masbury

Real Name: Monte Asbury
Location: Washington, Iowa USA
Joined:4-16-2007
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About me
I believe the world changes when ordinary people learn its stories.
Why I use Clipmarks
To shine light on important but under-reported stories, and to make quick grabs that I'll use for blogging later (which I don't want to lose!)
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Where to find me on the web
Website/Blog: http://masbury.wordpress.com







   
 
 
 
   
 
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POPSGuess who gets to make "shared sacrifices?"
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by masbury  2-28-2011    2
 Hint: It's not the bosses
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POPSWhen Democracy Weakens
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by masbury  2-22-2011    1
 Ours has been commandeered by the financial and corporate elite
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POPSDon't blame the unions for Wall Street's recession
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by masbury  2-21-2011    2
 States' incomes have tanked. The answer to the problem is not to punish workers.
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POPSReducing the number of people incarcerated
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by masbury  1-28-2011    2
 The best way is . . .
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POPSBeing Wrong About the Military
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by masbury  1-17-2011    3
 Evangelical soldier reverses lifelong views after serving in Iraq
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POPSSmall gifts that can change the world
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by masbury  1-17-2011   
 "experts identified the best investments: those for which relatively tiny amounts of money could generate significant returns in terms of health, prosperity, and community advantages"
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POPSFoxNews: No Link Between Matches, Gas, Fire
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by masbury  1-16-2011   
 Beck busts mainstream media myth
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POPSSlavery, not states' rights, was the Civil War's cause
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by masbury  1-8-2011    12
 Time to stop pretending there was anything noble about this shameful catastrophe.
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POPSGreatest gap ever between rich and middle class
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by masbury  12-24-2010    1
 While the average family's net worth plunged 41%
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POPSTop Four Ways to Stand Up to Factory Farms This Winter
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by masbury  12-22-2010   
 No Remarks
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POPSPat Robertson wants pot decriminalized
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by masbury  12-22-2010    4
 Amazing
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POPSJesus is a Liberal Democrat - Colbert Nation
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by masbury  12-18-2010    2
 Some will say, "But Jesus never said government should do it." Isn't that the same as saying "Government shouldn't be like Jesus?"
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POPSMoore: Why I'm Posting Bail for Julian Assange
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by masbury  12-16-2010    4
 Because our government has lied to us, and thousands have died as a result.
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POPSOn This Site Stood . . .
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by masbury  12-8-2010    1
 "Historical" markers designed to make a point
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POPSBillionaire Buffet: Tax us!
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by masbury  12-5-2010   
 "I think that people at the high end -- people like myself -- should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it."
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POPSA Great Day for Low-Income Families
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by masbury  12-4-2010    5
 Bread for the World volunteers score again
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POPSThe Place Where We Are Right
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by masbury  10-23-2010    1
 A poem by Yehuda Amichai, quoted from Daniel Clendennin's "Journey With Jesus" essay of 18 October 2010
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POPSGov. Brewer's beheadings? They never happened.
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by masbury  7-3-2010    15
 AZ law enforcement, coroners, have no such cases.
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POPSBP punitive damages = BP tax deductions
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by masbury  7-2-2010   
 "jurors are often unaware that companies are able to deduct those punitive damages in calculating their federal income taxes, saving them millions of dollars and undermining the original goal of the damages: to punish reprehensible corporate behavior."
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POPSTop 1%'s share of after-tax income doubles
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by masbury  6-27-2010   
 CBO: middle fifth rec'd tax cuts of $760; upper fifth, $41,077.
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POPSBP got 97% of "egregious, willful" OSHA violations
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by masbury  6-17-2010    2
 "OSHA statistics show BP ran up 760 "egregious, willful" safety violations, while Sunoco and Conoco-Phillips each had eight, Citgo had two and Exxon had one comparable citation."
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POPSGOP Senator Apologizes to Hayward, BP for $20B Fund
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by masbury  6-17-2010    4
 Never mind that BP has the worst safety compliance record in the industry. . . GOP Senator rises to the challenge to protect multinational corporation from devastated Americans.
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POPSDeficit cutters: Here's your first trillion
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by masbury  6-14-2010   
 Will Congress have the courage to look at the biggest item in the budget?
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POPSThe Market As God: Living in the New Dispensation
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by masbury  6-12-2010   
 Thought-provoking hypothesis from 1999 by Harvey Cox
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POPSOp-Ed Columnist - The Story of an Angry Voter - NYTimes.com
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by masbury  5-21-2010    1
 Challenging to both left and right: "Ben is going to be disappointed again. He's going to find that he and voters like him unwittingly created a political culture in which compromise is impermissible, in which institutions are decimated by lone-wolf narcissists who have no interest in or talent for crafting legislation."
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POPSElizabeth Warren: GOP Reform Plan Is A Failure, Republicans Choosing Banks Over Families
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by masbury  4-29-2010   
 She's aggravated by GOP support of banks over families. "The Republicans' counter-proposal, released this week, fails all four of Warren's tests."
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POPSOur Fill-in-the-Blank Constitution
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by masbury  4-14-2010    1
 U of Chicago Law Prof Geoffrey R. Stone tracks the judicial activism of conservative judges, and argues for a more appropriate basis for SCOTUS' decision-making.
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POPSActually, only about 10% pay no federal taxes
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by masbury  4-14-2010   
 And tax rates have fallen farthest among America's richest, whose income is growing the fastest.
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POPSSocialism: a label to defeat things the right doesn't like
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by masbury  3-30-2010    3
 "Thus socialism for the middle class is not questioned; and socialism for the wealthy is often viewed as a necessary economic strategy, while programs to help the poor are presented as dangerously subversive."
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POPSRNC rejects joint 'civility' statement - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com
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by masbury  3-27-2010    1
 Won't join DNC in condemning hostility in politics.
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POPSPro-life Rep. Perriello Says Abortion Concerns Eased, May Back Health Bill -- Politics Daily
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by masbury  3-16-2010   
 Pro-life Dems signal federally-funded abortion question may have been resolved; may now back bill
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POPSReconciliation - the minority party always cries "foul!"
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by masbury  3-12-2010    1
 And it's entirely within the rules of the Senate, for better or worse.
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POPSObama donates Nobel $1M to students, vets, Haitians
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by masbury  3-12-2010   
 A good thing. No snarking.
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POPSNYTimes: The Health Care Endgame
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by masbury  3-8-2010   
 What we're likely to see in the final form
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POPSOp-Chart - Reconciling With the Past - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
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by masbury  3-7-2010   
 Fascinating chart showing the history of major bills passed through reconciliation.
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POPSYou've never heard the Moonlight Sonata
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by masbury  3-5-2010    2
 How modern pianos are different from those of Beethoven - includes sound clips - fascinating!
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POPSAfter 20 Years, Scientists Crack HIV Puzzle
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by masbury  3-3-2010    9
 Will help scientists understand how some drugs work against HIV
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POPSStudy claiming gays have short lives fatally flawed
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by masbury  3-3-2010    2
 The Family Research Institute gathered obituaries from youth-oriented gay newspapers, then theorized a short life-span for gays because these obits featured youngish men.
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POPSSocial mobility in the USA
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by masbury  2-22-2010   
 An excellent comment left on a Clipmarks post
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POPSTop 10 Most Dangerous Drivers by Profession
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by masbury  2-21-2010   
 Professionals who communicate on a tight schedule
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