Saturday, December 17, 2011

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Laughs at #OWS Police Brutality Accountability



Abortions, Murdering of Pregnant Women & Miscarriages in the Bible Carried Out Or Prayed For In The Name Of God

The abortion debate has been going on in this country for a long time. Me, I feel that it shouldn't be used as birth control. But who am I to look at a woman who's a victim of incest, rape or her life is in danger and tell her what to do? I don't know what I'd do in that situation, so I'm not going to tell someone else what to do.

After 19 Months...The Bradley Manning Hearing



Once Again



Women 'have a Constitutional right' to abortion 'and it's being denied all over the country



Gay Soldier, Army Captain Steve Hill Booed By GOP During Debate Speaks Out



Anonymous declares cyber war on Congress over indefinite detention act

Anonymous declares cyber war on Congress over indefinite detention act: "Hacktivists are continuing their mission to take on politicians causing the collapse of constitutional rights in America, with operatives from the online collective Anonymous keeping up a campaign against the signers of controversial legislation.

As RT reported on Thursday, members of Anonymous began a campaign this week to expose information on the lawmakers who voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, a bill that will allow for the indefinite detention of American citizens, the reinstating of torture methods and the creation of the United States as a battlefield. Despite the implications of the act, the Senate allowed for the bill to leave Capitol Hill on Thursday, leaving only the inking of President Barack Obama’s name as the final step for ratification...."

I Might Be a Terrorist


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Friday, December 16, 2011

Three myths about the detention bill

Three myths about the detention bill: "Condemnation of President Obama is intense, and growing, as a result of his announced intent to sign into law the indefinite detention bill embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These denunciations come not only from the nation’s leading civil liberties and human rights groups, but also from the pro-Obama New York Times Editorial Page, which today has a scathing Editorial describing Obama’s stance as “a complete political cave-in, one that reinforces the impression of a fumbling presidency” and lamenting that “the bill has so many other objectionable aspects that we can’t go into them all,” as well as from vocal Obama supporters such as Andrew Sullivan, who wrote yesterday that this episode is “another sign that his campaign pledge to be vigilant about civil liberties in the war on terror was a lie.” In damage control mode, White-House-allied groups are now trying to ride to the rescue with attacks on the ACLU and dismissive belittling of the bill’s dangers.

For that reason, it is very worthwhile to briefly examine — and debunk — the three principal myths being spread by supporters of this bill, and to do so very simply: by citing the relevant provisions of the bill, as well as the relevant passages of the original 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF), so that everyone can judge for themselves what this bill actually includes (this is all above and beyond the evidence I assembled in writing about this bill yesterday)..."

If Obama signs this into law, I'm going to be super pissed.

One People Flash Mob — Occupy



Liberty All Askew


We don't live up to the Statue of Liberty's poem anymore.

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
~Emma Lazarus

7 Facts About Our Veterans That Will Shock The Hell Out Of You

It Only Takes a Girl





"The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down."
~Isabel Allende

Thursday, December 15, 2011

NDAA: An Astonishing Attack on Our Civil Liberties



Anonymous - AMERICA IS IN DANGER MAKE THIS VIRAL



Christian Bookstore Stops Selling Bible Because Proceeds Support Cancer Research, Cite Link To Planned Parenthood

Christian Bookstore Stops Selling Bible Because Proceeds Support Cancer Research, Cite Link To Planned Parenthood: "LifeWay Christian Bookstores is “one of the world’s largest providers of Christian products and services” including church literature, music, video recordings, church supplies, and of course bibles in hopes of “providing biblical solutions for life.” But one Bible didn’t meet their “biblical” standard and was subsequently pulled from the shelves. Why? Because it helped raise money for breast cancer programs.

For every copy of this particular Bible that was sold, $1 dollar from the sale went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a breast cancer charity well-known for organizing “Race for the Cure.” The foundation, in turn, donates some of its funds to breast cancer health programs sponsored by Planned Parenthood. Because the religious right views Planned Parenthood as the pinnacle of abortion evil, LifeWay immediately said they had “made a mistake” in selling the Bible and pulled it from the shelves...."

