- Secret Tape Reveals Wisconsin GOP Plan to Hijack Recall Election | Politicususa • by Sarah Jones
- Instead of having faith in their record or in the voters pleasure with them, the Republicans were planning to hunt down a spoiler candidate in order to beat Democrat Jennifer Shilling in Kapanke’s district.
- Awesome Wrongness – NYTimes.com – Paul Krugman
- About a year and a half ago, all the Very Serious People said that it was time for a pivot in economic policy. Recovery was underway, so no more efforts to stimulate demand
- Why Is This Not Being Discussed? | Balloon Juice • by John Cole
- …the Scott plan to basically drug test everyone who moves in Florida is a blatant plant to make millions… [link]
- CPS Took My Kids Because I Don’t Hover | FreeRangeKids • by lskenazy
- "Never…would I have believed that missing a phone call, allowing kids to walk to the bus stop, letting them go to school with incomplete homework or sending late emails would be grounds to place a child in foster care, but that’s exactly what happened to us."
…I posted this story NOT because it is common — it’s not. I posted it because it shows what can happen if we allow “helicoptering” to become the only acceptable way to parent. If not walking the kids to the bus stop becomes a form of abuse, we will be living in a very different country.
- Time to retire the word “libertarian” | Pandagon by Amanda Marcotte
- [On Rand's opposition to the freedom of speech]
…all this was totally predictable, if you believe that women are full human beings who deserve full human rights. Those of us who take that belief seriously have been pointing out since the get-go that many to most "libertarians" do not support abortion rights, which automatically puts them in opposition to basic human rights.
[Marcotte forgets to credit "libertarians" for classism... and other -isms. -L]
Liberalism, at its core, is about maximizing freedom, but in a substantive and not glib way… regulating business and supporting labor maximize freedom for the most number of people. …under a libertarian system, the vast majority of people live lives under the corporate bootheel and are not free people at all.
- ‘Global Commission’: Drug War Has Failed | Talking Points Memo • by Josh Marshall
- A self-styled "global commission" of former heads of state and sundry international worthies (including Paul Volcker and former Secretary of State George P. Schultz) has released a report which says that the 'war on drugs' as failed and calls for an end to the "criminalization, marginalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs but who do no harm to others."
- Sister Souljah Interview | The Root
- "I'm not in sync with this street-lit genre," she told The Root. "I think that when European authors or Euro-American authors write about urban, suburban or rural areas, it's just called literature. So I call my work literature, and anyone who reads my books knows that it's literature."
Her latest novel is a love story about a teenage, Sudanese-born, Muslim-immigrant ninja warrior and his Japanese wife who live together in — wait for it — Brooklyn, N.Y. But the novel's complicated plot and international scope are evidence that her wide-ranging interests and influences extend far beyond black America's borders.
- Halle Berry to Star in TV Series? | The Root
- Higher Learning would star Berry as a college professor. The script was written by 30-year industry veteran Lee Rose, who has worked as a director and producer on series such as Weeds, Related, Haven and Greek.
- Minorities Making Meaningful Use of Social Media | The Root
- The findings are…meaningful for activists looking to raise awareness and gather support for social issues that affect minority communities…
- Aminatta Forna’s ‘The Memory of Love’ Wins Major Book Award
- Telling the story of a British psychologist who arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, just after the end of the country's bloody civil war, The Memory of Love weaves together his life with that of a young surgeon and a dying man. The book was praised by judges for its "risk taking, elegance and breadth."
- VIDEO: Vanessa L. Williams Stars in Marriage-Equality Video
- HRC reports that a recent poll by New York-based Siena Research Institute shows that a strong majority (58 percent) of New Yorkers support marriage equality. This support runs deep, covering all age groups and demographics, including a virtual tie among Republicans and a significant plurality of independent voters.
Other stars who have appeared in the videos include Bill T. Jones, former New York City mayors David Dinkins and Ed Koch, current Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.
- Legal Operations Manager Job at Sierra Club | The Root
- Context: Provides oversight, leadership and coordination of all legal program operations, including finance and accounting, human resources, document management, information technology, public outreach and facilities. Manages the daily operations of the legal department.
[More at http://jobs.theroot.com/ ]
- Report: Feds Say Indiana Medicaid Plan Banning Funds For Planned Parenthood Is Illegal | TPMDC
- That letter comes about a month after Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed a bill stripping Planned Parenthood of all public funds, including Medicaid payments. According the letter obtained by the AP, the state can change its Medicaid plan, or face possible penalties.
- Poll: Conservatives And Republicans Oppose Ryan Budget | TPMDC
- The majority stands opposed to Ryan's plan across all demographic groups, including Republicans.
…Among current seniors — who would not be affected by the changes in the Ryan Medicare plan — a full 74% are opposed, even after they're told that Ryan's plan affects Americans 55 years of age and younger. …
"For the first time since [the GOP] won back control of the House last November, the number of Americans who say that Republican control of the chamber is good for the country has dropped below the 50 percent mark," notes the CNN analysis.
[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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