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Senate Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, In A Close Vote : The Two-Way : NPR This was a direct vote on the pipeline. It was not a filibuster thing; the vote was agreed to be held. Why did it require 60 votes to pass. Is it because of the international nature of the pipeline, or some...

Post commentary, results, analysis, and whatever you like related to today's elections here. I just voted in Maryland and I can promise that the voting machine didn't change the votes I cast. I checked. Then I went and got donuts. If you only buy them after you vote, they won't make you...

So, the most reliable polls indicate a very good chance that the GOP will take a slim majority in the Senate. This is hardly a filibuster-proof or veto-proof majority, but will certainly yield a change in leadership and tone. What do you think will be the most likely consequences of a...

Montgomery pastor admits to having AIDS, sleeping with church me - WSFA.com Montgomery Alabama news. A pastor is supposed to spread the gospel. Not that.

The insane conspiracy theories of Naomi Wolf - Vox I remember back in the 1990s when Wolf seemed reasonable and it didn't hurt to have a respectable feminist who was good looking ^_^ Now it seems she's gone all nutty. Too bad.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Just Backed an Amendment to Overturn ?Citizens United? | Blog | BillMoyers.com The amendment reads: I think this amendment is a great idea and I and many others would like it to pass. Whether Congressmembers and Senators will vote to regulate their own...

This is amazingly stupid. In Maryland, a Soviet-Style Punishment for a Novelist - The Atlantic Police: Md. Teacher Placed on Leave for Authoring Fictional Book of the ‘Largest School Massacre’ « CBS DC Cambridge Mace's Lane Middle School Teacher on Administrative Le -...

An article has been published on Christianity Today's website as part if its "Leadership Journal" written by a former youth pastor who is now in prison for sexually abusing a minor.--but the "sin" is framed in-article as adultery, because he felt entitled, the youth group was "fruitful," his...

Janice Hahn Walks Out of National Day of Prayer What do you think?

Christian giant sued for ‘using nanny as sex object’ (warning: some explicit content that may be disturbing to sexual abuse survivors) So, take a pretty young woman, employ her in your home, take her traveling with you, isolate her from social support systems that you don't...

Net Neutrality Takes a Big Hit in Court | Mother Jones I can see the future...and online costs going up and up and up...

And no, this is not hearkening back to the old plan of the 1990s. Obamacare exposes Republican hypocrisy on health care These criticisms include factors that were not required by the law but seem to be an inevitable byproduct of it. Complaints about high deductibles. Complaints...

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy teacher put on leave over nude photo online - Local News Story It seems probable--or, at least, as likely as anything else-- that the teacher had this photo for her husband or herself on her phone, which got stolen, and the thief put this online. In which...

An Alternative to Obamacare | U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan Of one thing you may be sure: it includes tax cuts! The actual surprising thing: it includes health care exchanges.

A HealthCare.gov denial-of-service attack tool is found. Really. -- GCN

Apparently some right-wingers have been thinking very hard and this is what they come up with...of course, it's tax cuts. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/right-ready-for-every-man-for-himself-care.html The only thing people dislike worse than Obamacare, is apparently something...

Not bad for one year Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans' personal debt | World news | theguardian.com “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to...

:eek: Angry mob castrates Papua New Guinea’s cult leader ‘Black Jesus’ | The Raw Story A fitting death, I suppose. I did a mission trip to PNG back in the 1980s and remember it fondly; I found this article both very disturbing and fascinating.

This is a true story. I thought you might find it interesting in here... This whole thing started this March when the papal election was taking place. My husband was running a cable for our home computer network and cut a phone cord that turned out to be active...no big deal really, but we...

Our church is offering a Disciple Bible Study this fall. Has anyone participated in it? What did you think? It sounds rigorous but potentially transforming.