Courtesy Antemedius:

You think that just because President Obama is afraid of the consequences of investigating the criminal Bush administrations State Sponsored Torture program that the former President and his henchmen are off the hook? Well think again. And this is not just on theoretically either. I’ll have a lot more detail on this on Monday, but here is what I got from a friend of mine at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

President Bush was supposed to be in Geneva on Monday. He was going to address a group at the Hotel President Wilson. It was to be one of those big dollar events where the Ex-President speaks to a rah-rah crowd for a big passel of cash. That is now canceled, and just canceled this evening. Why is that?

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By Matt Osborne

It is not okay to tackle a woman to the ground and step on her head just because you don’t like her politics. The tea party sees tyranny everywhere and practices it on others. This is how real, actual, not-imaginary fascism comes to America.

Our ugly election season has seen militia-linked security goons handcuff reporters, biker gangs intimidate campaign workers, poll observers “hovering” over brown-skinned voters, minority “voter caging” efforts, citizens arrested for challenging incumbents, RedStaters finding excuse to use racist slurs against the president, and now a scene we might call American Tea Party History X.

But there’s a cure for the viral insanity: people like Lauren Valle, the MoveOn.org activist brutalized by Rand Paul’s county coordinator. Her courage is in the best traditions of progressive activism, which is not just an answer to the tea party but the antidote. More after the jump and a very important video…

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Think Progress

May 8, 2010  By Amanda Terkel at 3:16 pm

In April 2009, Iowa’s Supreme Court unanimously overturned a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage. Although the far right claimed that this decision would upend traditional marriage, a September 2009 Des Moines Register poll found 92 percent of Iowans believed marriage equality had “brought no real change to their lives.” But now, Iowa state Sen. Merlin Bartz (R) is trying to convince the public that LGBT families threaten the institution of…camping. Radio Iowa explains why Bartz is so upset:

Senator Merlin Bartz, a Republican from Grafton, says it appears to him that the Department of Natural Resources wants to make gay couples eligible for family camping at state parks. “They’re citing the Supreme Court case and changing, you know, ‘husband and wife’ language to ’spouse,’” Bartz says.

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PHOENIX – A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway.

Abdon says he provided several key pieces of information but what he provided apparently was not what was needed.

He tells 3TV, “I don’t think it’s correct, if I have to take my birth certificate with me all the time.”

We can’t make it up, folks! Continue reading the article from AZFamily.com, and watch the video below.

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I read crap like this, and it makes me so angry that I’m afraid I’ll have a heart attack.

Check out this Associated Press article that talks about how “well” a family of four can eat on $68.88 per week. They even get 2 professional chefs and a magazine food editor to “prove” their point. Here are two points that this article doesn’t even come close to addressing:

The first is the matter of nutrition. That this article doesn’t mention if these “chefs” even reached appropriate portion size notwithstanding, people on food stamps are generally undernourished. While thinking that giving poor people a carrot a piece to chew on constitutes a balanced diet, it falls way short of the body’s recommended daily allowance (RDA) for fruits and vegetables. Sure, some is better than none, but some is often inadequate.

Think of it like this. You’re stranded in the desert, and your only chance of survival is someone giving you some gas so you can drive yourself out (you’re not allowed to abandon your car). You’d like to get the gas can full of gas that the Democrats would like you to have, but you have to settle for the Dixie-cup full of gas the republicans were willing to compromise on. Both will get you out of the desert, but since you had to push your car the last 5 miles because the Dixie-cup ran out, your body will suffer from weakened bones, lessened brain capacity, and all the other conditions that come with an undernourished body. That sound like something you’re anxious to sign up for?

The second point this article never addresses is the issue of MENUS. What can a family of four expect to eat? After all, we are talking about 84 meals here. Are they going to be expected to share the same pot of beans and ham all day long? Do they share a pot of beans and ham 3 times a week to stay within the budget? Here’s what the conversation at the dinner table sounds like: “You just had a glass of milk 5 weeks ago, stop your crying!” These genius chefs also didn’t mention how much time they spent preparing their spam-on-a-shingle. Both parents working 3 or 4 jobs between them leaves exactly how much time to act like the Galloping Gourmet?

It’d be nice if the media people who commission and write these kinds of articles had even the first freaking clue about what it’s like to be a poor, working family in America, 2010. So the question is:

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