January 2012
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Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and... →
Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.
The donation comes in the form of a promissory note, not as cash, which the Gates Foundation said “gives the Global Fund the flexibility and authority...
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Newt Gingrich was for 'food stamps' before he was... →
The Grio:
Among the changes pushed through by Gingrich and his conservative caucus as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, was the replacement of the Aid to Families With Dependent Children program, which had been in place since 1935, with something called TANF: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. The new program put a five-year limit on cash...
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Early Success in a Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trial... →
Time:
“For the researchers at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute who launched the first-ever study to show that human embryonic stem cells may help reverse patients’ disease, the history-making day began at 4:30 a.m. It was an early morning wake-up call, to be sure, but a necessary one to prepare for the groundbreaking work that lay ahead. On July 12, 2011, the scientists injected retinal...
“Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched...”
– President Barack Obama [full transcript]
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“Right now, Americans are suffering, they’re hurting, they’re in...”
– Dr. Cornel West on Mitt Romney’s assertion that Obama is dealing in the “politics of envy”
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“Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Kyle’s Blog (via cocknbull)
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“We’re heading in the right direction. And we’re not going to let up…his is a...”
– President Obama, from his January 7 2012 weekly address.
more.
(via thesmithian)
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Obama Unveils New Strategy For Smaller, Smarter... →
[Denver Post] - President Barack Obama insists the United States will maintain what he calls the best-equipped military in history despite deep and looming defense budget cuts.
In a rare appearance in the Pentagon briefing room, Obama has offered the outlines of an overhauled defense strategy. It is designed to contend with hundreds of billions of dollars in budget cuts and refocus the United...
Obama Uses Recess Appointment For Richard Cordray →
squashed:
jerfrey:
Today, Barack Obama plans to defy congressional Republicans and give Richard Cordray a recess appointment to head the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Senate Republicans had made it clear that they had no particular objections to Cordray, but simply were going to filibuster any nominee to head the agency until Obama agreed to partially repeal the law that created the...
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18 Newt Gingrich Quotes That Disqualify Him From... →
anticapitalist:
These aren’t even too bad.
1. “I’m not a natural leader. I’m too intellectual; I’m too abstract; I think too much.” ~Newt Gingrich, admitting that he’s an intellectual elite incapable of leading.
2. “If the Soviet empire still existed, I’d be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.” ~Newt Gingrich, saying that it’s okay for the President to be...
December 2011
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died →
latimes:
North Korean officials have announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il, according to Associated Press. More soon.
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