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The Best Country for Raising Kids? Report Says It's Not the United States | Team Mom - Yahoo! Shine
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 11:40 AM EDT (Yahoo!)
The United States may be a wealthy, privileged, industrialized nation, but when it comes to being an ideal place to raise a family, it ranks well below several European countries. Take into account nonexistent parental leave policies, low preschool enrollment rates, a …
The Enemies Within: The 20 Most Dangerous Conservatives And Their Organizations | Addicting Info
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 8:59 PM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)
America has enemies. Not just abroad, but within our shores as well. And our domestic enemies, as it turns out, are MORE dangerous and destructive than the terrorists could ever hope to be. Because while the terrorists want to destroy us, the following people and their organizati …
House Committees Propose Huge Cuts To Health Services, Food Assistance And Other Child Programs
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:17 AM EDT (Z-Net)
Congress would permanently repeal the Social Services Block Grant under a plan passed by the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday, slashing $1.7 billion a year that goes to help fund daycare, protective services for children, special services to persons with disabilities, ad …
New Super-PAC Threatens to Destroy Candidates Who Side With the People Over Wall Street |
Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:13 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Today’s system of buying legislators is effective but somewhat expensive. This system involves investing in the purchase of numerous legislators through campaign contributions and/or offers of lucrative post-government-service jobs to legislators and staffers. This system …
Y! Big Story: Contraception controversies | - Yahoo! News TEEN PREGNANCY RATES DOWN
Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:47 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The image at the above link clearly shows that teen pregnancies have been on the decline in recent years.
Facebook warns employers: don't ask for passwords - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:27 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Amid an upsurge in reports that employers are increasingly asking job applicants to hand over passwords to their Facebook and other social media accounts as part of the hiring process, word comes down from Facebook: don’t do it.
Joe Walsh Money Woes: Campaign Low On Cash As Child Support Case Continues
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:09 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
On Monday, Politico reported that Walsh raised only $38,300 during the first two months of 2012, which is reportedly barely enough to cover the $24,015 he owes in legal fees. Walsh's even bigger outstanding debt, however, is child support payments to his ex-wife. In 2010, …
Santorum is at it again
Tue Mar 6, 2012 5:24 PM EST
Another seed which requires an article-length response. Santorum: Single Moms Are Breeding More Criminals
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We Will Be Heard
Mon Mar 5, 2012 11:00 PM EST
Earlier today, someone seeded an article from "Newsbusters". I'm not sure about the technicalities of reseeding someone else's seed, so I'm writing my own article about it. The article's title was:
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It's verbal abuse
Fri Mar 2, 2012 9:16 PM EST
Rush Limbaugh's comments about Sandra Fluke are reflective of a paternalistic, misogynistic mindset thoroughly ensconced in the consciousness of the party and political attitude which he represents. The first tactic an abuser uses on a woman to control her, let her know 'he …
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State-Sanctioned Rape: Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Laws in Virginia, Texas, and Iowa | RH Reality Check
Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:32 PM EST (reality check)
This is outragious!!! Please also read the following article on what is the procedure for this probe Transvaginal ultrasound We need to have all the information to make more informed choices when choosing our governmental officals... They decide our lives.
Low-Income Republicans Say Government Does Too Little for Poor People: Pew Survey
Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2012 3:02 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
Low-income Republican voters say the government does too little for poor people, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Over half of Republican-leaning registered voters earning less than $30,000 a year -- 57 percent -- say the government doesn't do enough to help the …
Response to "6 Shocking Ways Capitalism is Failing America"
Wed Feb 1, 2012 6:50 PM EST
Our Viner, ‘ambivalent’, posted an article entitled “6 Shocking Ways Capitalism is Failing America”. The following responds to points made in that article. It's long. Sorry. Each one of these points could spark individual articles.
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US Ranks 27th in Social Justice
Seeded on Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:25 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)
"USA: We're No. 1!" Oh, wait — Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh...no. But go on down the rankings and there we are! No. 27, fifth from the bottom. So our new national chant is, "USA: At Least We're Not Last!"
Poverty in America likely to get worse, report finds
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:26 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Millions of Americans will be forced into poverty in the coming years even as the US hauls itself out of the longest and deepest recession since the second world war. A study from Indiana University, released on Wednesday, says the number of Americans living below the povert …
Census Shows 1 in 2 People Are Poor or Low-Income - ABC News
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:34 AM EST (ABC News)
"Safety net programs such as food stamps and tax credits kept poverty from rising even higher in 2010, but for many low-income families with work-related and medical expenses, they are considered too 'rich' to qualify," said Sheldon Danziger, a University of Michigan public pol …
CBO: GOP full of it, their bill adds $25.3 billion to deficit - The Hill's On The Money
Seeded on Fri Dec 9, 2011 4:55 PM EST (TheHill.com)
At the very end of their 369-page bill, Republicans included instructions to CBO on how to score the bill to try to make it abide by the rules. They tried to get CBO to credit flood insurance reforms with $4.9 billion in savings, but CBO refused to do so. They also tried to g …
Viewpoints: The whole nation benefits when labor unions are thriving - Sacramento Opinion - Sacramento Editorial | Sacramento Bee
Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:32 PM EST (The Sacramento Bee)
In 1935, FDR signed the National Labor Relations Act, which gave workers the right to join unions, and made it the policy of the United States to encourage employers to bargain with workers over wages, health care and retirement.
