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Archive for February 6th, 2015
Washington’s vaccination rates aren’t all that great
Australia’s rightwing leader is in serious political trouble
And this is welcome news, because Aussie prime minister Tony Abbott is one of the world’s worst climate deniers. His economic policies suck, too: “Abbott, a combative, uncompromising right-winger, has become deeply unpopular in Australia—and his colleagues in parliament are eyeing his[...]
Fossil fuel interests call wind farms a health hazard
This has to be straight out of the Koch brothers propaganda factory. Wisconsin is facing a $2 billion budget shortfall, but Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal includes $250,000 to study the health effects of wind farms. Why? My guess is because fossil energy is the core of the Koch brothers[...]
The Founders Speak Against Blasphemy
Do we Need Modern Blasphemy Laws? Before the era of science, what we call the enlightenment, all kingdoms had blasphemy laws. These laws were deemed to be necessary to maintain order ..after all if everyone did not agree that Jesus was God and George was King by divine right, how could society be [...]
Why protesting against bad cops isn’t an affront to good cops
“Jon Stewart offered the perfect rebuttal to the vicious, disgusting, and inflammatory comments made by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and by other conservatives …. “The murder of police officers … tear at the fabric of our society. What also tears at that fab[...]
New Christie scandal
Gov. Chris Christie of “Bridgegate” infamy (how would you like someone screwing with your already-miserable commute to take political revenge against your town’s mayor?) is now under federal investigation for allegedly blocking grand jury indictments of his cronies. The “pla[...]
Anti-vaccination megachurch ravaged by measles outbreak
… and they’re blaming it on “a visitor attended a service who had been overseas and was exposed to measles.” Which, a Daily Kos writer explains, “is how epidemics work,” adding, “And that, children, is why the church run by an anti-vaccination crank is now h[...]
Reagan Day
His Achievements (shortened from Larry Sorbel’s Piece in the Examiner) 1. Reagan cut taxes for the Rich Ronald Reagan is loved by conservatives and was loved by big business throughout his presidency and there’s a reason for it. When Reagan came into office in January of 1981, the top ta[...]