A new report uses the most recently available data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) along with the National Asset Scorecard in Communities of Color (NASCC) to highlight the current state of America’s racial wealth gap. 

Read the report HERE: http://globalpolicysolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Beyond_Broke_FINAL.pdf

I'M 99% SURE THAT WE GOT SCREWED

You can sleep soundly, President Carter, as the mantel has been passed to President Barack Obama. http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/03/17/3007446/obama-replaces-carter-as-worst.html



It’s not the kind of history Barack Obama planned on making — but Americans now rate him as the worst president since World War II.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/02/obama-worst-president-since-wwii-poll/

anthropologyadventures: Gallup asks people in more than 120 countries each year whether they are satisfied or dissatisfied with the freedom to choose what they do with their lives. In 2006, the U.S. ranked among the highest in the world for people reporting satisfaction with their level of freedom. After seven years and a 12-point decline, the U.S. no longer makes the top quartile worldwide.

Read More. http://www.gallup.com/poll/172019/americans-less-satisfied-freedom.aspx

    Happy Fourth of July!

http://stormedavis.tumblr.com/post/90730357763/anthropologyadventures-gallup-asks-people-in

Felicity Morse: "It also strikes me as bizarre that the coil or IUDs intrauterine devices would be lumped together with morning-after-pills. I use one, and having swallowed, slipped and stuck my way through most other forms of contraception, can recommend the coil. I’ve found them to be one of the most effective, symptomless and after the initial insertion, hassle-free, forms of contraception."

http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2014/07/01/hobby-lobby-the-corporation-cult-creeping-theocracy/



Hobby Lobby, however, is not a person and is not exercising a religion. It is a corporate entity – a legal fiction – that sells picture frames and scrapbooking supplies. It’s not a “small business”, because this craft store chain has 15,000 employees and over 550 stores nationwide. It’s a closely held corporation, meaning it has corporate status but its shares are not publicly traded. Its fictional corporate “personhood” enables Hobby Lobby to operate and enter into contracts while limiting shareholder liability. The owners of Hobby Lobby’s shares are all evangelical Christians, and they make much of that on the company’s website.

http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2014/07/01/hobby-lobby-the-corporation-cult-creeping-theocracy/



The Greens are less vague, stating simply that they are against abortion, and contrary to medical and legal definitions, they misidentify two types of I.U.D.s and two types of emergency contraception pills, such as those commonly prescribed for rape victims, as abortifacients. I.U.D.s are an old school technology that prevents sperm cells from reaching and fertilizing eggs. Technically, abstinence does the same thing, but without the fun and passion of sex, or the ire of religious fundamentalists.

http://artvoice.com/issues/v13n27/getting_a_grip#.U7Zf-T8JCpw.google_plusone_share

David Green’s idea of Christian principles apparently includes making medical decisions for his employees. What about the important beliefs of the employees? Some of them might want to use the morning-after pill in the event of a sexual assault. Others could choose to use the forbidden IUDs not as contraception, but to treat other medical conditions such as heavy periods, chronic pelvic pain, anemia and endometreosis. For those women, their actions are perfectly moral.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/07/03/hobby-lobby/12189891/

Tellingly, mainstream media coverage, overall, wasn’t much better than Fox News. This was how they didn’t get it right: “Dozens of companies, including Hobby Lobby, claim religious objections to covering some or all contraceptives. The methods and devices at issue before the Supreme Court were those the plaintiffs say can work after conception.” In fact, the latest research suggests that IUDs and Plan B actually don’t work after conception. But even if they do, it’s important to remember that the scientific consensus clearly says that preventing a fertilized egg from implanting is not an abortion.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/180520/hobby-lobby-climate-change-how-media-enables-right-wings-politicization-science#

The majority of sexually active of women use contraception. The pill has the highest percentage of use, even above the male condom — which you don't need a prescription for. Even though birth control is more expensive and harder to access, four out of five women have used it. That should tell you prescribed contraception offers health benefits that condoms do not.

One of the biggest blows to women's health and reproductive freedom that came out of this ruling was how contraceptive use and family planning have been isolated from the rest of health care. Birth control has obtained a surreal status as "not just a health issue" or perhaps "a health issue that the pubic gets to weigh in on." Despite the fact that fertility and pregnancy are elements of an individual woman's health, the methods used to manage them are open to public debate and highly controversial.

http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2014/07/03/on-hobby-lobby-religious-freedom-and-sexism-in-health-care

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Jul 4^th, 2014 at 7:01pm:

-->lol, the culture warrior is mis-quoting jesus christ oh here we go... change a few words and ooops culture warrior is like like like Julie Bishop or something oooooooooooooooooooooops!

Do you own an electorate full of crack smoking mummy boys or something?

oh, i smoke crack and learnt about the miracle of peter costello over prawns and crayfish through daddys facial hair at the tab 

yeh, put it on number 5 in race number 5 son, then dog x at race blah blah boo f'n hoo johnny whatsit 

yeh, real estate franchises are pure bullshit son but they separate you from your loser uncles and aunties ay son 

... , ..go copper internet in the asian century yeh cos lib voters know stuff and that  ...

ian wrote on Jul 4^th, 2014 at 4:28pm:


My latest position in relation to you is rejecting your assertion that I somehow use faux intellectualism and flowery vocabulary to win arguments.

I will also add that it is not a personal attack to question the cognitive ability of someone who appears to become completely incapable of coherent communication when questioned on their reasoning.

It's clear to me your observations are based on personal frustration at my intolerance to attitudes and opinions based on misinformation or malignant lies.

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Jul 4^th, 2014 at 7:01pm:


Where has it been tried where it wasn't being constantly sabotaged?