But @GregWHoward's no racist. No. #p2 #tcot #opslam

Conservative Women Vs. Liberal Women - we got the hotties here! #tcot #p2 #Liberals

#GOP Discovers Culture Of Intimidation LTCartoons.com #Obama #tcot #satire #humor

Do I hear "Taps" being played in the distance? #tcot #tlot #cvn #sgp #p2 #ocra #Ccot #war #RESIST44 #TGDN #LNYHBT

If @barackobama had a son he'd look just like.... #TCOT

To Pray? or to Prey on those that PRAY for their Country #tcot #tlot #cvn #sgp #p2 #ocra #Ccot #war #news #TGDN

#p2 #progressive #liberal #dnc #dems #tcot #tlot #justinbieber #ladygaga

There was a special guest at @the_USO event ... COOKIE MONSTER ... good thing I came prepared #USO #Troops #tcot

This week I joined @the_USO to help prepare care packages for the troops for Memorial Day #SupportTheTroops #tcot

Lois Lerner on paid leave... #IRS #TCOT #TeaParty #LoisLerner #IRSscandal

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Sanders calls for gas price probe, emergency action by oil market regulators

http://vtdigger.org/2013/05/21/sanders-calls-for-gas-price-probe-emergency-action-by-oil-market-regulators/

With gasoline prices rising rapidly, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today proposed an amendment to make U.S. federal regulators follow the lead of Europeans and investigate oil and fuel price manipulation.

Sanders also proposed a 30-day deadline for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use its emergency powers to curb excessive speculation in crude oil markets.

“We must do everything that we can to make sure that oil and gasoline prices are transparent and free from fraud, manipulation, abuse and excessive speculation,” said Sanders, a member of the Senate energy committee.

Over the ...

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No one had to die in Oklahoma

http://socialistworker.org/2013/05/23/no-one-had-to-die-in-oklahoma

Alan Peck, who has relatives living near devastated Moore, Okla., considers how a rational society would prepare for disasters like the recent F5 tornado.

WHEN MY eyes caught the words "thoughts are with Oklahoma" on a friend's Facebook status update, my heart skipped a beat. As I hurriedly scanned the first article that I found, I saw the words "devastation" and "Moore," and my stomach tightened.

I dialed my father's house and got that line-disconnected signal. The tears followed. I was pretty sure that the Moore Medical Center, which the article had described as "destroyed," was where my father works...or, now, worked. Reports were...

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Marijuana: The next diabetes drug?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/health/time-marijuana-diabetes/index.html#cnn-disqus-area

Toking up may help marijuana users to stay slim and lower their risk of developing diabetes, according to the latest study, which suggests that cannabis compounds may help in controlling blood sugar.

Although marijuana has a well-deserved reputation for increasing appetite via what stoners call "the munchies," the new research, which was published in the American Journal of Medicine, is not the first to find that the drug has a two-faced relationship to weight.

Three prior studies have shown that marijuana users are less likely to be obese, have a lower risk for diabetes and have lower body-mass-index measurements. And these tren...

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Stockholm riots throw spotlight on Swedish inequality

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22650267

Five nights of rioting in the suburbs of Sweden's capital Stockholm have raised the national debate about immigration, unemployment and social inequality, the BBC's Stephen Evans reports.

It's hard to discern a pattern in the violence that has wracked Stockholm for five nights.

The cars attacked are not high-end - not the BMWs and Porsches you might expect to see torched by class warriors, but the vans which ordinary people need to go about their business.

Schools, a station and a library have been attacked as well as a bank and a police station.

In the areas affected, local people said the motive of the yout...

Anthony Weiner & AG Eric Holder in 2016 ... The Weiner Holder is a sure fire hit! #tlot #tcot #WeinerHolder

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TAKE THAT OOGLE!!!

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The folks in Oklahoma elected the worst human being on the planet to represent them. Like all things GOP. Personal dogma before responsibility to the suffering constituents you are supposed to represent.

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado-aftermath-moore_n_3311361.html

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/tom-coburn-tornado-relief_n_3324948.html

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[VIDEO] Dissent or Terror: Counterterrorism Apparatus Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/5/22/dissent_or_terror_counter_terrorism_apparatus_used_to_monitor_occupy_movement_nationwide

Newly revealed documents show how police partnered with corporations to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement. DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy have obtained thousands of pages of records from counterterrorism and law enforcement agencies that detail how so-called fusions centers monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement over the course of 2011 and 2012. These fusion centers are comprised of employees from municipal, county and federal counterterrorism and homeland security entities, as well as local police departments...

