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Archive for March, 2013
March 22nd, 2013 - 10:53 am § in Misc.
REPRICAN INSANITY
Ted Cruz (R, TX) at a the Fourth of July political rally in Austin, Texas, accused the Harvard Law School of harboring a dozen Communists on its faculty when he studied there. from 1992 until 1995. Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/02/ted-cruz-sees-red-not-crimson-a[...]
March 21st, 2013 - 10:25 pm § in Uncategorized
Voters Rights Day
It was on this day in 1965 that thousands of marchers, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., left Selma, Alabama, headed to Montgomery, to protest the disenfranchisement of African-American voters. They had attempted the march twice before, earlier in the month, but the first time they had been badly b[...]
March 21st, 2013 - 1:17 pm § in Misc.
Russia Bringing Back the Pink Triangle
Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide MOSCOW (AP) – Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia’s parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of “hooliganism.” But if a bill that comes up for a firs[...]
March 21st, 2013 - 9:12 am § in Politics
LIberal Hype:Republicans are not the only folks who can not accept science.
Republicans are not the only folks who can not accept science. Liberals are obsessed with he ides that uranium is a bad word. Uranium is a natural part of our environments … as are many other metals, including lead. In the case of uranium, a small part of uranium includes unstable isotope[...]
March 20th, 2013 - 9:09 am § in Misc.
You Own YOUR Books! ? and DVDs?
In Win for Libraries Over Publishers, Supreme Court Upholds Reselling of Foreign Books By Jennifer Howard If you’re the legal owner of a copy of a book or other work copyrighted under U.S. law, the Supreme Court says you have the right to resell or give it away, even if it was made overseas. I[...]
Send Everyone to College!
I just received this from the Daily Kos and think it may interest those on this list. Apparently Democratic candidate for Governor of Arkansas, Bill Haller wants to give every high school graduate the equivalent of an athletic scholarship. To me, Bill Halter’s proposal has good news and ba[...]