January 2012 Archive

maryland marriage equality
Sarah Crank, Home-Schooled Maryland 14-Year-Old, Wants Senate to Vote “No” on Gay Marriage for her Birthday Present
A Maryland teenager has a shocking birthday wish for the state senate as it debates whether or not to grant equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians. According to Towelroad, 14-year-old Sarah ...
honor killing
‘Douches du Jour’: Afghan Immigrants Mohammed Shafia, Wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Son Hamed Sentenced to Life in Prison for Canada ‘Honor Killing’ of 3 Teenage Daughters and Woman
Three members of an Afghan immigrant family were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three teenage daughters and another woman who the perpetrators believed had dishonored their ...
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‘Douche du Jour’: Ex-L.A. Teacher Mark Berndt Charged with Molesting, Spoon-Feeding Semen to 23 Children
A longtime southern California teacher has been arrested and charged with child molestation following the discovery of hundreds of photos showing blindfolded children with their mouths taped, subjected to various ...
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Romney, Gingrich Want to Disenfranchise Millions of Voters by Scrapping Bilingual Ballots
GOP presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both favor ending bilingual ballots, a move that would disenfranchise millions of potential voters across the country. Mother Jones reports that both leading ...
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Super Bowl Ad Targets Hershey’s Over African Child Slave Labor
An ad targeting U.S. chocolate-maker Hershey's over child slave labor in Africa will appear on a big-screen TV outside the Super Bowl in Indianapolis this Sunday. The Raw Story reports that ...
martha boggs
‘The Moral High Ground’: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Tennessee Republican State Sen. Stacey Campfield Kicked Out of Martha Bogg’s Bistro Bijou
A Republican state senator from Tennessee who is sponsoring a controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill and who recently blamed AIDS on "one guy screwing a monkey and then having sex ...
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Liar-in-Chief: Obama Defends Drone Strikes, Claims No “Huge Civilian Casualties”
President Obama defended the clandestine CIA unmanned aerial drone program yesterday, fallaciously claiming that drone strikes haven't caused a large number of civilian casualties. [caption id="attachment_16620" align="alignright" width="270" caption="This mother and ...
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Miss Piggy: Fox News Criticism of Muppet Movie “Almost as Laughable as Fox Being News”
Anyone who's been watching Fox News lately (ok, you caught me) can't help but notice that the right-wing network has it in for puppetry. First there was an attack on ...
OPD
400 “Domestic Terrorists,” Including at least 6 Journalists, Arrested at Occupy Oakland Protest; Widespread Police Brutality Observed
Nearly 400 people, including at least half a dozen journalists, were arrested in Oakland on Saturday as an 'Occupy' demonstration that began peacefully in the morning deteriorated into clashes between ...
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“I’m Going to Destroy America and Dig up Marilyn Monroe”: British Tourists Leigh Van Bryan & Emily Bunting Arrested in L.A. on Terror Charges, Interrogated and Deported over Twitter Joke
A pair of hapless British tourists who posted jesting Tweets, one of them quoting a popular American animated sitcom, were arrested on terror charges, imprisoned with Mexican drug traffickers, interrogated ...

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