Thursday, May 10, 2012

Minnesota House passes stadium deal; Senate up next

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The Vikings welfare train is rolling. The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to spend $477 million —$50 million more than they had planned — to...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Senate approves Vikings stadium with a raft of changes, differences

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The corporate welfare bill now goes to a House-Senate conference committee to resolve differences.

President Obama affirms his support for same-sex "marriage"

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Dog bites man. From ABC : President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition am...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Voter anger sweeps Europe

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From the Wall Street Journal : French voters elected Socialist Party candidate François Hollande as president Sunday, choosing a national ...

House approves stadium bill

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The spirit of corporate welfare is alive and well. Previous claims of austerity were exaggerated. The House bill does increase the Vikings...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Oklahoma supreme court rules personhood effort "is clearly unconstitutional"

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From The Blaze/AP : The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday halted an effort to grant “personhood” rights to human embryos, saying the measure...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Occupy movement returns

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In the Twin Cities, it seems nothing happened (at least as of 5 PM). Meanwhile in New York, the Occupy movement kicked off its “spring awak...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Pepsi stops using aborted fetal cell lines to test flavors

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This is welcome news. (Given recent corporate policy turnarounds, I hate to add cynically, "If it holds.") From LifeNews.com : A...

Microsoft ponies up $300 million investment in Nook spinoff

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From Gizmodo : In what some may consider an odd move, Microsoft has just announced that it's investing $300 million into a "strat...

Students walk out after anti-bullying speaker Dan Savage calls Bible ‘bulls–t’

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From The Other McCain : Two weeks ago, the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association sponsored a nati...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Nearly 100 Notre Dame faculty call for bishop’s resignation from board

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95 members of Notre Dame's faculty effectively have invoked, in all but name, a common (and debatably misapplied) corollary to Godwin...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

LEGOs for girls has feminist group in a twist

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(image retrieved from: FoxNews.com) From FoxNews.com : The new “LEGO Friends” rolled out in December featuring LadyFigs, curvier takeo...

Komen affiliates resume funding Planned Parenthood abortion biz

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From LifeNews.com : Komen for the Cure has officially buckled to pressure from Planned Parenthood and 17 affiliates of the national breas...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

US bishops appeal ruling on constitutionality of federal anti-trafficking grants

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From Catholic World News : The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that it will appeal a federal judge’s ru...

Catholic parishes refuse to support effort to protect marriage in Washington State

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Several Catholic parishes in Seattle, including the seat of the archdiocese, St. James Cathedral, are refusing to participate in an effort ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Hacked? Limbaugh’s wild story on getting freaky iPhone message about Obama and ‘minions’

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From The Blaze :

Twins to face tough decision if Liriano continues to struggle

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Baseball's CBA makes it harder for teams to try to retool by collecting draft picks to cover for the departure of free agents. Which mea...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

CNN liberal commentator: Ann Romney never worked a day in her life

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The fun has started .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

‘I may give up writing and work as a butler’: Interview with John Derbyshire

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From Gawker : After publishing an article advising his children to avoid black people, writer John Derbyshire lost his column at The Nat...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Santorum out

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Multiple sources within the campaign have confirmed that Rick Santorum will withdraw from the race for the Republican nomination for presid...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Arson charges filed against Grand Chute man, 50, for explosion at Planned Parenthood

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From WTAQ: Police say they have arrested and charged a suspect in Sunday’s improvised explosion at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand...