Iraqi women get increasingly less power - Feministing
Iraqi women get increasingly less power - Feministing: almaswithinalmas: Iraqi and Afghani women are still waiting. It turns out that the status of women has actually gotten worse since 2003 when...
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thenewfilo:thisisspacejam: He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old...
thenewfilo:thisisspacejam: He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old —- and the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th Century. > George Junius Stinney, Jr., [b. 1929 - d. 1944] In a...
View Article"A way to put it in economic terms, imo, is that money, like everything else,...
“A way to put it in economic terms, imo, is that money, like everything else, has diminishing marginal utility. A dollar should be taxed according to it’s utility, not its value. A progressive system...
View Article"Gentlemen, once you’ve graduated from college and are well into your 20s, I...
“Gentlemen, once you’ve graduated from college and are well into your 20s, I encourage you to hit the singles scene and try to find a woman your age who can cook, manage her personal finances and has...
View Article"So, successful women of the world, go ahead and stay an hour later at the...
“So, successful women of the world, go ahead and stay an hour later at the office. Drop off that grad school application on your way to the 24-hour gym. Why shouldn’t you? You have nothing else you...
View Article"Guatemalans who were deliberately infected with syphilis or gonorrhoea in...
“Guatemalans who were deliberately infected with syphilis or gonorrhoea in medical tests in the 1940s are suing the US government for compensation. Hundreds of Guatemalan prisoners, psychiatric...
View ArticleWis. GOPer Scott Fitzgerald: Dems In Contempt, Not Allowed To Vote In...
Wis. GOPer Scott Fitzgerald: Dems In Contempt, Not Allowed To Vote In Committees | TPMDC: As WisPolitics reports, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) sent a letter to his fellow Republicans,...
View Article"Kansas State Rep. Virgil Peck (R) suggested Monday that the best way to deal...
“Kansas State Rep. Virgil Peck (R) suggested Monday that the best way to deal with the illegal immigration problem may be the same way the state might deal with the problem of “feral hogs” — by...
View Article"Japan’s Prime Minister said the danger of further radiation leaks from a...
“Japan’s Prime Minister said the danger of further radiation leaks from a crippled nuclear power station is rising after three explosions and a fire at the site 135 miles north of Tokyo.” - Radiation...
View Article"From at least October 1, 2010, the complaint details, Cox and others...
“From at least October 1, 2010, the complaint details, Cox and others allegedly “began amassing multiple caches of assault rifles and prohibited explosive devices, which by February 23, 2011 were known...
View Article"Teaching is unusual among the professions in that it pays poorly but has...
“Teaching is unusual among the professions in that it pays poorly but has strong union protections and lockstep wage increases. It’s a factory model of compensation, and critics are right to fault it....
View Article"Efforts by lawmakers to rescind automatic citizenship for children born in...
“Efforts by lawmakers to rescind automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants are already stoking fears among many agricultural workers, and that has consequences...
View Article"The $75-per-student budget cut proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback at the start...
“The $75-per-student budget cut proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback at the start of the 2011 legislative session set a tone. Republican lawmakers followed with proposals to require all school district...
View Articlelianamonster: YouTube - Japan Earthquake Swarm Google Earth...
lianamonster: YouTube - Japan Earthquake Swarm Google Earth Animation It’s incredible to see in real-time just how many quakes and aftershocks there were. They just had another 6.0 aftershock today. =(
View Article"I’m not saying God is causing earthquakes - well I’m not not saying that...
“I’m not saying God is causing earthquakes - well I’m not not saying that either! What God does is God’s business. But I’ll tell you this…there’s a message being sent. And that is, ‘Hey you know that...
View Article"Clearly the original video posted by me was inappropriate. I cannot explain...
“Clearly the original video posted by me was inappropriate. I cannot explain what possessed me to approach the subject as I did, and if I could undo it, I would. I’d like to offer my apology to the...
View ArticleBill Introduce to Defund Abstinence-Only Sex Ed « Human Rights Campaign | HRC...
Bill Introduce to Defund Abstinence-Only Sex Ed « Human Rights Campaign | HRC Back Story: Today, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) re-introduced the Repealing...
View Article"What Wallace did was hurtful and inexcusable, but the response has been far...
“What Wallace did was hurtful and inexcusable, but the response has been far more egregious.” - Phil Gussin, Alexandra Wallace’s political science professor at UCLA. Looks like this story is about to...
View Article"U.S. women have made big economic and educational gains in recent years, but...
“U.S. women have made big economic and educational gains in recent years, but they still trail men in terms of pay and participation in the workforce, according to a White House report released on...
View Article"After the Food and Drug Administration granted KV Pharmaceuticals sole...
“After the Food and Drug Administration granted KV Pharmaceuticals sole rights to produce progesterone, a drug that prevents premature births in mothers, the company has begun charging $1,500 per dose...
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