Recent Votes

• Wisconsin Unemployment Falls; NBC Hypes Job Losses 'Many Blame' on Scott Walker

  Source: MRC Latest Headlines

  Despite Wisconsin's unemployment rate being well below the national rate and steadily falling, on Saturday's NBC Nightly News correspondent Ron Allen selectively hyped job losses: "With the protesters serenading Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker and urging voters to recall h …

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• 6 Kinds of Pills Big Pharma Tries to Get You Hooked on for Life

  Source: AlterNet.org

  Pharma executives "have shown less interest in medicines like antibiotics that actually cure disease than in those that only treat symptoms," writes Melody Petersen, author of Our Daily Meds. "Most blockbusters are pills for conditions such as anxiety, high cholesterol or constip …

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• In memoriam: After years of health problems, Facts has finally died

  Source: Juneau Empire

  A quick review of the long and illustrious career of Facts reveals some of the world’s most cherished absolutes: Gravity makes things fall down; 2 + 2 = 4; the sky is blue. But for many, Facts’ most memorable moments came in simple day-to-day realities, from a chil …

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• If You Answer This Math Problem Correctly, You May Be an Atheist

  Source: Friendly Atheist

  If a baseball and bat cost $110, and the bat costs $100 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost? Go ahead. Do the problem.

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• "John Boehner Walks Out on President"...He Thinks We Forgot!

  House Speaker John Boehner said this morning on CBS This Morning that President Obama “checked out last Labor Day” and “all he’s done is campaign full-time for the last six months.”  He went on to say that the President has “not been engag …

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