BART Faces Questions in Cell Phone Shutdown
The San Francisco transport system known as BART faces lingering free speech questions following the shut down of cell phone and wireless signals last Thursday at some BART stations. While ABC News 7 reports in the above video clip (see 1:51) that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security came up with the cell phone shut [...]
CDC Survey: Sexual Attraction Varies Greatly by Age and Education
A Center for Disease Control and Prevention report released last March shows that 87.9% of women aged 35-44 reported that they has sexual attraction for “only oppose sex” while only 77.6% of women in the 20-24 year old age category reported the same. This significant difference in response raises questions in the genetics vs. environment [...]
NARAL Launches Campaign to End Religious Exemption for Birth Control & Abortion Coverage
NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched a new effort to force religious organizations to buy health insurance that pays for contraceptives and early abortions. NARAL encourages its members to sign a letter to the United States Health and Human Services Department that states in part, “I am concerned that certain religious employers may be allowed to [...]
Off Track: How Sina Weibo Changes Chinese Media & Government
It has been a week since the 7-23 Railway accident occurred. In the past seven days, Chinese railway department has been the most frequently using word on Sina Weibo (Sina Weibo is Chinese version of Twitter), followed by “victim” and “railway spokesman”, respectively second and third. In a word, the top 3 topic words on Sina Weibo all give their credits to the 7-23 accident.
Contact Your Representatives
Recently President Obama’s Twitter account (@BarackObama) took to encouraging his followers to tweet their Republican Representatives and encourage them to “compromise” on the debt plan. Well in order to level the playing field I have listed the Democratic Congressional Representatives Twitter accounts. If you are on Twitter, contact your rep. and encourage them to compromise [...]
NPR Labels Pro-Life Group “Conservative”, Gives No Label to NARAL
National Public Radio published a slanted article today hitting GOP candidates titled, “Abortion-Rights Group Faults Republican Presidential Field.” In the piece NPR correspondent Julie Rovner made it a point to label pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List as “conservative” while giving no labels when mentioning the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) which has a [...]
Nasser Jason Abdo Facebook Profile Screenshot
Story background: AWOL Soldier Arrested in What Police Identify as New Plot to Attack Fort Hood This morning as I saw the Nasser Jason Abdo story breaking mainstream I captured the following screenshot of his Facebook profile. Facebook has since removed his profile. You can click on the screenshot below for a larger image: Nasser [...]
Chart: U.S. Borrows 43 Cents of Every Dollar Spent in 2011
In 2000, the United States federal government saved 13 cents for every dollar it spent while this year White House budget projections show 43 cents of event dollar spent will be borrowed.
Need a Job? Top 5 States With Lowest Unemployment
The June, 2011 report from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics holds the answer.
United States Budget Deficit Visualized
As the debt and deficits take center stage in the national debate, it is important to look at how we got here.
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