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Have you ever been 'dumped'? And is there really such a thing?
Wed May 16, 2012 8:54 AM EDT
How often have you heard the sad statement, "I've been dumped" by so and so, or you've used it to bemoan the loss of a valued partner? It is a common term used to express regret and perhaps resentment at not being the right person for someone else. But is there such a thing as be …
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President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 8:47 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account. "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. The president's other principal assets …
Canadian firm will receive up to 50 million stimulus dollars for Nevada solar plant that employs two people
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:52 AM EDT ()
The company behind the recently opened Silver State North solar plant is eligible to receive up to $50 million in federal tax credits under the Obama administration’s “stimulus” legislation, even though the plant created only two full-time jobs.
Mr. Boehner and the Debt: Speaker John Boehner pushed the country to the brink of default last year and now wants to do it all over again.
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:18 AM EDT (The New York Times)
It clearly does not bother Speaker John Boehner that he pushed the United States to the brink of default last year. It does not matter that the deep spending cuts in the resolution he demanded to end that crisis will hurt economic growth. It does not even matter that the House …
The Third Party Fantasy
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:09 AM EDT (The New York Times)
“Third parties are like bees,” the intellectual historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1955. “Once they have stung, they die.” It’s an aphorism that aptly describes the anti-slavery and anti-immigrant parties of the mid-nineteenth century, the Popul …
Gay Donor Dumps Romney, Donates To Obama Over Gay Marriage
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:00 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)
Mitt Romney just found out that sometimes bigotry just doesn’t pay off. Bill White, a registered Independent and head of a consulting firm in NY has asked for his donation back so he can give it to President Obama’s reelection campaign instead. Bill White is openly …
Kate's adoptive family scrimped to give her idyllic childhood... yet she was still desperate to find the parents who gave her up - no matter who it hurt
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:54 AM EDT (the Mail online)
When I was 18, I changed my name. Crucially, I gave myself a new middle name — Justine. Actually, it wasn’t new at all. It was the name my birth mother gave me before I was adopted. I can still remember the horror my teenage self felt when I saw my bir …
Thomas Williams love child: Priest who preaches morality on TV confesses to scandal
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:42 AM EDT (the Mail online)
The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a paedophile, has been hit by another scandal after their most famous priest confessed to fathering a child several years ago. Rev. Thomas Williams, a moral theologian, lecturer and …
5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:37 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
President Obama’s strong support for same-sex marriage is strong support for the institution of marriage itself. It's a vital step toward a revitalized institution better equipped to address the needs of today’s families. Those who think and talk like Rush Limbaugh …
Public Order Act: Free speech 'strangled by law that bans insults'
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:31 AM EDT (the Mail online)
Theresa May is being urged to reform a controversial law which bans ‘insulting words or behaviour’ amid mounting evidence that it is strangling free speech. Campaigners say the Public Order Act is being abused by over-zealous police and prosecutors to arrest Christ …
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