New stories: The Dorm by RdyRoger, Muscle Fantasy Island 5 by Londonboy, and Titanification by Jaypat

New stories:

• The Dorm by RdyRoger
• Muscle Fantasy Island 5 by Londonboy
• Titanification by Jaypat

Why Save PBS? --If that doesn't grab you, go listen to Mr. Rogers' stirring 1969 defense of public broadcasting.

Wisconsin

• More than 70,000 protesters participate in rally at Capitol
• Wisconsin Police Have Joined Protest Inside State Capitol
• Ex-AG sees violations by Walker in stunt call

Bush

• Fox legal analyst: Bush should have been indicted
• Remember The Legacy Of George Bush
• Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

Obama

• Jon Stewart on Obama's Bush-Like Abuses of Power
• Obama signs temporary extension of Patriot Act--Yes, he can.
• The Secrets of Obama's Underappreciated Success--Written last year, still true today? Rahm has gone. House Dems got eaten alive during the mid-terms. (Then again, that's what they get for playing fair with the always-bipartisan Republicans.)

Repubs and the Rich

• The Republican Shakedown
• Ron Paul: The Tea Party Is Now Corporately Owned
• REPORT: You Have More Money In Your Wallet Than Bank Of America Pays In Federal Taxes
• Visualizing the wealth of America's super-rich ruling class
• Tax Loophole for $5 Billion Payday?
• The Solution to Our Budget Problems Is So Obvious: We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich, ASAP
• New York State is broke, but Gov. Cuomo joins GOP push to spare wealthy

New stories: Embacing Life by Farenheit80, Kaos Presents: Life 2.0 by xythan_shadow, and Tim's Adventure 20 by Wordshop

New stories:

• Embracing Life by Farenheit80
• Kaos Presents: Life 2.0 by xythan_shadow
• Tim's Adventure 20 by Wordshop

TSA

• TSA cheat sheet: know your rights!
• GOP House chair pushing TSA privatization while contractor is campaign donor
• TSA Screeners At JFK Admit To Stealing $160K From Passengers--What do you think?
• Stay Classy, TSA
• TSA bans bikini woman for ‘unusual contour’ around buttocks
• TSA Fails to Stop Wheelchair User Placed on the Wrong Flight by Delta
• Memos Detail TSA Officer's Cocaine Pranks
• As frustration grows, airports consider ditching TSA
• Sea-Tac Café Is Now Refusing to Serve TSA Agents

Porn Scanners

• Court Likely to Uphold Constitutionality of ‘Nude’ Airport Scanners
• Speaking As A Grown Up
• TSA Bars AK State Rep. Sharon Cissna from flying--She didn't want her mastectomy scar touched
• TSA Source: Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner
• Traveller re-enters USA without passing through a pornoscanner or having his genitals touched
• Senate tackles misuse of body-scan images
• People Who Touch Your Junk Venn
• 'Naked scanners': Lobbyists join the war on terror
• Cover of the Day
  

Security Theater

• Restoring sanity to airport security
• Support Grows for Tiered Screening at Airports
• So much for airport security: Man 'smuggled 80 guns into Britain' by hiding them in suitcases
• Airport security officials brand three inch toy gun "firearm"
• Florida Professor Arrested for Having a "Suspicious" Bagel on a Plane

New stories: The Christmas Journal 9 by F_R_Eaky, The Sorcerer's New Apprentice 2 by Alyn Roze, and The Supplement 3 by muscl4life

New stories:

• The Christmas Journal 9 by F_R_Eaky
• The Sorcerer's New Apprentice 2 by Alyn Roze
• The Supplement 3 by muscl4life

Libya

• Libya Protests: Shocking Photos and Video
• Libya’s Gaddafi wages bloody war against protesters
• A History of Middle East Mercenaries

Wisconsin

• A Major Victory in the Workers' Uprising as Indiana GOPers Pull Union-Busting Bill; Republican Govs Defend Moves Made by Dem Lawmakers
• Wisconsin gov. caught in prank by caller posing as donor--Walker is a Koch Whore.
• Fox’s Shep Smith: Pretending Wisconsin Is About A Fiscal Crisis Is “Malarkey”
• Indiana attorney general fires deputy over 'live ammunition' tweets aimed at Wisconsin protestors
• CREW: WI Governor Violated State Law by Sending Troopers After Missing Legislator

Oh, that's rich

• Government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich
• The billionaire Koch brothers' war against Obama--The men behind the curtain.
• Why Tax Cuts For The RICH Killed The economy in 1929 and Are Killing us again
• Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?
• Alleged hit-and-run driver may not face felony

BP

• BP Says Settlement Terms in Spill Are Too Generous
• US oil spill: Cost-cutting decisions led to BP disaster
  
• Feds threaten man on oiled Florida beach: "ILLEGAL TO DIG" -- NO SAND CASTLES
• BP oil spill cost hits nearly $10bn
• BP and partners say most victims not yet entitled to sue
• Potential BP Oil Spill Scams Top 7,000
• Gulf oil spill commission criticises White House

