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Republicans continue to flip out over NLRB doing its job

June 27, 2011
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Republicans continue to flip out over NLRB doing its job

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The great Republican NLRB freakout of 2011 is a little hard to write about, because by explaining what’s going on in a way that makes it more interesting than watching paint dry, you’ve almost certainly done the Republicans a favor by sensationalizing it. According...

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Obama Found With Foot in Mouth A Year After Harsh Criticism of Wall Street

June 27, 2011
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Obama meeting with Wall Street execs, many top donors, to apologize. Does he need their money, or should be looking towards Americans? LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable   Remember how the Obama team’s 21st century internet campaign fundraising would immunize it from needing money from the usual special interests?...

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It’s Walmart’s world, Part 2

June 27, 2011
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It’s Walmart’s world, Part 2

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The Supreme Court’s Dukes vs. Walmart, raising the bar for plaintiffs in class action suits, means workers who already have it bad in this economy probably won’t have it any better, and won’t be able to do much about it. Can’t Win. Don’t Try. The...

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Media Matters staff: Drudge’s "Angry Black People Obsession" Continues Unabated

June 27, 2011
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Media Matters staff: Drudge’s "Angry Black People Obsession" Continues Unabated

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Continuing a pattern, The Drudge Report prominently featured the following headlines on June 27, all of which involved crimes or violence allegedly committed by African-Americans: Related: Gawker: Matt Drudge’s Angry Black People Obsession Salon: Matt Drudge’s disgusting race war awareness...

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Did Obama "wimp out" on gay marriage?

June 27, 2011
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Did Obama "wimp out" on gay marriage?

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable President Barack Obama spoke to LGBT supporters (and generous contributors) at a gala fundraising event in New York City Thursday night. Because of the event’s location and timing — smack in the middle of the New York state legislature’s debate on gay marriage —...

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Misinformed

June 23, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Captain Louis Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca? Rick Blaine: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Louis Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert! Rick Blaine: I was misinformed. So Jon Stewart said that Fox...

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Eric Boehlert: In One Night, Keith Olbermann Obliterates Eric Bolling’s Fox Ratings

June 23, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable This week, Keith Olbermann debuted his Countdown show on Current TV, having left MSNBC earlier this year. According to Nielsen numbers released by Current, Countdown’sMonday night debut attracted 179,000 viewers between the ages of 25-54. It was an impressive showing for Current, a cable channel...

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Internet privacy: How companies can turn privacy from threat to opportunity by giving sensitive consumer data to customers.

June 23, 2011
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Internet privacy: How companies can turn privacy from threat to opportunity by giving sensitive consumer data to customers.

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable How important is privacy online?It is a well-known—though questionable—truth in the online community that consumers won’t pay for privacy. Accordingly, most companies regard the entire issue warily. For them, privacy means expensive disclosure requirements, constraints on their ability to collect information about their customers,...

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Fox News "Headline" Is A GOP Press Release

June 23, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable This is what I found in the CBO’s summary. Recently, the federal government has been recording budget deficits that are the largest as a share of the economy since 1945. Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public has surged. At the...

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Italy Wants Out of Libya

June 23, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Like The Daily Beast on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for updates all day long. Barbie Latza Nadeau, author of the Beast BookAngel Face, about Amanda Knox, has reported from Italy for Newsweek Magazine since 1997 and for The Daily Beast since 2009....

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Gingrich At Least $1 Million in Debt, Causes More Staff Defections

June 22, 2011
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Newt Gingrich Staff Resigns

More resignations for Newt Gingrich’s campaign today. Gingrich says he doesn’t know why they left. LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Two fundraisers from Newt Gingrich’s campaign have resigned, citing Gingrich’s excessive debt. Total defections so far for the self-proclaimed candidate: 18. Unnamed officials familiar with the details of his...

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No, Jon Stewart, you’re not just a comedian

June 22, 2011
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No, Jon Stewart, you’re not just a comedian

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable This originally appeared at Attytood, Will Bunch’s blog at Philly.com TV funnyman (I love that phrase) Jon Stewart is back in the news again, as he so frequently seems to be. For reasons I don’t fully understand, Chris Wallace thought it would be a...

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Left Watch- Oil and Gas Co Exec on Beck Show Claims zero subsidies from federal govt- fact check?

June 22, 2011
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jack gerard claims no subsidies from us govt

Oil and Gas exec makes claim that's hard to believe

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The Clout of Political Wives

June 22, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Like The Daily Beast on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for updates all day long. Jack Germond has been covering national politics and Washington since 1960. He spent 20 years with the Gannett papers, then eight with the still-lamented Washington Star and more...

