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Claims of suspect's extremism spur probe....
Nov 9th
“An acute shortage of trained mental health workers in the...”
— Dallas Morning News:...
Nov 9th

Dispatch From Lostinthought

To: US Conference of Catholic Bishops From: Member of the Loyal Opposition Dear Sirs, Please get...
Nov 9th
“Fingers are immediately pointed at the Catholic bishops and...”
— ReligionDispatches - 404:...
Nov 9th
Catholics for Choice Statement on Healthcare...
Nov 9th
Will I go to jail if I don't buy health...
Nov 9th
“Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human...”
— Albert Einstein to E. Mulder,...
Nov 9th
Origin Of Species: Cartoon reacting to public discomfort...
Nov 9th
“Ms. Pelosi met with leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, then...”
— “Abortion Was At The Heart Of...
Nov 8th
War And Conflict: Women electric welders sitting in work...
Nov 8th
Abortion & Religion: Diverse Religious...
Nov 8th
Warch Watch
Schoolhouse Rock: How a Bill Becomes a Law (via Necrovir)
Nov 8th
“Scripture neither condemns nor prohibits abortion. It does,...”
— Open Letter to Religious...
Nov 8th
“Democratic women are outraged, saying it will require women...”
— SFGate: Abortion flares again
Nov 8th
“What happens to you when all your training for war runs head...”
— Dr. Mark Goulston | The Ft....
Nov 8th
House Passes Health Care Bill With...
Nov 8th
“In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags...”
— President Obama | Weekly...
Nov 8th

Public Service Announcement* From...

“The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should...
Nov 7th
Student Stuns Iran, Criticizes Supreme Leader...
Nov 7th

WotD: ideology

Political Ideology An ideology is a collection of ideas. Typically, each ideology contains certain...
Nov 7th
Adult Christianity: Pretty in Pink, or Carrie...
Nov 7th

Dispatch From Lostinthought

What’s next, Religionists? Requiring women to register their uterus’ with the state?...
Nov 7th
Politics, Not Religion, At Heart of Health...
Nov 7th
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse: joyengel: “If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually...
Nov 7th
Can Man by Specter (via)
Nov 7th
535-07-5248 and Wife Oregon, August 1939. “Unemployed...
Nov 7th

As I Please: Robot Bombs

George Orwell | Tribune | 30 June 1944 I notice that apart from the widespread complaint that the...
Nov 7th
“From a professor who just testified in Congress, to a White...”
— The Associated Press: Another...
Nov 7th
“The Department of Defense’s latest survey shows 3,540...”
— Dallas Morning News: Fort Hood...
Nov 7th

Dispatch From Lostinthought

It seems to me that the politicians have gotten very good at identifying the problems and pointing...
Nov 7th
“If Al Gore met privately with a motley left-wing contingent...”
— Albert R. Hunt | The Wall...
Nov 7th

Muslim Troops Highlight Nation's...

Linda D. Kozaryn | American Forces Press Service | Jan. 26, 1999 Qaseem Ali Uqdah and Abdullah...
Nov 7th
Colored Television At Walter Reed Hospital. Photographer:...
Nov 7th
Arab soldier checking their rifles. Location: Palestine....
Nov 7th
Cuban Crisis: Cuban rebel Ernesto “Che” Guevara...
Nov 7th
“Every major industrialized nation has A BEER. (you...”
— Frank Zappa
Nov 7th
Sign on window advertising drinks and patriotism. Location:...
Nov 7th
Elie Wiesel's Shocking Stage Appearance With...
Nov 7th
Taft’s Campaign. Date taken: October 10, 1950....
Nov 7th
Top Firms Finally Hit By H1N1 Threat
Nov 7th
SEDUCTION “Ain’t I a lovable fellow?”...
Nov 6th