Way to be a bunch of dicks!

Motivated In Ohio: Welcome to the Police State--Motivated In Ohio

Motivated In Ohio: Welcome to the Police State--Motivated In Ohio: Personally, I don't care for the Westboro Baptist Church protesting at soldiers' funerals.  I disagree with everything that they say.  I will, however, fight for their right to say it.

Can Prayer Cure Aids? Taxpayer Funded Study



In The U.S. Congress, Politics Wins, America Loses



The Book of Cletis: You Say You Want A Revolution

The Book of Cletis: You Say You Want A Revolution: Note: This is a repost from last year. Sadly, it's still appropriate and besides in those days the only people reading this blog were my wif...

Anonymous attacking creators of indefinite detention bill

Anonymous attacking creators of indefinite detention bill: "With President Obama read to sign away the freedoms of Americans by inking his name to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, opponents are already going after the lawmakers that made the legislation possible.

The act, abbreviated as NDAA FY2012, managed to make its way through Congress with overwhelming support in recent days, despite legislation that allows for Americans to be detained indefinitely and tortured by authorities for the mere suspicion of committing “a belligerent act." The Obama administration originally decreed that they would veto the bill, only for the White House to announce a change of heart on Wednesday this week.

With the passing of the act almost certain at this point, hackers aligned to the massive collective Anonymous are taking a stab at staking out the politicians that helped put the bill in the president’s hands...."

Obama Drops Veto Threat Over Military Authorization Bill After Revisions

Obama Drops Veto Threat Over Military Authorization Bill After Revisions: "WASHINGTON — President Obama will not veto a military authorization bill that contains several disputed provisions about the treatment of terrorism prisoners, the White House announced Wednesday, signaling a likely end to a political battle over detainees and executive power.

The administration had threatened to veto versions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 passed by the House and the Senate, arguing that provisions would open the door for the military to perform policing functions inside the United States, and that they would infringe on executive branch powers...."

Motivated In Ohio: Cenk: ‘We were supposed to get change,’ not Defens...

Motivated In Ohio: Cenk: ‘We were supposed to get change,’ not Defens...

A must watch people.

One Mayor's Facebook Comment Inspires This Family's Powerful Response



Woman Jailed, Ostracized After Resorting to Self-Administered Abortion: What Is This, Puritan America?

Woman Jailed, Ostracized After Resorting to Self-Administered Abortion: What Is This, Puritan America?: "When we deprive women of access to abortion, shun them, and even throw them in jail, we as a society become weaker.

Jennie McCormack, a resident of Idaho and a mother of three, has spent the past few months of her life in a legal and social situation that calls to mind the trials of Hester Pyrnne, the heroine of The Scarlet Letter. As reported by Nancy Hass of Newsweek, McCormack’s ordeal started when she learned she was pregnant by a man who was doing time for robbery.

Realizing that she couldn’t afford another baby, nor the $500 fee and two trips to get an abortion (because Idaho requires women to wait 24 hours after their first visit to the doctor to “think it over”), McCormack resorted to buying RU-486 from a vendor online. The police eventually arrested McCormack and charged her with an illegal abortion, claiming that she was over Idaho’s legal limit of 20 weeks for an abortion. Since the exact gestational age can’t be determined, charges have been dropped for now, but prosecutors are retaining the right to re-charge McCormack. In the meantime, she’s become a pariah in her community, been fired from her job, and even had to face social workers who are basically denying her aid to care for her children...."

Defend the Bill of Rights for All of Us.

