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"Jeff Landry, an employee in Sapulpa, Okla., plans to join the protest. He works from 4 to 9 p.m. after attending school all day. When he was scheduled for a shift during class, Landry complained. He says his managers responded by cutting his hours from 40 to below 30 a week. This meant that Landry was no longer eligible for health care, since Wal-Mart requires workers to work an average of 30 hours per week to get benefits. "They tried all these tactics to get rid of me," he said."

protesting is legal only if its non-violent so I think the had a right to go on strike.

Civil Disobedience!

scary stuff

Well its a sad that the government just blows this problem over there shoulders with no care in the world, and we the people take the bullet for it.

It's also sad that during this current Congress they voted to repeal the ACA thirty sometimes other then work on this issue. I think that many people forget that the Obama Administration has presented a jobs plan and the House rejected it just as the Senate/President have rejected job plans brought up by the House. This is the exact reason that we're even in this mess. A lack of compromise on all sides.

Interesting that they assume nicotene does this. 20% lower scores is pretty concrete results though.

I don't find this surprising. Nicotine is a known mutagen, so I think it's actually foolish to assume that it won't affect fetuses which are exposed to it. It will be interesting to see if this study actually gets any media attention, though. Unfortunately, I doubt it will. People, especially Americans, are usually content to overlook any negative consequences to their actions.

A quick google search for the effects of nicotine on fetuses came up with a number of medical journals on the subject. Research into this subject has been done at last as far back as 1996, and smoking cigarettes during pregnancy is documented to have a large number of possible adverse outcomes even worse than poor reading skills, including spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and sudden infant death syndrome. Here's a link to an article from the Oxford Journal on the subject. http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/116/2/364.full

I don't think I would trust North Korea...

it would be crazy if they launched on 12/21/12. that would just make the day even more crazy for those who think the world is going to end

Education does get taken away, once you ave a baby.

Just because you get pregnant doesn't mean your life is going to go downhill, many girls get pregnant, become single mothers, and still graduate high school, sometimes a year early and get a full time job and raise their child.

Yeah true Jamie, But I disagree that its okay because most of the population of teen girls having babies think its a new accessory and are unfit to support it. A part time job at taco bell is not enough to support a family.

An interesting look at how gay marriage is still a battle in Iowa.

If you love someone and want to spend the rest of your life with them you should be able to. It shouldn't matter whether you're two males, two females, or even two potatoes, as long as you're happy.

We should leave it alone. I dont know why its such a big concern when it has little affect on our lives. To each their own i believe..

Ew! Crazy drug that is being used hardcore in Russia that basically rots your body inside out. They use it because it is cheaper than heroin but has a similar high.

Honestly, how do people come up with such drugs? Are they that desperate!?

This drug is disgusting. Why would people do this if they know what it is going to do to them? They are pretty much choosing to slowly kill themselves. They know people that have been on it longer and have seen the effects of it, but still choose to use the drug. I understand it is cheaper than heroin, which most of them were addicted to before this drug, but it is so much worse than heroin. Once they start the drug it takes over there lives, between cooking it and putting it in them. They don't get much sleep, if any at all because of it. I think of it as a form of suicide, pretty much.

The thought someone being able to get guns sent to a college and not get into trouble. Then he almost shot up a college with thousands of rounds of ammunition but ended up killing himself before hand. I think this should have been handled when the college had guns that were sent to him from an online store.

I think it's crazy that he could have this all sent to the college ready to use.

The fact that the shooter plans to "give them hell" is disturbing

"Reddit, Craigslist and more than 30,000 other websites are flying the flag of opposition to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, a controversial cybersecurity bill that was recently reintroduced in Congress."

I don't think the government should be able to see that kind of information. Makes you think twice about what you put online.

i think that you should be able to get married no matter if your gay or not its not their life so why are they so against gay marriage

in my opinion I think that you should have the right to be married no matter if your gay or not. Its not their life its yours i just dont understand why they are so against gay marriage. It's not like its hurting us.

I'm glad that she won this case, because the law states that if your husband or wife were to die, you get the things they leave behind. I don't see why it would be different if you are gay. It just makes no sense. I don't understand why this law was passed in the first place.

"In fact, recently, a group of students at Camarillo High School, northwest of Los Angeles, were ejected after leading a rally at a basketball game against a rival school. "

This happened at one of the basketball games I was at this year and I thought it was very disrespectful but nothing was said or done to the student section that said it.

Those people were just stupid, they took the chant to a whole different level how it wasn't meant to be.

It's interesting to read about the controversy over Obama's pick defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser.

I think it's fair to say that the criticisms made against Hagel are in the past now. He should be fit for the job. From a defense standpoint there will be a lot of issues at hand in this administration.

I think Brennan is a wise choice because he's been around for awhile and seems to have a lot of knowledge about a lot of things.

Be sure to keep comments are appropriate with this thread. What do you think of this, do we have the full details?

I hope she's in jail. What she did was completely wrong. What kind of parent stands on the sidelines and tells their son to beat the other kid? And she doesn't let him stop even when his nose was bleeding. It's just horrible to see what people are really capable of.

I would like to know what the cause of the fight is. But no matter what the cause was, that doesn't justify a fight, and it's inexcusable that a parent would encourage their child to use violence as a solution.