CBO Oct 2011 Household Income Report - complete PDF- This IS the NEWS
Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:20 PM EDT (CBO)
Two factors accounted for the changing distribution ofmarket income.
CHART OF THE DAY: The '47 Percent' Pay Their Fair Share
Seeded on Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:33 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
Conservatives are continuing their counter-protest against the so-called "47 percent." Specifically, that's the share of recession-era households that pay no federal income taxes.
First look at US pay data, it's awful
Seeded on Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:35 PM EDT (Reuters)
Anyone who wants to understand the enduring nature of Occupy Wall Street and similar protests across the country need only look at the first official data on 2010 paychecks, which the U.S.
FACT: Poor People Are Getting Screwed By Budget Cuts
Seeded on Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:31 AM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)
We dodged another shut-down bullet, but only until November 18. That’s when the next temporary bill to keep the government going runs out.
GOP Leaders Write Unprecedented Letter Urging The Federal Reserve To Keep Unemployment High
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:28 AM EDT (Think Progress)
In a move without precedent in the modern era, Republican congressional leaders including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz) have penned a letter to F …
Labor Is Property
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:58 AM EDT ()
That’s right, labor IS property. No, no, no! This isn’t some right-wing rant suggesting that serfdom be reintroduced (although many argue that we’re already there). Small-“L” labor is work performed. And labor is the property …
25 U.S. Firms Paid More to CEOs Than Tax Collectors
Seeded on Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:49 AM EDT (Raw Story)
Twenty-five major US firms paid more to their chief executives than to federal tax collectors in 2010, with most of the companies receiving tax refunds, a liberal-leaning think tank said Wednesday. The study by the Institute for Policy Studies comes ahead of another expected rou …
Recent Votes
Romney Campaign Massively Downgrades The Number Of Jobs It Claims He Created From 100,000 'Thousands'n its effort to sell Mitt Romney as someone who understands the economy and knows how to create jobs, one of his campaign’s early talking points was that he helped create 100,000 jobs during his tenure at Bain Capital. The campaign repeated the claim throughout the primar …
- Obama Goes Negative: Workers Say Bain Capital Ruined Their Lives
After a brief flare-up in the Republican primary, Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital is back on the table. President Obama’s re-election campaign on Monday accused the Republican nominee of causing untold misery for former workers at a steel company in Missouri, f …
- Women Pay Hundreds of Dollars More For Health Insurance Than Men, Why?
CHANDLER, AZ - It's no secret, women often get paid less than men for the same job. Plus, women pay more than men for things like dry cleaning, body wash, razors and deodorant. And now there's new evidence women are paying a lot more than men for health care.
- Jerad Wheeler, Georgia Police Officer, Under Investigation For Kicking Pregnant Raven Dozier
A police officer in Georgia is under criminal investigation for allegedly kicking a woman who was nearly nine-months pregnant in the stomach before charging her with obstruction of justice. In an incident report filed on Dec. 12, 2011, Dekalb County Police Officer Jerad Wheele …
- BOMBS NOT BREAD: Paul Ryan Budget: House Passes Bill To Spare Defense, Cut Food Aid, Health Care
The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits for federal workers and programs to help feed hungry Americans. The House drew up the "reconciliation budget" in hopes of heading off aut …
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Ladies, thanks for the kind words. Just remember that we have to get up and do our best every day. Some days, we will make more progress than others. Other days, it's a wash. Don't give up. Don't take 'no' for an answer. Keep knocking on doors til your knuckles swell. One will open. Everything passes - the good and the bad. Remember that God doesn't do bad stuff to us - people do. God can step in and change things; just ask. Lygeia, you might want to read Psalm 27 (verse 10 is the key). Calico, Psalm 5. For both, Psalm 9. Read on. These are comforts. This is not about church or man-made doctrine. This is about connecting directly with God - there's a big difference. Read Numbers 6:24-27. Be well, both.
Thanks for the compassion on the FS thread. Most people see FS users as subhuman, when in fact they are using them to survive with their kids. I know I am one of them. Getting laid off from my county job and the husband getting laid off the very next day because someone would take a 6 dollar pay cut for his job, we know what its like to need some compassion.
I really appreciate your thoughtful intelligent discourse on the thread about California's budget crisis. I am a a member of the working poor, trying to raise children on nothing, trying to dig myself out of the hole I got into just being born into a f***ed up family. I realize I made mistakes in this life (like dropping out of H.S.), but now as I try to mend them, I find that the safety net I was counting on is frayed beyond hope. I ask myself how I will feed my children on an income of less than $1000 a month. How will I pay for childcare, for gas and car repairs, when Cal Works is eliminated? I would love to have a full-time job that pays a living wage so that I could afford all this on my own. But now I think I'm going to have to drop out of school before I could even get a certificate. I'm scared to death. I don't even have enough money to move out of state or I would. I wish more people had the insight you do. So many people pass judgement without knowing what a person has suffered in this life.
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