Political & Elections

Cardinal Fang · Cardinal Fang

CSPAN-2 now broadcasting from the Senate floor. The historic vote will happen in about an hour.

berurah · berurah

I don't get it.... High schools give the appearance of "zero tolerance" and rule enforcement. Nevertheless, students with disciplinary records get accepted to good colleges and students who are out-of-control at colleges are protected. My heart goes out to this family who lost a pr...

romanigypsyeyes · romanigypsyeyes

As some of you know, I help run a non-profit youth sports assocation called WYAA (Westland Youth Athletic Association). On Sunday, we lost a beautiful 11 year old boy to something called the "pass out" game or the choke out game or whatever else it is called. Essentially, it is when you chok...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

http://www.wlwt.com/politics/26206309/detail.html So the Republicans get to break the stated of Ohio from 18 Congressional districts to 16 because they won in November. Likely they will look to split up heavy Democrat...

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

For two years, President Barack Obama has pretended that terrorism is a crime, that prisoners are unwanted, and that Gitmo is unneeded. As a presidential candidate, he declared: "It's time to show the world . . . we're not a country that runs prisons which lock people away without ever...

Cuse0507 · Cuse0507

I realize that we spent a trillion pages talking this one over a couple of years ago on CC, but this is a new board and my post count is lagging so I feel like now is as good a time as ever to bring the issue back up. How do people here feel about the second amendment? Personally, although I don't own any firearm...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

[url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/theres-a-mini-ice-age-coming-says-man-who-beats-weather-experts-20101221-1945a.html]http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/theres-a-mini-ice...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

[url=http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=774a6cca-18fa-4619-987b-a15eb44e7f18]http://coburn.senate.gov/...

BigG · BigG

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40713808/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/White-Student-Union-Flyers-Spark-Controversy-at-WCU-111257634.html

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

"I would love to have another dog," Vick said at his locker Wednesday. "My entire life I grew up with a pet in my house. The last few years were the first that I haven't had one. My daughter is used to it, my son is used to it. It's just different. I feel bad for them and the entire situ...

BigG · BigG

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576023452250748540.html

Abyss · Abyss

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/17/2010121700326.html

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A federal court ruled Monday that a central plank of the health law violates the Constitution, dealing the biggest setback yet to the Obama administration's signature legislative accomplishment. In a 42-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said the law's requirement that m...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

I was listening to our local 50k watt flame-thrower AM news/talk station this morning. It's funny the difference between the news organization and the talk show hosts. The hosts are all center to right leaning, in some cases too far right for my tastes. The news is exactly the opposite. Almost always...

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A study conducted by the Parents Television Council (PTC) has found that Hollywood is obsessed with sexualising teenage girls to the point where their participation in sexual situations is higher than that of adults. http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_primetime-...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1577949/?r=1 ------------------------------------ Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem ce...

longprime · longprime

Senate 81-19, passes Obama's Tax/Stimulus . R's are going to have some explaining to do.D's not so much. It's up to the House.my guess 6 to 4 passing unchange.the 4 are going to be Grinches. -- Edited by longprime on Wednesday 15th of December 2010 07:33:07 PM

longprime · longprime

numbershttp://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12020/sa4753.pdf-- Edited by longprime on Thur...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_census_racial_segregation

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

First Lady Michelle Obama plans to warn in remarks Monday that the nation is seeing "a groundswell of support" for curbing childhood obesity, and she is unveiling new ammunition from current and retired military leaders."[M]ilitary leaders ... tell us that when more than one in f...

pima · pima

Everyone is talking about will she, won't she. I don't think she will. I think she is young enough that she is going to take another jumping stone that she will run for. MICHAEL STEEL's job. I think she wants to go into the arena. She needs that gravitase with the RNC to be a viable candidate. I say this be...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

[url=http://www.politicususa.com/en/maddow-broken-senate]http://w...

BigG · BigG

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-15-1Asantaletters15_ST_N.htm

BCEagle91 · BCEagle91

This year's drop in home values is 63% bigger than the $1 trillion dip in 2009, and brings the total value lost since the housing market's peak in 2006 to a whopping $9 trillion. "Unfortunately, with foreclosures near an all-time high in late 2010 and high rates of negative equity persisting,...

berurah · berurah

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Bernard-Madoff-Jailed-Financiers-Son-Mark-Madof...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

[url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/How-Much-Exactly-Do-You-Hate-the-Tax-Cuts-Dems-2739]http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Ho...

pmrlcomm · pmrlcomm

[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017552229615230.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollection]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017552229615230.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollecti...

