Monthly Archives: June 2012

Kraft Issues Statement On Rainbow Oreo

“We are excited to illustrate what is making history today in a fun and playful way. Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. We feel the OREO ad is a fun reflection of our values. There has been a lot of buzz about the image, and it shows how relevant OREO is to people even after …

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President Obama Speaks On Ruling

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CNN Mocked For Getting It Wrong

Both CNN and Fox News jumped the gun and wrongly posted reports that Obamacare had been struck down. But it’s CNN that is bearing the brunt of the mocking on Twitter.

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Homocons Denounce SCOTUS Ruling

Log Cabin Republicans Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court upholding Obamacare is a license for Washington to continue its expansion into the lives of American citizens and businesses. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, “Simply put, Congress may tax and spend.” “By upholding even the most intrusive provision of Obamacare, the individual mandate, the court has …

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LGBT Groups React To SCOTUS Ruling

Human Rights Campaign The Supreme Court’s decision means millions of Americans – including many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families – will be better served by our nation’s healthcare system. The Affordable Care Act addresses a number of the barriers LGBT people face in obtaining health insurance, from financial barriers to obtaining affordable coverage to discrimination by …

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They’re Moving To Canada

Buzzfeed has posted a collection of tweets from people who clearly don’t know anything about Canada. (Tipped by JMG reader bstewart23)

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Yesterday’s Tweet From NOM

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Democrats Celebrate

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Hospital Stocks Soar On SCOTUS Ruling

And insurance company stocks drop. Details.

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Concerned Women Are Concernstipated That Poor People Will Get Health Care

“We are outraged to see the Supreme Court ignoring the constitutional limits the Founders put in place to constrain the federal government’s power over us. Shame on them! With this decision they have given a blank check to the federal government, forever altering the constitutional concept of checks and balances that has been so crucial throughout our history. We wholeheartedly …

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Tony Perkins Rides The Waambulance

Wanna bet he had two different clips prepared in advance? There’s no way he made this in the last hour.

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Koch Brothers Demand That Congress Repeal Affordable Health Care Act

Press release from the Koch Brothers’ Americans For Prosperity: “Americans for Prosperity is deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a law that most Americans believed to be unconstitutional. As a result, unless Congress steps in and repeals this legislation, health care costs for most Americans will go up and the quality of health care goes down as …

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It’s As If Millions Of Teabaggers Cried Out In Terror And Were Suddenly Silenced

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Sarah Palin Is Ever So Pissed

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Read The Obamacare Ruling

Here’s the full ruling.

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Breitbarters Get It Wrong

Jim Hoft is the guy that skulked around Netroots with his “Breitbart Is Here” nonsense. Snicker.

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SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare

It’s a long and complicated ruling but the early word is that most of the Affordable Health Care Act has been upheld. The media is twisting itself into knots over the ruling and there are multiple conflicting interpretations. However it shakes down, this is HUGE victory for the president. Stand by for more…

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America’s Strongest Woman

Sarah Nobles is America’s best shot at weightlifting gold at the London Olympics, but she knows she’ll never get endorsement deals or magazine covers because she isn’t gender-normative. “You can get that sponsorship if you’re a super-built guy or a girl who looks good in a bikini. But not if you’re a girl who’s built like a guy,” she says. …

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Tens Swarm General Mill Protest

And even after closet case Matt Drudge gave NOM a screaming headline link to their boycott page, they’ve only gotten about 13,000 signatures. Drudge gets tens of millions of hit per day.

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Simon’s Cat – Window Pain

It appears Simon has been snapped up by Disney.(Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

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