Defend the Bill of Rights for All of Us.: "On Bill of Rights Day, Thursday, Dec 15 there will be a Press Conference on Federal Court Steps, 40 Centre St., Manhattan, 11am. A coffin of the Bill of Rights will be brought to Federal Court Foley Square, NY, NY

The Bill of rights was ratified 220 years ago, on December 15, 1791. It is shameful that today, in the United States, we are forced to come together in defense of the Bill of Rights and our civil liberties, as the representatives of the 1% who rule this country continue to take our rights away....."

Occupy Wall Street protesters demand proof they broke the law

Occupy Wall Street protesters demand proof they broke the law: "Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters are in court this week to face charges stemming from an October rally at the Brooklyn Bridge that resulted in more than 700 arrests.

Despite being offered plea deals to have the charges dismissed if they stay out of trouble for six months, more than 40% of the protesters that faced a judge Wednesday rejected the offer, pleading not guilty and demanding officials prove they broke the law.

"Taking the plea only holds the protesters responsible without holding the police responsible for their part," said Sara Howard, 30, of Amherst, Mass., who turned down the plea deal Wednesday. She said she and her partner, Penny Tucker, never heard police tell protesters they weren't allowed on the bridge...."

Daily Show: Lowe's Balls of the Week


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Vanguard: The 99 Percent

Just watched Vanguards The 99 Percent documentary on Current. It was pretty amazing. I highly recommend watching it if you get the chance.

Is It Possible to Live on Less?


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This guy makes some good points, but if you want to go to college, it's really fucking hard to live debt free.

If I Was A Poor Black Kid...



Ohio ‘Heartbeat’ Bill Will Force Doctors To Wail Until A Woman Is In Mortal Danger To Justify An Abortion

Ohio ‘Heartbeat’ Bill Will Force Doctors To Wail Until A Woman Is In Mortal Danger To Justify An Abortion: "Dressed in the trappings of farcical arguments and absurd antics, Ohio’s “heartbeat” bill marches closer to becoming the most radical anti-abortion law in the nation. The bill bans abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which normally occurs around six or seven weeks into a pregnancy — or before many women even know they’re pregnant.

Now being considered in the Ohio Senate, the bill fails to include any exception for rape or incest victims or for the mental health of the mother. The bill only allows an abortion after a heartbeat is detected if the life of the mother is threatened. But, as doctors told lawmakers yesterday, this exception forces physicians to put women’s lives at risk to justify the abortion. Indeed, one doctor explained that he would’ve had to wait for a woman’s “iliac vessels to rupture” to ensure that the necessary abortion “was an imminent threat”...."

Willing to Try Anything

Saving The Post Office



Gay Veteran talks to Mitt Romney - ABC News



Air Too Dangerous to Breathe: How Gas Drilling Can Turn Rural Communities Into Industrial Wastelands [With Photos]

Air Too Dangerous to Breathe: How Gas Drilling Can Turn Rural Communities Into Industrial Wastelands [With Photos]: "Drilling is just the tip of the iceberg. Compressor stations have been associated with significant headaches, bloody noses, skin lesions, blisters, and rashes.

The exploding faucet may have launched the movement against fracking, but it's the unsexy compressor station that is pushing it to maturity.

Last week, more than a hundred activists from Pennsylvania and New York, including actor Mark Ruffalo, brought thousands of gallons of drinking water to 11 families in Dimock, Pa., who had been left dry after Cabot Oil and Gas stopped their water deliveries...."

Pennsylvania GOP’s Budget Cuts Mean Police Response To 911 Calls Could Take Days

Pennsylvania GOP’s Budget Cuts Mean Police Response To 911 Calls Could Take Days: "Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) has consistently advocated for steep budget cuts that compromise public safety and essential government services. For instance, he signed into law a budget that slashed education funding by $900 million. Instead of lawnmowers, one school district had to resort to using sheep to cut grass.

Now, The Patriot-News reports that the state’s proposed budget cuts could force the Pennsylvania State Police to layoff 500 state troopers. As a result, Pennsylvanians who call 911 for emergency assistance may have to wait days before the police can respond...."

