History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010 - Health Care Reform - ProCon.org

A great objective piece about the history of the the most controversial piece President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

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Teacher Who Assigned Math Homework With Slavery Questions Resigns

This is a follow-up to an article I seeded a few weeks ago.

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'If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…' Homework Asks -Georgia 3rd Graders Get Tested on Slave Handling

Third graders in in Gwinnett County, Ga., were given math homework Wednesday that asked questions about slavery and beatings. Christopher Braxton told ABC News affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta that he couldn't believe the assignment his 8-year-old son brought home from of B …

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GOP ‘family values’ mayor admits he’s gay | The Raw Story

A Republican mayor in Mississippi admitted this week that he was gay after an audit revealed that he spent taxpayer money at a gay adult store in Canada. Greg Davis was elected as the mayor of Southaven in 1997 on a platform of conservative “family values,” but  …

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According To An Occupy Protester, Police Brutality Caused Her To Have A Miscarriage (VIDEO) | Addicting Info

These police officers knowingly kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach. Jennifer Fox screamed that she was pregnant and pleaded for the officers to let her through. But they ignored her and treated her like a common criminal.

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Newt Gingrich Calls For End Of Child Labor Laws | Addicting Info

Honestly, when I read this...I thought it had to be satire...I mean really?  Did he actually say this?

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Skeptic's own study finds climate change real, but says scientists should be more critical - 10/30/2011 10:55:27 AM | Newser

 A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

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Donald Trump On Muammar Gaddafi's Death: 'Big Deal' [WATCH]

"The rebels would have given us everything if we had some leader who knew how to negotiate," Trump said in the video. "The rebels were being routed four months ago, absolutely routed by Gaddafi and his men.

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House Armed Services chairman: No compromises on gay marriage, detainees - TheHill.com

Unbelievable, the GOTP would starve the defense department, while fighting two (or three) wars, to push its social agenda into military personnel policy. If they want to pressure the services to not do same-sex marriage, they need to find another way.

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Bachmann: 'China Has Blinded U.S. Satellites with Their Lasers' - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

Ladies and gentlemen, we have crossed the breach and officially reached tin-foil-hat-land:

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'Faith-Healer' Parents Guilty Of Manslaughter In Death Of Infant Son | Fox News

A husband and wife, who prayed and anointed their baby with oils when he turned gray hours after he was born prematurely, were found guilty of manslaughter Thursday in Oregon City, Ore. The court heard David Hickman lived less than nine hours after being born weighing 3lb, 7oz …

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Veteran says U.S. 'betrayed' him by forcing his German wife to leave | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

Giesey, a 20-year veteran who served in Saudi Arabia, near the Iraqi border, during the first Gulf War, retired in 2000 while he was stationed in Germany. He had met his wife Marina at a New Year's Eve party two years earlier, and they married in 1999.

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Gumby calls it a robbery, clerk thinks it's a joke - Yahoo! News

Once again reality proves itself stranger than fiction.

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Exclusive Audio: Inside the Koch Brothers' Secret Seminar | Mother Jones

"We have Saddam Hussein," declared billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, apparently referring to President Barack Obama as he welcomed hundreds of wealthy guests to the latest of the secret fundraising and strategy seminars he and his brother host twice a year.

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Romney, in Perry Territory, Faults 'Career Politicians' - NYTimes.com

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American Theocracy Revisited - NYTimes.com

During George W. Bush’s presidency, many liberal and secular Americans came to regard religious conservatives not merely as their political opponents, but as a kind of existential threat. The religious right, they decided, wasn’t a normal political movement.

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5 Reasons Progressives Should Treat Ron Paul with Extreme Caution -- 'Cuddly' Libertarian Has Some Very Dark Politics | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

There are few things as maddening in a maddening political season as the warm and fuzzy feelings some progressives evince for Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the Republican presidential candidate.

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FEMA Hating Ron Paul Requested FEMA Help in 2005

While Hurricane Irene cuts a swath of destruction arcoss the eastern seaboard, Ron Paul is demonizing FEMA as a pointless waste of funds.  According to Paul:  "A state can decide. We don't need somebody in Washington."

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Israeli ambassador to U.S. hosts Ramadan dinner ; CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

A commendable step, for a noble reason.  Bravo Ambassador Oren! 

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9/11 Ceremony won't include clergy or formal prayers – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

(CNN)– As the city of New York prepares to remember the 10th anniversary of 9/11, religious leaders are raising concerns over the lack of clergy participating in the anniversary events.

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Anti-Gay Clerk Refusing To Do Her Job Concerned "Spouse" May Not Be Limited "To A Human Being" | Political Correction

It should be pointed out from the start that the clerk is an elected official in a state that has legal same-sex marriage and is willfully refusing to do her job.

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Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Some are workable, most are scary and all are doubtful

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Poll: Tea Party Less Popular Than Muslims, Atheists, 21 Other Groups | ThinkProgress

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Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

 Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine.

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