Need to Read: The Teflon Toxin

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Saturday August 15, 2015 · 10:34 AM PDT

2015/08/15 · 10:34

https://firstlook.org/...

The Teflon Toxin
DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception
Sharon Lerner
Aug. 11 2015, 5:35 p.m.

The Intercept @ firstlook.org

A How-to Letter for Planned Parenthood: Pandora's Box of Selling Body Parts

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Sunday August 02, 2015 · 8:33 AM PDT

2015/08/02 · 08:33

I am writing this as a how-to guide on asking about tissue research and the selling of body parts. It will become a letter I will be sending to my "representatives" in Congress.

This is a draft and stream of conscience list of questions for now.

I would like feedback but don't expect anything back from me right away. I have to mow my lawn and I get distracted with other things, too.

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Saturday June 06, 2015 · 9:21 AM PDT

2015/06/06 · 09:21

From Altnet.com: 40 Reasons Our Jails and Prisons Are Full of Black and Poor People

http://www.alternet.org/...

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Monday February 02, 2015 · 4:02 PM PST

2015/02/02 · 16:02

http://legis.sd.gov/...

I just saw this on my Twitter feed:

Bill to curb ballot measures sparks outrage

http://www.argusleader.com/...

Jonathan Ellisjonellis@argusleader.com 5:26 p.m. CST February 2, 2015

Senator Corey Brown

Party Republican
Term Incumbent
District 23
Counties Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth
Occupation Insurance
Home Address
316 S. Potter St.
Gettysburg, SD 57442
Phone Numbers
Home 605-769-0540
Capitol 605-773-3821
Business 605-765-9550
Email http://legis.sd.gov/...

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Thursday December 18, 2014 · 5:12 PM PST

2014/12/18 · 17:12

Sanford, sitting far left, Duagaard, at mic.

"Philanthropist" T. Denny Sanford, the South Dakota millionaire used-to-be billionaire, donated $25 million to a scholarship program for the state's technical schools.

Sanford Giving $25M for South Dakota Scholarships
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. AP

http://abcnews.go.com/...

How Build Dakota Differs From Other Initiatives
Brady Mallory

http://www.keloland.com/...

Denny Sanford's Multi-Million Solution To Worker Shortage
Angela Kennecke

http://www.keloland.com/...

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Saturday November 08, 2014 · 8:20 AM PST

2014/11/08 · 08:20

The War Against Austerity
Massive military spending is back in vogue as the defense industry uses ISIS to shake off sequestration.
By Winslow T. Wheeler • November 5, 2014

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/...

Current U.S. spending for national defense is—quite literally—excessive, taking into account historic norms, contemporary threats and complete expenditure totals.
Anyone who calls current defense spending levels “austere” is either ignorant or misleading. To call the cuts “Draconian” is rhetorical hype amounting to pro-spending propaganda.

DOD routinely reports its low readiness to Congress; the Members’ response has been to use many accounts in the readiness-related Operation and Maintenance budget as a target for arbitrary reductions. Congress decries the plummeting readiness of our forces to justify adding money, but when it comes to spending that money to actually increase training tempos and eliminate backlogs of poorly maintained equipment, the needed money is not in Congress’ appropriations bills. Instead, most of it is fed into superfluous earmarks and hardware which Members generally deem more important and that generates thankful manufacturers amply expressing their appreciation with campaign contributions.

This large glut of monies to buy all these trinkets and not enough troops to use them or maintain them seems counter-intuitive.

It would have been nice if Wheeler encouraged a livable wage to the ground troops compared with the pay they are receiving right now. Many are on Food Stamps and other "poor benefits".

thisisthemovement.org #12 Ferguson continues

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Tuesday September 23, 2014 · 2:17 PM PDT

2014/09/23 · 14:17

This is from the "Words to Actions" newsletter. It is sent to me by DeRay and Netta deray@thisisthemovement.org

Source pdf @:

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/...

"Misperceptions" of Ferguson Document Distributed by City of Ferguson In the Town Hall meetings on Monday which barred press and non-residents, the City of Ferguson distributed this document of 18 "misperceptions" of Ferguson and responses to each "misperception."

It has been copied and pasted below in full.

It's un-fu@#$%-believable to me. Talking out of both sides of the city government's mouth in black-n-white.

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Saturday August 09, 2014 · 8:31 AM PDT

2014/08/09 · 08:31

Chuck Todd was on the Today Show showing Carson Daly new poll numbers out that 57% would have a protest sign and well protest for a day. They used word clouds to separate the Democrats and Republicans. The perception of reality looks completely different between the two boards.

The poll was originally done by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

">Poll reveals most in US would carry signs to protest Washington Read More

The Dirty 100 Against Women

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Saturday July 12, 2014 · 5:53 AM PDT

2014/07/12 · 05:53

http://now.org/...

The list below is what is on the webpage. No time to waste.

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Tuesday June 24, 2014 · 7:31 PM PDT

2014/06/24 · 19:31

The Big Lobotomy

How Republicans Made Congress Stupid

By Paul Glastris and Haley Sweetland Edwards

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/...

Last September, as they scrambled to decide on one final ultimatum before shutting down the federal government, Republican House leaders came up with what seemed like an odd demand: to strip their own staff of health care benefits.

A debilitating brain drain has actually been under way in Congress for the past twenty-five years....

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Friday April 18, 2014 · 3:45 PM PDT

2014/04/18 · 15:45

Nonprofit's Exemption Was Granted Despite Record Fine, Big Political Spending

by Viveca Novak and Robert Maguire on April 14, 2014 2:49 PM

http://www.opensecrets.org/...

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Friday April 18, 2014 · 1:59 PM PDT

2014/04/18 · 13:59

Kimberly Caselman was shocked when she was forced to leave work—without pay.
After all, she loved her job at Pier 1. She was doing her work well and counting on the income since there was a new baby on the way. But what she didn't realize is that Pier 1 has an illegal policy on its books--pregnant workers are given 8 weeks of light duty and then forced to take unpaid leave, whether they want to or not.

Discrimination is going on at Pier 1 against pregnant women and few people knew about it until Caselman came forward with a lawsuit.

And it's never been more necessary to stand up against these abuses--40% of complaints filed about discrimination in hiring practices in recent years have been about pregnancy. And research shows an alarmingly high number of pregnant workers are fired under different pretenses when discrimination is clear.

She has spoken out. She and others like her are brave and willing to fight.

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Scholarships for the "Right" People

theamericanconservative.com story on defense spending

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Word Clouds Dems Vs. Reps

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So This is Why the Government is Stupid

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