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‘Left, Right & Center’: Cars, Contraception and China

2012-02-17T23:23:14+00:00

What is it about this particular election cycle that’s causing Republican candidates’ fortunes to rise and fall so rapidly the pundits are practically getting whiplash? And does our nation’s debt problem have more to do with defense spending or so-called entitlement programs?

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Occupy Fashion Week

2012-02-17T20:23:00+00:00

Fashionistas are a funny lot, sometimes unintentionally so, and often given to talking about the rag trade and all things stylish in highfalutin’ terms. Here we have some from that set—and a couple of outliers, including Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges—holding forth about the nuanced relationship between fashion and OWS.

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Putin on Trial ... Almost

2012-02-15T22:28:24+00:00

Some crafty editing has put Russian President Vladimir Putin behind bars and awaiting trial in a viral YouTube video that ought to excite tens of thousands of Muscovites who took to the streets in recent months to protest legislative elections and Putin’s upcoming attempt to preserve his office.

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‘Colbert Report’: Contraception Crusade

2012-02-15T22:26:26+00:00

Being a Catholic himself, Stephen Colbert is able to break down for the layperson (read: godless liberal) the Vatican’s stance on contraception, which recently became a hot-button (read: wedge) issue for Campaign 2012.

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Boehner: Time to Stop Playing ‘Political Games’ With the Tax Cut Bill

2012-02-15T17:16:28+00:00

To hear House Speaker John Boehner tell it, as he does in this clip, the “political games” that were clearly happening in recent months over the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits bill that’s now en route to passage were all coming from the Democratic side.

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‘Freedom Watch’ Goes Dark

2012-02-14T17:42:04+00:00

In this clip from his axed Fox Business show, “Freedom Watch,” Judge Andrew Napolitano asks some questions that may be too advanced for the average viewer of the Murdochian network—or any habitual viewer of any major network looking to absorb the latest talking points and get on with her day.

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Obama Begs Voters Not to Make His Daughters Switch Schools

2012-02-13T21:12:23+00:00

Let’s see which gullible politician might pick up this little satirical number from The Onion News Network and think it’s for real. Meanwhile, the rest of us can enjoy a good spoof on campaign ads at President Obama’s expense.

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Obama: ‘We Can’t Just Cut Our Way Into Growth’

2012-02-13T20:54:47+00:00

No doubt anticipating the pointed criticism soon to follow from Republican ranks, President Obama weighed the short term against the long view in the speech he gave Monday at Northern Virginia Community College about his $3.8 trillion budget plan.

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A ‘Queer History’ of Rick Santorum and Proposition 8

2012-02-13T00:58:42+00:00

Last week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer on the mortgage settlement, MLK in his own words, and “A Queer History of the United States” author Michael Bronski on Rick Santorum, Proposition 8, Ellen DeGeneres and gay marriage in Washington state. (This is a pledge show.)

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‘Left, Right & Center’: Birth Control Concession

2012-02-11T17:15:00+00:00

The White House called for a health insurance rule change that will allow religious employers to avoid covering workers’ birth control costs. Also, Santorum’s surge; the $26 billion banking industry mortgage settlement; the 9th Circuit blows down California’s gay marriage ban; and new details about JFK and a White House intern come to light.

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