OWS Arrests: Thousands. Tea Party Arrests: Zero. Right?

We're told that Occupy Wall Street has had thousands of arrests, hundreds of thefts, even a few murders.

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Cecile Richards: The Other 99%

That's right -- 99% of women in the U.S. who have been sexually active have used birth control.

Earth's two moons? It's not lunacy, but new theory

In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big splat."

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Rep. West Angry Over Being Dropped From Speaking Gig, Calls Planned LGBT Boycott 'Intolerable'

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is not happy that the Wilton Manors Business Association has uninvited him from speaking at their upcoming meeting.

Lesbian Couple Saved 40 People From Norway Island Massacre | Gay Blog | Gay News

Dalen and Hansen drove their boat to the island, and fished out of the water people who were in shock and young people who were injured and transported them ashore. Every now and then bullets almost hit the boat.

Fox News Announces 'President Obama Is In Fact Dead' | The New Civil Rights Movement

[...] so when news of Osama bin Laden being killed by the U.S. military broke, we’re not surprised that Fox News actually announced, “President Obama is dead.”

GA Legislator Wants to Create The Uterus Police to Investigate Miscarriages

They do this every session in the state legislature here in Georgia. Someone introduces a bill that would make abortion a criminal act. And, yes, this year is no exception.

Churches strive to bridge the perceived gap between faith and reason

Mention Charles Darwin's name in some religious circles and you'll get a few dirty looks.

Evolution goes both ways: study

MONTREAL - The theory of a living "missing link" has been knocked down by new findings that suggest some species evolve from more sophisticated ancestors, a Montreal-based researcher says.

Darwin Day looms as many Americans continue to shun reality of evolution - Denver science news | Examiner.com

Saturday is the 202nd anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. The annual celebration of Darwin Day comes as a plurality of Americans continue to reject evolution despite ample evidence for its role in fostering the diversity of life on Earth.

Bill promotes teaching of `intelligent design'

Public school science teachers who want to teach `intelligent design'' alongside evolution and want to challenge the accepted scientific views about global warming would be protected under a bill introduced in the House.

E-mails in Gaskell Case Show That Darwin Skeptics Need Not Apply to the University of Kentucky - Evolution News & Views

So there you have it. There's more evidence out there in this case, but these are clear examples of the intolerance towards a scientist who is merely perceived to harbor scientific doubts about Darwin or sympathy towards intelligent design.

MinnPost - Creationism 'alive and well' in Minnesota biology classes

Monday's New York Times carried a story about the number of high-school biology teachers who teach creationism. Apparently, just 28 percent consistently teach evolution, according to a new report.

Right-Wing Deflects Accountability... Again.

If you've been paying attention lately, you've probably heard about Jared Loughner, the 22 year old who shot a US Congresswoman.

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Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid | | AlterNet

Yet another study has been released proving that watching Fox News is detrimental to your intelligence.

A Question for Log Cabin Republicans

The following is taken from the 2010 Texas State Republican Party Platform: CELEBRATING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE

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Are people stupid? Or, how modern media is making some politically ignorant.

Killfile seeded an article about the tea Party cheering the name of George Bush. The discussion prompted devilsadvocates to say this: the teabaggers or teapugNUTS were all for the government expansion and rising deficits under Bush the MM.

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NY mosque investor also Hamas terrorist supporter (OneNewsNow.com)

NEW YORK - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.

Graham's snub reflects Obama's influence (OneNewsNow.com)

"We can have hope and faith in Christ, and we can have that assurance of forgiveness of sins, salvation, eternal life -- and I want everyone to know this," Graham tells OneNewsNow.

Life and Taxes

It seems to me that most average people opposed to higher taxes on higher income brackets (aka progressive taxation) don't actually understand the tax system at all.

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People of faith may be target of 'stimulus' package (OneNewsNow.com)

Specifically, the provision reads that stimulus funds may not be used for "modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities -- (i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions o …

Re-classifying rape - The F-Word

I have a suggestion: I vote we re-classify rape as a hate crime.

OneNewsNow: "Silence 'deafening' over murder by homosexual"

A pro-family activist is questioning why there is no outrage over the murder of a college student by a homosexual. On November 21, William Smithson, 43, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to life in prison for the September 2006 strangulation murder of 23-year-ol …

Dear Gay People: You're Doing it Wrong

The election of Barack Obama to be the 44th President of the United States of America was a joy of joys for millions, both here in the U.S. as well as all around the world.

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