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Beyonce Joins Gender Equality Debate With Essay For The Shriver Report

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I have been hard on Beyonce recently. I wrote this blog post to pretty much agree with Poet/Femenist Christa Bell and feminist educator, writer, & activist Dr. Mako Fitts Ward. They took exception to her new album. In effect they implied she was a pawn to society that plays on women and demeans women. Beyonce […]

Mitt Romney Goes Gangnam Style With Alex Boye (VIDEO)

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Mitt Romney Goes Gangnam Style Mitt Romney strutted his stuff at the Young Single Adult regional conference. He went on stage to do the Gangnam Style dance with British-born singer, actor, and fellow Mormon Alex Boye. Mitt Romney was not as agile as Korean singer Psy doing his thing but he seemed relaxed and was […]

Should It Matter If Gay or Straight Is A Choice?

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The Duck Dynasty saga made this topic ever so important. The visceral hate that is still implicitly sanctioned by certain sections of the traditional media and commerce continues. After-all, many stores are over flowing with new Duck Dynasty products. David W. Shelton wrote two great blog posts. The first is “What the Duck? Why the […]

Not A Winning Message: War On Poverty, Income Inequality, And Wealth Disparity

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Income Inequality Is Not The Winning Message Pure scientist, pure engineers, and real economists love numbers. They love statistics. They know that given a specific input, known degrees of freedoms, and processes the output is deterministic. They are digital. Things either work or they don’t. Most people aren’t scientists, engineers, or economists. They are analog. […]

Dead Woman Must Stay ‘Alive’ Till She Delivers Her Baby In Texas

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Erick Muñoz, a firefighter-paramedic, woke up to find his pregnant wife, Marlise Machado Muñoz, unconscious on the floor in his kitchen. She was 14 weeks pregnant at the time. Marlise Machado Muñoz was also a paramedic. Erick Muñoz said that both he and his wife were exposed to this situation. They both opposed life-sustaining efforts […]

Opponent slams Christie For George Washington Bridge Scandal (VIDEO)

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Chris Christie gave a lengthy press conference on the closure of the busiest bridge in the country. He is finally taking responsibility for the George Washington bridge debacle. Or is he? Chris Christie is claiming that he had no clue that lanes on the George Washington Bridge were closed because of a vendetta against Fort […]

Jon Stewart Knocks Fox News On Climate Change – Global Warming (VIDEO)

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The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart hits the mark again. He makes fun of the silly remarks about climate change. Jon Stewart starts, “There you have it: ‘War on Christmas’ is over; ‘war on carbon’ begins. Global warming: Just one more liberal conspiracy. Because even though […]

New Jersey State Employee Racial Discrimination Plea To Governor Christie Goes Unanswered

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I received a call from Michael Alexander just before the Christmas Holidays. He told me he follows our economic justice and human justice movement. Michael Alexander told me a story I found hard to believe. Could this really be 2014? He sent me a copy of the law suit. Based on the filed suit, Mr. […]

Jon Stewart Ridicules Bill O’Reilly Texting And Marijuana Comments (VIDEO)

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Jon Stewart took on Bill O’Reilly’s commentaries on marijuana and texting. On the surface one may think Jon Stewart is just using Bill O’Reilly as a punching bag yet again. Not so. “If you use any intoxicating agent then your goal is to leave reality. You are not satisfied with your current state of mind. […]