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Religious Right Praises Komen for Cutting off Breast Exams at Planned Parenthood but Demands Further Capitulations
Source: Right Wing Watch
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, following a long campaign from anti-choice group, decided to end its partnership with Planned Parenthood, which received grants to provide breast exams along with mammogram referrals.
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Murdoch 'humbled' but denies hacking responsibility - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Seeded on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:14 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has described his appearance before a British parliamentary hearing on phone hacking as "the most humble day of my life". The News Corporation boss appeared along with his son, James, but their interrogation yielded little in terms of who authorised ph …

rupert-murdoch, news-corp, world-news, news-of-the-world, british-parliament, phone-hacking

Maher Compares Republican Policy to Casey Anthony Jury - GOP - Fox Nation

Seeded on Sat Jul 9, 2011 7:37 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

It's no secret that Bill Maher isn't a fan of Republican policies on...pretty much anything.

entertainment, gop, republicans, casey-anthony, tax-breaks-for-the-rich, fox-nation

Frank Rich Is Right About Obama

Seeded on Thu Jul 7, 2011 9:22 AM EDT ()

Seeded by Ripley8 (Clipped by goldeneye-1542140)

A lot of people are talking about Frank Rich’s explosive new article in New York magazine.

politics

Fox News hackers tweet 'Obama is dead' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Seeded on Mon Jul 4, 2011 6:53 PM EDT (ABC News (Australia))

Hackers broke into an official Twitter account operated by Fox News on Monday and posted a series of tweets claiming US president Barack Obama had been assassinated. The Twitter feed for Fox News' political news - FoxNewspolitics - sent out a series of "malicious and false tweets …

technology

The plausibility gap in the denial of climate change science - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Seeded on Fri Jul 1, 2011 12:13 AM EDT (ABC News (Australia))

Given that climate research is mostly conducted by universities or research institutes funded out of the public purse, this means that in this alternative reality, governments right around the world, regardless of their ideology, have funded scientists for decades and, for reason …

us, global-warming, australia, environment, climate-change, kyoto

Researchers develop paint-on solar cells - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Seeded on Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:13 PM EDT (ABC News (Australia))

With help from the CSIRO, University of Melbourne PhD student Brandon MacDonald has worked out how to make solar cells so small they can be suspended in liquid, such as ink. "We can then apply this ink onto a surface, so this could be glass or plastics or metals," Mr MacDonald to …

environment, construction, climate-change, solar, alternative-energy, nano-technology

US Gas Is Artificially Cheap: What We Don't Pay for at the Pump | Mother Jones

Seeded on Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:54 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Compared with other industrialized countries, the US has it cheap. The Economist notes that American consumers pay about half of what Europeans pay, which is up to about $8.50 per gallon (or $2.25 per liter).

environment, california-watch, air-resources-board, why-gas, gas-prices-pollution-motherjonescom-today039-s

Obama is looking like a 2008 Republican - CNN.com

Seeded on Tue May 24, 2011 11:02 PM EDT (CNN)

As I sat watching the hysterical and apocalyptic reaction to President Barack Obama's speech addressing the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, in which he endorsed a position that was previously advocated by George W.

politics

Rapture Ready: The Science of Self Delusion | Mother Jones

Seeded on Mon May 23, 2011 12:10 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

"A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources.

science

Fox & Friends wants to be sure everyone gives George W. Bush credit for Bin Laden's death | Crooks and Liars

Seeded on Mon May 2, 2011 4:38 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)

If this is going to be a new GOP talking point, we might as well set the record straight. In March 2002, just six months after 9/11, Bush said of bin Laden, "I truly am not that concerned about him....

Karl Rove's Audacious Transparency Hypocrisy

Seeded on Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:03 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Karl Rove's dark-money political operation has uncovered a major piece of what it's calling "breaking news": Elizabeth Warren, the White House aide in charge of assembling the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, once "made time for dinner" with me.

politics, republican-party, bush-white-house, transparency, mother-jones, david-cornquot, another-rove-wiki

One year later: the falsehoods continue

Seeded on Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:36 PM EDT (Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National)

One year ago today, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, ending a knock-down, drag-out political fight that lasted more than a year.

politics, gop, lies, barack-obama, republican, health-care-reform

Class Warfare, the Final Chapter

Seeded on Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:15 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)

Seeded by garyray-501488 (Clipped by goldeneye-1542140)

"What better time than now for the wealthy elite to crush any chance of developing any critical thought.

economy, wall-street, america, politics, news, government, class, freedom, republican, democrat

