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NC Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D) appointed to Subcommittee on Health.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today was appointed to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health during the 113thCongress, making him the eighth most influential Democrat on the subcommittee. The Health Subcommittee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues that are important to North Carolina and the nation. …

January 15, 2013
Two Bibles-One Oath.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible, but two — one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln. The inclusion of King’s Bible is particularly…

January 11, 2013
Warner Brothers Employees Downloading Porn From Work. Get Your Freak On!

New piracy laws come into effect in 2013. All of the major distributors lobbied and worked with congress to pass legislation most ISP’s call “internet police.” The MPAA invests heavily in legal maneuvers, lobbying efforts, and scare tactics against a host of ISP outlets, torrent sites and the general public. But, according to Torrent Freak,…

December 25, 2012
Romney was a Diamondique. He flip-flopped in so many directions that he became a political contortionist.

It’s not that Romney never let the voters in to see the the real Mitt as the Boston Globe piece implies. If it were that simple his handlers and media advisors would have picked up on that and fixed it quickly. Romney’s problem was that he was a fake diamond: a diamondique. In Mass. he…

December 23, 2012
Favorite Headline From Today’s Sunday Papers: A Final Farwell to Sen. Daniel Inouye. Inouye.

December 23, 2012
Do you really want to get academic about gun control? Or do you just want to hear yourself talk?

How about we just use some common sense? If you say yes—to one or both—then I guess the best place to do it is here. Because the FCC doesn’t like it when you tell a Tea bagger to “fuck off” on a nationally syndicated radio talk show. (Don’t ask me how I know this) Lets…

December 21, 2012
The Do Nothing Plan For The Non-Fiscal Cliff

The White House said it would veto the current plan offered by House GOP leaders to raise tax rates only on income above $1 million, while House Speaker John Boehner tried to build momentum for the Republican proposal. So, maybe the plan-by both Democrats and Republicans is to run out the clock and do nothing. …

December 19, 2012
Bob Schieffer: If Sandy Hook Shooter Had Arab Name, ‘People Would Be Going Nuts’

Bob Schieffer: If Sandy Hook Shooter Had Arab Name, ‘People Would Be Going Nuts’ by Andrew Kirell During a Sunday morning panel discussion on the potential political impact of Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer put forth the idea that if the shooter had an…

December 18, 2012
31 School Shooting Since Columbine and Still We Do Nothing.

From Fayetteville, NC to Los Angeles, CA. These are some of the major shooting since Columbine, not a complete list. MAJOR SCHOOL SHOOTINGS SINCE 1999 Chardon, Ohio, February 27, 2012A seventeen-year old boy fired ten shots at a group of students in the Chardon High School cafeteria as school began Monday, then shot an…

December 17, 2012
Welcome Tim Scott to the US Senate. (R-SC)

The newly appointed Senator from South Carolina proposed a bill to kick families off of food stamps if one member went on strike as part of a union. And he called for the impeachment of Obama over the debt ceiling. (washingtonpost.com)

December 17, 2012