Roe v. Wade: An American Decision For Freedom And Liberty

Roe v. Wade: An American Decision For Freedom And Liberty: "Anti-abortion fanatics have really had a field day since Republicans took over the House of Representatives, several governorships, and many state legislatures. Anti-abortion laws are being proposed and passed in every red state and even the U.S. House has passed anti-women and anti-contraceptive bills. The cause of all this is their disagreement with a Supreme Court case known as Roe v. Wade. The right-wing has been claiming for decades that Roe v. Wade was a liberal decision made by a liberal court. But is this the case?

In the decades since Roe v. Wade was handed down, conservatives have been making the claim that the court was liberal. Evangelical conservatives in particular have been prepared to use violence and the threat of violence to express their hatred of the decision. There are many aspects to this issue that we must examine. The makeup of the court, the Constitution, and religion are explored. To begin this examination, however, we must first know some of the background of this case....."

Why Voting On Gay Rights Is Just Plain Stupid


Daily Show: Kabulvision


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

What Is The Real Cost Of Military Equipment?


That is insane...

Occupy Wall St - The Revolution Is Love



The Book of Cletis: New New Nationalism by Brian Todd Perkins

The Book of Cletis: New New Nationalism by Brian Todd Perkins: Note: This is a great piece from Brian and, boy, do we appreciate the privilege of reposting it. Here's his place. Drop by and have a look. ...

Thom Hartmann on the News - December 13, 2011



Motivated In Ohio: For-profit colleges make millions more after lobby...

Motivated In Ohio: For-profit colleges make millions more after lobby...

Cleveland and Pittsburgh City Councils Officially Support Occupy Wall Street

Cleveland and Pittsburgh City Councils Officially Support Occupy Wall Street: "Why aren’t more cities getting behind Occupy? As grateful as we can be for the few who are, it begs the question why our local governments are so hesitant to back the stated agenda of a movement of the people.

The city of Cleveland recently passed an emergency resolution to support Occupy Cleveland and the Occupy movement in general. Their particular resolution is stronger than some others we’ve seen in other cities who have shown official support of Occupy, such as Pittsburgh’s, but all support shown for Occupy is a tremendous improvement over where we were before the American Autumn....."

Lesbian Sperm Donation Scandal



Maysoon Zayid calls out Lowe's for supporting Islamophobia



Romney Vs Vietnam Vet on Gay Marriage



You Can Lose Your Website For Posting A Lady Gaga Song...With Her Permission



Why is Facebook Protecting Pro Rape Language and Abuse of Women?

Why is Facebook Protecting Pro Rape Language and Abuse of Women?: "Despite a campaign that included 180,000 signatures, Facebook continues to post pro-rape pages, showing, yet again, that they care about users so long as they're profitable.

Since August, tens of thousands of Internet activists have taken to social media to protest a social media giant — Facebook — for its apparent tolerance of user-created pages that make sexual violence into a punchline. The pages, with titles like "Riding your Girlfriend softly, Cause you dont [sic] want to wake her up" and "Kicking Sluts in the Vagina," have been common to Facebook for some time, but campaigns against them began when a Facebook representative commented to the BBC on its decision not to remove that kind of content, stating, “Just as telling a rude joke won’t get you thrown out of your local pub, it won’t get you thrown off Facebook.” The pub analogy comment circulated among feminist activists on Facebook, and it was quoted widely on blogs, sparking a series of petitions that circulated for months, demanding the removal of the pages. When Facebook failed to respond, online activists organized a Twitter hashtag Day of Action, #notfunnyfacebook, to further pressure Facebook to enforce its own terms of service and hold its users accountable. Finally, following the Twitter action, Facebook elected to delete a few of the pages. It also allowed others to remain, so long as they were retitled as parodies...."

Millionaire Job Creators Are Like Unicorns



This Is Alabama

Meet 8 Right-Wing Groups Practicing Scorched-Earth Anti-Choice Nuttery Against Women

Meet 8 Right-Wing Groups Practicing Scorched-Earth Anti-Choice Nuttery Against Women: "They’ve sent a strong message to Republicans: It’s not enough to be “pro-life” anymore. They want full-on war on women and sex.

