A majority of the 100 executed inmates examined in a new study by three legal researchers had “a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder or psychosis.” Yet, because of an oddity in the Supreme Court’s death penalty cases, it is typically constitutional under existing precedents to execute people with these illnesses… Read More At: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/07/21/3462114/study-more-than-half-of-the-people-executed-in-the-united-states-have-a-severe-mental-illness/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/28/death-penalty-study-4-percent-defendants-innocent http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/carlos-de-luna-execution-_n_1507003.html …
Bill Maher Fellates Israeli Attacks On Gaza
Read More At: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-and-conservative-guest-surprisingly-agree-on-whos-to-blame-for-gaza-civilian-deaths/ Clip from the Monday, July 21st 2014 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday – friday 4-6pm Eastern. Check out our website – and become a member – at: http://www.SecularTalkRadio.com Listen to the Live Show or On Demand archive at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kylekulinski Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kylekulinski …
The Truth About Those Evil Palestinian Tunnels
Late Thursday night, Israel launched what many viewed as inevitable: a ground assault into the Gaza Strip, escalating the conflict after ten-days straight of bombing the Palestinian territory. As the tanks and warships surrounding the tiny swath of land began to fire, the Israeli government announced that the mission of this operation would be to collapse the network of underground …
Netanyahu: When Israel Screws Up, Blame Hamas
Reiterating a point made in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Sunday morning that Hamas was intentionally endangering Palestinian civilians to create gruesome images that would turn the international community against Israel… Read More At: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/netanyahu-hamas-wants-telegenically-dead-palestinians/ http://www.salon.com/2014/07/13/un_reports_77_of_gaza_dead_are_civilians/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/21/us-palestinians-israel-idUSKBN0FP00U20140721 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/more-kids-dead-than-militants/story-e6frg6so-1226995368485?nk=1700dfa08af1c307f5f86bffd3068af4 Clip from the Monday, July 21st 2014 edition of The …
Man Killed By Unnecessary NYPD Chokehold
Credit To: https://www.youtube.com/user/FakeDodgeViperGuy A Staten Island man died Thursday after police placed him in a chokehold as they attempted to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes. According to authorities, Eric Garner, 43, went into cardiac arrest and died at Richmond University Medical Center following the arrest that was filmed by several witnesses, the New York Daily News reported… Read More …
Grandma Gets Year In Jail For Anti-Drone Protest
A New York grandmother was sentenced to a year in jail for violating a protection order filed by an Air National Guard commander against anti-war protesters. Mary Anne Grady-Flores violated the protection order filed by Col. Earl Evans, prosecutors said, when she stepped on the grounds of Hancock Air Base to photograph a peaceful protest against the use of drones… …
STUDY: Religious Kids Don’t Know Fact From Fiction
A study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science determined that children who are not exposed to religious stories are better able to tell that characters in “fantastical stories” are fictional — whereas children raised in a religious environment even “approach unfamiliar, fantastical stories flexibly.” Read More At: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/18/researchers-children-exposed-to-religion-have-difficulty-distinguishing-fact-from-fiction/ Clip from the Friday, July 18th 2014 edition of The …