February 2012
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First Lady Michelle Obama to Announce that the...
iVillage: First Lady Michelle Obama will announce today that the American Society of Travel Agents, the largest travel agency association in the world, is committed to hiring 3,000 veterans and military spouses by 2014, iVillage has learned exclusively.
This commitment means that thousands of our heroes can build meaningful careers and provide for their families, said Mrs. Obama. And...
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“You want to talk about values? Hard work: That’s a value. Looking out for one...”
– President Obama.
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“If we had 51% women in Congress, do you think we’d be debating access to...”
– Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (via think-progress)
Of course not, and you know what, we wouldn’t even be discussing male contraception/and sexual health issues, because women would be more concerned with what actually needed to be done in terms of jobs/economy etc.
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WatchWatch and learn, Ron Paul acolytes, as Lawrence O’Donnell takes Ron Paul to task over his very non-libertarian position on something as personal as contraception and sex. See him, for once, as the fake he really is.
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Wonklife: Romney is using the programs the poor... →
Cutting subsidies from Amtrak and Planned Parenthood is the equivalent of President Obama promising to close loopholes for corporate jet owners. It’s red meat for the base, but a rounding error in context of the budget.
Romney’s real savings come in the next section. He’ll “send Medicaid back…
Is anyone surprised at this? If you are, you’re living in a fool’s paradise.
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“We are blessed with the freedom to say whatever we want about our president. But...”
– E.J. Dionne
Read the article here. So true.
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“A little history — I was born and raised here. I love the state. It seems...”
– Mitt Romney
I haz love, get it?
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“Amniocentesis does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in...”
– Rick Santorum - GOP Presidential candidate
Who is going to ask Santorum to back up his claim? How can he brazenly relay this on a national news channel without the stats/charts to back up his “so called” fact?
- This is so patently untrue. If it were true, what it would mean is that...
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Interview: Anthony Shadid (1968 - 2012)
granta:
On Thursday, Anthony Shadid died in Syria whilst covering an armed insurrection against the government. The following interview was published on August 23, alongside the publication of Shadid’s essay in Ten Years Later,‘The American Age, Iraq’. It is respectfully dedicated to his memory.
A great loss of a good man, covering the most horrific of news stories.
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Obama Administration Wouldn’t Defend Blocking...
The Obama Justice Department has concluded that legislation banning same-sex couples from receiving military and veterans benefits violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment and will no longer defend the statute in court, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote in a letter to Congressional leaders on Friday.
via TPM
Carry on, Mr. President!
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“Stand with me. Walk with me. Organize with me. Hope with me.”
– President Obama at rally in San Francisco
Still Not Going To Do This Every Day: On the... →
politicalprof:
There is an interesting and it seems to me entirely appropriate debate going on on Tumblr right now about how the #Politics tag works, the kinds of posts that get marked with it, and in particular whether the vile and hate-filled bloviations of one of the Tumblr #Politics…
Reblogged to keep tabs on this discussion.
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Who Benefits from the Affordable Care Act Coverage...
The Kaiser Family Foundation has published a report and an interactive map showing who stands to benefit the most from the ACA.
Here’s what they say - “The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions that allow many individuals across the U.S. to be eligible for Medicaid or for federal tax credits to subsidize the cost of insurance. The analysis below and zip code tool estimate...
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1000 posts.
How did that happen? I started this tumblr in July of 2011 with the idea that this would be a place where I could jot my thoughts and capture pictures and ideas that appealed to me. It’s still hard for me to believe that I have wonderful people who think what I post is interesting, and think it enough to follow me.
Thank you. I am so appreciative.
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“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all...”
– Rumi
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The contraception "compromise"
Steve Benen writes: Word leaked early this morning that the White House was poised to unveil a “compromise” on contraception coverage, and on a conference call at 10:30, two senior administration officials sketched out what they described as a “common-sense solution.”
The new policy effectively finds a work-around to address the concerns raised by Catholic Bishops:...
Politicalprof: Republicans against the Violence... →
politicalprof:
So the Violence Against Women Act is up for renewal this year, and surprise of all surprises … not a single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize the act. Not a single one.
Why? Well, the editorial in the New York Times puts it this way:
The main…
Seconded. No idea why any woman would vote Republican.
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Obama for America: “I’m going to make a special... →
barackobama:
“I’m going to make a special plea to the press—not just the folks who are here, but also your editors—give this some attention. This is the kind of stuff, what these young people are doing, that’s going to make a bigger difference in the life of our country over the long term than just about…
That’s my president.
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I wonder by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved ? were we not wean’d till then ? But suck’d on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den ? ‘Twas so ; but this, all pleasures fancies be ; If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ‘twas but a dream of thee. And now good-morrow to...
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Did Komen really reverse it's decision?
Greg Sargent reports - ” just got off the phone with a Komen board member, and he confirmed that the announcement does not mean that Planned Parenthood is guaranteed future grants — a demand he said would be “unfair” to impose on Komen. He also said the job of the group’s controversial director, Nancy Brinker, is safe, as far as the board is concerned.”
Read the rest here.
Another...
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Fascinating Breakthrough on Alzheimer's Research
From The New York Times:
Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as tau.
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Alzheimer’s researchers have long known that dying, tau-filled cells first emerge in a small area of the brain where memories are made and stored....
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In Reversal, Komen To Continue Funding Planned...
From NPR
After days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has said it will continue funding for Planned Parenthood.
Earlier this week, the foundation moved to discontinue funding of breast cancer screening by Planned Parenthood. The Associated Press reported the change came because of a new Komen policy forbidding grants to organizations under official investigation.
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WatchReason 279 to Vote for President Obama - Protect Your Pension