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Wasserman Shultz: GOP's Anti-Abortion Bill Is 'Nothing Short Of A Tax Increase' On Women And Small Businesses

Seeded on Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:42 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Today, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on H.R.3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act, which would "prevent women from using itemized medical deductions, certain tax-advantaged health care accounts or tax credits included in last year's health care law …

abortion, politics, health-care, small-business, gop, republicans, health-insurance, obama

The GOP's EPA Ambush

Seeded on Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:27 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

It's not just that the House GOP is pushing—and will likely pass—a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating planet-warming emissions and nullify the agency's scientific finding that those gases endanger human health.

environment, environmental-protection-agency, congressional-republicans, clean-air-act, obama-epa, house-gops

Poultry industry smothers immigrant farmers and abuses antibiotics

Seeded on Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:32 PM EDT ()

The U.S. meat industry offers some of the biggest bargains you can find: stuff like "boneless skinless chicken breasts" for just two bucks a pound; or a "Crispy Chicken Sandwich" for a dollar.

immigration, health, farmers, poultry, tyson, beef, pork

Don't End Agricultural Subsidies, Fix Them

Seeded on Sat Mar 5, 2011 4:51 AM EST (The New York Times)

Agricultural subsidies have helped bring us high-fructose corn syrup, factory farming, fast food, a two-soda-a-day habit and its accompanying obesity, the near-demise of family farms, monoculture and a host of other ills.

reform, agriculture, subsidies

Committee from Koch's Upton Calls Carbon Health Threat a "Myth"

Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 10:57 PM EST (Think Progress)

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) today introduced legislation with Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to block the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing Clean Air Act protections against global warming pollution, rejecting the counsel of America's public health advocates.

global-warming, politics, gop, climate-change, cap-and-trade, koch-brothers

Today's Food System: All Drugged Up

Seeded on Thu Mar 3, 2011 3:42 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Just last month, the FDA confirmed that 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. go to animal agriculture. No joke, 80 percent! This is true insanity and scientists fear that this extreme overuse of antibiotics is putting our children, elderly and families at serious risk.

us, food, health, antibhiotics

Deaths in Christchurch quake

Seeded on Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:42 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

There have been "multiple fatalities" after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch this afternoon caused buildings to collapse, police have confirmed.

earthquake, new-zealand, environment, christchurch

Diver feared dead in horror great white shark attack near Coffin Bay

Seeded on Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:42 PM EST (Australian News Network)

The diver is presumed dead after the attack which occurred about 25km west of Coffin Bay near the bottom of Eyre Peninsula. Police told the ABC the diver was returning to the surface when two sharks, believed to be great whites, attacked him.

sharks, australia, environment, diver, sensationalism

Caramel Carcinogen? Your Soda Pop Could Kill You

Seeded on Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:33 PM EST ()

"In contrast to the caramel one might make at home by melting sugar in a saucepan, the artificial brown coloring in colas and some other products is made by reacting sugars with ammonia and sulfites under high pressure and temperatures," explains the CSPI press release.

cancer, health, cola, american-beverage-association, food-additives, artificial-coloring

Obama Takes Wrong Turn on Civil Liberties, Adopting Worse Patriot Act Stance Than GOP

Seeded on Tue Feb 8, 2011 4:19 PM EST (The Nation)

Seeded by crispy2000 (Clipped by goldeneye-1542140)

The Patriot Act's surveillance authorities, long a source of concern for civil libertarians, are due to expire at the end of this month.

patriot-act, politics, obama, first-amendment, fourth-amendment, intelligence-reform, tea-party, terrorism-prevention-act

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The Koch Brothers' Vast Right-Wing Media Conspiracy

Seeded on Fri Feb 4, 2011 7:01 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

Seeded by anti-status quo (Clipped by goldeneye-1542140)

Indeed, the brothers have spent $31.3 million since 2005 on organizations that deny or downplay climate change, according to a forthcoming report from Greenpeace that updates its report on Koch's climate denial work released last year.

us, politics, greenpeace, koch-industries, glenn-beck, tea-party, koch-brothers, right-wing-media-conspiracy

Northern Mariana Islands become first U.S. territory to ban shark fin trade

Seeded on Thu Feb 3, 2011 3:08 AM EST (the Mail online)

A group of Pacific islands has become the first U.S.

china, sharks, environment, conservation, shark-fin-soup

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Thanks! I'm thrilled to find at least one like-minded person. I've joined your groups, and I've seeded a couple of articles, which you've probably already seen, but you're welcome to them; I don't think they've gone out to all of Newsvine. I don't know how active I will be on Newsvine; there's only so much bile I can swallow, and there's a lot of it out there...
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