DeSmogBlog: ALEC Wasn’t First Industry Trojan Horse Behind Fracking Disclosure Bill – Enter Council of State Governments

shutterstock_95581429.jpg 19th Century German statesman Otto von Bismarck once said, "If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made." The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), put on the map by the Center for Media and Democracy in its "ALEC Exposed" project, is the archetype of von Bismarck's truism. So too are the fracking chemical

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The Vagina Ideologues

Oh joy, rapture and crapture!  More excited delirium from the “Government-Small-Enough-to-Crawl-Up-Your-Vagina-and-Police-Your-Uterus” crowd: Conservative Arizona lawmakers hope Arizona will join a handful of other states in banning most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, as proposed in House Bill 2036. House Bill 2800, which would strip Planned Parenthood of federal funds

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Left Over: WTF McCain?

Years ago, I had a certain grudging respect for John McCain…after all, he had fought his way through  debilitating torture as a POW, seemed to be a bit of what, in Canada, we used to call a Red Tory, and until the last several years, was probably the least offensive

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Molly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-02-10 19:42:00

AMERICAN LABOUR: MORE ANTI-WORKER LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA: The following item is from the National Public Radio in the USA. ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼Arizona Lawmakers Target Public Workers’ Unionsby Ted Robbins February 9, 2012 Labor unions plan to rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday afternoon to protest four bills quickly

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