Deranged Repub rep from Tennessee angry that fed govt is committed to preventing poor people from starving to death: Congressman Stephen Fincher supports cuts to SNAP program, finds defense in Bible verse: "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat"
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]]> The biotech rider, called the Monsanto Protection Act, undercut the constitutional concept of separation of powers. It seemed hardly anyone was paying attention. But then a lot of people got mad, really mad.
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]]> When workers stand up for themselves at work, they deserve to be protected from employer harassment, discipline or termination.
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]]> Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks
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]]> In a comprehensive counterterrorism speech Thursday at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., Mr. Obama said, "There is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened."
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]]> Nearly everywhere you turn, crowds of angry Americans are gathering, no longer content to merely sit idly by and remain spectators to the cavalcade of injustices being perpetuated ad nauseum against We the People by criminal governments that have long si
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]]> The `Ua`u is threatened by introduction of non-native predators such as rats and cats to its nesting islands. The birds are also attracted to artificial lights, which puts them at risk of collision with power lines, guy wires, and other man-made structure
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]]> Refining Canadian tar-sands oil creates mountains of filthy black waste, as the residents of Detroit are discovering. Other American communities can look forward to the same.
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]]> Companies from Japan and Canada want to build the mine on land held sacred by Native Americans, and the U.S. Forest Service may just say OK.
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]]> A local governor wants to approve mining and palm oil companies in one of the most intact and untouched rainforests of Indonesia to destroy the size of a million football fields! Please fight against it by signing!
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]]> NOAA/SWPC issued S3 (Strong) Solar Radiation Storm level. At S3 conditions passengers and crew in high-flying aircraft at high latitudes may be exposed to radiation risk (pregnant women are particularly susceptible) and astronauts on EVA are advice to tak
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As he marks his second anniversary as chief executive of Alstom Thermal Power, Philippe Cochet talks to Power Engineering International
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]]> Ferns are a very ancient family of plants: early fern fossils predate the beginning of the Mesozoic era, 360 million years ago. They are older than land animals and far older than the dinosaurs. They were thriving on Earth for two hundred million years ..
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]]> Sustainable farming or Sustainable agriculture is using farming practices considering the ecological cycles. Sustainable farming is farming ecologically by promoting methods and practices that are economically viable, environmentally sound and protect pub
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]]> An active or possibly extremely active 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season is ahead, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in its official forecast on Thursday (May 23).
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]]> Proposed standards that the U.S. Department of Interior announced last week for hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands are hugely important, especially in the arid West where water is gold. Unfortunately, water protection gets short changed...
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]]> Protea Banks is a world renowed shark dive site in Shelly Beach on the east coast of South Africa.
Divers from all continents come to enjoy the thrill and beauty of diving with a variety of sharks.
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]]> The Senate has begun debate this week on amendments to the Farm Bill. Tell Congress to Repeal the “Monsanto Protection Act” and Support Pro-Farmer, Pro-Environment, and Pro-Consumer Amendments!
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]]> He turned around, and I shook Rahm’s damaged hand. With all the stories of his cursing and bullying opponents, I took him as the type that would try to out-grip anyone he met, but his hand was limp, uncertain, and cold as a mortician’s.
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]]> "The federal civilian courts are now our last option," says Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Attorney. The plaintiffs include CCR and journalists Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, Kevin Gosztola, Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange, and Chase Madar.
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]]> An unprecedented new legal case could allow corporations to use the courts to do their bidding -- anonymously.
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]]> She won’t answer questions. She won’t say, for example, why she never informed Congress that she knew there was criminal fiddling going on at the IRS, where employees “gave extra scrutiny” to tea party, conservative, patriot, and other groups during the a
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]]> Members of tea party claim the movement springs from and promotes basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility.
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]]> The Connecticut Senate voted 35-1 in support of legislation that would require GMO labeling of foods.
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]]> Los Angeles joins more than 175 cities in national push for constitutional amendment!
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]]> Body of War is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today. Meet Tomas Young, 25 years old, paralyzed from a bullet to his spine - wounded after serving in Iraq for less than a week.
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]]> It's become clear that the military is not capable of solving its epidemic of sexual violence. Despite years of studies and empty talk, there were 26,000 sexual assaults in 2012
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]]> This bill is blatantly unconstitutional — but Rep. Franks is still pushing for a hearing this week, wasting taxpayer dollars on yet another attempt to turn back the clock on every woman's right to access safe, legal abortion.
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]]> She showed up so the right could accuse her of false hoods and she said no. There IS NO scandal. The IRS audits suspicion. That's what they do! They are grossly under staffed. They had to make their jobs easier to be effective, period.
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]]> If given the attention it deserves, a new book should make significant contributions to the public discussions of US prison policy. The author, Shawn Griffith, was released in 2012 from Florida’s prison system at the age of 41, after 24 years in prison.
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]]> “This closed-door process lacked not only transparency but also integrity. It involved no independent scientists, let alone peer reviewed findings,” Ruch said. “It is not surprising that the Fish and Wildlife Service does not want to see this laundry
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]]> 19,000 service people are sexually assaulted each yr while in the US Military. 86% never report assault b/c seeking justice threatens their safety, their job security and their future. Rape should never be an “occupational hazard". Please sign.
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]]> While many pundits and politicians are talking about cutting Social Security, in real life declining 401(K) packages and home values mean more and more Americans won't have the savings they need for retirement. The answer? We must increase Social Security
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]]> In unusual move, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry phones Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren to demand explanations, voice protest.
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]]> This week, House Republicans are putting forward a bill called the "Northern Route Approval Act." This bill overrides the President's authority to make decisions on the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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]]> Florida leads the nation in exonerations in death penalty cases.
Twenty-four people have been released from Florida’s death rows after evidence of their innocence emerged.
How can we justify removing safeguards on a system we know makes this many...
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]]> A current 5-year study conducted by Dr. Melba S. Ketchum and a team of scientists has revealed that the DNA in the North American Sasquatch, also known to many as "Bigfoot," proves to be human in its origins.
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]]> 32-year-old Mark Carson was walking down a street in New York City on Friday evening when a man came up to him and his friends, yelled "f---ot" and "queer," and shot him in the head.

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]]> Beautiful video out of Princeton. Bunch of students from diverse backgrounds "come out for Palestine," to remove the stigma that the issue has in US. They speak of human rights, the end of the blockade & the occupation, & the right of return. Moving!
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