Ann DeLaney 0764508873
Right now Sarah Palin is using this most
adequate political tool preparing for
her debate against Joe Biden. After
tomorrow evening (10/02/2008) we'll see
how it worked.
$19.99 : politics
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2008-12-08 Make Money Myself
Recently, real and artificial
barriers to international transactions
have fallen sharply, causing a rise in
the overall volume of international
trade. East Asia has been particularly
affected by the economic stresses and
gains derived from deregulation.
Deregulation and Interdepende...
, Recommended , economics , fairtax , foreign , freedom , globalization , liberty , neoliberalism , paul , politics , ron , takatoshi , krueger , interdependence , deregulation , asia , region , east , pacific
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2008-12-08 A Time for Change
When Sarah Palin was campaigning to put
John McCain and herself in positions of
power, she often railed about the need
for “transparency” in
government had touted herself as a
“reformer.” Well this
self-described “maverick”
gave a deposition in w...
, Politics , Sarah , brother-in-law , deposition , Mike , Monegan , transparency , transparent , troopergate
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2008-12-08 Anglican Mainstream
By Julie Henry, Telegraph
Words
associated with Christianity, the
monarchy and British history have been
dropped from a leading dictionary for
children.
Oxford University Press has
removed words like "aisle", "bishop",
"chapel", "empire" and "monarch" from
its Junior Dictionary and r...
, News , Political
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2008-12-08 World News
Counterterrorism expert David Kilcullen
gives insight and understanding to the
Mumbai attacks.
Go here to see
the original: Pakistan and the Mumbai
attack
a2a_linkname="Pakistan and the Mumbai
attack";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenzyne
ws.com/2008/12/08/pakistan-and-t...
, News , business , crime , entertainment , false , health , home , international , living , News , podcasts , politics , sports , student , student-news , tech , travel , true , u-s- , weather , world
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2008-12-08 Submitted to a Candid World
What would John Yoo do?
If you
visited the site over the weekend,
you’ll recall a deluge of
conspiracy theorists racking their
brains for a theory - any theory - that
would make Barack Obama constitutionally
incapable of assuming the office of the
Presidency. One of their ilk,...
, Author , Politics , Democracy , Law , War
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2008-12-08 New Mexico Independent
Outgoing Gov. Bill Richardson’s
economic legacy is the subject of an
interesting article in the Sunday
Albuquerque Journal by Winthrop Quigley.
Does Richardson have the magic touch, or
has it instead been a case of the lucky
breaks? New Mexico’s economy took
off during Rich...
, Blog , Economics , Energy , Politics
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2008-12-08 Gene's Blog
There was something about Mary in the
raunchy movie with a similar title and,
although it may not be the same
something, there’s also something
about Barry, our President-elect, aka
Barack Hussein Obama.
What that
something is remains to be seen since
the mass media never saw fi...
, AMERICAN , OBAMA , POLITICS , BLACKS , CHANGE , ELECTION
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2008-12-08 RBO
Pundita writes today on her blog:
I
assume the poster accompanying
RBO’s Progressive Whine and Cheese
Party is the work of Freedom Fairy.
[RBO: Correct!] FF should think about
bringing out a coffee table edition of
her Barack Obama posters.
Meanwhile,
Uppity Woman is terribly sus...
, Barack , balkinization , politics , Pundita , racialization , RBO , Real , Steve , The , Uppity
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2008-12-08 OnEntreprend
Finance ministers and top officials
from 15 nations have opened two days of
talks on what financial measures should
be used in the global fight against
climate change.
, Finance , Business , calendar , climate-change , editor , health , jobs , music , politics , shopping
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2008-12-08 iVoryTowerz
by Z*Just when I thought that Russia
could no longer produce any interesting
news, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin put on a three-hour-long show.
Last week, for the seventh time since he
came to power, Putin held his annual
open conference, where virtually anyone
can ask him a qu...
, media , Russia , politics
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2008-12-08 BBC News | Politics | UK Edition
MPs are to debate the police raid on the
office of Tory MP Damian Green, amid
concern over the role played by the
Commons Speaker.
, Politics
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2008-12-08 City Desk
As much local politics as humanly
possible. Send your tips, releases,
stories, events, etc. to
lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL
Daily sent straight to your inbox every
morning!
IN CASE YOU MISSED
IT—”Inaugural Ball to Be
Held at John A. Wilson Building“;
...
, Loose , Politics
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2008-12-08 The Sprawling From Grace Fuel Gauge
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design
and Development Network
The Washington
Post reviews Le Corbusier: A Life, a new
biography by Nicholas Fox Weber, and
finds it a messy book that nonetheless
makes clear his “monomaniacal,
narcissistic and pugilistic
temperament.”
read...
