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From the N.Y. Times
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Bush’s 31% rating (which echoes a USA Today/Gallup poll) equals the low-water mark of his father’s presidency, and is the third-lowest approval rating of any president in the last 50 years.
Posted on May 9, 2006
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via Feministing
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On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved Enovid, the first birth control pill, for clinical use. Many court cases, a sexual revolution and a fundamentalist backlash later, use of and access to contraceptives is still very much a hot-button issue in the U.S. Read a roundup of information and opinion relating to the release of an explosive report last week connecting a spike in unwanted pregnancies among the poor to decreased contraceptive use. (h/t: Feministing)
REPORT: A Tale of Two Americas for Women: The Contraception-Abortion Connection press release | PDF (Guttmacher Institute)
Timeline: The Pill (PBS)
Posted on May 9, 2006
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Benjamin Brink / Newshouse News
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The youth is signed up for dangerous front-line service, but did not even know there was a war going on until last fall—after he was approached by the recruiter. An internal Army investigation is underway, but such recruiting abuses are systemic. (Via Bring It On!)
Posted on May 9, 2006
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From nsa.gov
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Gen. Michael Hayden, whom Bush has tapped to lead the CIA, contracted the services of a company at the center of the Cunningham bribery scandal, reports TPM Muckraker.
Posted on May 9, 2006
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The spy agency’s executive director, Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, is under investigation in connection with a scandal involving the Watergate hotel, hookers and poker parties.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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The 20-year-old set out to damage computer networks and send massive amounts of spam.
Any computer user who has ever been the victim of a virus, worm or Trojan horse shall be excused the schadenfreude he or she feels at the news of this lengthy prison sentence.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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The Department of Agriculture has e-mailed “talking points” on Iraq to a “stunned” set of career staffers.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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The Harvard and U. of Chicago professors take on the criticism surrounding their controversial critique of America’s Israel lobby.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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Republican heavyweights Bill Frist and Dennis Hastert inserted a provision into a bill in the dead of night that was worth billions to vaccine makers. Roll Call said the move was unprecedented.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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Conservative writer Andrew Sullivan is angry about the way Republicans have intertwined faith and politics.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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The 31% mark is the lowest of his presidency.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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This study offers more proof that homosexuality is determined by biology, not choice.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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From the Wall Street Journal
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Favorable publicity surrounding Al Gore’s new global warming movie has contributed to the buzz that the former VP has his sights set on the White House in 2008. A former aide tells the WSJ that he’s been talking about it.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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From blog.i-feiliao.com
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The facts are these: Singles are the fastest-growing demographic group in the U.S., and marital status is not a determinant of happiness. Psychology Today magazine examines these findings and says singlehood is rapidly becoming “a satisfying destination rather than an anxiety-ridden way station.”
(Reg. req’d for Psy. Today.) Check out the Salon summary and analysis for more.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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Roger L. Wollenberg / Pool Photo via N.Y. Times
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The nonprofit TV network demanded that popular video hosting sites Youtube and iFilm remove clips of Stephen Colbert’s roast of President Bush—because of alleged copyright infringement.
(Google Video made a deal with C-SPAN to host the video.)
Posted on May 8, 2006
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