February 2012
“An appeals court in Wisconsin on Friday ordered a [Republican] judge in...”
– Dems Catch A Break In Wisconsin Recall Signatures Lawsuit (via ryking)
Mitt Romney thinks I’m poor | MadMikesAmerica →
Is GPS All in Our Heads? - NYTimes.com →
“It’s a question that probably every driver with a Garmin navigation device on her dashboard has asked herself at least once: What did we ever do before GPS? How did people find their way around, especially in places they’d never been before?”
To GPS, or not to GPS? Lol…(“To be, or not to be. That is the question.”)
Florida Republican Stripped Of Senate Chairmanship... →
The biggest critic of a massive prison privatization scheme in Florida was stripped of his chairmanship of the Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriation for opposing Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) plan to outsource prison oversight to the lowest bidder.
Sen. Mike Fasano (R) is one of ten Senate Republicans who opposes the plan to give private, for-profit vendors control over 26...
ACTA on the edge in Europe? Poland suspends... →
wespeakfortheearth:
infoneer-pulse:
Anger at last month’s decision by the European Union and 22 of its member states to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has led to widespread protests, hacked Web sites, and legislators backing away from the treaty.
The anti-ACTA protests that saw Polish politicians don Guy Fawkes masks in parliament have borne fruit. After experiencing a...
The Millions : Your Guide to Literary Tumblrs →
peterwknox:
A nice comprehensive and long listings of tumblrs you might enjoy.
Watchthedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: In light of the lawsuit brought against Newt Gingrich for violating the copyright of the band Survivor by using “Eye of the Tiger” as his campaign rally entrance theme without permission, Stephen Colbert thought it only right that Survivor frontman Dave Bickler return the infringement by performing Gingrich’s latest book, A Nation Like No Other, to...
Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science at... →
But the most amazing and telling evidence of the bias of the Wall Street Journal in this field is the fact that 255 members of the United States National Academy of Sciences wrote a comparable (but scientifically accurate) essay on the realities of climate change and on the need for improved and serious public debate around the issue, offered it to the Wall Street Journal, and were turned down....
Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities... →
In addition to raising millions of dollars a year for breast cancer research, fundraising giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure has a lesser-known mission that eats up donor funds: patrolling the waters for other charities and events around the country that use any variation of “for the cure” in their names.
So far, Komen has identified and filed legal trademark oppositions against more than a...
Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan advocacy organization.
That means the loss of $3.75 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University...
A quarter of Mitt Romney's campaign funds come... →
"Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) launched a special... →
ryking:
A Republican used her political position to financially enrich herself? I’m shocked!
Robert Reich: Why No Responsible Democrat Should... →
robertreich:
Republicans are worried sick about Newt Gingrich’s ascendance, while Democrats are tickled pink.
Yet no responsible Democrat should be pleased at the prospect that Gingrich could get the GOP nomination. The future of America is too important to accept even a small risk of a Gingrich presidency.
The Republican worry is understandable. “The possibility of Newt Gingrich being our...
Pac-Man Hacked Onto a Touch-Screen Voting Machine... →
leftish:
[NOTE* from Leftish: I don’t know about you, but as the elections draw closer, I am once again deeply concerned about the Voting Machines - when you consider that a tamper-proof Voting Machine got hacked by a Pac-Man lover just shows how easy it is to mess with these machines. I don’t understand spending Millions on these campaigns, when the results can just be reversed, as has been...
