March 2012
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‘Religious Freedom’ Rally Sets Stage for 1st... →
‘“Our liberty, our freedom of religion, inalienable, granted by God, and enshrined in our Constitution, is under attack,” Hagen added, parroting the talking points of the national effort by anti-contraception activists which staged 140 simultaneous rallies across the country on Friday. Hagen, a waitress at Carrabba’s who told me she wasn’t particularly political...
Egypt military lashes out at Muslim Brotherhood
‘The military in a statement expressed “extreme indignation” over Brotherhood comments on Saturday that questioned its motives in supporting the government, which the Islamists accuse of stalling the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak.’
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Baby. Fucking. Owls.
Anti-Islamist protest group to form a Freedom...
‘The leader of a British anti-Islamist group said on Friday his populist protest movement, which critics say represents a new far right in Britain, would form a political party in May. Stephen Lennon, head of the English Defence League (EDL), said the three-year-old grassroots group wanted to move on from holding street demonstrations to contesting elections.’
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Kony2012 and Child Soldiers: a Symptom of War,... →
‘I have seen a number of articles written recently about the problem of Child Soldiers in various conflicts abroad – most notably in Africa and Colombia. What has struck me about these pieces, and the discourse about this phenomenon in general, is that they treat the phenomenon of Child Soldiers as the disease to be cured, rather than what it truly is – a symptom of the much more deadly...
Richard Dawkins to atheist rally: Show contempt...
‘About 20,000 atheists gathered within shouting distance of the Washington Monument on Saturday for a Reason Rally hell-bent on damning religion and mocking beliefs.’
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5 Ways US National Security Policies Will Erode... →
‘By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era. One war over in the Greater Middle East, another hurtling disastrously to its end, and the threat of al-Qaeda so diminished that it should hardly move the needle on the national worry meter. You might think, in fact, that the moment had arrived to turn the American gaze back to first principles: the Constitution...
Military Intelligence Complex: Throwing Money at...
‘If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math. When it comes to the American military, the leading Republican presidential candidates evidently only learned to add and multiply, never subtract or divide.’
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Watching: Tyrannosaur (2011) →
Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
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Interfaith Inquisiton: The War On Religion Does...
‘Apparently, attempts are underway to open a new front in the supposed “war on religion” in my home state of Louisiana as it takes center stage in the presidential primary season. Truth be told, from what I have seen lately, those claiming there is a war on religion are the ones most guilty of waging that assault.’
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From Gaza to Guantanamo: America’s Obsession With...
‘Washington’s obsession with Israel is understandable because Israel can do no wrong in the eyes of America, and US politicians are puppets in its hands. There isn’t a national politician in the United States who would dare criticize Israel, because if they did their political careers would end very quickly. Now that’s power; real power.’
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Derivative Dominion: Does the Inquisition Explain...
‘Certainly there are many connections between the Inquisition and more recent institutions. But Murphy strains to connect the Inquisition to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, to McCarthyism, to the “dirty war” in Argentina, to the proliferation of security cameras in present-day Britain—in short, to practically any and every relatively recent infringement upon civil...
propAGanda: Outrageous Lies Monsanto and Friends... →
‘In a blatant attempt at brainwashing, the Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI) has widely circulated what it calls a Biotechnology Basics Activity Book for kids, to be used by “Agriculture and Science Teachers.” The book — called Look Closer at Biotechnology — looks like a science workbook, but reads more like a fairy tale. Available on the council’s...
Theocratic Conspiracy? Religion and Faith-Full... →
‘With each passing day, religious topics are becoming increasingly significant in the presidential campaign discourse. The GOP presidential candidates are all too happy to discuss their faith, extolling their open and proud devotion to versions of Christianity. Such devotion, they suggest, makes them particularly qualified to become president. By the same token, this narrative suggests...
Catholic America: Papal religion and politics in...
‘Pope Benedict’s visit to Latin America in 2012 will take him to two countries: one where the Catholic Church is under attack and the other where the church is growing in influence. If you think Cuba was where the church was being attacked and Mexico where it was growing, you are wrong. It’s the other way around.’
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Why Modern Short-form Article Writers Are Ruining...
Why is it that I have to read an article twice to find a salient synopsis to use as leading peek-a-boo text for social media posts?
The inverted pyramid isn’t just for occultists and the gays, people.
Would you prefer I write my own articles or share yours? In summation: PLEASE give me 160-300 characters describing your article at the top of the body. If not I may just have to gripe.