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Why Did Facebook Block UK Strike Site?

June 21, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Did Facebook intentionally block the website of UK-based labor protest organizers? The company denies the allegation, but UK activists aren’t convinced. Labor unions and student activists in the United Kingdom are organizing a massive strike of public workers to protest cuts planned by Prime Minister David...

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Afghanistan Withdrawal: Obama Lied

June 21, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The United States has about 200,000 military personnel in Afghanistan, half of them troops, half of them contractors. President Barack Obama put over two-thirds of that number there, first with a big escalation in 2009 that everyone refuses to pay the slightest attention to,...

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Jon Stewart in Awesome Fox News Interview: Media’s Real Bias is “Laziness, Conflict, and Sensationalism”

June 21, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable By eXtina The Daily Kos via Alternet.org Bravo: The bias of the media is towards laziness, conflict, and sensationalism. And NOT, a liberal bias. And then they moved on to the shot that has already been heard around the world: Chris Wallace plodding on...

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Huntsman launch to echo Reagan

June 21, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable JERSEY CITY, NJ — With the Statute of Liberty as a backdrop, Jon Huntsman will introduce himself as “a governor, a businessman, and a diplomat,” as he outlines a campaign positioned against the attacks of the other GOP contenders looking to take on his...

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Obama administration to investigate Bahrain labor abuses

June 21, 2011
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Obama administration to investigate Bahrain labor abuses

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Is the Obama administration finally preparing to apply real pressure on the Bahraini regime in response to its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters? The biggest labor federation in the U.S. sees a glimmer of hope in a new Department of Labor investigation into reported human...

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Left worries about Gaza Medical Care

June 21, 2011
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Gaza, Israel, World News, Left Watch Medical Care in Gaza (Part II) – by Stephen Lendman On March 25, 2008, Time magazine writer Tim McGirk headlined “Israelis Blocking Medical Care in Gaza,” saying: “Since Gaza is denied (most everything under siege), many complicated surgeries are no longer done there.” Those permitted abroad for them,...

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Jon Stewart: Fox News is wrong about "Daily Show" agenda

June 20, 2011
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Jon Stewart: Fox News is wrong about "Daily Show" agenda

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The animus between Jon Stewart and Fox News is nothing new to anyone with a cable box: The former routinely lampoons the Becks, Hannitys and O’Reillys of the world for their partisan histrionics, while the latter presents “The Daily Show” as a hub for...

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Why Is It So Hard to Bring Rapists to Justice?

June 20, 2011
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Why Is It So Hard to Bring Rapists to Justice?

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Devoted fans of the popular cop show can probably recite it in their sleep: “In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate Article source: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26195317/0/alternet~Why-Is-It-So-Hard-to-Bring-Rapists-to-Justice

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GOP magic trick: Making Bush vanish

June 20, 2011
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GOP magic trick: Making Bush vanish

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable NEW ORLEANS — Republicans head into 2012 united in their disdain for an unpopular, big government-loving, internationalist president. The name of that president: George W. Bush. Continue Reading POLITICO 44 From Capitol Hill to the statehouses to the presidential primary, Republicans are turning their...

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The rapid rise and spectacular fall of Anthony Weiner

June 20, 2011
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The rapid rise and spectacular fall of Anthony Weiner

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The way the last week has gone, Anthony Weiner’s decision to resign from Congress isn’t that surprising. Obviously, it’s impossible to say what the future holds for him. This is America, the land of second (and third and fourth and fifth…) chances, so it’s...

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Weiner may lose committee slot

June 16, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable House Democratic leaders could begin the process of taking away Rep. Anthony Weiner’s committee assignments today as part of a final push to force him from office, even as a minor backlash against calls for his resignation has emerged from one corner of the...

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Libya clash reaches tipping point

June 16, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable The fight over presidential authority in the military conflict in Libya reached a tipping point Wednesday, morphing from an academic discussion over the War Powers Resolution to a serious challenge to President Barack Obama’s authority to keep U.S. forces involved in the NATO-led air...

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Right-Wing Media Use Benign Comment About Regulatory Reform To Call Millions Of Jobs A Waste Of Money

June 16, 2011
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The other thing that we had heard in the last meeting was the question of regulation and regulatory uncertainty.  And I took this very much to heart.  As I’ve said before, I’m a big believer that it’s important for us to Article source: http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/6cGdfYRvAT8/201106150015

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Study: Early primaries dominate process, skew possible results

June 16, 2011
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Study: Early primaries dominate process, skew possible results

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable While virtually nobody will be surprised by the conclusions, a study published by Brown University economists Brian Knight and Nathan Schiff has quantified something long debated in electoral circles, the undue influence granted to states with early primaries. For those scoring at home, voters...

