Invisible Children Linked to Anti-Gay Groups
Invisible Children has received donations from known anti-gay groups for its Kony 2012 campaign; a US soldier went on a killing spree in Afghanistan; meanwhile, our tax dollars are being used to transmit Rush Limbaugh's show to U troops abroad These discoveries and more after the jump.
Invisible Children has received donations from known anti-gay groups for its Kony 2012 campaign; a U.S. soldier went on a killing spree in Afghanistan; meanwhile, our tax dollars are being used to transmit Rush Limbaugh’s show to U.S. troops abroad. These discoveries and more below.
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If You Were Looking For A Reason To Hate On Invisible Children And The Kony 2012 Campaign, Here It Is From the get-go there was something about the whole Kony 2012 campaign that didn’t sit right with us.
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US soldier kills 16 Afghans, deepening crisis An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai who called it an “assassination” and furiously demanded an explanation from Washington.
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While Limbaugh Sheds Advertisers, Taxpayers Pay to Broadcast His Toxic Sludge to the Troops Rush Limbaugh’s defiant, halfhearted apology didn’t convince anyone that he’d mended his ways.
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