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June 2014[edit]
   | 0 | IRS shoved a giant middle finger up the ass of the Free Open Source Software community. |
| 11 | Israel-Palestine relations: November 2012 all over again. |
| 7 | Because when the SCOTUS makes the rest of the Western legal world shake their heads in disbelief, they do it in twos. |
| 37 | Corporate personhood, meet religious fundamentalism. America is the place for you. Update: The caveat, as predicted: The conservative majority seems to have inserted "get the government to fund it" as a safety valve. (Let's see if it works, because the Scientologists are coming anyway.) |
| 41 | Jenny McCarthy finally |
| 35 | Does anyone need a reminder that mercenaries are a bad idea? Mercenaries are a bad idea. |
| 14 | On second thought, let's intervene in Iraq as little as possible. (Here's why.) |
| 17 | The Vatican discovers most of their followers are in the cafeteria. |
| 14 | How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes? |
| 40 | South Carolina police chief, fired for being lesbian, reinstated. |
| 32 | Michigan State House GOP candidate: Ignore my arrests for public masturbation in other people’s cars. (Yes, he is the sole Republican candidate for the position.) WHERE DO THEY FIND THESE PEOPLE |
| 20 | The NC legislature passes a bill allowing cruelty to opossums during the New Year's week all to prevent a legal challenge to the cruel "Opossum Drop" event. |
| 20 | Another "liberal media" story: "If You Were An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV." |
| 21 | So nice to see the "Liberal media" giving Flat Earthers a voice. CNBC seeks Op-Ed on “global warming being a hoax”. |
| 17 | Male reporter molested at Men's rights conference |
| 14 | $400 billion dollars spent (the equivalent of two International Space Stations), years overdue in development, and the reality that will make every defence hawk cry. |
| 7 | Obama asks Congress for $500m to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels |
| 22 | Responsible gun owner discharges gun on children |
| 24 | OK gun range owner insists howitzer fired safely after shell blasts house 3 miles away |
| 22 | Ukraine gives Putin the finger. |
| 18 | U.S. Supreme Court bars laws prohibiting anti-abortion activists from obstructing abortion clinic entrances while protesting. (Meanwhile, the Hobby Lobby trainwreck will be decided on Monday.) |
| 5 | If only modern Republicans had half as much integrity. |
| 15 | Things the Bush administration probably did not foresee in 2003: An independent Iraq buying fighter jets from Russia. |
| 8 | The NSA is anti-business. |
| 15 | Faux News take a dump all over... Michele Bachmann. |
| 18 | New pterosaur species found to live in social groups. |
| 24 | House GOP plan to sue Obama Administration over executive actions. (Well, if you want to prove to everyone that you're desperate, sure.) |
| 46 | 16-0 the score as a federal judge throws out Indiana's anti-gay marriage laws. In addition, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules Utah's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. |
| -4 | Releasing lost souls and dark energy from your real estate has never been easier. |
| 33 | In a unanimous ruling, the US Supreme Court prohibits warrantless searches of cellphones. |
| 16 | Finland celebrates Pride Month by choosing to remain ín the 20th century. |
| 29 | King of the birthers, WND's Joseph Farah, arrested for trying to carry a loaded gun on to an airplane. |
| 30 | In Nigeria you can get committed to a mental institution for being an atheist |
| 18 | How about this: Unlike Eric Cantor, Thad Cochran just survived in his primary against a flaming ball of crazy by embracing Democratic and black voters (the first time a Southern Republican may have done so in decades). And the flaming ball of crazy won't concede. |
| 10 | "Bridgegate" Episode V: The Bridge Strikes Back. |
| 17 | Men's rights group fraudulently uses the names of women's rights and queer rights organisations in charity application |
| 39 | Federal court upholds New York City school policy allowing schools to bar unvaccinated students. |
| 25 | World's Richest Third-World Country decides cholera totally isn't a thing that ever happened, and if it did then the rich are in no danger from a large pool of poor people with diseases. |
| 20 | "I'm sorry, you can't enter the Democratic National Committee headquarters right now. The staff has achieved Nirvana." (Just in time for this baby.) |
| 30 | The conservative-approved method for reducing the number of school shootings: redefine what a "school shooting" is! |
| 11 | Meet the |
| 17 | Florida extends 'Stand Your Ground' to include warning shots. (Warning: Autoplay Video) |
| 21 | When the CIA produced demon-faced Osama bin Laden action figures |
