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If one assumes that a person is making their money, including enough money to have no incentive to "work", by…
Ob sie wirklich Deutsch spricht. Normalweise, kommt die US Soldaten nicht ins Stadt und spricht nicht so oft mit denn…
As for being a Nazi, ich spreche fliessend deutsch und wohnte in Deutschland fuer drei Jahre mit der americanishe Luftwaffe…
And of course this "incentive" only applies to poor people: Rich people who already have enough to live off of…
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Category Archives: In the news
A Level of Pettiness So Extreme It Has Its Own Gravitational Pull
In his inaugural address, Obama described the US as “a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non believers.” The Zionist Organization of American objects because they think Jews should have been listed before Muslims. Curtsy: Matthew Yglesias.
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Goodbye W
Part of My Ecydis’ blogburst of shoes virtually thrown at George Bush’s exit.
Food to Avoid
Well, maybe it’s just jelly time: Federal health authorities are urging consumers to avoid eating foods that contain peanut butter until they can learn more about a deadly salmonella outbreak. But the FDA says there’s no indication of problems with … Continue reading
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I'm Sure His Coffin Will Be Lined With Rich, Corinthian Leather
Ricardo Montalban, dead at the age of 88. This, of course, was his greatest triumph: Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Trailer)by zocomoro
Posted in In the news, Popular (and unpopular) culture
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Grant's Killer Arrested in Nevada
[Updated at 12:48 pm 1/14/09] The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Mehserle was arrested in the New Year’s Day shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old supermarket worker from Hayward who was lying facedown after being pulled off a BART train by … Continue reading
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House passes Fair Pay Acts
Some good news from Emily at RH Reality Check:
The House passed both the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, restoring and establishing basic protections for employees who are subject to wage discrimination. The Ledbetter Act repeals the 180 day requirement, while the Paycheck Fairness Act protects employees from retaliation by […] Continue reading
Posted in Gender and the Economy, In the news, Syndicated feeds
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A bit more about the virginity pledge study…
In an earlier post, Jeff quoted the first two paragraphs of a Washington Post story: Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are … Continue reading
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When capitalized, "Sie" is the formal way to address adults of either gender in polite German. I majored in the…