CRITICAL CYNICISM

Does this name even make sense? Oh well. crit·i·cal expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments cyn·i·cism an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism

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“PC Culture” Culture Run Amok, from Jen Sorensen

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FEC Commissioner, Citing The Intercept, Calls for Ban on Foreign Money in Politics

FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel said this week that, based on the Intercept's recent reporting, Citizens United has allowed foreign money to flow into U.S. elections.

Great investigative journalism does it again!

Federal Election Commission member Ann Ravel on Tuesday proposed a ban on political contributions by domestic subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

Ravel’s proposal cites The Intercept series last week reporting that American Pacific International Capital, a California corporation owned by two Chinese nationals, donated $1.3 million to Right to Rise USA, the main Super PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential run.

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Lesbians sue over New Jersey law that requires heterosexual intercourse before insurance will cover fertility treatment

"These women must ... wait for the law to change as their childbearing years continue to slip away."

In New Jersey, four lesbian women are filing a lawsuit because their insurance won’t cover the cost of fertility treatment unless couples first participate in “heterosexual intercourse” to see if they can get pregnant that way. Really.

According to NJ.com, Erin and Marianne Krupa of Montclair, Sol Mejias of North Bergen, and Sarah Mills of Union City were all denied coverage based on the heteronormative wording of a law. A New Jersey state mandate from 2001 defines infertility as being unable to become pregnant after “two years of unprotected sexual intercourse.” For people in same-sex relationships, many of whom go about conceiving via methods such as artificial insemination and surrogates, this isn’t relevant, and ends up excluding them from important coverage.

Instead, the four women had to pay for the expensive treatment out of pocket after all being denied coverage by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield — even in one instance, Erin Krupa’s, where infertility stems from endometriosis. The suit, filed Aug. 1, reads, “Despite having a medical diagnosis of infertility, because, as a lesbian in a committed relationship, Erin could not show that she had unprotected sexual intercourse with a man for the requisite period, the Krupas were not protected by the mandate.”

Cannot believe this is actually in writing. Holy cow. 

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I think too much, I see too much, I feel too much, but I speak so little.

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Clinton Woos And Gets Endorsements From Republicans

Instead of trying placate the “Berniebros” and “#NeverHillary” crowd with sensible and progressive policies, Hillary is moving herself past the middle and into the right ter…

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The don’t do anything about racial harassment and threats by white supremacists either.

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Housing building, Bucharest, Romania, built between 1976-78 Architect Gh. Nadrag © BACU

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Bottle Rocket (1996) dir. Wes Anderson

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Yago Hortal (Spanish, b. 1983, Barcelona, Spain) - SP101, 2016  Paintings: Acrylics on Canvas

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Guccifer 2.0, you should definitely not hack Donald Trump’s tax returns, whatever you do. by Rob Rogers and Matt Bors. 

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Andrea di Bonaiuto - Descent of Christ to Limbo. Detail. 1365 - 1368

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Déesse de la Raison ‏@demithegreatone

Jul 29

James Madison (1751-1836) said:

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Multiple news sources have run stories of the Clinton campaign blaming the leaks on Russia. Here is one from The Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/24/clinton-campaign-blames-russia-wikileaks-sanders-dnc-emails

Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, said on Sunday that “experts are telling us that Russian state actors broke into the DNC, stole these emails, [and are] releasing these emails for the purpose of helping Donald Trump”.

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Jill Stein Just BLASTED the DNC Over Leaked Emails

Jill Stein is urging Sanders to withdraw his endorsement of Hillary Clinton and explore collaboration with the Green Party after the latest DNC email leak.

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From Occupy Protests to the Platforms

A lawyer-activist reflects on the significance of the Occupy Wall Street call for the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall.

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RNC attendees tried to hide a demonstrator’s “No racism, No hate” sign with an American flag. Clearly they failed to see the irony. The protester was from the Code Pink group — who haven’t been slowed down by this at all.

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Using an American flag to cover up someone calling for an end to racism and hate is the best metaphor I’ve seen in a long time for the GOP.