March 2015

The Often Overlooked Role of Natural Gas in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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Mother Jones shows how Gazan natural gas became the epicenter of an international power struggle. The Middle East is a region rife with conflict, and a single thread ties them together: the frenzied competition to find, extract, and market fossil fuels. This is a threat that will lead to cataclysmic environmental crises if their future […]

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After the Sandy Hook kids were slaughtered, Ted Cruz was more worried about protecting guns

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A reminder before I continue. The following are the names and dates of birth of those who perished on December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School: Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female – Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male – Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female. – Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female – Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female – Ana M. Marquez-Greene,

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Tenn. GOPer slams Volkswagen Creating 200,000 jobs is ‘intentionally’ a ‘magnet for unionized labor’

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Tennessee Republican state Sen. Bo Watson warned on Tuesday that a plan to bring 200,000 jobs to his state was a “magnet for unionized labor, intentionally.” According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Watson told the state Senate Commerce Committee that approving $165.8 million in tax incentives for Volkswagen was dangerous because unions could change

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Pope’s jubilee plans raise fears of terror threat

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The Washington Post explains… Pope Francis’ announcement of an Extraordinary Jubilee Year beginning in December has prompted Italian officials to reassess potential threats from Islamic State militants. The pontiff declared that the holy festival’s theme would be mercy, a cornerstone of his papacy, and the news has been met with enthusiasm by Catholics worldwide.  The

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Pope’s jubilee plans raise fears of terror threat

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The Washington Post explains… Pope Francis’ announcement of an Extraordinary Jubilee Year beginning in December has prompted Italian officials to reassess potential threats from Islamic State militants. The pontiff declared that the holy festival’s theme would be mercy, a cornerstone of his papacy, and the news has been met with enthusiasm by Catholics worldwide.  The

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Gun Lobby Crushes Limits on Armor-Piercing Ammo That It Helped Create

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Gawker reports… As the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) prepares to defend his budget before pro-gun senators on Thursday, the agency has decided to halt a plan to ban a type of armor-piercing ammunition following pushback from gun activists. An official with knowledge of the deliberations told Gawker that

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Safe sex groups slam Facebook for censoring condom campaign

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IBT explains The Great American Condom Campaign is a national youth-led effort that seeks to educate young people about the importance of safe sex. However, when the Washington-based nonprofit organization behind the effort, Advocacy for Youth, tried to promote one of their ads on Facebook, it was rejected for violating the site’s ad guidelines concerning

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Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million – for now

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Wealthy donors have been asked to limit their contributions to former Florida governor Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign to $1 million. This marks the first time a presidential hopeful has requested such a restriction, and it is intended to both avoid creating the perception of being in debt to a few uber-rich supporters, and to build

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