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(219): How sad is it that I’m looking in the farm & garden section of craigslist to find a weed dealer. I mean, that’s where they’d be right? Just gotta break the code.
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The Single Payer System Reborn
Not surprisingly, Monday’s debut of Supreme Court argument over so-called “individual mandate” requiring everyone to buy health insurance revolved around epistemological niceties such as the meaning of a “fee” or a “tax.”
Behind all this is the brute fact that if the Court decides the individual mandate is an unconstitutional extension of federal authority, the entire law starts unraveling.
But with a bit of political jujitsu, the president could turn any such defeat into a victory for a single-payer healthcare system –Medicare for all. Here’s how.
Catholic Bishop Lobbyists behind the war on women.
A group of men with no real background in law or medicine, but blessed with a strong personal interest in women’s bodies, have quietly influenced all of the major anti-abortion legislation over the past several years. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops may be one of the quietest, yet most powerful lobbies on Capitol Hill, with political allies that have enabled them to roll back decades of law and precedent.
Am I fucking crazy?
I’m starting a Pittsfield campaign for the Kony 2012 campaign.. Lets see if I can handle this.
This is probably the best Freudian slip in the history of ever.
ALL. THE. TIME.
Rep. Maureen Walsh (R) gets emotional on the floor while discussing her view on domestic partnerships and marriage equality. A truly moving speech.
Whistleblowing Wednesday: Local cops use Homeland Security-funded military weapons, including armored cars w/turrets, drones, assault rifles.
North Dakota’s largest city has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade.
But that hasn’t stopped authorities in Fargo and its surrounding county from going on an $8 million buying spree to arm police officers with the sort of gear once reserved only for soldiers fighting foreign wars.
Every city squad car is equipped today with a military-style assault rifle, and officers can don Kevlar helmets able to withstand incoming fire from battlefield-grade ammunition. And for that epic confrontation—if it ever occurs—officers can now summon a new $256,643 armored truck, complete with a rotating turret. For now, though, the menacing truck is used mostly for training and appearances at the annual city picnic, where it’s been parked near the children’s bounce house.
You know I can understand why someone would be unnerved over their local police having an MRAP with a turret, but what is the problem with purchasing body armor for police? It doesnt hurt anyone, the only thing it does it protect lives. Get over yourself.
(via occupyallstreets)
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