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Small business optimism takes third drop in as many months. Another bad reading on jobs

June 16, 2011
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Small business optimism takes third drop in as many months. Another bad reading on jobs

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Skip to main content A survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses released Tuesday showed small businesses are less optimistic about the direction of the economy. The release marked the third decline in as many months of the Index of Small Business Optimism,...

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Obama cronyism exceeds all expectations- latest fat cat to get sweet government payoff

June 15, 2011
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Obama Cronyism harkens back to the good old Boss Tweed days

Obama Watch, Obama News, Obama Cronyism, Politics, Gov Watch, Freedom News Barack Obama, the President of Hope and Change, has proven to be the same old same old, on steroids.  Like many Presidents before him, Barack Obama, the man who once pledged to make his staff sign commitments to not go into lobbying after...

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Calif. remap could cost incumbents

June 15, 2011
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Calif. remap could cost incumbents

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, two House Democrats who have served alongside each other in neighboring Southern California districts for more than a decade, have long maintained a healthy rivalry. But the knives might soon come out. Continue Reading POLITICO 44 Last week,...

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Democrats take hard line on Medicare in debt talks

June 15, 2011
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Democrats take hard line on Medicare in debt talks

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Democrats controlling the Senate are vowing that any deal this summer to cut the deficit won’t cut back benefits for people enrolled in Medicare. Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to take any cuts to Medicare benefits “off the table.” The Nevada Democrat...

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Republicans Still Fighting Democrat Push in NY for Gay Marriage

June 15, 2011
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NY Rejects Gay Marriage Bill

NY celebrities and Democrats are still pushing hard for a bill in support of gay marriage. However, Republicans in NY senate still hold their ground and stand against bill. The effort to legalize gay marriage in New York is getting an all-out lobbying effort from Democrats and celebrities, but there’s still no sign of...

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Fox & Friends Ignores Stimulus’ Effect To Claim None Of Obama’s Economic Policies Have "Worked"

June 15, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Entitlements? They seemed to work just fine from the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt until the 80s. Of course there is always room for realistic discussion of how to best administrate those entitlements, and which ones are creating a positive return to society. So...

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Corporate Tax Cuts Won’t Work

June 15, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable President Obama’s advisers think a corporate tax cut will make America more competitive, but is he getting advice from the wrong people? Marshall Auerback on where the real key to recovery lies. Message to Barack Obama: It is time to panic. Our economy is...

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Texas ‘going full speed ahead’ on implementing health care reform

June 15, 2011
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Meanwhile, despite Mr. Perry’s stated opposition to a federally-mandated health insurance exchange and the state’s participation in lawsuits aimed at overturning federal health reform, officials at the Texas Department of Insurance acknowledge that since last fall, with the help of a $1 million grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services,...

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Southern Baptists Look To Minorities To Jump-Start Growth

June 15, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Southern Baptists meeting in Phoenix adopted a plan Tuesday (June 14) to try to boost minorities in their top leadership posts as they face continuing reports of stagnant baptism rates and declining membership. Members of the...

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Religious Freedom Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook Addresses United Nations

June 15, 2011
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LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable By Peter Kenny Religion News Service GENEVA (RNS) The Obama administration’s new envoy for international religious freedom told a U.N. commission on Tuesday (June 14) that government, political, religious and business leaders must stand ready to condemn hateful ideology. Borrowing from recent headlines, Ambassador-at-Large...

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GOP rivals let Romney off easy

June 14, 2011
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GOP rivals let Romney off easy

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable GOFFSTOWN, N.H.—Mitt Romney couldn’t have scripted an easier debate for himself. The Republican presidential frontrunner came into the debate looking strong and emerged from it stronger, as his opponents repeatedly passed up opportunities to go on the attack – and even inflicted damage on...

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Michele Bachmann’s coming out party

June 14, 2011
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Michele Bachmann’s coming out party

LionofJudahthemovie.com- Lion of Judah The Movie- Once Upon a Stable Let’s be clear: Monday night’s Republican presidential debate will soon be forgotten. There will be countless other forums between now and the start of the primary and caucus season, and nothing that was said by any of the seven candidates who participated (Jon Huntsman...

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