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Stupid Teabaggers: 10 GOP Freshman Speak at 8th Grade Level

Even though the Constitution is written at college graduate level comprehension, a new study has found that ten Republican freshman speak at an 8th grade or lower level. An analysis by the Sunlight Foundation has found that the speaking level of Congress as a whole has drop …

Yemen and the US: Down a familiar path to creating enemies in order to gain electoral clout as president of the USA

This was no garden-variety intelligence leak. The original revelation of this stunning intelligence success, tantalisingly stripped of important detail, had all the ear-marks of a strategic placement by a senior Obama administration official, aiming to maximise political …

Eight Years Ago, Even Republican Judges Rejected Notre Dame's Attack On Contraceptive Access

Earlier today, 43 Catholic-affiliated organizations, including the University of Notre Dame, filed twelve separate lawsuits claiming that the Obama Administration’s efforts to expand access to birth control violate the religious liberties of conservative Catholics. For Ca …

Catholics Are In Full Rebellion Against The Obama Administration ~~~ The 'Slut' And 'War On Women'

The Catholic League promised "There will be more. And depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules next month on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, this may just be the beginning. It's an all-out blitz.

Romney campaign: Mitt bleeding companies to death just like President Obama saving auto industry

Trigger alert: Your jaw is going to drop after you read this question from none other than Andrea Mitchell to Mitt Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstom (he of "Etch-A-Sketch" fame): ANDREA MITCHELL: There are winners and losers, but isn't it fair to single out companies that might …

BREAKING: Thousands March With Veterans for Peace at Chicago NATO Summit; Police Respond With Brute Force

Thousands of protesters marched beside Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans Sunday to accompany the vets as they marched, hoping to return their service medals to NATO's generals.... "I'm here for the Iraq Vets Against the War, which is a group we've worked with pretty clos …

The Next Asia Is Africa: Inside the Continent's Rapid Economic Growth ~~~ Hitting the Mall

The new mall culture in Zambia's capital, which I've watched expand almost exponentially in visits over the last three years, is booming all over Africa, in places like Accra and Dakar, Windhoek and Gaborone, Nairobi and Maputo. Driving it are young people

How many illegal immigrants live in the United States and where do they come from? | Roy Germano, Ph.D.

By: Roy Germano It is impossible to say exactly how many undocumented immigrants are living in the United States precisely because no authority documents their entry into the country. (This is one reason why researchers like myself prefer the term “undocumented immigrant&r …

NATO Summit: Protesters, Police Face Off In Largest Rally Against Chicago Summit Yet

 Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. The protest, which for mo …

Heist of the Century: Why Aren't Any of the Criminal Banksters Being Prosecuted by the Obama Administration?

The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident. This behaviour is criminal. We are talking about deliberate concealment of financial transactions tha …

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