| 4 | Japan finally outlaws child pornography. Unless it's in manga, anime or games. Oh, and you have a one year grace period to get rid of your stash. |
| 18 | Hillary Clinton, as a young lawyer, did a good job in 1975. 39 years later, manufactroversy and cant: "Why aren't you guys giving this rape victim a voice?" |
| 25 | Remember a Chicago area Tea Bagger U.S. Representative named Joe Walsh who served in the previous (2011-12) Congress? He was one of the anti-Obama crowd who slept in his U.S. Capitol office in order to avoid paying rent for a Beltway apartment. He was also famous for being a family values candidate while owing $117,000 in back child support. Well, he just got kicked off of his own right-wing radio show for being too racist on the air. |
| 21 | For years, France has been expelling tens of thousands of Roma en masse because of a racist backlash that has enveloped many European countries. Now a Roma boy has been beaten into a coma. |
| 31 | A satisfyingly low turnout for NOM's March For Marriage. (And Presbyterians vote to allow gay marriage.) |
| 10 | The CDC makes a very rare fuck-up. |
| 13 | Scott Walker is totally not a crook. |
| 12 | Refusing to understand the US Consul can only do so much so quickly, and believing the US Army will release a suspected deserter without questioning him (Because Obummer), fifty bikers wish to provoke an international incident. |
| 10 | Astronomers get Venus envy, build "Extremely Large Telescope". You know, if you have to tell everyone it's big... |
| 8 | How do you catch a doomsday prepping, bomb building, murder planning fugitive? With the shakes that'll make him quake. The fries that'll cross his eyes. The burgers that...um...well, the FBI just had burgers. |
| 5 | Farewell, Paxman, ya crazy bastard. |
| 76 | The UK has officially banned creationism from being taught in science classes.. |
| 27 | Someone check Glenn Beck's batteries, because his clock has STOPPED. |
| 14 | I herd u liek Goats. |
| 19 | It was bound to happen: After Native Americans wage a badass campaign to change the name of the Washington Redskins, the owners now have to seriously consider it. (Speaking of patents...) |
| 21 | This is all just an effort to distract attention from Benghazi. |
| 16 | "The deadly burglary raised questions about the wisdom of |
| 26 | Senator Claire McCaskill punches Mehmet Oz in the face! (metaphorically) |
| 6 | It's Cattle mutilation, only of sheep. In England. Probably by aliens. |
| 18 | Benefits of the nuclear option: Meet your new, gay, black federal judges. |
| 24 | I am shocked, SHOCKED to discover insider trading in this economy. |
| 19 | Antonin Scalia: school prayer is like the devil's music. |
| 21 | In the ongoing war on teachers, a judge in California resorts to statistics that are pulled out of thin air to strike down tenure. |
| 26 | Whooping Cough is now an epidemic in California. Thanks a lot anti-vaxxers! |
| 45 | Obama to sign executive order banning federal government contractors from discriminating against gay and transgender workers. Right-wing meltdown coming soon. |
| 10 | WIGO-writers will have to, over the next little while, find ways to say "It's getting worse in Iraq" without repeating themselves. Update: How about this? "Hello, Ayatollah. My enemy's enemy..." |
| 17 | Jamaica to decriminalize ganja for personal use. |
| 33 | The 15-year-old boy who engaged in a school shooting earlier this week was described by his church elder as "highly spiritual" and wrote about killing "sinners" in his diary. |
| 36 | Bitcoin, our modern-day sandbox/universe-in-a-jar of libertarian economics, finally experiences the paradox of unregulated, "free" markets. ("The knee-jerk reaction from the Bitcoin lunatic fringe will be to try to minimize the issue... It's time for a hard fork.") Update: Bitcoin's "chief scientist": If we're all going to eventually get fucked by this, you know, shit happens. *shrugs* |
| 32 | The Supreme Court of Canuckistan does it again: Warrantless collection of customer data declared unconstitutional. |
| 28 | No money to pay the truancy fines for your 7 children? We'll stick you in jail for a few days to contemplate the error of your ways. What could possibly go wrong? |
| 14 | What happens when your economic "plan" is devised by AEI hacks. Additionally, Ontario has now elected their first female Premier and the first openly gay Premier in Canada. |
| 24 | Canadian city asks provincial and federal governments to ban fetus-porn pro-life ads. |
| 22 | Things the GOP blame on Obama #76,756,463: Eric Cantor's defeat. |
| 28 | Hey, remember when we invaded Iraq? I wonder how that turned out? Not well. Not well at all. |
| 32 | The guy who shot up Las Vegas was a huge Alex Jones fan. (Bonus clog included: Jones is calling the incident a false flag staged by Harry Reid). |
