January 2010
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Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in the...
In Gallup survey. Hillary has claimed this title 14 times, only beaten by Mother Theresa (1995 & 1996) and Laura Bush (in 2001).
The list went in an order of this: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama …
You should click (source) for more information as well as the most admire man.
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Donate to Planned Parenthood NOW, and an anonymous...
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December 2009
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Why do so many terrorists have engineering... →
robot-heart-politics:
azspot:
A paper (PDF) released this summer by two sociologists, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, adds empirical evidence to this observation. The pair looked at more than 400 radical Islamic terrorists from more than 30 nations in the Middle East and Africa born mostly between the 1950s and 1970s. Earlier studies had shown that terrorists tend to be wealthier and...
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Losers and Winners of 2009
Top 15 Winners and Losers of 2009
Winner:
Hillary Clinton: From a narrow and crushing defeat in the 2008 Democratic Party primaries, she has emerged as knowledgeable and forceful secretary of state and powerful player in Obama’s cabinet. From playing a leading role, along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on the administration’s internal deliberations over Afghanistan to outlining...
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Obama's Promises, an updated list of promises he... →
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“When I teach about racism the first thing I say to my students is that racism is...”
– from an ‘INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN D.G. KELLEY’ (via thirdstitch) (via seaponies) (via ihatethismess)
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"Hey, Rabble, What's up with the naked girl in the... →
rabbleprochoice:
Funny you should ask, Dear Readers, let me tell you a story from way back in 1973…the story of Gerri Twerdy Santoro…
“The name of the woman pictured [above] is Gerri Twerdy Santoro. She was just 28 years old. She was a sister, a daughter, and she was the mother of two daughters when she died a very painful and frightening death.
This New York coroner’s picture first appeared...
10 Facts on HIV/AIDS →
caraobrien:
From the World Health Organization
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infects cells of the immune system and destroys or impairs their function. Infection results in the progressive deterioration of the immune system, breaking down the body’s ability to fend off infections and diseases. AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) refers to the most advanced stages of HIV infection,...
Please read and reblog? important!
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jiehsikahhh:
Hello :) i am very sorry for bothering you, but please could you take a minute to read this? My name is Jessica Tansley, and I am 15 years old. On 26th august, my mum was killed in a very horrific car accident, in which the driver was driving on the wrong side of the road, and three times over the...
How to lose your idealism in under 10 years →
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Economically, the Boomers have devastated the country. We inherited debt, a shredded safety net; pensions went the way of the horse and buggy; largely, no one born after 1982 will ever have a full-time job. I don’t know what the new economic model is. We are a waning empire that has seen unparalleled progress and expansion in the modern era....
“And by the way, my belief is that if men were the ones getting pregnant,...”
– Dennis Miller
Palin On Abortion: I'd Oppose Even If My Own...
Granting exceptions only if the mother’s life was in danger, Palin said that when it came to her daughter, “I would choose life.”
At the time, her daughter was 14 years old. Moreover, Alaska’s rape rate was an abysmal 2.2 times above the national average and 25 percent of all rapes resulted in unwanted pregnancies. But Palin’s position was palatable within the...
Abortions
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takethispolitically:
should be rare, but entirely legal.
Instead of making abortion illegal or otherwise, for example requiring consent from a guardian or parent and preaching abstinence, there should be more awareness towards birth control.
After all, sustaining from sex until marriage is rare these days, especially when the media is so open and friendly with the concept of...
“I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met...”
– Hillary Clinton
Abortions
should be rare, but entirely legal.
Instead of making abortion illegal or otherwise, for example requiring consent from a guardian or parent, and preaching abstinence, there should be more awareness towards birth control.
After all, sustaining from sex until marriage is rare these days, especially when the media is so open and friendly with the concept of teenage sex or even sex in general....
Reproductive Heath-Fact v. Fiction →
(via rabbleprochoice)
“And this is where we get to heart of the matter. Anti-choicers do not want to...”
– The TRUE Agenda of the “Pro-Life” Extremists (via ihatethismess)
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Satire Movie for American Civil Liberties Union →
“This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than...”
– Ralph Nader
What's Your Political News IQ? →
"In some states, it is still legal to deny a woman...
On Sept. 18, 2009, the first lady gave a speech about the importance of health care reform to women, and cited several reasons she thinks the current system is gender-biased. This line caught our attention: “Women are affected because, as we heard, in many states, insurance companies can still discriminate because of gender,” she said. “And this is still shocking to me. These...
On The Issue / Every Political Leader on Every... →
