ABC NEWS, June 29, 2012 -- In what is now a well-known exchange from ABC News’ January 2008 Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney declared “I like mandates” when asked by moderator Charlie Gibson about his ...
Posted Saturday, June 30th 2012 at 11:07AM
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By Jonathan Chait, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, June 25, 2012 -- As we wait for a Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act this week, there is one urgent, overriding moral question at the heart of the health-care fight. Paradoxically, and maddeningly, t ...
Posted Wednesday, June 27th 2012 at 11:17AM
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THE DAILY BEAST, June 27, 2012 -- With the epochal Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act coming this week, pundits and prognosticators have been working themselves into a tizzy trying to figure out who would win and who would lose in eac ...
Posted Wednesday, June 27th 2012 at 11:05AM
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CNN, June 25, 2012 -- With three places up for grabs on the U.S. Olympic track team, two women tied for third place in the women's 100 meters on Sunday -- crossing the line at exactly the same time -- which means the coveted Olympic spot could be dec ...
Posted Monday, June 25th 2012 at 8:24AM
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BLOOMBERG NEWS, June 22, 2012 -- The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold a law requiring most Americans to have health insurance if the justices follow legal precedent, according to 19 of 21 constitutional law professors who ventured an opinion on the m ...
Posted Monday, June 25th 2012 at 8:01AM
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"I'm Every Woman" is a hit song recorded by Chaka Khan in 1978. Written by successful songwriting team Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the soul/disco song reached number twenty-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and hit number one on the Hot R&B/ ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 4:03PM
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"State of Independence" is a song written by Jon Anderson and Vangelis, which has been recorded by several artists and has been a hit single on three occasions. The song is written in a reggae/calypso style and features an abstract spiritual lyric.
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Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 4:00PM
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MITT’S NO POLICY PROBLEM: HOW LONG CAN HE GO WITH “VAGUE, GENERAL OR DOWNRIGHT EVASIVENESS?
POLITICO. June 24, 2012 -- Mitt Romney’s aides suggested that when the Republican appeared before a Hispanic advocacy group on Thursday he’d address immigr ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 11:28AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 2012 — The tumor grew like a thick vine up the back of Eric Richter’s leg, reminding him every time he sat down that he was a man without insurance. In April, when it was close to bursting through his skin, he went to the eme ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 8:14PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 2012 -- Late on Tuesday, March 27, halfway around the world, President Obama began one of the most suspenseful waits in recent presidential history.
After a blur of nuclear security meetings in South Korea, Mr. Obama settl ...
Posted Saturday, June 23rd 2012 at 8:08PM
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REAL CLEAR POLITICS, June 22, 2012 -- President Obama does not currently have enough white support to win re-election even if he retains his minority base from 2008. At the same time, electoral data indicates Mitt Romney has not yet attracted enough ...
Posted Friday, June 22nd 2012 at 12:09PM
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SUMMERTIME
by George and Ira Gershwin
sung by Billie Holliday
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
One of ...
Posted Thursday, June 21st 2012 at 10:23AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, June 18, 2012 -- If Mitt Romney is elected president, the U.S. will experience an economic disaster the likes of which have been recently seen in Ireland, according to Paul Krugman.
"Ireland is Romney economics in practice," the N ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 10:06PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, June 18, 2012 -- This is a video of a magician named Rahat pranking drive thru workers with his floating cup trick, but their reactions never get old. This time around he's even accused of being a demon right before having the window ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 2:48PM
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CNN, June 17, 2012 -- Joy McNair has a wonderful memory of herself as a toddler running toward her astronaut father as he returns home. But it's not her memory. She borrowed it from someone else.
"My mother has told me often that I was quite the d ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 7:54PM
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"Hot Stuff" is a hit released by Donna Summer in 1979 as the first single release from her “Bad Girls” album.
"Hot Stuff" earned Summer the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance making her not only the first African-American artist ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 12:53PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, June13, 2012 -- With her danceable music and glamorous style, Donna Summer became an instant icon for the gay community during her 1970s heyday. So when she allegedly made a number of religion-inspired remarks about the gay community ...
Posted Wednesday, June 13th 2012 at 12:41PM
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“I'm Your Baby Tonight” is the title track of Whitney Houston’s third studio album. “I'm Your Baby Tonight” was released as the first single from the album in October 1990. It reached the number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, becoming ...
Posted Sunday, June 10th 2012 at 1:02PM
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HUFFINGTON POST, June 8, 2012 -- Michelle Obama visited Mom's Apple Pie Company in Occoquan, Va. on Thursday, CBS reports. She received a warm welcome from patrons who hugged her, cheered and lined up to pose for photos (or film the entire visit on t ...
Posted Saturday, June 9th 2012 at 11:10AM
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REVIEWED BY AL SHARPTON, N.Y. TIMES, June 3, 2012 -- When James Brown’s children and I brought his body back to Harlem from Georgia after his untimely death in 2006, tens of thousands greeted us in the streets upon our arrival. There were no stars, n ...
Posted Sunday, June 3rd 2012 at 12:19PM
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HE'S ALL OVER ME by Whitney Houston
Oh he's all
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he's
He's keeping me a ...
Posted Saturday, June 2nd 2012 at 9:54PM
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By Jonathan Chait, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, June 1, 2012 -- Last month, I concluded from the weak jobs report that the economy still didn’t appear weak enough to make Mitt Romney the favorite. But times are changing fast.
Today's weak jobs report sug ...
Posted Saturday, June 2nd 2012 at 12:16PM
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By Jamelle Bouie, AMERICAN PROSPECT, June 1, 2012 –
“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”
~ Repuiblican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
As expected, Mitt Romney has ...
Posted Saturday, June 2nd 2012 at 12:13PM
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