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• Ann Coulter, Racist and Bigot, and Right Wing Extremist - the Proof of Twitter

  It seems a fair criticism that Ann Coulter, right wing extremist and conservative media darling/whore is a racist and a bigot, based on the tweet below.... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right to Life, Right to Kill, Right to Fair Treatment, Right to Vote - Wrong to...

  

  Barack Obama lost traditionally southern states in the 2012 election, but in both the 2008 and 2012 elections, he received far more votes, and a far greater... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• One-Third Of Women Assaulted By A Partner

  

  from the New York Times: One-Third of Women Assaulted by a Partner Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Are We REALLY Worried About Straight OR Gay People Marrying Animals?

  

  This is Ayn Rand Paul pandering to the stupidly fearful on the right. This man is not presidential, despite his aspirations. He is just desperately stupid.And... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• This is What Life Getting Better Looks Like for Women - Especially Number 8,...

  

  Republicans HATE legislation that helps women who are raped; they opposed, bitterly, the Violence Against Women Act last time around because helping women in... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• When Is Minority Political Activity Representation; When Is It Tokenism?

  

  In Minnesota, the recent decision which overturns the congressional affirmation of the provisions of the Voting Rights Act from the 1960s provoked an... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Brodkorb – Time for HIM to Quit His Law Suit, Not the Lege

  

  The news this month is full of Brodkorb, and his law suit. The state Senate says they won’t settle, and there is a fund of $500k to cover costs through 2014. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 BUSINESS, DEBATE, LEGAL

• Fair is Fair! Do We Encourage Success, Or Are We Impeding It?

  

  Cross-posted from MNPP: Are we doing enough for the really small businesses in Minnesota? During the end of last week and over the weekend, I played hooky, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• WAS What Kiera Wilmot Did SCIENCE?

  

  Cross posted from IVN: When Kiera Wilmot and the ACLU claimed she was just exercising her scientific curiosity when she made a bottle bomb, a kind of... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Job-ortion

  

  I'm sick of the ignorant right wing culture wars, especially the war on women. Right wing policies are hell on economic growth and job creation, so maybe we... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Kiera Wilmot Bottle Bomb Incident - I Relate, but Disagree

  cross-posted from IVN: Share 0inShare More Sharing ServicesShare on printShare on email In the past month or so, I was intrigued by the story as it was... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The United States Corporate Flag, Revisited

  

  Flag day was last Friday, June 14 2013. As we see the role of corporations engaging in public corruption of our elective and legislative processes, it is worth... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Changing How We Conduct Elections

  

  Cross-posted from MN PP: Minneapolis has gone to ranked voting, which has so far appeared to be successful. Maybe we should consider this for our other... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Times, They Are a Changing

  Conservatives don't do well with change; they are the antithesis to change, and to progress of any kind. To conservatives, the status quo is, if not perfect,... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• If You REALLY Honor Dads...

  

  My heart goes out to all of the parents who six months ago were coping with the loss the day before of their children. In their honor and in the honor of all th... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Fathers of the Sandy Hook Kids Are Grieving, While the NRA Buys Their Way Ou...

  

  Special Interest Corruption is killing our kids, and our adults, every day. Sometimes it is one at a time, sometimes it is groups. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fact Check.org Busts More Fact Failures by Right Wing Obama Bashers

  

  This entity changed one failed fact for a different failed fact. There was no political sabotage by the IRS; there was only compliance with a law which did not... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Graduation Rates in Minnesota: The Good, the Bad, and the Budget

  

  Cross Posted from MN Political Roundtable: The EPE Research Center, part of the non-profit Education Week came out with their latest report on our high school... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What Would You Do? Sex, Empowerment and Education

  What would you do? Even as a child, I tended to be aggressive in seeking what I considered to be effective solutions (or as my parents sometimes put it... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DEBATE, LOVE & SEX, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• I Love 'ifls'

  

  For those who do not distinguish properly between the various developmental stages of a pregnancy pertaining to correct terminology, the stages of conceptus... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY