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Mike Papantonio: A handful of billionaires control the GOP

September 19, 2012 Madonna Gauding Government, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

In the following video, Mike Papantonio, host of Ring of Fire Radio, suggests that the GOP is no longer a viable political party. Thanks

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Lttle ditty ’bout Mitt on tape

September 19, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Humor, Republicans Leave a comment

Each one of the donors kicked in 50 grand, To hear where their candidate’s policies stand. He gave them an earful, but he didn’t

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For a safe life, don’t become a diplomat

September 18, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International, Police, Violence Leave a comment

Often, when college students major in foreign affairs, they are asked, “What do you want to do with that degree?”  When they say they

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Dragging voter registration kicking/screaming into the 21st century

September 18, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections One comment

While Republican Secretaries of State in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida desperately try to limit access to voting by aggressively purging registration rolls, forward-looking voters’

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Romney says what he really thinks about poor people

September 17, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Economy, Employment, Poverty Leave a comment

Mother Jones’ David Corn has unearthed a video–apparently taped secretly at a Romney fundraiser–in which Romney talks candidly to his donors about the 47

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U.S. should not subcontract Iran policy to Israel

September 17, 2012 Bill Kesler 2012 Election, Foreign Policy, International Leave a comment

Republicans are complaining that Obama should have met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the subject of Iran’s nuclear capability. However, Netanyahu wants the

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Culture wars: Doing it 1990s-style

September 17, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Human Rights, LGBT, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Do you remember Pat Buchanan, the one-time Republican candidate who challenged incumbent President George H.W. Bush for the presidency in 1992?   As Adam Nagourney

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Hello, good buy: Goodbye, healthy communities

September 14, 2012 Barbara Finch Business, Cities, Corporations One comment

In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a nation of powerful warrior women.  Legend has it that these women even cut off their right breasts….the

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Legislature overrules, women pay

September 14, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Consumer issues, Corporations, Health care, Missouri region, Politics, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Earlier this week [Sept. 12, 2012], the Replubican-dominated Missouri Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that allows employers to deny

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Fox news lies about employment rates (again)

September 13, 2012 Bobbi Clemons Economy, Media Leave a comment

In a turn of events that will shock no one, “fair and balanced” news source, Fox News, was discovered to be using incorrect data

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