| 40 | Guess which US news network has dropped all coverage of the Teabagger cop killers. |
| 13 | Some lucky copper is about to have the best day of his life. |
| 19 | Of the $830 billion the US spent on Iraq, 93% went to the Pentagon while 6% to the State Department/USAID. The results. |
| 45 | Mother of God. The House Majority Leader has lost his seat in the primary against a Teabagger. Starting in 2015, there will be zero Jewish Republicans in Congress. (There must be some quote out there pertaining to "unforseen consequences.") Update: Welcome to 1968. It's gonna be fun. |
| 0 | Canada and the USA now seem to be engaged in a competition over who can manage the most shootings. |
| 35 | No, seriously. At what point are mass shootings no longer to be considered "news", but merely every day events like car crashes? |
| 50 | Archbishop seriously claims he didn't know if raping children was against the law. Really. |
| 24 | UK Muslim extremists have been taking over schools intimidating head teachers and staff in those schools extremism was taught and girls faced discrimination. |
| 22 | South Carolina governor wishes to ban a African-American biker event, but nothing similar is said on a white biker event. |
| 12 | Sheriff bought armored car for law enforcement from army surplus; everone goes nuts one way or another. |
| 27 | Virginia GOP resorts to outright bribery of a Democratic state senator in order to derail the expansion of Obamacare and Medicare in the state. (Of course, the asshole took them up on the offer). |
| 20 | Russia keeps forgetting these aren't her colonies anymore |
| -10 | Don't mix sport with politics, unless you are the Argentinian National Football Team. |
| 16 | Rik Mayall, a true comedy great dies, aged 56.[1] the utter utter b'stard. |
| 2 | Evolutionary biology is BLATANT MISANDRY: men evolved specifically for you to PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE! (why evolution failed to protect men from a knee in the veg basket is, presumably, the subject of a different paper altogether) Update: No, they didn't.. |
| 19 | At what point, exactly, do mass shootings stop becoming "news"? |
| 54 | Belgium gives homeopathy statutory regulation. Nobody meets statutory criteria. Homeopathy effectively banned. (Still operating until the statutory guillotine falls.) |
| 13 | Turing test, passed apparently. (Update : not so much) |
| 25 | Rapes happen accidentally, according to minister Ramsevak Paikra, responsible for law and order in India’s central Chhattisgarh state. |
| 24 | Meet the post-Rick Perry Republican Party of Texas. |
| 18 | Unexpected effect of global warming #1: Exhuming Pacific War dead. |
| 31 | While we're on the subject of guns, a sovereign citizen tries to take over a Georgia courthouse, doesn't get very far. |
| 27 | Wisconsin becomes the latest state to rule in favor of marriage equality. In related news, there are now lawsuits in progress in every state that still bans same-sex marriage. |
| 0 | There's still remnants of sanity in Iran. |
| 16 | Libya apologizes for detaining a man for black magic. |
| 23 | What time is it? Campus shooting time, again! (It appears that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with... pepper spray.) |
| 25 | Three Mounties are killed, two others shot in Moncton, New Brunswick. Manhunt on for what appears to be the typical gun nut; city had zero homicides in 2012. Update: It's over. Bastard's in custody. |
| 33 | Another example of the Catholic Church's attitude towards the sanctity of life. Could be the worst example of the Magdalene laundries thus far. |
| 27 | 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. Let's hope that it isn't suppressed for another 25. |
| 26 | So much for the NRA's apparent moment of sanity. |
| 20 | Only a Mormon can call a Mormon Mormon... |
| 6 | RIP Alexander Shulgin. |
| 35 | And the latest moral panic is...Slenderman. |
| 24 | It's official: The era of the gas-guzzler is ending. |
| 21 | Improving the sanitation system in developing countries is important for various reasons, including privacy/safety/women's concerns, as this latest atrocity illustrates. |
| 41 | Worker in Tennessee cotton warehouse records his boss's efforts at private-enterprise segregation, complete with white-only water fountains. |
| 5 | BLATANT MISANDRY: People get themselves killed by hurricanes because they think the female-named ones are harmless. U of I and Arizona State researchers even suggest reconsidering the practice of hurricane naming. (Hurricane Asskicker? Hurricane Skullcrusher? Hurricane Poochsodomizer?) |
| 21 | Juan Carlos I continues the trend of abdicating instead of waiting til death. |
| 23 | Tomorrow could be one the EPA's most important moments. Update: Not a bad start. |
| 60 | In Pakistan, clerics issue a fatwa against honor killings. |