Someone posted this, but it wasn't possible to comment

First point: I fail to see how denying a single cell the chance to go through mitosis is abortion. It's no more aware than bacteria. Also, the author is referencing the morning-after pill. For some reason there's a lot of confusion about how the morning after pill actually works. It prevents the egg from joining the sperm, or depending on where the woman is in her cycle, prevents the ovaries from releasing eggs. Contrary to what pro-life proponents apparently believe, conception does not happen immediately after having sex. If using the morning-after pill is abortion, we may as well call abstinence abortion. Secondly, "the mandate requires private citizens who are also employers to purchase private goods (health insurance services) with private money from non-government companies." This is clearly written by a sensationalist. What it really means is that a company has to use its own money to provide healthcare. (And everyone seems to be forgetting that employees don't just receive healthcare plans for free). There is a difference between being a private citizen and being an employer. Owning a public company and employing people is about as far from private as you can get. "Requiring private citizens to pay for abortifacients is more akin to requiring the Amish to use their own money to purchase weapons from a private gun dealer or be forced into bankruptcy. Or kind of like forcing anti-pornography legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon to buy pornography for her law students." This is simply ludicrous and shows that the author clearly doesn't understand what a business is. It's a corporation, it employees people, it isn't a private citizen. I will admit that if Hobby Lobby employed only people who were in complete agreement with the beliefs of the owners I would support them in their case. However, the reality is that many of Hobby Lobby's employees don't share the exact same beliefs as the owner. And it would in fact be illegal for Hobby Lobby to choose their employ

ees because of their beliefs. And the last time I checked, in America we don't make people follow certain religions or beliefs. In fact, the law isn't supposed to be based in religion. I know it sounds shocking, but it actually isn't okay to force a religion on people, or to make everyone live in accordance with one belief system, which is exactly what Hobby Lobby, and everyone who argues against this provision in the new health care law, is trying to do. Lastly, the author says repeatedly that this law essentially discriminates against Christians, which is a complete lie. Christians is a broad term. There are Christians who believe in all kinds of birth control and then there are those who think all birth control should be outlawed. There are even Christians who get abortions. So, and this is a message to anyone who writes articles of this kind, stop saying just saying Christians. Tell the truth and call yourself a Fundamentalist. Saying Christians make it seem like the majority of people who believe in Jesus Christ agree with you, and they don't. You're a minority, and you need to accept that. And maybe read a little about how our government works. It's a majority rules system.

Wrong.

That is a serious topic for students.. It would personally be uncomfortable for me to write an essay for that.

I feel that the idea behind the assignment wasn't to necessarily portray that the teacher thought, and wanted the class to think, Jewish people as being evil but I feel that it is what ended up happening. The teacher could have picked hundreds of different essay topics ranging from abortion to zero tolerance polices that would have allowed students to write persuasively and not specify any one group in particular.

At issue was whether Wilson had violated International Traffic in Arms Regulations by posting files on his website allowing users to download and print firearms with 3-D printing technology.

i think they should remove it cause this would make it a lot easier for minors to get guns and use them for unnecessary reasons

i think its good that htey took it down becuse there vould cause alot of problems

"It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per prisoner annually."

Since our national dept is beyond high, it would be a good idea to shut this down, and find other ways to deal with these insane people. Obama may actually be doing something right this time.

I think Obama is doing the right thing. We are paying over $900,000 a year to keep one inmate in this prison which is way to much. Other prisons cost anywhere from $30,000-$70,000. I don't get why it costs so much to keep inmates there.

the government shuld not have to provide free birth control for women if their not going to use methods of not getting pregnant

I think this page will help you boys understand a little more about what birth control actually is: http://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/features/other-reasons-to-take-the-pill Personally, I think that it should be covered by insurance. Besides being a popular contraceptive, it control many different hormones in a woman's body. It's used to cure things like ovarian cysts, and irregular periods. It can relieve those pesky cramps that you get on your period, or just at random points of the month. It will clear your acne, and even help prevent cancers. And, the hormones being consumed by taking the pill, can balance our emotions, possibly making us more tolerance of ignorance towards women's health. The church aspect of this story is, in my opinion, ridiculous. Them refusing to cover a product that would help their employees be healthier, prettier, nicer, and more likely to remain cancer free, is unreasonable. Just because the typical use is frowned upon by their religions, doesn't mean it's right to make their employees spend their hard earned money on measures to maintain a healthy body, that could be covered by their companies insurance.

I don't see why taking measures to prevent a pregnancy is so bad. People are always saying that teenagers are getting pregnant at a young age when the truth is, maybe these girls can't afford it. No, they should not be having sex so young but sometimes you have to face the fact that girls are having sex at a young age and instead of turning a blind eye, they should take measures to prevent the pregnancy from happening. Just like Kirsten said, it does more than just preventing pregnancies. Some girls need it and can't afford it.

What do you all think about this proposed amendment?

This is a really interesting movement. While I think most people (people being the keyword there) would be more than happy to see this passed. Unfortunately I feel the corporations that hold a lot of influence in our government won't allow this to get the proper attention where it counts.

Although if it were to be passed then it would show that the people can still indeed overpower the large corporations and their political pull.