ImSoAnarchist · ImSoAnarchist

Can you imagine if all the "wealthy" individuals who support higher taxation on themselves an their peers were to just donate what they would pay in future taxation to private charity? Private charity is miles more efficient and effective than the federal government, so the outcome c...

BigG · BigG

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12advantage.html?src=busln

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	DADT about to disappear (Preview) CSPAN-2 now broadcasting from the Senate floor. The historic vote will happen in about an hour.	Cardinal Fang	40	737	Dec 22, 2010 by longprime
	Why do colleges accept and protect students with disciplinary/criminal issues? (Preview) I don't get it.... High schools give the appearance of "zero tolerance" and rule enforcement. Nevertheless, students with disciplinary records get accepted to good colleges and students who are out-of-control at colleges are protected. My heart goes out to this family who lost a pr...	berurah	43	697	Dec 22, 2010 by SamuraiLandshark
	The "Pass Out" game- a heartbreaking story (Preview) As some of you know, I help run a non-profit youth sports assocation called WYAA (Westland Youth Athletic Association). On Sunday, we lost a beautiful 11 year old boy to something called the "pass out" game or the choke out game or whatever else it is called. Essentially, it is when you chok...	romanigypsyeyes	2	350	Dec 22, 2010 by SamuraiLandshark
	To the winner goes the spoils? (Preview) http://www.wlwt.com/politics/26206309/detail.html So the Republicans get to break the stated of Ohio from 18 Congressional districts to 16 because they won in November. Likely they will look to split up heavy Democrat...	pmrlcomm	13	345	Dec 22, 2010 by Abyss
	Gitmo Still Open for Business (Preview) For two years, President Barack Obama has pretended that terrorism is a crime, that prisoners are unwanted, and that Gitmo is unneeded. As a presidential candidate, he declared: "It's time to show the world . . . we're not a country that runs prisons which lock people away without ever...	Razorsharp	13	363	Dec 21, 2010 by catahoula
	It Had to Happen Sometime: The Gun Control Thread ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I realize that we spent a trillion pages talking this one over a couple of years ago on CC, but this is a new board and my post count is lagging so I feel like now is as good a time as ever to bring the issue back up. How do people here feel about the second amendment? Personally, although I don't own any firearm...	Cuse0507	97	1573	Dec 21, 2010 by SamuraiLandshark
	There's a mini-ice age coming (Preview) [url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/theres-a-mini-ice-age-coming-says-man-who-beats-weather-experts-20101221-1945a.html]http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/theres-a-mini-ice...	pmrlcomm	2	217	Dec 21, 2010 by BigG
	The "Wastebook" (Preview) [url=http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=774a6cca-18fa-4619-987b-a15eb44e7f18]http://coburn.senate.gov/...	pmrlcomm	0	166	Dec 21, 2010 by pmrlcomm
	North Korea Warns South Korea (Preview) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40713808/ns/world_news-asiapacific/	BigG	9	313	Dec 21, 2010 by Canuckguy
	White Student Union - Inherently Racist? ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/White-Student-Union-Flyers-Spark-Controversy-at-WCU-111257634.html	pmrlcomm	138	2121	Dec 20, 2010 by nbachris2788
	Michael Vick Wants a Dog (Preview) "I would love to have another dog," Vick said at his locker Wednesday. "My entire life I grew up with a pet in my house. The last few years were the first that I haven't had one. My daughter is used to it, my son is used to it. It's just different. I feel bad for them and the entire situ...	Razorsharp	37	528	Dec 20, 2010 by BigG
	Is the Internet a Threat to Government and the "Powers That Be"? (Preview) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576023452250748540.html	BigG	1	198	Dec 20, 2010 by ImSoAnarchist
	Chinese Military Supremacy within 30 years? 40? 50? (Preview) http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/17/2010121700326.html	Abyss	22	350	Dec 19, 2010 by ImSoAnarchist
	Judge Calls Health Law Unconstitutional (Preview) A federal court ruled Monday that a central plank of the health law violates the Constitution, dealing the biggest setback yet to the Obama administration's signature legislative accomplishment. In a 42-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said the law's requirement that m...	Razorsharp	28	467	Dec 19, 2010 by Cardinal Fang
