Stories of 2013 …

‘Female visitors could fall for them’: Saudis deport three men for being ‘too handsome’
Canadian man fights strict Dubai swearing laws by arguing ‘f— off’ is not an insult in Canada
UAE cyber-crime law ‘effectively closes-off country’s only remaining forum for free speech’: watchdog
AFC apologizes for referring to UAE national soccer team as ’sand monkeys’
36 Senators Introduce Bill Prohibiting Virtually Any New Law Helping Workers | ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/02/2404301/36-senators-introduce-bill-prohibiting-virtually-any-new-federal-law-helping-workers/
Paul Krugman Calls Out The Right For Covering Up Basic Facts About Inequality
Republican-appointed federal judge says blacks and Hispanics are “predisposed to crime.” Judge Edith Jones, a member of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a circuit overseeing a large number of death penalty cases, made her outrageous comments about minorities during a speech earlier this year. The judge, who has a long history of troubling behavior, added that the death penalty is a public service because it’s the only way an inmate can “make peace with God.”
Republican governor schedules costly special election to lower Democratic turnout during the general election. Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is far head in the polls in his bid for re-election, yet he appears to have scheduled a special election to fill the seat of recently deceased Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to keep Democratic turnout low the day he and Republican state legislators will be on the ballot. The election will cost $12 MILLION or more and is taking place less than a month before the November general election.
Anti-Obamacare states pass up billions in funds meant to help the poor get health insurance. The red states that are refusing to expand Medicaid under Obamacare are set to lose out on $8 BILLION in funding, which will cause them to leave an additional 3.6 MILLION Americans uninsured simply out of spite.
A Texas jury acquitted a man for the murder of a woman he hired as an escort, after his lawyers claimed he was authorized to use deadly force because she refused sex.
, Media Matters released a report showing that business news channel CNBC had cast doubt on science in more than half of its 2013 climate change coverage,Media Matters conducted a follow-up study to see if CNBC had adjusted its coverage. [3] Remarkably, we found that climate denial at the network actually increased, rising from 51 percent to 55 percent of climate reporting.
Myths about Medicaid