New stories: The Cell Mate 2 by Londonboy, Electrician's Helper by R Christopher Cooper, and Tales of Felipe 3 by Cicero

New stories:

• The Cell Mate 2 by Londonboy
• Electrician's Helper by R Christopher Cooper
• Tales of Felipe 3 by Cicero

Libya

• Message from Libya: Tell the World What's Happening to Us
• Libya protests spread and intensify
• Libya turns off the Internet and the Massacres begin
• Libya Violence Escalates as Qaddafi's Son Vows 'Rivers of Blood'
• Blood in the Streets

Bahrain royal family orders army to turn on the people

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Protesters Rise Up Against Tea Party and Fox News Tyranny
• Representative Gordon Hintz on the Budget repair bill--Somebody doesn't want this video to be seen as it was taken down after getting over 180k views. Update: Taken down again.
• What the Right-wing Assault on Women, Unions, the Environment, Health Care and PBS Is All About

HCR

• Poll: Most Oppose Cutting Funding for Health Care Reforms
• Freshman GOPer Didn't Know Government Paid For Her Health Benefits
• Obama administration replaces controversial 'conscience' regulation for health-care workers
• Insurance Company Drops Man Over 2 Cent Shortage
• Woman Divorces to Afford Life-Saving Surgery

Bad for your health

• Portland police try to save a life just outside Portland Adventist Medical Cente
• Nurse Sarah Casareto Steals Patient's Anesthetic During Kidney Surgery, Tells Him to Man Up Instead
• Report Linking Vaccine to Autism 'Fraudulent,' Says British Medical Journal

'Firefly' returning to cable; Fillion says he'd play Mal again--And could he buy Firefly?

New stories: The Photo Booth: Two Exercises in Sartorial Transformation by Aardvark and SS and You Need Some Meat On Your Bones by O'Melissokomos

New stories: The Photo Booth: Two Exercises in Sartorial Transformation by Aardvark and SS and You Need Some Meat On Your Bones by O'Melissokomos

Abortion

• This Is What "Pro-Life" Means?--House GOP defunds Planned Parenthood
• Protecting Life? New Bill Says Its OK to Let Women Die
• New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion
• The Five Ways That The GOP Is Trying To Eradicate A Woman’s Right To Choose
• South Dakota’s Proposed “It’s Cool to Murder Abortion Providers” Law is Truly Fucked Up.
• The 'Unbortion': Chicago Hospital Persuades Women to Halt Abortions
• What Happened When I Yelled Back at the "Christians" Calling My Wife a Murderer
• Everyone gets a say except women
• Conviction angers anti-abortion militants
• How to avoid getting an abortion in the first place
• New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion TheOnion

New stories: Embracing Love by Farenheit80 and The Sorcerer's New Apprentice by Alyn Roze

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New stories: Embracing Love by Farenheit80 and The Sorcerer's New Apprentice by Alyn Roze

Rachel Maddow Explains the GOP's War on Government Workers and Unions

Wisconsin

• Wis. Democrats stymie key union vote--A "tried-and-true tactical trick" from the days of Abraham Lincoln.
• Wisconsin Gov. Walker Ginned Up Budget Shortfall To Undercut Worker Rights--And to reward cronies.
• What Wisconsin's governor is really threatening Salon
• Senate rescinds vote to move to final passage, bill now amendable
• Labor union stronghold rethinking its position

Jobs

• State Senator Jane Cunningham Wants to Put Missouri Kids to Work
• Boehner: If Jobs Are Lost As A Result Of GOP Spending Cuts 'So Be It'
• Businesses are refusing to hire the unemployed, commission told

Corporatracy

• Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan Shines the Spotlight on What's Caused an Estimated 150,000 Farmer Suicides in India
• Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists'
• Bank of America's WikiLeaks Defense Fail
• Pentagon Paid Billions To Contractors Suspended For Fraud
• 'Cows Eat Grass' and Other Inflammatory Statements

The HB Gary Email That Should Concern Us All--Automated astroturfing

New stories by muscl4life, R Christopher Cooper and SS

New stories:

• "Happy Valentine's Day," He Flexed by R Christopher Cooper
• My FREAKING Valentine by muscl4life
• Power Tie: Valentine's Edition by SS

Spread the Word: Help NPR and PBS Stay on the Air

V-Day

• My lust: A Valentine's Day confession and the psychology of infatuation
• The worst thing about Valentine's Day
• The Many Stages of Valentine’s Day FAILS

Power to the People

• Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution
• Anonymous and the global correction
• Bloggingheads: Egypt's Revolutionaries

War on Terror

• 'Curveball': I lied about WMD to hasten Iraq war
• GOP rep: I made a 'terrible mistake' in last year's Patriot Act vote--Too little, too late.
• Senate passes short-term extension of Patriot Act provisions

Lara Logan

• What not to say about Lara Logan Salon
• NYU fellow quits after tweets about Logan assault
• CBS Reporter Lara Logan -- I'm Going Back to Work

Happy Valentine's Day! New stories by Hector Himeros, Londonboy and R Christopher Cooper

Happy Valentine's Day

New stories:

• The Cell Mate by Londonboy
• Dad's Furry Fury by Hector Himeros
• The Massage on Valentines Day--A Case of Mistaken Identity by R Christopher Cooper

Middle East

• From Tunisia To Tehran
• Egypt Through the Lens of Iran's 1979 Revolution
• What Egypt Can Teach America
• Al Jazeera in America
• Heroes In Egypt
• Algerian protesters clash with police--Watch the video.
• Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts --Getting conflicting information at the moment.

