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Peter King’s New HUAC

diatribemedia.com — Peter King’s brand new version of the HUAC hearings and the glory days of the McCarthy era is set to begin Thursday, when King will hold hearings d... View in Crawl 4

Peter King’s New HUAC

Defense Department Wants To Be Better Storytellers

diatribemedia.com — The folks at DARPA, the Defense Department Advanced Research Project, put a call out for those interested to attend a workshop held at the end of F... View in Crawl 4

Defense Department Wants To Be Better Storytellers

Remember When Republicans Wanted A Foreign Born President?

diatribemedia.com — According to Mother Jones, birthers have a new plan to try to prevent Obama from running for re-election in 2012. Arizona state Representative Judy... View in Crawl 4

Remember When Republicans Wanted A Foreign Born President?

EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Abuse

diatribemedia.com — The Electronic Frontier Foundation released a report over the weekend detailing an alarming amount of violations from FBI intelligence investigatio... View in Crawl 4

EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Abuse

American anxiety: The three real reasons why we are more stressed than ever before.

slate.com — When a team of UCLA researchers released its latest annual report on the mindset of America's university students last week, one finding screa... View in Crawl 4

American anxiety: The three real reasons why we are more stressed than ever before.

Can Republicans already take credit for good economic news?

slate.com — At 9:37 a.m. Monday, the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor e-mailed reporters its daily news update, the "Leader's Ledger."... View in Crawl 4

Can Republicans already take credit for good economic news?

Republican Budget Cuts Show Real Deficit

diatribemedia.com — The Republican Study Committee released a breakdown of spending reductions and cuts, which they argue can save $2.5 trillion over the next ten year... View in Crawl 4

Republican Budget Cuts Show Real Deficit

Settle Down Sports Fans, It’s Not All Bad

diatribemedia.com — But it’s not all bad, Bears fans. Yes, your team may have lost you something really important and magical that would’ve been good for all the deniz... View in Crawl 4

Settle Down Sports Fans, It’s Not All Bad

Earth may soon have a second sun

io9.com — The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is getting ready to go supernova, and when it does Earth will have a front-row seat. The explosion will be so br... View in Crawl 4

Earth may soon have a second sun

Michelle Obama Doesn't Kill People. Cars Kill People.

motherjones.com — A new report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association is getting lots of press today because some reporters, rather bizarrely, have trie... View in Crawl 4

Michelle Obama Doesn't Kill People. Cars Kill People.

The Market Might Want You To Die

diatribemedia.com — Our new Republican House made demolishing the Obama healthcare bill their top priority during their campaign and will fight their hardest to make t... View in Crawl 4

The Market Might Want You To Die

Alabama Governor Elect Tries To Evangelize Constituents

diatribemedia.com — New Alabama Governor Robert Bentley wants his citizens to be part of his family – his Christian Family. The Birmingham News reports that in a speec... View in Crawl 4

Alabama Governor Elect Tries To Evangelize Constituents

Gov. Bentley's Christian Brotherhood

motherjones.com — All Alabamans are apparently not equal, at least not in the eyes of new governor Robert Bentley. Bentley told an audience at a Baptist church where... View in Crawl 4

A 34,000 year old bacteria has come back from the dead and is breeding

io9.com — Thirty-four millennia ago, some bacteria got trapped inside salt crystals in what is now Death Valley. These crystals were recently dug up and the ... View in Crawl 4

Ex-Banker Hands Data to Wikileaks - Chicagoist

chicagoist.com — Yesterday a former Swiss banker handed over data concerning about 2,000 cross border bank accounts to Wikileaks. The Tribune reports Rudolf Elmer, ... View in Crawl 4

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I'm some things to a few people. Mostly a nuisance but sometimes a zine writer, internet radio host, blogger, musician, and project organizer. I write politics for Chicagoist and keep the rest of my thoughts at www.diatribemedia.comChicago
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