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• The Nearly Unbelievable Coming out of CPAC Yesterday

  Nearly unbelievable if we hadn't heard it before, too: CPAC Participant Defends Slavery At Minority Outreach Panel: It Gave ‘Food And Shelter’ To Blacks A man a... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas' Own Koch Brothers at Top of "10 Worst Billionaires" List

  

  Just out this week at Alternet: 10 Worst People on Forbes 2013 Billionaires List Oligarchs and monopolists and thugs, oh my! 1. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY

• One of the Few Times They're All on the Same Side

  

  The mascots of the Big 12 Basketball Conference all got together and visited the children patients at Children's Mercy Hospital today. Pretty fun. Very cool.... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY

• The Wacko, Wacked-Out Kansas and Missouri Legislatures (guest Post)

  What I've been saying, time and again, but Barb Shelley of The Kansas City Star says so well: Strange fixations of Kansas, Missouri legislators Hey, Missouri... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Abraham Lincoln Saw It Coming

  

  And the solution to this now is to end campaign contributions so we get the big ugly, corrupting influence of the money from the wealthy and corporations out... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas, KU Basketball and the Irony and Hypocrisy of It All

  

  What with this being a big week at present, for basketball in general but KU basketball, in specific, there's a terrific article out today from Think Progress o... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Republicans Trying to Kill "Obamacare" for the 35th Time

  Yes, you read it right, it's being reported that the Republicans in Congress are trying, for yet the 35th time now, to kill the Affordable Care Act, "Obamacare. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Hopefully the New Pope Will Emulate St. Francis of Assisi, at Least in Some...

  

  Having done like so many people today, no doubt, I've done Google searches on both this new Pope Francis by his birth name, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, and his... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Star Gets Some National/international Exposure from NPR

  It broke today, due to some Pope coverage, in this story: 5 Things About Popes And Their Names; Like, Why Do They Change Them? Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 SOCIETY

• The Atheist's Take on a New Pope

  And they make good, valid points: "Some of you are asking why we care about the papal election. The reason we care is that even though we are vehemently... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Interesting, Fun, Sad, True Article on Google and Kansas City Right Now

  

  All that potential, right? The Google Fiber Space showroom in Kansas City, Mo.* Courtesy of Google What Do You Do With the World's Fastest Internet Service? "... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 SOCIETY

• The Stupid in Jeff City is Getting Outrageous

  A new low, set by the Republicans in Jefferson City this week: Religion, Ethics Of Medical Workers Could Allow Refusal Of Care Under Mo. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 SOCIETY

• On Paul Ryan and His and the Republican's Plans

  Oh yes he did. 'We're not going to give up on destroying the health care system." --House Budget Committee Chairman and very Republican Paul Ryan. They're not... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 SOCIETY

• What's Happening in Washington Right Now

  "The greatest tragedy is that we could balance the budget without placing this pain on millions of American families, if we only ask a wealthy few to pay their... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Local Attorney Hits the Big Time

  

  Breaking news tonight on Yahoo! News: University of Utah orders investigation into coach's abuse; questions still to be answered University of Utah president... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Yet More Monumental Stupid Coming out of Topeka

  Here's another case of not hardly being able to believe what some Right Wing, Republican wacko thought up: Kansas Bill Would Ban Abortion Clinic Employees From... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY

• FDR on a "living Wage"--true Then, True Now

  ‎ "In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Wedge Economics: Them That Has, Gets

  "Wedge economics - this disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street, between profits and wages, between the winnings of the 1% and the stagnation of the 99% ... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY

• The Future is Here

  It happened about a week ago but news of it is just going viral now: Drone Comes Within 200 Feet of Airliner Over NY NEW YORK — An unmanned drone came within 20... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day

  

  "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." ~H. L. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY