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U.S. Finds Flaws in ES&S DS200 Voting Machine

Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:31 PM EST (Computerworld)

Computerworld - A ballot-scanning device slated for use in the upcoming presidential elections misreads ballots, fails to log critical events and is prone to sudden lockups, the U.S.

politics, election, voting, electronic-voting, flaws, optical-scanner, ds200, es7s

Does Wisconsin have a budget deficit?

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:41 PM EST (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Gov.

politics, republican, wisconsin, scott-walker, balanced-budget, gov-walker

Who got left behind? How rising inequality is affecting countries across the G20

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:46 PM EST (openDemocracy)

There is a clear and powerful rebuttal to the popular assumption that the rising tide will lift all boats.

politics, poor, income, rich, wealth, policies, g20, economic-inequality

Newt Gingrich's Tawdry Affairs Secretly a Sign of Moral Strength

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:04 PM EST (Wonkette » top)

For anyone out there who continues to be nauseated by Newt Gingrich’s lifelong pattern of deception, adultery, selfishness and cruelty toward his wives, you’re just looking at it wrong! What his affairs actually demonstrate, when you really think about it, are his p …

politics, republicans, marriage, fox-news, conservative, newt-gingrich, morals, family-values

Did Gingrich 'Slash' Federal Spending? No.

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:55 AM EST (FactCheck.org)

Winning Our Future’s new TV ad falsely claims Newt Gingrich “slashed” spending in his four years as House speaker.

politics, republican, budget, deficit, newt-gingrich, candidate, surplus, tv-ad, winning-our-future

After the cuts: Students aren't learning like they used to in Tomah, WI

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:23 PM EST (Lacrosse Tribune)

TOMAH — Cindy Zahrte stoops to pick an empty cup up off the floor, hardly breaking her pace as she strides through Tomah High School's network of hallways.

politics, schools, wisconsin, teacher, tax-cuts, layoffs, walker, class-size, tomah

Republican Congressman Screams At Mother With Two Children, Tells Her To Join The Military Instead Of Using Pell Grants

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:08 PM EST (Addicting Info)

When a mother with two children and two jobs expressed her concern about Pell Grants, which she relies on to pay for college, during a town hall held by Republican Congressman Steve Womack in Arkansas last week, she probably didn’t expect his reaction. According to Blue …

politics, republican, arkansas, pell-grants, single-mother, steve-womack

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My Lesbian Daughter, The Bible And Sex

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:35 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

Regarding Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Fox News.com opinion piece, “What the Bible Really Says About Sex,” dated January 3, 2012, I agree with him on many points.

religion, marriage, christianity, christian, fox-news, god, bible, homosexuality, hypocrisy, same-sex-marriage

Romneycare, v. 2012

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:09 AM EST (Truthdig)

The half dozen men and women spending their Sunday afternoon calling potential Obama voters illustrated the challenge confronting the president: the likelihood that he will face Mitt Romney, who accuses him of wanting to “turn America into a European-style entitlement soc …

politics, obama, insurance, 2012, healthcare, mitt-romney, obamacare, affordable-care-act, medicare-part-d

The Great Divergence In Pictures: A visual guide to income inequality.

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:49 AM EST (Slate)

During the 20th century, the United States experienced two major trends in income distribution.

politics, economics, rich, poor, wealthy, inequality, income-inequality, great-divergence

A response to Gov. Scott Walker: Thanks but no thanks for the 'savings'

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:49 PM EST (The Daily Page)

Thanks for the E-update and the confirmation that you do acknowledge I exist! While I know your note went out to everyone who "contacted Governor Walker's office directly at some point during 2011," I accept it as the long-awaited recognition that you do, indeed, have my email …

politics, taxes, wisconsin, unions, teachers, recall, savings, walker

Mangled Facts in Manchester

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 4:31 PM EST (FactCheck.org)

Truth took a punch or two at the first of two GOP debates before New Hampshire’s critical presidential primary. Romney, talking about taxes, said federal, state and local government consume 37 percent of the economy today compared with only 27 percent when John F.

