February 2012
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Pat Buchanan gets the ax from MSNBC →
About. Fucking. Time. (I’m sure a Fox contract is in his future, so I doubt we’re rid of him permanently from the airwaves…)
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Do you hear the steady drumbeat of war with Iran? →
think-progress:
Rep. Keith Ellison (R-MN) does, and asks lawmakers to sign onto a letter urging the president not to start war with Iran.
If you listen to the rhetoric around Washington and the Nation, Mr. Speaker, it is literally impossible to not hear the drumbeat of war with Iran. The rhetoric in Washington about the military strike against Iran leads me to think that we may be sliding into...
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The unholy alliance between Catholic bishops and... →
liberalsarecool:
“A number of Catholic commentators and leaders applauded the Obama compromise. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious — who presumably count less to the patriarchy because they are women — called the decision “a fair and helpful way to move forward.” Similar reactions came from the Catholic Health Association, Catholic Charities, and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and...
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#OpGlobalBlackout - Could Anonymous Take Down the... →
thenextweb:
The idea is seemingly simple: There are 13 servers that control the domain name services around the world. If you manage to take out all 13 of them, you effectively blackout the Internet. That’s what OpGlobalBlackout, an initiative from Anonymous, would like to attempt. But just how realistic is the threat? We asked the experts…
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30 Years of the Space Shuttle →
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
jtotheizzoe:
moderation:
30 Years of the Space Shuttle
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Great interactive timeline of all the shuttles. Really cool!
(via New York Times)
Super fun, super-informative look back at the immense success that was the space shuttle program. Each milestone along the timeline is described with photos and history. By the end of the day, you’ll be a certified STS...
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The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan... →
stfuhypocrisy:
This week it became clear there are things more important to the Susan G. Komen Foundation—the fundraising giant that each year during breast cancer awareness month virtually swathes the United States in pink, a la Christo—than ensuring women are able to access exams for early detection of breast cancer.
What could be more important to an organization ostensibly dedicated to the...