now The Most Effective Member Of House
Rep. Alan Grayson has focused on passing amendments in his return to Congress.Alan: I have always liked Grayson and am happy he's back. Grayson cuts to the quick with laser pointedness and can't wait...
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How To Argue With Anti-Vaccination Crazies
Shot Time An infant gets a vaccination in the thigh, Dekalb County, Georgia, 1977 CDC/Meredith HicksonJenny McCarthy—savvy, telegenic, and pulchritudinous—is joining the popular daytime talk show "The...
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Ingenious Tourniquet Saves Lives
U.S. soldier training with Abdominal Aortic Tourniquet Courtesy John CroushornAn inflatable abdominal tourniquet recently revived two men who were moments away from bleeding to death. The device could...
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U.S. Map: Firearm Death Rates /// The South Always Gets It Wrong
***The South Always Gets It WrongEvery time Southerners agree on something, they get it wrong.SlaveryJim CrowThe KlanLynchingAnti-CatholicismReligious FundamentalismBiblical literalismTobacco...
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Whites 5 Times More Likely To Commit Suicide With A Gun Than To Be Killed...
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Charitable Giving By Economic Strata
In 2011, the poorest 20% of Americans gave 3.2 percent of their income to charity. The wealthiest 20% were far stingier, donating just 1.3%. Researchers say those with less to share may have "higher...
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Republicans Push Democrats To Submit A Budget... and Get One To The Left Of...
(EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS)Wonkbook: What we learned from the Senate Democrats’ budgetBy Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas, Published: March 25 Shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday, Senate Democrats passed a budget...
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Enslaved Human Zoo Specimen, Ota Benga, Driven To Suicide
Ota Benga's Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga***Mar 20, 2013By D.L. ChandlerThe sad tale of Ota Benga highlights the many racially motivated atrocities Black people faced even as...
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Nothing ever goes away until...
Only when we appreciate what we see will more be revealed.Alan Archibald
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The Pachamama Alliance: Partnering With Achuar, Shiwiar and Shuar Peoples
http://www.pachamama.org/"Connecting indigenous wisdom and modern knowledge for a just, sustainable, and thriving world."Since 1995, the Alliance has partnered with Achuar, Shiwiar and Shuar peoples to...
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Harry Reems: Porn Pioneer, Homeless Marine and Christian Convert
By MARGALIT FOXNew York TimesPublished: March 20, 2013Harry Reems, whose starring role in “Deep Throat” in 1972 made him America’s first bona fide male porn star — and whose life, more than most,...
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Evolution via Roadkill
by Sarah C. P. Williams on 18 March 2013 | 29 CommentsOn the road. Since the advent of highways, cliff swallows have built nests that hang off bridges and tunnels, putting them in close proximity to...
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Grammar Affects Savings
By Daniel AkstA recent posting in this space reported on the work of Yale economist Keith Chen,who presented evidence in a TED talk that people who speak languages without strictly distinct future or...
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The GOP: Totally Gripless
"Republican Rule and Economic Catastrophe"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/republican-rule-and-economic.html
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"Taking Out The Trash" (New York City Sanitation Workers)
by Robin NagleIt was a radiant autumn morning. Tree leaves and car windows sparkled. The garbage bags that filled the back of our collection truck shimmered as Ray Kurtz pulled the handles that...
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Too Pig To Fail
Since the financial crisis began in 2008, the U.S. has secured just two convictions against senior bankers. In contrast, more than 800 bankers were jailed as a result of the savings-and-loan crisis in...
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George Carlin: "The Death Penalty"
George Carlin: "The Death Penalty"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDO6HV6xTmI***Carlin's Greatest Shtick: "The American...
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Five year old boy kills 2 year old sister with his very own gun
Selling guns to kids, legally: Only in America!May 2BY MARY SANCHEZThe Kansas City StarShe stepped out onto the front porch, poured grease out of a frying pan for the dogs and “heard the gun go...
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