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How bad schools affect the military

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:07 +0000

Michael Fumento , writing at Forbes, explains why Americans are Not Fit For Combat Low education and high-fat diets are keeping Americans out of the military . … About three-fourths of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds can’t join the military, largely due to these ...

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Palin: Crack Down On 'Iraq' To Prevent Nuclear Iran

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:03 +0000

During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a nuclear Iran by cracking down on "Iraq." Sarah Palin - Iraq - United States - Government - Alaska

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Thierry Henry Handball Goal VIDEO: "Le Hand Of God" Goal Puts France Past Ireland

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:08:56 +0000

French soccer player Thierry Henry has admitted to committing a handball just before teammate William Gallas scored a crucial goal in France's World Cup qualifier match against Ireland. *** SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO *** The AP has more: (AP) SAINT-DENIS, France -- France qualified for its ...

Rover found this 2 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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NICE says Bayer liver cancer drug too costly

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:06 +0000

The health watchdog has blocked a critical liver cancer drug, saying it is too pricey for the state health service, leaving manufacturer Bayer vowing to appeal the decision. Skip related content Most people who get the aggressive form of cancer are diagnosed too late for surgery to help, meaning ...

Moonbattery found this 2 days ago on uk.news.yahoo.com

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Ed Anger says, 'Send Hillary to France!'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:51:45 +0000

America's angriest columnist is angry: Today I saw on the computer machine that it’s illegal for Frenchwomen to wear pants in public! I guess that’s where that rhyme came from: “I see Paris, I see France, I see ladies underpants”! I thought at first ...

Kathy Shaidle posted 3 days ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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Canada remains a haven for terrorists, a French counterterrorism judge says

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:07:05 +0000

Why I hate my country: "Al-Qaeda will exploit this to use this country as a base for launching its operations against the United States." "Quebec also is home to a large Algerian community, in which there are radical elements ... as we had confirmed from interrogations of this ...

Kathy Shaidle posted 3 days ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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A Wild Week-End in France

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:32:18 +0000

On Friday November 14 Novopress had warned of possible violence if Algeria lost a soccer match against Egypt. Algeria did lose on Saturday night and, as predicted, Algerian immigrants in France turned violent. The following very short video shows a scene of a boat burning in the port of ...

Rover found this 4 days ago on brusselsjournal.com

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'Female Viagra' discovery claim

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:04:18 +0000

A drug that failed tests as an antidepressant is being hailed as "Viagra for women" after surprising but not unpleasant side effects. In three separate trials, the drug flibanserin did wonders for women's flagging sex drive despite doing nothing to lift mood. The accidental discovery is akin to ...

Daily Pundit found this 4 days ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Beck: "We're the young girl saying 'no, no, help me,' and the government is Roman Polanski"

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Yep, Glenn Beck opines that his loony conservative cohort is an underaged girl getting raped by Big Government (just like Roman Polanski did!): We’re the young girl saying ‘no, no help me,’ and the government is Roman Polanski. In the end I think we’re all going to be cowering in France. ...

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Why France Is Mulling A Carbon Tax

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:25:34 +0000

Yesterday, I noted that Europe's cap-and-trade system seems to be faring pretty well at cutting CO2 emissions. As a partial counterpoint, though, check out Eloi Laurent's analysis of the ongoing carbon-tax debate in France. The story here is that the E.U. read more

Rover found this 3 days ago on tnr.com

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ED ANGER SAYS: “SEND HILLARY TO FRANCE!”

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:51:45 +0000

Everybody knows Hillary Clinton wears the pants in that crazy family, but now she could go to jail for it!

five feet of fury. (now with added backlash.) found this 3 days ago on weeklyworldnews.com

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Pakistani Army ran Muslim extremist training camps, says anti-terrorist expert

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:17:16 +0000

The Pakistani Army ran training camps for a Muslim extremist group, at least until recently, with the acceptance of the US Central Intelligence Agency, according to France s foremost anti-terrorist expert. Jean-Louis Brugui re, who retired in 2007 after 15 years as chief investigating judge ...

Jihad Watch found this 7 days ago on timesonline.co.uk

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Blogger Ethics Panel Edition

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

There was once a love letter by one William Ward to Silvio Berlusconi published in Newsweek : It’s not just for his showmanship; Italians also appreciate his hard work as a retail politician and electoral strategist. Berlusconi has not only made his business-friendly, antibureaucracy ...

Crooks and Liars found this 3 days ago on sadlyno.com

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Beatboxer Shlomo on climate change expedition in The Arctic

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0000

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MELANIE PHILLIPS: We were fools to think the fall of the Berlin Wall had killed off the far Left. They're back

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:58:10 +0000

I think the majority of Christians in this country have either forgotten what they have prayed for since they were little boys and girls or did`nt know what their prayer meant when they pray for Almighty God`s Government to take over here on earth. Let me remind you " Thy Kingdom come on earth ...

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Claude Lévi-Strauss: ‘Neolithic’ & A Man of Science

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:36:22 +0000

Claude Lévi-Strauss, who died on October 30th (aged 100), made the study of anthropology as fashionable as philosophy and poetry. The Economist pays a tribute: “Before Claude Lévi-Strauss revolutionised the discipline, anthropology in France, and generally elsewhere, was a matter of ...

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Bloomberg: News

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:57:06 +0000

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Veterans’ Day / Armistice Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:31:00 +0000

CAP has the day off for Veterans’ Day, as does much of Washington DC though not, as best I can tell, the non-DC private sector economy. I sort of wish we called our November 11 observance Armistice Day like they do in other countries. Something that I think is missing from ...

Eschaton found this 10 days ago on yglesias.thinkprogress.org

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Obama Hosts Netanyahu

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:13:30 +0000

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank town of Halhul, north of Hebron, on Sunday.

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France on the Hudson

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:56:00 +0000

It's 1973 all over again, as New York enters the ninth year of the reign of Michael Bloomberg. by Fred Siegel and Harry Siegel 11/16/2009, Volume 015, Issue 09

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