Annual Valentine's Day Stoning Of Happy Couple Held TheOnion

Marriage Equality

• Zach Wahls Speaks About Family--"Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student spoke about the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Wahls has two mothers, and came to oppose House Joint Resolution 6 which would end civil unions in Iowa."
• Barbara Bush supports gay marriage--Not THAT Barbara.
• Gay church 'marriages' set to get the go-ahead
• Illinois Civil Unions: Governor Quinn Signs Historic Bill Into Law
• Mexico Supreme Court rules in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage in all 31 states
• MadAtoms: What Your Opposition to Gay Marriage Means
• Future U.S. History Students: 'It's Pretty Embarrassing How Long You Guys Took To Legalize Gay Marriage' TheOnion

Ricky Gervais Asked to Host Golden Globes Again

Happy Darwin Day! New stories by Cicero, Wordshop and zulator

New stories:

• Tales of Felipe 2 by Cicero
• Tim's Adventure 19 by Wordshop
• The Turning of Michael and David by zulator (hypno)

Mubarak Resigns

• How to Handle Employee Activism: Google Tiptoes Around Cairo's Hero
• Egypt, Twitter, and the rise of the watchdog crowd
• Mubarak Shut Down The Internet, And The Internet Paid Him In Kind

Science!

• Happy Darwin Day!-- Though a bill declaring February 12 as Darwin Day in the US may not survive a vote (yet), let this day remind everyone that science should not surrender to ignorance, especially in the classroom.
• No, a pole shift won’t cause global superstorms--Pseudoscience is dangerous
• Bill O'Reilly vs. Science: O'Reilly's Top 8 Science FAILs

Wikileaks

• Secret plan to kill Wikileaks with FUD leaked--This plan even targetted guys like Salon's Glenn Greenwald. For more information, watch this vid by TheYoungTurks
• Why Twitter Was the Only Company to Challenge the Secret WikiLeaks Subpoena--And why it should be the industry standard
• Sweden calls Assange public enemy no. 1

Valentines Day Bait & Switch: Groupon Must Avoid Becoming Just Another Useless Coupon Site--To Groupon's credit, they've worked to rectify this situation once they found out about it.

New stories by Londonboy, R Christopher Cooper and Titan

New stories:

• Ben's New Neighbour 5 by Titan (hypno)
• Muscle Fantasy Island 4 by Londonboy
• Pool Service by R Christopher Cooper

Egypt

• Egypt frees Google manager who became protest hero
• Congress Killed Multiple Bills Criticizing Egypt
• Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages

Net Neutrality

• The State of the Internet--"A climate of openness and innovation has been the hallmark of the Internet. A decade ago, it's what allowed a startup named Google to compete with better-funded, less technologically advanced competitors. Today, Congress has the responsibility to preserve this climate for the next Google, and for the consumers and the economy that will benefit from its success."
• The Internet needs to be free
• The end of the net as we know it
• Senator Al Franken: No joke, Comcast trying to whack Netflix
• The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet
• The FCC's weak new "open Internet" rules Salon
• FCC Net Neutrality is a Regulatory ‘Trojan Horse,’ EFF Says
• Was It Google And Verizon Or The FCC That Just Screwed Us On Mobile Net Neutrality?
• Uh Oh, Internet: Basic Mobile Video Will be YouTube-Only With MetroPCS Plans
• Detecting net neutrality violations—there's an app for that!

Internet Metering

• Anti UBB -- Stop the meter on Canada Internet Service: What You Can Do
• Ottawa to reverse CRTC decision on Internet billing
• Metered Bandwidth Isn't About Stopping The Bandwidth Hogs; It's About Preserving Old Media Business Models

BMOC: Black Mage on Campus, Chapter 6: Sloth--"Silver Tongued Devil" by ONI

New story: BMOC: Black Mage on Campus, Chapter 6: Sloth—“Silver Tongued Devil” by ONIX (mc musc fant)

Egypt

• Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S.
• Egypt Shut Down Its Net With a Series of Phone Calls--There was one last ISP standing before it too got taken down.
• Google sets up speak2tweet to help get the news out

200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet

Fat Tuesday

• Childhood obesity linked to habits, not heredity--Time for some parental and personal responsibility.
• Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less
• The fat kid runs the New York City Marathon