Of course we liberals own at least three pairs [of rose colored glasses]: one for the office, one for home, and a special pair for those "hard to take" moments. -demmywemmy

Rising Suicide Rates and the Economic Crisis

Seeded on Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:53 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

The economic crisis has made for grisly news stories concerning people who are being or have been evicted from their homes, are facing unemployment, and are unable to pay their bills.

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The Battered American Consumer: Even the Upper-Middle Class Is Feeling Economic Pain

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:50 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Bad news continues to batter the American consumer, from negative home equity to weak retail sales and rising claims for unemployment benefits.

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Measuring the Candidates' Qualifications An Inexact Science

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:26 AM EDT (cqpolitics.com)

What qualifies a person to be president? While it seems that this question is much in the news these days, it actually isn't.

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Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:27 AM EDT (The New York Times)

TKVIAVI, Georgia — The men who came to Gulnara Militaura's house seemed to know what they were looking for. They entered her kitchen and shot her husband and his brother in the head.

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The Evidence Gap - Drug Makers' Push Leads to Cancer Vaccines' Fast Rise - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:17 AM EDT (The New York Times)

In two years, cervical cancer has gone from obscure killer confined mostly to poor nations to the West's disease of the moment.

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Obama's Ads in Key States Go on Attack - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:14 AM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama has started a sustained and hard-hitting advertising campaign against Senator John McCain in states that will be vital this fall, painting Mr. McCain in a series of commercials as disconnected from the economic struggles of the middle class.

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Don't Count on Getting Your Vote Counted

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:44 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

After the 2000 election, the nation that first sent a man to the moon set for itself what seemed an attainable technological goal: ensure that states had efficient and reliable voting machines.

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The Plot Against Liberal America

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:26 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The most cherished dream of conservative Washington is that liberalism can somehow be defeated, finally and irreversibly, in the way that armies are beaten and pests are exterminated. Electoral victories by Republicans are just part of the story.

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Border Fence To Keep Out Illegals Being Built By Illegals--You Can't Make this Stuff Up.

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:17 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

I'm going to file this one under "@!$%# about the Bush administration you couldn't possibly make up." Is it possible to build a border wall without the help of the very people it is intended to keep out?

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It Is Time to Send Maureen Dowd Packing

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:04 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has evolved into a destructive force. Her pieces are almost purely gossip, innuendo, and meanness; worst of all they are often wrong.

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Why are Corporate Media Giving Fat Paychecks to Former Bush Aides?

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:01 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

This is the latest part of a strange phenomenon of rewarding the Bush gang with high-profile opportunities at major media outlets. The Bush White House has been, for lack of a better word, a disaster for the country.

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Still Believe this Election Can't be Stolen?

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:30 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

In an interview from October, 2006, that has only now seen the light of day, Stephen Spoonamore, one of the world's leading experts in cyber crime and a self-described "life-long Republican" destroys Diebold's already non-existent credibility. Spoonamore lays it out for anyone t …

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McCain and bias on the News (Seriously?)

Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:28 AM EDT

Apologies to anyone who came here before and saw the body blank on this article. I'm not sure what the hell happened to it: Nevertheless--

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8 things about the feminist housewife, if there is such a thing--

Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:25 AM EDT

1. Post these rules before you give the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 4.

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Dr. Doom - The Economist Who Predicted it All

Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:29 PM EDT (The New York Times)

So often, when one in his field predicts that the future will be less than stellar, he is derided as an "alarmist." Alarmist or not, this economist foresaw the future.

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Methadone Rises as a Painkiller With Big Risks

Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:14 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Methadone, once used mainly in addiction treatment centers to replace heroin, is today being given out by family doctors, osteopaths and nurse practitioners for throbbing backs, joint injuries and a host of other severe pains.

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Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?

Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:49 PM EDT (The New York Times)

IT'S been more than eight years since "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" made its first foray into presidential politics with the presciently named Indecision 2000, and the difference in the show's approach to its coverage then and now provides a tongue-in-cheek measure of …

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The Candidate We Still Don't Know - Frank Rich

Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:48 PM EDT (The New York Times)

AS I went on vacation at the end of July, Barack Obama was leading John McCain by three to four percentage points in national polls. When I returned last week he still was.

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China confiscates Bibles from American Christians - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:43 PM EDT (The New York Times)

BEIJING (AP) -- A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave the airport until they get the books back, their leader said Monday.

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September Community Event: Last Viner Standing, 2.0!

Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
By Mykola Bilokonsky (Clipped by _jen_)

The Background Those of you who have been around for a while may remember The Last Viner Standing - a competition I held in April of 2007.

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Wal-Mart Caught on Tape Lying to Employees: Are any of us really surprised?

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:04 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Wal-Mart was recently caught redhanded: they blatantly lied to employees about labor law and the Employee Free Choice Act (or "card check"). A video the Journal got a hold of shows the following:

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Scandal of the Ages: Trouble at the Beijing Olympics | PEEK | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:02 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

What began as whispers among the media and gymnastics insiders weeks ago about the ages of three of China's female Olympic gymnasts -- Jiang Yuyuan, Yang Yilin and He Kexin -- has grown into ear-shattering, head-hurting shouts.

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How Taxpayer Money Is Wrapped Up in Georgian War | ForeignPolicy | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:56 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Russia's announcement Tuesday morning that it will cease its offensive in Georgia has created a potential lull in what was a rapidly escalating military and diplomatic crisis. Whether the fighting really ends, one result of the conflict is clear: it has thrown a bright light on  …

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Female Orgasm and the Need for a New Definition of Sex

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:38 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The Hite Report on Female Sexuality research shows that 94 percent of women can regularly orgasm via self-stimulation (separate stimulation of the exterior vulva or pubis). So why not during sex with a partner? Because the stimulation is not done in the same way.

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Does It Make Sense to Treat Depression with Drugs? | | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:36 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Both research and experience have long informed mental health professionals of a strong link between depression and relationship dissatisfaction.

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