A populist, grass-roots activism movement, called The "whY?" Movement has found its humble beginnings on Facebook. It's stated mission is to "inspire higher-order thinking in our society by encouraging people to ...
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The Teabusters, a grassroots Anti-Teaparty protest movement, has shown its humble beginnings as a Facebook Group. (Since being previously reported upon, its membership has more than quadrupled) Click here for the Teabusters' facebook group page. Now it seems that The...
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Although Facebook is rarely, if ever, an instrument of social change, what may be the humble beginnings of a grassroots Anti-teaparty movement has sprung up on Facebook. The group, which calls themselves "The Teabusters" (click here for facebook page) describes itself in the...
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Originally posted on DailyKosAccording to its Department of Education's estimates, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a projected shortage of more than 12,000 teachers. This alarming statistic is exacerbated by Pennsylvania's Teacher Recruitment Bureaucracy. Due to under...
Originally posted on MonkeyPundit.com In what may be the most ironic example of national trauma bonding, Israel's government has policies that have become morbidly reminiscent of Nazi Germany's. For example: According to an article on Haaretz.com, The Israeli government has...
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Originally posted on MonkeyPundit.comBy now, most of us have heard the sad, sob stories of millionaires (and multimillionaires) who have lost there life savings to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme; life savings in the millions, and in some cases tens of millions. But I can't...
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Originally published on MonkeyPundit.comEverybody is familiar with the "gas station bathroom" nightmare- the gross, in-house outhouses that desperate commuters are expected to settle for on road trips. For New York City Yellow Cab Drivers, such horrific bathrooms are the...
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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals should be applauded for upholding the Miami-Day School District's ban on the K-2 Social Studies Book A Visit to Cuba. A Visit to Cuba, which attempts to teach 5-7 year old children about the culture, geography, and lives of children in Cuba,...
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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Miami-Dade County School District’s right to purge a book titled “A Visit to Cuba” from its libraries. A Visit to Cuba is one of many childrens’ book in the A Visit to series published by Heinemann-Raintree...
In 1991, the building which was for 28 years was commonly referred to as The Pan Am Building was renamed The MetLife Building. Why? Because Pan American World Airlines went out of business and the company...
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Originally published on MonkeyPundit.comFor years, the debate about to which the degree to regulate the sale and ownership of guns has raged throughout the United States. For better or for worse, both gun...
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Christian theology suggests that the Antichrist will be able to work counterfeit miracles, will oppose Christ, and substitute himself in Christ's place. The Antichrist is here, and his name is Santa Claus. Yes,...
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