Author: Justin Lane

Int’l Aid Group Oxfam Calls Out U.S. for Perpetuating Int’l Violence and Rejecting Refugees

Int’l Aid Group Oxfam Calls Out U.S. for Perpetuating Int’l Violence and Rejecting Refugees

Posted by | Oct 10, 2015 | |

The aid group Oxfam has criticized the United States along with 5 other nations for encouraging violence and not doing enough to assist refugees in Syria. As AllGov.com reports: Oxfam singled out the U.S., Iran, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey for “fueling violence and violations for war in Syria through arms and ammunition transfers to parties to the conflict.” Along with the United Kingdom and Kuwait, the U.S. also was criticized for its “less than generous” offers “to welcome the most vulnerable refugees.” Oxfam claims the U.S. has resettled only 8% of its “fair share” of refugees. Since 2011,...

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PA Supreme Court Justice Under Fire for Emailing Numerous “Jokes” About Women, Muslims and Homosexuals

PA Supreme Court Justice Under Fire for Emailing Numerous “Jokes” About Women, Muslims and Homosexuals

Posted by | Oct 10, 2015 | |

Emails from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin is under scrutiny after emails from him have been leaked that expose the justice holds very offensive beliefs. As Addicting Info explains: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin is currently facing scrutiny, as the emails exposing him are now being examined at the Judicial Conduct Board by the State Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane. And there’s more – besides the offensive conversations that took place, Kany also says there was pornohraphy involved. Just another conservative scandal. One of the emails, which dated back to 2010, exposed Eakin for joking about...

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Mother Jones Wins Lawsuit Against GOP Financial Backer Who Tried to Stop Investigations

Mother Jones Wins Lawsuit Against GOP Financial Backer Who Tried to Stop Investigations

Posted by | Oct 10, 2015 | |

After a battling against a string of efforts from billionaire Frank VanderSloot to derail investigations, Mother Jones has announced they won their lawsuit against the billionaire: TODAY WE ARE happy to announce a monumental legal victory for Mother Jones: A judge in Idaho has ruled in our favor on all claims in a defamation case filed by a major Republican donor, Frank VanderSloot, and his company, Melaleuca Inc. In a decision issued Tuesday, the court found that Mother Jones did not defame VanderSloot or Melaleuca because “all of the statements at issue are non-actionable truth or substantial truth.” The court also found...

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Florida Democratic Legislators Try to Survive on Minimum Wage: They Couldn’t

Florida Democratic Legislators Try to Survive on Minimum Wage: They Couldn’t

Posted by | Oct 10, 2015 | |

A group of 20 Florida Democrats took the “Minimum Wage Challenge” and attempted to live on the state’s minimum wage of $8.05 last month. This week, they reported back that many of them simply could not make it on $8.05/hour and are doubling down on their efforts for wage reform. Occupy Democrats explained the experiment: All of the participants pledged to live on just $17 a day. That is the average amount of money a minimum wage worker has left over after costs of taxes, chilcare and housing expenses that are deducted from their pay. This money is supposed...

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GOP Prez Candidate Kasich Tells Seniors He’s Cutting Social Security: “Get Over It”

GOP Prez Candidate Kasich Tells Seniors He’s Cutting Social Security: “Get Over It”

Posted by | Oct 10, 2015 | |

Speaking in New Hampshire, Governor John Kasich told a member of the audience that he will need to “get over” social security cuts, because Kasich says he will be cutting Social Security. Kasich continued, “We can’t balance a budget without entitlement reform. What are we, kidding?” Kasich turned on the crowd and asked those in attendance whether they thought it was okay for their welfare checks to be a little smaller if it was for the greater good of the country. When one member responded no, Kasich went off: Well, you’d get over it, and you’re going to have...

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