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Bishops's backing may get health bill to 218

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:15:38 +0000

House leaders have won the backing of the nation’s Catholic bishops for health reform, a critical last-minute boost that could give the bill enough momentum – and enough votes – for passage as early as Saturday.

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Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +0000

For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession until now. With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of unemployment and underemployment tracked by the Labor ...

Calculated Risk found this 17 hours ago on nytimes.com

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Names chosen at random

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:52:29 +0000

The New York Times original headline read 'Obama Reminds Nation of Military's Diversity' - but for whatever reason that's been rewritten to 'Obama Urges No 'Jump to Conclusions' . Fortunately, the first line of the story remains intact: WASHINGTON -- President Obama, extending ...

Greyhawk posted 106 minutes ago from mudvillegazette.com

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Deeds memo damning in hindsight

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:11:15 +0000

After the primary, Petts sent Deeds a memo laying out the strategy for him to win the general election.

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire found this 2 hours ago on politico.com

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Chris Matthews: We may never know if religion was a factor at Fort Hood

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:54:38 +0000

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Instapundit found this 17 hours ago on hotair.com

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Shooting raises fears for Muslims in US army

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:28:42 +0000

flag flies at half mast in front of the Army"s III Corps headquarters at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

The Corner on National Review Online found this 23 hours ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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O’Reilly Goes After Sesame Street: ‘We May Have To Ambush Oscar’

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:32:00 +0000

During an episode of Sesame Street that was originally broadcast two years ago, a character tells Oscar the Grouch, who happens to be reporting for “GNN” (Grouchy News Network), that she is switching her news viewing loyalties to “Pox News,” adding, “Now there is a ...

skippy the bush kangaroo found this 3 hours ago on thinkprogress.org

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Spaceship Jesus: The Nefarious Politics of Rapture

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:11:23 +0000

Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind series of sixteen novels (so far!) represents everything that is most deranged about religion.

dmmorrison posted 2 hours ago from killingthebuddha.com

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Bart Stupak is at play in the fields of your fertility

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:21:00 +0000

Bart Stupak, who is apparently a congressman from some horrible depressing dying part of Michigan, does not seem to understand that abortion is a legal medical procedure in the rest of America that isn’t horrible, depressing and dying. So he would like to eliminate the part of the public ...

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House Republicans plan to vote unanimously against health

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:40:50 +0000

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Shooting Raises Fears For Sanity Of Entire Western World -- By: Mark Steyn

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:19:00 +0000

The Headline of the Day, from the BBC : Shooting Raises Fears For Muslims In US Army Really? Right now the body count stands at: Non-Muslims 13 Muslims 0 I was reading from some of this kind of coverage on the Rush Limbaugh show today. Even if you take the view that it would be grossly ...

Dr. Sanity found this 21 hours ago on corner.nationalreview.com

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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:55:00 +0000

This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the AP This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their

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You CAN fight City Hall! Steve Kozachik wins!

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:59:21 +0000

Hi everyone, As you have seen, the Tucson Tea Party has been engaged in more than just the issues coming out of Washington, D.C. We have also been working tremendously hard to effect local change. The Democratic Party has controlled every seat on the city council since 2005, during which time we ...

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Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Associated Press Writers FORT HOOD, Texas A neighbor says an Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage. Neighbor Patricia Villa (VEE'-uh) says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment on ...

Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate found this 46 hours ago on statesman.com

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Military Demotivators Results

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:17:34 +0000

Thanks for your patience, guys. Due to the good auspices of my two Mystery Demotivator Judges, the Editorial Staff is pleased to announce the results of last week's contest: EMBRACING THE SUCK CATEGORY: First prize: DL Sly Second prize: Retriever...

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The 11/3 Project

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:39:31 +0000

There's a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck's internal organs.

The Huffington Post | Full News Feed found this 33 hours ago on thedailyshow.com

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Macca: The Beatles weren't that good

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:40:53 +0000

PAUL McCartney says it's not surprising no one signed them when they formed in the 60s

Daily Pundit found this 4 hours ago on thesun.co.uk

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Three 'tippy tappy typists' vs the 'One Man Content Provider'

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:58:31 +0000

My latest post at David Horowitz's NewsReal blog looks Media Matters latest pathetic "take down" attempt on Mark Steyn.

Kathy Shaidle posted 6 hours ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf). On NPR I heard…

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:48:11 +0000

EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf ). On NPR I heard — I can’t find the story on their website yet — that he had given a presentation on the Koran at a professional conference where he claimed that unbelievers should ...

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NAACP President Benjamin Jealous reaches out to a changing membership

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:48:04 +0000

William "Billy" Flynn, right, and Joseph "JJ" Jackson are president and vice president, respectively, of Maine State Prison chapter of the NAACP. It is one of the only predominantly white chapters.

NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias found this 6 hours ago on washingtonpost.com

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