Massive "Debilitating" Heatwave Expands Eastward: Time To Act
An historic heat wave that has helped create tinderbox conditions in Colorado and other Western states is moving east, with record-breaking temperatures expected in at least 13 states Thursday, from...
View ArticleMarijuana makes the ballot in Oregon
Oregon voters will have a chance to make marijuana legal. The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, also known as Initiative 9, will appear as Measure 80 on the Oregon ballot in November. The official Twitter feed...
View ArticleRomney Campaign Joins Voter Suppression Efforts In Virginia!
Because RepubliCONS can't win with their same old tired lies, they as usual have to cheat! That ad was created by the Voter Participation Center in response to outraged fluff from Virginia Republicans...
View ArticleInternet Heavyweights Band Together; Good or Bad?
The titans of the Web—Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon—have joined forces to make their voices heard in Washington, forming a powerful lobbying group called the Internet Association. The companies...
View ArticleMitt Romney's Favorite Gesture: Jazz Hands
In speech after speech, the presumptive Republican nominee deploys a familiar move to accentuate his points. Les Mitt? Joseph Smith and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat? Whatever you call it, we...
View ArticleTell USDA Secretary Vilsack: Farmers deserve the truth about climate change...
The US is facing one of the worst droughts in our history, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he doesn't want to "opine" as to the role of climate change.* That is not acceptable. The...
View ArticleMississippi NAACP leader sent to prison for 10 counts of voter fraud
While NAACP President Benjamin Jealous lashed out at new state laws requiring photo ID for voting, an NAACP executive sits in prison, sentenced for carrying out a massive voter fraud scheme. In a...
View ArticleAnti-fracking blockade in Pennsylvania's Moshannon State Forest
Activists from Marcellus Earth First! have erected a slash pile blockade and two tree sits blocking an access road to an EQT hydro-fracking site in Moshannon State Forest in Clearfield County, PA.,...
View ArticleObama: 'If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made...
President Barack Obama addressed supporters in Roanoke, Virginia on Friday afternoon and took a shot at the business community. President Obama dismissed any notion that business owners deserve any...
View ArticleMarijuana restrictions eased for organ transplant candidates at OHSU and...
Dr. Reich said a recent study of liver transplant patients showed carefully screened patients who had used marijuana before the procedure had "excellent" outcomes....
View ArticleStand-off looms over US plans to cut GMO crop oversight
* Provisions would ease path to market for GMO crops * Foes see "Monsanto Rider" weakening regulation * Follows court rulings saying U.S. violated law in GMO approvals Efforts to write benefits for...
View ArticleTell USDA Secretary Vilsack: Farmers deserve the truth about climate change...
The US is facing one of the worst droughts in our history, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he doesn't want to "opine" as to the role of climate change.* That is not acceptable. The...
View ArticlePew Research Center Research Topics Index
Recently a bunch of righty's here at current who almost always ignore the Pew polls, suddenly found one issue they agreed with and used it when the research proved there are millions of dead people on...
View ArticleScalia's Surprising Admission ...
Scalia appeared on "FOX News Sunday - with Chris Wallace" this week. He's promoting his new book. Most of the commentary on his appearance centered on his comments on gun control and the Affordable...
View ArticleMitt Romney Spokesman Tells Reporters, "Kiss My A$$" at Polish Holy Site
"As Romney left the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw and walked toward his motorcade parked in Pilsudski Square, reporters began shouting questions from the line where campaign...
View ArticleThe Class-Warfare Election !
I wonder if they had charts right before the French Revolution? Just a reminder of what the two candidates are, in fact, advocating. From Ezra Klein: Now, this is only for the specifics Romney has...
View ArticleRobert Reich: Why Taxes Have to Be Raised on the Rich | Common Dreams
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View ArticleCommunist Propaganda
This is a 1950's propaganda piece about propaganda...a wheel within a wheel within a wheel. You decide and please comment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Oq45L-Xg8&feature=youtu.be added by:...
View ArticlePETITION: REJECT the BOMBS not BREAD "budget"!
How cruel and heartless are the Tea Party Republicans in Congress? The extreme right wing leadership of the House of Representatives passed a budget plan that cuts off 300,000 kids from free school...
View ArticleHow Romney Could Raise Taxes on 95% of the Country—in 1 Tall Graph
No winder Mitt doesn't want to talk about the details of his economic plans. "The Atlantic" reports today that: "Mitt Romney's tax plan could force 95 percent of the country to pay more, while cutting...
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