Monthly Archive: February 2016
Mollie Hemingway: Activists React To Doritos Ad About Babies With Twitter Rants – The Federalist
Also, stop being scared of babies.
Bill Curry: It’s almost over for Hillary – Salon.com
In Thursday’s MSNBC debate Rachel Maddow, having raised the specters of George McGovern and Barry Goldwater, briefly acknowledged Sanders’ general election lead (“I know you have good head to head polling numbers… right now”)...
Slavery’s Legacies, Addiction’s Realities: Delicious Foods, by James Hannaham
Slavery, like the past, isn’t past. It ain’t even dead yet.
‘These Are People’s Lives You’re Playing With:’ The Fight To Curb Debt Collector Lies | ThinkProgress
Most consumers who run afoul of a foreclosure mill don’t have the wherewithal to find a lawyer who can effectively slow the sprint toward a collections judgment. Even if they know something’s fishy about...
Teens as Young as 13 Rescued From Super Bowl Sex Trafficking – ABC News
Sixteen teenagers ranging in age from 13 to 17 were recovered by law enforcement in a crackdown on child trafficking surrounding the Super Bowl last weekend. The FBI said the teens included high school students and young people reported missing by their families.
Super Bowl 50 Has a Sweet App and Crazy-Fast Internet
Down on the field at Levi’s Stadium, the Packers and 49ers are doing battle. It’s a sticky October Sunday and too early in the season for Niners fans to have given up, so the...
Sunday!
There are Oscar Nominees for Best Picture. The problem with going from five nominees to eight is that, sometimes, that means that something like “Mad Max” ends up on the list.
Live Tweet or Die #2: The Most Important AND Bloodiest Debate Ever!
“Every candidate has an interest in attacking at least one opponent. Top tier candidates need a strong showing in the state, while lower-tier candidates have their very survival at stake. There is no longer cause for anybody to hold their fire.”
A Paris butcher offers a lesson in interfaith ties – Religion News Service
“We work well together,” says Philippe Zribi, a Tunisian-born Jew whose family runs the butcher’s store that employs eight people: three Jews, three Muslims and two Catholics. In a city still recovering from last...
Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app | Reuters
Two women – one from Iowa and the other from New Jersey – confirmed to Reuters on Friday that they received notices from Tinder in the previous 24 hours that their accounts were locked...
Frederic C. Hof: Syria: What Next? – The Atlantic Council
As was the case in the last century when American presidents attempted to look the other way when governments elected to slaughter their own citizens, the president can fall back on a solid wall...
Not the oignon: Fury as France changes 2,000 spellings and drops some accents | The Guardian
The aim was to standardise and simplify certain quirks in the written language making it easier to learn (among them chariot to charriot to harmonise with charrette, both words for a type of cart...
Class Calls McDonald’s Cheese Sticks a Fraud – Courthouse News Service
McDonald’s defrauds customers by claiming its Mozzarella sticks are “100 percent real cheese,” because it uses starch as a cheap filler to add weight, a class action claims in Federal Court.
Lead plaintiff Chris Howe sued McDonald’s Corp. on behalf of customers in 42 states and the District of Columbia. He accuses the company of unfair and fraudulent competition, false advertising, and breach of warranty – the last under the laws of all 42 states and the District of Columbia.
From: Courthouse News Service
Linky Friday #152: Russian History
This Week: Russia, Media, Housing, Resources, Gender, and History!
