Society, Culture and Politics

How American Christians created the Ugandan death penalty for gays.

feeds@yuku.com (SteveShack) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:06 GMT

The "Nuclear Bomb" Against Gays

That's the term used by American Christianist Scott Lively to advocate for the new law in Uganda. He now claims to be shocked at any idea that he could endorse the execution of people for homosexuality and appalled by the violence threatened against gays in...

its like we are becoming more civilized in spite of ourselves

feeds@yuku.com (jt apostate) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:28:09 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/us/05bar.html?em

Last fall, the American Law Institute, which created the intellectual framework for the modern capital justice system almost 50 years ago, pronounced its project a failure and walked away from it.

"The A.L.I. is important on a lot of topics," said Franklin E. Zimring, a law professor at the Danish police shoot Somali terrorist

It's about time.

“The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies,”

feeds@yuku.com (jt apostate) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:27:22 GMT

i need to watch it again

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/books/30lebowski.html?_r=1&em

interesting article

My radio life

feeds@yuku.com (Acidophilus) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:50:57 GMT

As I reflect on life, one of the things I miss about times past is the classic AM radio that seemed to be everywhere I went in my early career. I went to Memphis in 1975 and was entertained every morning by Rick Dees and his cast of idiots. The I went to Jacksonville, Fl and found the Greaseman on the Big Ape (WAPE). Whooda known they would go on to...

Fantastic offer to this board's Obama supporters

feeds@yuku.com (Nevski) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:06:31 GMT

http://coloradoconfederatarian.squarespace.com/journal/2009/12/29/jones-is-marketin-a-new-item-fir-all-yall-damn-fool-libruls.html

jco2003 has left the building.

feeds@yuku.com (Nevski) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:41:28 GMT

The ABC building, and this one too, apparently.

I'm thinking he's spending some time alone trying to figure out how he EVER came to the belief that it was OK to steal.

God help him in his reflection. I know that at heart he's a damn good guy.

Got this message from Firedoglake

feeds@yuku.com (Acidophilus) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:21:36 GMT

The Senate's health care bill must be killed.

It is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways. When the American people find out what's actually in this bill, they will revolt. Congress and President Obama have no choice but to do better for health care than this bill.

Sign the petition: the Senate health care bill must be killed.

How bad is the bill?

1. Forces you to pay up to 8% of...

the marketplace always knows best this is astonishing

feeds@yuku.com (jt apostate) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:52:43 GMT

and oddly its old news just finally getting the attention it deserves

Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/business/24trading.html?_r=1&hp

Goldman was not the only firm that peddled these complex securities - known as synthetic

Any Attorneys or Wannabe Attorneys ...

feeds@yuku.com (Symeon) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:41:43 GMT

Who can explain what this actually means?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

Okay

feeds@yuku.com (The Abiding Dude) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:35:45 GMT

How about the guy who wants to put the giant hose up through the atmosphere using helium balloons so he can shoot sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere? Says he can fix global warming doing it and save the world all this madness.

Green shoppers are more likely to cheat and steal

feeds@yuku.com (nmcgillivray) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:15:40 GMT

Fits in nicely with Climategate. People with green tendencies appear to be liars and cheaters by nature.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Green+shoppers+more+likely+cheat/2365766/story.html

Green shoppers more likely to cheat

Moral people less...

Political trivia: bet everyone gets it wrong

feeds@yuku.com (jco2003) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:00:50 GMT

Needless to say, *no researching*, internet or otherwise.

Who was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for President with one of the two major parties, and in what year?

Jt, particularly, will get this wrong. I know exactly what his answer will be, unless he researches it. If he gets it right, it's because he cheated.

So- should the health care bill as it stands be passed?

feeds@yuku.com (jco2003) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:02:32 GMT

Yes or not, and why or why not.

Anyone else notice this irritating phenomenon?

feeds@yuku.com (jco2003) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:13:38 GMT

It seems like whenever a buy something, or make a payment on something, whether in person or over the phone, whether it be a waitress, sales clerk, whatever, when they give me the total I am to pay them, they almost always add "today", as in "That'll be $9.42 *today*". Or sometimes they'll add "for you", as in "that'll be $9.42 *for you*". Or you know its the deluxe version when they combine the two and say "that'll be $x for you,...

Blackwater founder Erik Prince revealed as a CIA spy

feeds@yuku.com (SteveShack) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:38:08 GMT

Blackwater founder Erik Prince revealed as a CIA spy

Adam Ciralsky's Vanity Fair profile of Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater ("a company dogged by a grand-jury investigation, bribery accusations, and the voluntary-manslaughter trial of five ex-employees")...

22 Million Missing E-mails From George W. Bush White House Recovered

feeds@yuku.com (SteveShack) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:19:14 GMT

Bush E-mails Found: 22 Million Missing E-mails From George W. Bush White House Recovered

PETE YOST | 12/14/09 04:43 PM

WASHINGTON - Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush...

Dropping Medicaid Could Save States $1 Trillion

feeds@yuku.com (The Abiding Dude) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:11:49 GMT

Dropping Medicaid Could Save States $1 Trillion

And if you think states aren't thinking about this, think again...this bill passed last session in Texas.

H.B. No. 497

AN ACT

relating to a study to...

Houston elects a gay woman mayor

feeds@yuku.com (Acidophilus) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:37:12 GMT

Redneck detractors used to say that Kathy Whitmire, who was Houston's mayor for 5 terms through the 80s, was gay. That was a slander. Her husband had died before she entered office and she never remarried. I think today they're probably okay with a gay woman. [heavy sarcasm]As long as it's not a damned nigger.[/]

i am sure this wont matter

feeds@yuku.com (jt apostate) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:06:34 GMT

what with the ap being illuminati controlled and all

Review: E-mails show pettiness, not fraud

Climate experts, AP reporters go through 1,000 exchanges

LONDON - E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data - but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by