Threat Assessment: March 12th-16th
AGAINST US
Utah Moves to End Sex-Ed in Some Public Schools
State would become the first state to ban public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases; bill would also bar instruction on homosexuality.[Chicago Tribune]
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Afghanistan's first Women-only Internet cafe opens
The Sahar Gul Internet Cafe — a woman who was kept in solitary confinement and tortured by her husband for months — is a place where women can get "away from the prying eyes of others — especially from men." [Mashable]
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Deep South Republicans Think Obama's a Muslim
Nothing wrong with being a Muslim, obviously. But a plurality of Alabama and Mississippi GOPers think the president follows Islam, which he doesn't, being a Christian. [TPM]
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Bachmann: ‘Health Care Dictator’ Could Decide How Many Babies You Can Have
Obama's health care law could put America on the path to a totalitarian one-child policy, the former GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann warned last week. [TPM]
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Sarkozy 'sorry' for tomato attack
French President apologized to a policewoman who said his teenage son hurled a tomato at her last week from the presidential palace. [Reuters]
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Georgia's Lottery Players Are America's Biggest Suckers
They spend more than $50 billion a year in tickets for the state-run games, which have the worst odds of any form of legal gambling. [Bloomberg]
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Condom Company launches 'Sluts Unite' Campaign
Public service push slams Rush Limbaugh, promotes safe sex. [Huffington Post]
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New Jersey Town Suffers 'Toilet Paper Crisis'
The state capital, Trenton, running out of toilet paper after the city council refused to approve a contract for paper products. [BBC]
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Top Goldman Sachs Exec Goes Out Guns Blazing
Greg Smith, in a New York Times Op-Ed, writes that Goldman routinely screws its clients, says "the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it." [New York Times
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Ice Sheet May Melt Off Sooner Than Expected
New report says even a relatively minor increase in global temps of 1.6 degrees Celsius may render 'irreversible' Greenland's ice sheet melt off. [Treehugger]
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Study: LSD Helps Fight Addiction
Norwegian researchers studying data from the 1960s and ’70s found people taking LSD had lower levels of alcohol abuse. [Slate]