	Media Bias ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I was listening to our local 50k watt flame-thrower AM news/talk station this morning. It's funny the difference between the news organization and the talk show hosts. The hosts are all center to right leaning, in some cases too far right for my tastes. The news is exactly the opposite. Almost always...	pmrlcomm	52	1107	Dec 18, 2010 by nbachris2788
	Study Says Prime Time TV Objectifies and Fetishizes Underage Girls (Preview) A study conducted by the Parents Television Council (PTC) has found that Hollywood is obsessed with sexualising teenage girls to the point where their participation in sexual situations is higher than that of adults. http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_primetime-...	Razorsharp	2	308	Dec 17, 2010 by poetgrl
	Doctors claim HIV patient cured (Preview) http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1577949/?r=1 ------------------------------------ Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem ce...	soccerguy315	4	301	Dec 17, 2010 by Poetsheart
	Nothing like a Compromise to make everyone unhappy (Preview) Senate 81-19, passes Obama's Tax/Stimulus . R's are going to have some explaining to do.D's not so much. It's up to the House.my guess 6 to 4 passing unchange.the 4 are going to be Grinches. -- Edited by longprime on Wednesday 15th of December 2010 07:33:07 PM	longprime	3	295	Dec 16, 2010 by soccerguy315
	tax cuts and stuff (Preview) numbershttp://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12020/sa4753.pdf-- Edited by longprime on Thur...	longprime	0	246	Dec 16, 2010 by longprime
	New data on racial segregation (Preview) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_census_racial_segregation	pmrlcomm	1	251	Dec 16, 2010 by romanigypsyeyes
	Michelle Obama says childhood obesity is a national security threat (Preview) First Lady Michelle Obama plans to warn in remarks Monday that the nation is seeing "a groundswell of support" for curbing childhood obesity, and she is unveiling new ammunition from current and retired military leaders."[M]ilitary leaders ... tell us that when more than one in f...	Razorsharp	32	596	Dec 16, 2010 by SamuraiLandshark
	Will Palin run for POTUS? (Preview) Everyone is talking about will she, won't she. I don't think she will. I think she is young enough that she is going to take another jumping stone that she will run for. MICHAEL STEEL's job. I think she wants to go into the arena. She needs that gravitase with the RNC to be a viable candidate. I say this be...	pima	40	1881	Dec 15, 2010 by busdriver11
	Sounds like whining... (Preview) [url=http://www.politicususa.com/en/maddow-broken-senate]http://w...	pmrlcomm	5	335	Dec 15, 2010 by catahoula
	Heartrending. Secret Santas an Endangered Species? (Preview) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-15-1Asantaletters15_ST_N.htm	BigG	3	286	Dec 15, 2010 by highoverhead
	Home values tumble $1.7 trillion in 2010 ($9 trillion since 2005) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This year's drop in home values is 63% bigger than the $1 trillion dip in 2009, and brings the total value lost since the housing market's peak in 2006 to a whopping $9 trillion. "Unfortunately, with foreclosures near an all-time high in late 2010 and high rates of negative equity persisting,...	BCEagle91	73	1249	Dec 14, 2010 by pima
	Was the money worth this? Mark Madoff commits suicide. (Preview) http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Bernard-Madoff-Jailed-Financiers-Son-Mark-Madof...	berurah	18	420	Dec 14, 2010 by pima
	No way the left will bail on Obama (Preview) [url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/How-Much-Exactly-Do-You-Hate-the-Tax-Cuts-Dems-2739]http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Ho...	pmrlcomm	5	224	Dec 13, 2010 by pmrlcomm
	Obamacare - Unconstitutional (Preview) [url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017552229615230.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollection]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017552229615230.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollecti...	pmrlcomm	0	169	Dec 13, 2010 by pmrlcomm
	I was just thinking... (Preview) Can you imagine if all the "wealthy" individuals who support higher taxation on themselves an their peers were to just donate what they would pay in future taxation to private charity? Private charity is miles more efficient and effective than the federal government, so the outcome c...	ImSoAnarchist	44	644	Dec 13, 2010 by ImSoAnarchist
	Free Markets at Work!? (Preview) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12advantage.html?src=busln	BigG	5	220	Dec 12, 2010 by Abyss
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