Headline Round-Up

I want it too, but…...
Apparently, with the health care bill as it stands, individuals that don't have insurance can be hit with hefty fines. I came across this bit of clarification that's pretty important, but I still don't completely understand, so it would be pretty awesome if someone could further clarify

Who Gets Blamed for Maine Losing Gay Marriage?
A pretty solid analysis of the unfortunate turn of events from RaceWire, comparing and contrasting with the passing of Proposition 8 in CA last year.

1491
A really interesting historical / anthropological / archaeological bit about the Americas before the Age of Exploration, and just how far off the mark our Eurocentric historiographical perspectives put us.

Homeland Security Sees Deplorable N.Y.C. Immigrant Jail as 'A Good Model'
Self-explanatory.

Goldstone report: UN votes for probe into Gaza war crimes
It's about fucking time.

Native Leaders Speak to Washington
Further analysis of the Tribal Nations Conference that I've mentioned in a couple of recent posts.

And then here's our democracy in action…
The blatantly misogynistic behavior of the GOP during health care reform debates yesterday isn't at all indicative of the misogyny that isn't at all a motivation behind the Stupak amendment.

World's Largest Bran Flake
Now all we need is raisins the size of oranges.

Big bank break-up idea gains ground in Congress
A proposed bill that addresses the obvious issue of companies that are too big to fail without causing a massive clusterfuck.