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Despite Rubio’s wooing, radio hosts protest immigration reform bill
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21.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Politics |
| Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio's attempts to win their support for the bill, which combines enhanced border security with a legalization program for the nation's unauthorized immigrants. Rubio, a member of the "gang of eight" [...] |
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Patty Murray in 19 Takes
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21.5.2013 |
American Prospect |
| AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
No. 1: The Fixer
Patty Murray may be the dullest, most unremarkable member of the United States Senate. Two decades in, she lacks any major legislation to her name, isn’t associated with an issue, rarely appears on television, almost always speaks in gray generalities, and seems to have spent the bulk of her time focused on sending earmarks back to Washington state. As one staffer puts it, the most interesting thing about Murray is how uninteresting she is. She’s also the most important politician you’ve never heard of.
As conference secretary, she’s the fourth-ranking Democrat in the Senate, which makes her the highest-ranking woman in the chamber. Last year, she chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), spearheading the party’s surprising string of victories in the November elections. Thanks to her efforts, the Senate now has 20 women, the most ever. And as chair of the powerful Budget Committee, she is going up against Paul ... |
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Majority Of Americans Still Believe In JFK Conspiracy, But Not As Much As Before
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21.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Fewer Americans now believe that the JFK assassination was part of an elaborate conspiracy. In a matter of ten years, the belief that Lee Harvey... |
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Her Invention Could Change How You Use Your Cell Phone (VIDEO)
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21.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Eesha Khare, an 18-year-old student at Lynbrook High School in California, made a technological discovery that has the potential to change the future of how... |
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How To Help Oklahoma
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21.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| A massive tornado touched down Monday in Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City, leveling the area to little more than debris. According to the Associated Press,... |
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PHOTOS: Tornado Devastates Moore, Oklahoma
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21.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| A tornado hit the city of Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, leaving behind significant destruction. The twister is one in a series of tornadoes that swept... |
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Politics in the Pub: Education - the way forward
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21.5.2013 |
Green Left Weekly issue #780 |
| The Rod Brooks Memorial Forum. Hosted by the Blue Mountains Unions Council.
Speakers:
Kenneth Davidson - Senior economic columnist, Melbourne Age
Jude Pearce - Sydney university student
Genevieve Kelly - NSW secretary, National Tertiary Education Union
2.30-4.30pm
Saturday June 1
Blackburn's Family Hotel, 15 Parke St, Katoomba
Event date:
Sat, 01/06/2013 - 2:30pm 4:30pm
Event time:
Tue, 01/01/2013 - 2:30pm
Email:
Website:
Phone:
02 ... |
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
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21.5.2013 |
LA Times: Commentary |
The U.S. should do more to welcome and keep talented foreign students.
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the best scientific education that my talents and circumstances would allow. |
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Reasons to Be Hopeful a Decade After We Went Into Iraq
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21.5.2013 |
Mother Jones |
| This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being launched far away and at home—and of despair. And like despairing people everywhere, whether in a personal depression or a political tailspin, these activists believed the future would look more or less like the present. If there was nothing else they were confident about, at least they were confident about that. Ten years ago, as a contrarian and a person who prefers not to see others suffer, I tried to undermine despair with the case for hope.
A decade later, the present is still contaminated by the crimes of that era, but so much has changed. Not necessarily for the better—a decade ago, most spoke of climate change as a distant problem, and then it caught up with us in 10,000 ways. But not entirely for the worse either—the vigorous climate movement we needed arose in that decade and is growing now. If there is one thing we can draw ... |
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Salt Lake City congregation opts to divest endowment’s fossil fuel assets
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21.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 20, 2013 04:22PM MDT
The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, inspired by the fossil-fuel divestment movement underway at the nation’s universities, voted Sunday to scrap any assets in oil, gas coal, tar sands and oil shale from its endowment. In doing so, it became the first Unitarian congregation in the nation to take such a step, said Rev. Tom Goldsmith. “We did the math,” he said, “and we realized that the difference between green investments and fossil fuels is miniscule.” The move follows a nationwide cam... ... |
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At War Blog: ROTC Returns to CUNY More Than Four Decades After Removal
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21.5.2013 |
NY Times: Asia-Pacific |
| At War Blog: ROTC Returns to CUNY More Than Four Decades After Removal |
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The Chicago Board of Education Votes This Week Whether to Shut Down Fifty-four Schools
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21.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Views |
 Public school teachers cheer outside the Chicago Board of Education district headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong) Chicago is braced for a critical vote by the Board of Education this week to determine if fifty-four schools will be closed.
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Non-native goats and iguanas threaten Pacific islands
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20.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
Feral goats and green iguanas wreaking havoc with the ecosystems in the small islands in the Pacific, biologists warn, in two separate studies published in Pacific Science last month, calling for control or elimination of these animals. The animals have been introduced there by humans, but are now threatening the survival of native wildlife. |
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What Do We Eat? New Food Map Will Tell Us
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20.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda.... |
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Czech president in dispute over gay rights
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20.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship - the nation's top academic title - to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist. |
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Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role
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20.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion. |
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WATCH: 'Monty Python' Star's Second Amendment Joke
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20.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| British comedian Eric Idle took a swipe at former President George W. Bush and the Second Amendment as he counseled graduates in his commencement address... |
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Clarence B. Jones: Time for Tough Love
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20.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| I never contemplated or considered the possibility that the Department of Justice under President Obama would initiate an action that would blatantly violate and desecrate the principles enshrined in the First Amendment. |
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Want to benefit wildlife? Let land go untended.
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20.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
| Want to benefit wildlife? Let land go untended. |
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How GMO Plants Harm Food Production and Your Health
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20.5.2013 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
| Optimal health is one of my passions and nutrition is one of the best tools I know of on how to achieve it. But the key to getting healthy organic vegetables, of course, is the health of the soil in which it's grown. Click here to read this article |
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