politics, republicans, gop, romney, perry, gingrich, ryan, huntsman, factcheck, santroum

Group declares myths 'busted'

Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 10:15 PM EST (The Packer)

The Organic Trade Association, Brattleboro, Vt., recently has proclaimed as dead several “myths” about organics. Among the misconceptions: Organic is a niche market. The OTA reports more than three-quarters of U.S. families purchase organic products.

science, food, organic, farming, ota, organic-trade-association

Rick Santorum's moral delusions

Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 2:03 PM EST (Chicago Tribune)

Why is Rick Santorum running for president? Because America is in trouble and he knows why. Faith and family are under attack.

politics, crime, republican, abortion, church, divorce, gay-marriage, christians, mississippi, morality

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Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:45 PM EST (The New York Times)

Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights.

politics, economics, wealth, rich, poor, denmark, mobility

Why vote on Tuesdays? No good reason

Seeded on Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:26 PM EST (CNN)

Today, Iowans will kick off the Republican nominating process for president of the United States with the first-in-the-nation caucuses. But why a Tuesday? The short answer: We vote on Tuesday for absolutely no good reason.

politics, elections, iowa, voting, saturday, tuesday

25 ideas that will help you live on purpose.

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 8:13 PM EST (andhedrew.com)

For those of you who are counting, there are actually only twenty-four. I got bored and stopped. Not really.

health, personal-growth, resolutions

Nobody Understands Debt

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 7:50 PM EST (The New York Times)

In 2011, as in 2010, America was in a technical recovery but continued to suffer from disastrously high unemployment.

politics, obama, congress, debt, economics, deficit

Scott Walker busted in new lie

Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:35 PM EST (Daily Kos)

On Wednesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker held a press conference touting that he was going to lift a cap on enrollment in Family Care, a state program designed to keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes.

politics, health-care, budget, wisconsin, recall, walker, family-care

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Time for Conservatives to wake up and smell the cat litter....

Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 11:51 AM EST (What Would Jack Do?)

So you’re a Red Meat Conservative who thinks taxes are the very embodiment of Evil Liberal Oppression and wants the heavy hand of the Nanny State expunged from our lives.

politics, republican, taxes, conservative, public-services

Institute for One Wisconsin Report: 'D is for Dismantle'

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:15 PM EST (Institute for One Wisconsin)

A comprehensive analysis entitled “D is for Dismantle,” authored by the non-partisan Institute for One Wisconsin shows that despite claims from Gov.

politics, walker, public-schools, milwaukee-public-schools, one-wisconsin, recalll

WI SC Justice, Gableman, voted with law firm after receiving free legal services

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:50 AM EST (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Madison - State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman in two cases cast the deciding vote in favor of parties represented by a law firm that gave him tens of thousands of dollars of free legal services, a review of state records shows. One of those was a high-stakes case this …

politics, supreme-court, wisconsin, recall, walker, gableman, michael-best

Study: Gingrich tax plan would worsen deficit

Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:30 PM EST

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press (Clipped by CuriousG)

The tax plan by GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich would provide big tax breaks to the rich and blow a huge hole in the federal budget deficit, according to an independent study released Monday.

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politics, us, newt-gingrich, plan, gingrich, tax-plan

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Rich People DON'T Create Jobs: 6 Myths That Have to Be Killed for Our Economy to Live

Seeded on Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:26 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH (Clipped by CuriousG)

In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character is forced to relive a single day over and over and over—waking up to the same song every morning, meeting the same people, having the same conversations—until, after thousands of repetitions, he finally realiz …

politics, economy, congress, songs, bill-murray, groundhog-day, new-people, new-conversations, deficit-problems, persistent-slump

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Michele Bachmann left speechless as boy says: 'My mom's gay but doesn't need fixing'

Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 7:53 AM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH (Clipped by CuriousG)

Kids really do say the darndest things, and apparently, some presidential candidates don't know how to respond. At a recent South Carolina book signing event, GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann greeted locals, including Elijah, a bashful eight-year-old. After some coax …

politics, south-carolina, michele-bachmann, elijah, gop-presidential-race, callous-republican, book-signing-event

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