Is there a rift in the anti-choice movement? A recent story in the New York Times centered around Ohio Right To Life’s unwillingness to lend their support or endorsement to a bill banning abortion from the time a heartbeat is detected in an embryo certainly makes that clear. As reproductive rights activists have noted for a couple of years now, there’s a war breaking out between two anti-choice groups, the incrementalists and the absolutists. Both largely agree on the goals of the movement, which is a complete ban on all abortion, with severe restrictions and possibly bans on contraception as well. What they disagree about is tactics. Incrementalists view themselves the more mainstream branch of the movement, and they focus mainly on chipping away at abortion rights. They’re wary of taking the fight to the courts, who tend to routinely shoot down any legislation perceived as an out-and-out ban on abortion....."

I wonder how many of these religious nutjobs would shit their pants to figure out that their God aborted babies of women who had affairs in the Old Testament.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+5%3A11-31&version=NIV

Motivated In Ohio: Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming ...

Motivated In Ohio: Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming ...: Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming Soon to Battlefield U.S.A. | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone There’s some disturbing rhetoric flying around in the debate over the National Defense Authorization Act, which among other things contains passages that a) officially codify the already-accepted practice of indefinite detention of "terrorist" suspects, and b) transfer the responsibility for such detentions exclusively to the military.

A must read people. This is one of the most important pieces of legislation out there right now that is in the process of trampling on the Constitution.

Monday, December 12, 2011

The 99 Percent: 'Vanguard' Trailer



Obama: Wall Street Did Nothing Illegal





What the hell Obama?! Seriously?!

The Book of Cletis: Exceptional? Maybe Not by Daniel Berry

The Book of Cletis: Exceptional? Maybe Not by Daniel Berry: 558 crosses were placed at Waterfront Park on November 19th 2011 to symbolize the estimated amount of lives lost in Oregon each year because...

Man Bulldozes Own Home to 'Make Banks Think Twice About Foreclosure'



Lowe's pulls ads from Muslim Reality Show



Do You Have A Republican Grandpa?

The 1 Percent Take to the Streets

STRONG Response from a Teacher



Motivated In Ohio: How the right wing is trying to weaken the Democra...

Motivated In Ohio: How the right wing is trying to weaken the Democra...: The right wants to take over the discussion.  At Red State , they have a step by step article on how to infiltrate the discussion boards an...

Colbert Report: Rick Perry's Pro-Christmas Ad


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Republicans Show Their Holiday Spirit By Demanding Billions In Health Care Cuts

Republicans Show Their Holiday Spirit By Demanding Billions In Health Care Cuts: "The Christmas season is allegedly about giving without an expectation of recompense. In politics, representatives are not expected to give gifts to their constituents, but they are expected ensure that every citizen has opportunities to prosper without sacrificing something to a few wealthy elites. Republicans are notorious for tying legislation that helps the majority of Americans to some type of harmful legislation, and the current debate over extending the payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans is their latest dispensation of damage. Republicans opposed the payroll tax cut extension last week, but they expressed interest in supporting the extension on Friday. When Representative Peter King (R-NY) was asked what changed House Republicans’ aversion to extending the payroll tax cut, he replied, “Christmas spirit.” Naturally, one would think that if Christmas spirit is involved with supporting the extension, Republicans would pass it without expectation of recompense because as President Obama said, passing it is “something House Republicans and Senate Republicans should want to do regardless of any other issues.”..."

Motivated In Ohio: Doctor Hotspot

Motivated In Ohio: Doctor Hotspot: Watch Doctor Hotspot on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

Drug Test Politicians



New Dog Democrat: Occupy Wall Street – Why are we Mad?

New Dog Democrat: Occupy Wall Street – Why are we Mad?