News and Politics from a Progressive Perspective
20
Mar
Every link with significant popularity on Digg about John McCain that has an “opinion” is negative, every one about Hillary Clinton is also negative, and every one about Barack Obama is positive. The preference by the Digg community for Obama is very clear. Is Digg’s “endorsement” predictive?read more | digg story
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20
Mar
Obama helped secure $1.95 Million for the so-called “Compact Tactical Laser” program…Obama also landed $1 million for the Illinois Institute of Technology to develop a cost-effective conversion kit to retrofit Army Humvees with electric hybrid systems.read more | digg story
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20
Mar
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Tags: Foreignpolicy, Graphics, Iraq
20
Mar
Wow: Informed during a Good Morning America interview broadcast Wednesday that two-thirds of Americans now think the war was not worth fighting, Cheney replied: “So?” “So you don’t care what the American people think?” ABC’s interviewer asked. He added: “I think we cannot be blown off course.”read more | digg story
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20
Mar
Wow: Informed during a Good Morning America interview broadcast Wednesday that two-thirds of Americans now think the war was not worth fighting, Cheney replied: “So?” “So you don’t care what the American people think?” ABC’s interviewer asked. He added: “I think we cannot be blown off course.”read more | digg story
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20
Mar
A so called artists by the name Guillermo Habacuc Vargas with the help of 2 children, who he paid, caught a dog on the street. He tied the dog in his exhibition gallery so people could see it starve to death. He told everyone not to feed this dog. He calls himself an artist. [...]
20
Mar
A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.
’s electricity and 35 percent of its total energy by 2050. But $420 billion in subsidies from 2011 to 2050 would be required to fund the infrastructure and make it cost-competitive.read more | [...]
20
Mar
“A prominent American politician spoke about race as though we were adults!”read more | digg story
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20
Mar
Having a cat around the house could cut your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by almost half. Scientists said owning and stroking a purring feline may reduce stress and anxiety, and so protect against cardiovascular disease. They found even those who no longer owned a cat benefited from these protective effects.
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20
Mar
Want life in the big city without all the pollution? Among major metropolitan areas (minimum population: 1 million), these 10 lead the pack. We ranked the big metropolitan statistical areas according to how they score on particle pollution, ozone levels, drinking water quality and per capita spending on solid-waste management.read more | digg story
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19
Mar
If you
’re insecure about being gay and wanting to be straight, you should not only just be who you are, but you really shouldn’t ask this guys mother for help. It seems like he’s mentally traumatized now… he goes just a LITTLE nuts.read more | digg story
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19
Mar
As the wingnut chorus predictably disses Obama’s eloquent speech, it’s important to remember how completely ridiculous and manufactured this whole Wright “controversy” is: …..read more | digg story
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19
Mar
While Apple’s tactics may seem like Industrial Revolution relics, they’ve helped the company position itself ahead of its competitors and at the forefront of the tech industry. Sometimes, evil works….read more | digg story
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19
Mar
Wartime author mystery ’solved’ {St-Exupery} - Democratic Underground
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19
Mar
We Can’t Ignore Race, So Let’s Ignore Race: Some (tenative!) reactions to Obama’s somewhat arid talk–which a) probably advanced the discussion of racial issues, b) gave me a much better (and basically appealing) idea of where Obama is coming from, but c) didn’t particularly advance his case to be President–especially, I fear among doubting [...]
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