RELATED: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12115/dissent-or-terror-new-report-details-how-counter-terrorism-apparatus-was-used-mon

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[VIDEO] Dissent or Terror: Counterterrorism Apparatus Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/5/22/dissent_or_terror_counter_terrorism_apparatus_used_to_monitor_occupy_movement_nationwide

Newly revealed documents show how police partnered with corporations to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement. DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy have obtained thousands of pages of records from counterterrorism and law enforcement agencies that detail how so-called fusions centers monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement over the course of 2011 and 2012. These fusion centers are comprised of employees from municipal, county and federal counterterrorism and homeland security entities, as well as local police departments, the FBI and the Department of Hom...

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[VIDEO] Bridge collapses in Washington state — cars, people in water

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/18456081-bridge-collapses-in-washington-state-cars-people-in-water

A bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, leaving at least two cars and some people submerged in water, according to Washington State Patrol.

It was unclear how many people were in the Skagit River, the waterway in northern Washington that the four-lane bridge crossed.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. local time, and traffic has been closed in both directions.

NBC Seattle affiliate KING5 reported that traffic was significantly backed up in both directions. I-5 is the main freeway that runs along the West Coast.

This is a developing story, check back for up...

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Teachers, Students and Parents Fight Chicago School Closures

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Teachers-Students-and-Parents-Fight-Chicago-School-Closures

After the Chicago Board of Education approved a proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) to close 50 of the city's public schools, the Chicago Teachers Union vowed to take legal action to stop the closures and to challenge supporters of the mayor's plan with grassroots mobilization. The closures come despite widespread opposition to the plan and five days of rallies, sit-ins and other efforts...

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OUTSIDE AGITATOR

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/08/081208fa_fact_macfarquhar

Naomi Klein and the new new left.

The marquee outside the Bloor Cinema, in Toronto, advertised “The Last Mistress” at four, “Naomi Klein—the Shock Doctrine” at seven, and “Little Shop of Horrors” at nine-thirty. It was a warmish night. The falafel shop next door was doing a brisk business. A line of people holding tickets to the Naomi Klein event stretched to the end of the block and around the corner. Outside the entrance to the cinema, a middle-aged man and an elderly woman paced up and down selling copies of Socialist Action for a dollar. (The September issue included articles about capitalism’s contradictions, class war in Bolivia, and a commen...

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In response to school closures, a new movement is born

http://www.peoplesworld.org/in-response-to-school-closures-a-new-movement-is-born/

Mindless destruction.

That's the immediate reaction to the vote to close 50 schools by the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) on May 22. The BOE voted unanimously for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan, in reality a continuation of the same policy dating back 20 years.

There was never much doubt about the outcome by the deaf, rubberstamp BOE. It is after all an unelected, unaccountable board appointed by the mayor and composed of corporate CEOs, millionaires and billionaires.

The closures are the largest in U.S. history and follow similar closures based on similar policies in Philadelphia, Detroit, Clevel...

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Split Senate panel OKs Obama NLRB nominees

http://www.peoplesworld.org/split-senate-panel-oks-obama-nlrb-nominees/

In split votes, the Senate Labor Committee on May 22 approved President Obama's five nominees - three Democrats and two Republicans - for seats on the National Labor Relations Board.

While Democratic Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and Republican board nominees Harry Johnson and Phillip Miscimarra sailed through, two others didn't.

And the almost party-line votes on Democratic nominees Sharon Block and Richard Griffin, the former Operating Engineers general counsel, presage another partisan war on the Senate floor over the labor board and its future.

Union leaders urged the full Senate to act quickly and approve all fi...

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Letter from the heartland: Silent factories, human pain

http://www.peoplesworld.org/letter-from-the-heartland-silent-factories-human-pain/

Dear friend,

After a week's vacation, I'm back now to rural Tennessee.

Forgive my sarcasm, but nothing's changed here in a week. The high unemployment, the paycheck-to-paycheck population of the area, and the increasing incidence of spousal abuse, teen pregnancy and drug use (prescription and otherwise) still dominate daily life.

We see this far too often in the clientele at the local food bank we operate in our small town.

Up until a decade ago, a mobile home manufacturer ran two large plants here. They operated 24/7, and they provided a decent living for the workers of the area.

But cutbacks and corporat...