Recent Votes

• Religious, homophobic hate surges in L.A. county

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  Partially fueled by the election of President Barack Obama and the statewide controversy over gay marriage, hate crimes based on sexual orientation shot up 21 percent in Los Angeles County last year, while religious crimes increased 14 percent, according to a county report releas …

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• Catholic Church a political arm of the Vatican?

  Has the American Catholic Church become the political arm of the Vatican? Are they using communion and religion to blackmail their followers into voting and believing in their political aims?

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• Leaked documents reveal Tony Blair cover-up over Iraq invasion

  Source: Guardian Unlimited

  Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.

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• A leap forward to better care

  Source: Salt Lake Tribune

  As we enter the homestretch, the greatest risk we run is not completing health reform and letting this chance to lay a new foundation for our economy and our country pass us by.

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• NY Times to Goldman Sachs: Pay up to cut public debt

  Source: Reuters

  A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.

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