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white noise sleep machine: how racists sleep at night from stanley
Bookmarked 423 weeks ago is the thought of equality keeping you up at night rest easy again with the all new aryan 2 white noise sleep machine |
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the man promoting womens rights - by going on 365 dates
Bookmarked 446 weeks ago an actor is raising awareness of womens rights in india - by going on 365 different dates sunder ramu began his campaign after becoming increasingly concerned about the insensitivity of indian society towards women and their safety deciding to open a dialogue for awareness and equal rights by meeting and talking to women he has now been on over 300 dates earning him the title of indias dating king videographer director: shams qari producer: shatabdi chakrabarti ruby coote editor: alberto falcone |
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tales from the missionary hut: the banana leaf tampon
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago the banana leaf tampon is all the rage for menstruating women from sweden to singapore to sierra leone this made-to-measure tampon is the latest in sustainable gadgetry and a breakthrough in global female sanitary provision affordable for women even in the most remote parts of the developing world this is the friend we have all been waiting for it will help women in rural communities achieve their full potential and take part in all aspects of society hail the banana leaf tampon here039s how to make one of your own |
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libertarian wet dreamone world government
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago the new york times is out with a new story today on wpp - a london-based corporation that is buying up most of the big lobbying shops here in washington dc the times refers to the company as a quotconsolidating force at work in the influence-peddling industryquot wpp is a 72 billion dollar foreign corporation - running more than 150 public relations advertising and lobbying companies employing nearly 160000 people and k street is getting devoured by wpp - as more and more lobbying boutiques join up with the massive one-stop shop of influence as the times writes quotwpp has become in effect a special interest mega-firm with offerings for conservatives and liberals environmentalists and polluters gun lovers and gun haters tea party die-hards and public sector unions old guard media and their high tech competitors - the entire gamut from left to right top to bottomquot so if you039re a texas energy baron - and you want to blow up epa regulations on toxic coal ash - then reach out to wpp - where you039ll have first access to their public relations team to promote your corporation and give it a good name in the community second access to their advertising team to run smears against the epa and quotjob-killingquot regulations and third access to a lobbyist to whip up support for your anti-epa agenda on capitol hill mitt romney039s bain capital did just that in 2011 - giving wpp 320000 to monitor quottax reform developmentquot and here039s what039s most troubling - wpp runs operations in 107 different nations including the united states - it039s like an unofficial branch of government that knows no national boundaries this is a libertarian039s wet-dream - a one-world corporate government that answers to profits instead of principles and it shows that those of us who want restore true democracy - represented by quotwe the peoplequot and not corporations - still have a lot of work to left to do throughout history - democratic governments have always been a society039s best defense against massive wealth and corporate power but now that democracy is being privatized and monopolized it039s increasingly going to the highest bidder while wpp can run these operations in numerous countries the us is particularly vulnerable because our supreme court hatched this bizarre idea that money isn039t property like common sense would tell us but that it039s actually a form of speech which the first amendment says can039t be regulated because of this supreme court-created doctrine - which no president and no congress has ever advocated - in fact many have pushed back against it - because of this wpp and other big corporations can essentially buy the laws they want this is not democracy in action - it039s the death of democracy at the hand of big corporations like bain financial and jp morgan chase we need our lawmakers to ban the practice of corporations writing laws giving those laws to legislators along with big campaign checks and running massive advertising and pr campaigns to ensure public acceptance of those laws but for now it039s illegal for our legislators to enact such a ban because the supreme court says they039d be trampling the free speech rights - the use of money - of the corporations the supreme court recognizes as quotpeoplequot it039s time to put an end to the subversion of democracy in america by a british corporation but before that can be done we need to stop the supreme court from pushing their bizarre doctrine that corporations are people and money is speech for that go to movetoamendorg and join in the movement to amend the constitution to end this corruption of democracy by the supreme court |
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should greece secede from the euro nations
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago european stocks are tumbling while investors are keeping a close eye on greece - as the euro crisis enters a new phase what can greece do to avoid further economic disaster - and what should americans be learning from this giant mess |
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trayvon martin is still a target for gun owners
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago john feinblatt chief policy advisor-nyc mayor mike bloomberg joins thom hartmann trayvon martin039s mother released a public service announcement this weekend - asking governors to rethink so-called stand your ground laws so where does the fight to overturn these deadly laws stand in states across the nation |
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will black pastors tell their flocks to stay home on election day
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago bishop harry jackson hope christian church high impact leadership coalition joins thom hartmann reactions to president obama039s support of marriage equality continue to pour in - with some african-american religious leaders expressing their anger at the decision has president obama hurt himself politically - and how will his decision affect the november election |
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the good the bad and the very very subtegulaneously ugly
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago the good saudi arabia despite being the world039s largest oil producer - saudi arabia is making huge strides in developing renewable energy the bad rep james lankford according to representative lankford - lgbt workers should not be protected from workplace discrimination because homosexuality is a choice and something that can be changed and the very very ugly john derbyshire derbyshire is the former national review contributor who was fired last month for publishing a racist article well - he didn039t learn his lesson |
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should older children be breastfed
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago the cover of last week039s time magazine caused quite the stir across the country - and around the world it featured 26 year-old jamie lynne grumet breastfeeding her 3 year-old son besides heating up the debate on women breastfeeding in public - the cover and article sparked a new debate over attachment parenting - a style of parenting that promotes closeness for the last week - websites and messageboards have lit up with comments from parents who either endorse the technique - or find it downright silly but - if you think that attachment parenting is only about a mother breastfeeding her child past the cultural norm - then everything you know about attachment parenting is wrong |
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rumble - does romney039s corporate raider history hurt him
Bookmarked 720 weeks ago sam sacks progressive writerstrategist ampamp neil munro daily caller join thom hartmann for a monday rumble should republican be worried about what039s going on in europe - as austerity governments are being toppled one by one by voters is it time for republicans to re-think their own austerity agendas president obama039s re-election team is out with a new ad hammering mitt romney - and his exploits at bain capital also - jp morgan chase ceo jamie dimon said something interesting this weekend about the values of the democratic party |
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america039s one percent will make more than all of us combined
Bookmarked 326 weeks ago next year 2021 will be the first year in the history of the united states where the top 1 of americans earn more than the rest of the 99 im not talking about the upper class of americans earning more only the top 1 they earn more than the poor and middle class combined if left unchecked this extreme imbalance of power will lead to world warltbrgtltbrgtread the whole article at: http:alderinwritescomthe-top-1-earn-more-than-the-rest-of-us-combined-blame-corporate-pirates |
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peep obama as the first potus on the cover of an lgbt magazine
Bookmarked 538 weeks ago president obama has been named ally of the year by out magazine and graces its cover for the out100 issue |
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garden state equality calls for protest against teacher viki knox039s anti-gay facebook posts
Bookmarked 750 weeks ago gay rights activists are calling on community members to protest at a new jersey school board meeting to take action against a union township high school teacher who allegedly made anti-gay remarks on her facebook new jersey lgbt rights group garden state equality is sponsoring a rally and protest at union high school tuesday night according to the group |