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Details: Written by LR Blogger; Category: Think Progress; Published: 24 May 2013; Hits: 1

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While the overall warming is about 0.16°C per decade, there are three ten-year periods where there was a hiatus in warming, as the graph above shows, from 1977 to 1986, from 1987 to 1996, and from 2001 to 2012. But at each end of these periods there were big jumps. We find exactly the same [...]

Details: Written by LR Blogger; Category: HuffPost; Published: 24 May 2013; Hits: 1

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A copy of a letter reportedly sent by a Marine Corps recruit raises new concerns about a culture of homophobia in the military, despite the 2011 repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy that previously had banned gays from serving openly in the armed forces.

Details: Written by LR Blogger; Category: Daily Kos; Published: 24 May 2013; Hits: 1

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Each Saturday, this feature links and excerpts commentary and reporting from a dozen progressive state blogs in the past seven days around the nation. The idea is not only to spotlight specific issues but to give readers who may not know their state has a progressive blog or two a place to become regularly informed about doings in their back yard.

Details: Written by LR Blogger; Category: Crooks and Liars; Published: 24 May 2013; Hits: 3

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At least there are some Republicans in the House who actually want to get some work done...

Roll Call:

The inquiry led by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee into the slaying of four Americans at the U.S.

Details: Written by LR Blogger; Category: Teapublican Talking Point of the Day; Published: 24 May 2013; Hits: 2

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When viewers see Charlie Sheen in the upcoming film "Machete Kills," they will see the name Carlos Estevez in the credits.

As Deadline reported Friday, Sheen has decided to adopt his birth name in the Robert Rodriguez movie about a rampaging Mexican killer.

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What NOT to mention

If you are a "leftie", it's often fun reading the right-wing blogs and websites as they seem to have the most colorful comments which are, depending on the moderation of the site, sure to be filled with lib-bashing (well most all but conservative-bashing really - but that's just "what they do".)

We decided to include RSS newsfeeds from Newsbusters as it gives you an insight into just what Republicans call "liberal media bias" and what they find most "offensive" in that regard. It's often better than Comedy Central. Two things that stand out are 1. the hypocrisy and 2. the use of "apples to oranges" comparisons as "gotcha' arguements for their case. You won't find a bigger bunch of crybabies whining about some trivial "offense" that has their panties tied in a knot today - which IMO only adds to the comedic value.

To counter the GOP "Psycho Talk", we have included a submenu containing research from 2 sites dedicated to exposing and/or debunking much of this "conservative misinformation".

Point your dittohead wingnut friends here after they've hit you with their daily dose of whatever it is they are supposed to be upset about today.

Any liberal is familiar with the website Media Matters for America, which I consider one of the best places to stay abreast of the latest Republican "talking points" as well as a thorough list of conservative "misinformation" that is updated on a daily basis (and throughout the work-day).

The Conservative counterpart is called NewsBusters - and the logo says it all. Ugh yes, we all know about that "liberal media bias".

Of course, in their Teapublican world of playing the victim, the only thing that is NOT "liberal media bias" is any publication or media source that is owned or operated by the Rupert Murdoch Empire.

It astounds me sometimes when I read some of the things they take issue with. Even more astounding is that they will take examples of a "liberal media" source that has totally ripped apart a Republican myth (or lie) and actually STILL take issue with it! As if to say "HOW DARE THEY call us out for our lies." The signature tagline in my forum posts explains the conservative mindset, their "clan mentality", and numerous studies done that prove how and why I often feel they are from a totally different planet!

Anyhow - The feed articles in this category are here for your pure entertainment value. They will help you understand where Stephen Colbert gets "his character". And we all know, he's got the "typical conservative Republican" down to a T.

Notice the number of articles in this category. There are probably more articles per day put out by Newsbusters than any of the other feeds we susbcribe. Which only goes to show, not only by the number of articles, but the trivial nature of their complaints, that these people just live to whine about nothing!