Past As Prologue

Freedom Writer | Spring 1997 During the last days of the 104th (1996) Congress, the most committed...
Nov 6th
“When Timothy McVeigh, one of the two men convicted for the...”
— Freedom Writer | A secular...
Nov 6th
In The Blink Of An Eye (via EvilPoet)
Nov 6th
“One conservative writer is already declaring — without...”
— Justin Elliott | TPMMuckraker...
Nov 6th
“As the military begins its eighth year of the war on terror,...”
— Gordon Lubold | Nidal Malik...
Nov 6th
“Today, if you read through some of the forums out of Fort...”
—  Mark Ames | Focusing on Ft....
Nov 6th
Bipartisan Attack on International...
Nov 6th
“A civilian police officer who shot the Fort Hood gunman four...”
— CNN
Nov 6th
“In addition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United...”
— The Huffington Post
Nov 6th
Army's Stress Most Obvious at Fort Hood
Nov 6th
“The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first...”
— CBS News
Nov 6th
Three Eyed Tv Monster. Date taken: 1961. Photographer:...
Nov 6th
“When your first reaction to tragic events is to consider how...”
— Atrios | Afternoon Thought...
Nov 6th
Army Sgt. Susan Kyle, native of Salem, OR, cleaning her...
Nov 6th
blogonthe: “Nearly” everyone in the audience at today’s WH...
Nov 6th

Twisted GOP Logic

ericmortensen: ambivalence: Hucakbee sounds like he’s got schizophrenia. [via Energized G.O.P....
Nov 5th

Greatness of Walmart: Feed 8...

kaching: The Miracle Retailer of the World “In addition, as shoppers evaluate the impact of tight...
Nov 5th
Whole Foods Caught In A Free Fall
Nov 5th
(via) (h/t)
Nov 5th
“There are all kinds of nutty people in the world, but...
Nov 5th
Focus donates $115,266 to Maine gay marriage...
Nov 5th
Capitol Hill Tea Party Seeks To 'Drive The...
Nov 5th
Democracy (via VeniceVandal)
Nov 5th
Original Caption: Exhibit at the First Symposium on Low...
Nov 5th
peace girl - دختر صلح (via -icy-)
Nov 5th
“The great banks of the world have gone on a p.r....”
— Matt Taibbi
Nov 5th
When Antiscience Kills: Dowsing for Bombs
Nov 5th
Catholic Church Spends $550000 to Repeal Gay...
Nov 5th
“Once again, when American voters have had an opportunity to...”
— Harry Knox | HRC Back Story
Nov 5th
“…imagine your life without marriage. Meaning, not...”
— Jonathan Rauch: Gay Marriage...
Nov 5th

Dispatch From Lostinthought

If religion was not part of the same-sex marriage equation - what would the outcome be? What if...
Nov 5th
tariqrahman: An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural...
Nov 4th
TPMMuckraker: Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up...
Nov 4th
Glenn Greenwald: Extreme unintended irony...
Nov 4th
“The fact is that it was, yet again, not yet time to test...”
— Pam Spaulding via pandagon.net
Nov 4th
Election Results Suggest Religious Right...
Nov 4th
The immigration law of 1891 made it mandatory that all...
Nov 4th
Time cover: 10-21-1996 on The News Wars. (via)
Nov 4th
Faith-Based Provision in Health Reform Bill...
Nov 4th
LIFE: Bomb Shelters For Recreation. Photographer: Vernon...
Nov 4th
TIME cover: “Is Rush Limbaugh Good For...
Nov 4th

Dispatch From Lostinthought

Moving Update: The countdown has begun. In approximately 3 weeks I will be leaving Los Angeles, CA...
Nov 3rd
“Why don’t they pass a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting...”
— Will Rogers
Nov 3rd
inothernews: brooklynmutt: scienceblogs That’s Tom...
Nov 3rd
“Ugly America” picture showing squalor and...
Nov 3rd
Suicide Bombers and the Prozac God: A Review...
Nov 3rd
“It figures that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has to travel...”
— Steven Maviglio | The...
Nov 3rd
RELIGION AS PUNISHMENT (The Realist, Issue No. 6, February...
Nov 3rd
“The ice and snow that cap majestic Mount Kilimanjaro...
Nov 3rd
“If Republicans could feel shame there would have been a...”
— Frank Schaeffer
Nov 2nd
Pres. Bush crouching, sighting down barrel of 50-caliber...
Nov 2nd
US Marine reading letter fr. home during break fr. Gulf War...
Nov 2nd
nevver: Monday Matticchio “The biblical account of...
Nov 2nd
Just Some Questions about What Is More...
Nov 2nd
TIME cover: Grand Old Populists w. ill. of Republican...
Nov 2nd
LIFE: Roadside settlement in commercial pea district on...
Nov 2nd
“I’m probably never going to overturn my reputation as...”
— BAGnewsNotes: 1600 Treats
Nov 1st
Happy Day of the Dead! (via wackystuff)
Nov 1st