, Architecture , Economy , Energy , New , News , Politics , Smart , Transportation , World
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2008-12-08 Welsh Ramblings
I've decided to run my very own
political awards following Ordovicius's
departure. These awards will not fixed
to ensure all four political parties win
something like ITV Wales's Political
Awards show.By the way, for all those of
you who don't want to bother watching
the ITV political ...
, Welsh , Political , ITV , Secretary , Paul , Welsh
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2008-12-08 Mount Virtus
First, corrupt Alaska Senator Ted
Stevens was narrowly taken out in his
umpteenth re-election bid. More
recently, corrupt Louisiana Rep. William
Jefferson was ousted in Saturday’s
run-off election. Let me say these are
both very small but genuinely promising
signs for the health ...
, General , National , clean , Alaska , Anh , corruption , December , Democratic , drifting , lawyer , Louisiana , Michelle , Monday , ousted , political , promising , re-election , Republic , Republican , run-off , senator , small , snow , Ted , Vietnamese-American , William
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By Mary
Montserrat-Howlett
MONTREAL(RushPRnews)1
2/08/08–As the United States
enters a new political era, now may not
be the best time for Canada to trail
behind on its global initiatives. In
response to a tough environmental crisis
and a shattered economy, the U.S. seems
to ha...
, Article-byline , CANADIAN , ENVIRONMENT , Politics , Bloc , Carbon , Coalition , Harper , Liberal , NDP , obama , Bush , canada , democrats , economy , environmentalist , global , stephen
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2008-12-08 MuckrakersGuide.com
As promised, more numbers have now been
released showing the overwhelming impact
young people had in determining the
outcome of this election. The
patterns are...striking on a
state-by-state basis. Obama won the
18-to-29 vote in 38 states and the
District of Columbia, while in one ...
, blog-aggregator
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2008-12-08 Penmachine
The Onion is always biting satire, but
sometimes they turn out to be chilling
prophets:
SATIRE (December 2008) -
President George W. Bush: "I'm Really
Gonna Miss Systematically Destroying
This Place." Ha ha.
PROPHECY
(January 2001) - Before Bush was even
inaugurated: "Our Lon...
, humour , americas , web , politics
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2008-12-08 No Child Left Behind?
Bayh, a Democratic centrist who backed
the No Child Left Behind law, thinks
Obama will find a way to straddle the
competing factions. “My strong
impression of the president-elect is he
is pragmatic. He won’t pick an
ideologue. …
Original post: Barack
Obama Education P...
, nclb , advertising , africa , archive , breaking-news , bush , cast-your-vote , classifieds , democrats , government , News , news-archive , pictures , politics , polls , republicans , shopping , Video , world
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2008-12-08 God's Politics
Here in Canada if you’re the party
with the most seats in the House, you
get to be in charge, and your leader
gets to be the Prime Minister. But you
can be ousted from power if all…
, Global , Barack , Canada , CBC , Conservative , Conservatives , Liberal , Michaëlle , Parliament , Politics , Stephan , Stephen
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Jessamyn Conrad 1559708832
Let me say first, that there was not a
lot of new information in this book and
I found the title only slightly less
offensive than the "for dummies" series
of books, which I refuse to consult on
principle. I've read over a couple of
them, meh. It went downhill from
there.
The book sta...
$16.95 : Politics
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2008-12-08 Pop Crunch
President-Elect Barack Obama has
pledged that there will be NO SMOKING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE as he comes under
pressure to kick his 20 year addiction
to cancer sticks.
Obama failed to give
a straight answer when asked whether he
had managed to quit smoking on
NBC’s Meet The Press ...
, Barack , Politics
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2008-12-08 The Seattle Times: Nation & World
A bailout plan for the failing U.S. auto
industry could include a Cabinet-level
oversight board and a provision to
withdraw the money if the overseers
decide the companies are failing to take
steps to overhaul themselves.
, Politics
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2008-12-08 OpenMarket.org
Eli, in answer to the blog post you
phrased as a question, the argument from
the individual you heard, echoed by
other Big 3 execs, is not a valid point
in support of a bailout.
Their claim
that consumers won’t buy from an
automaker in bankruptcy is a specious
argument. Yes, so...
, Bailout , Constitutional , Economic , Intellectual , Mobility , Politics , auto , bankruptcy , Big , Big , DeLorean , Detroit , Studebaker , warranties , warranty
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2008-12-08 A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
Last week, some US-based bloggers were
talking about their dissatisfaction with
the term, “soft power.”
Matthew Yglesias:
[C]an we retire the
term “soft power” already? I always
feel that it’s been popularized not so
much by Professor Nye as by deranged
warmongers wh...
, A , Culture , Europe , Not , Political , Science , Websites
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2008-12-08 Fausta's Blog
Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America
and the Caribbean. If you would like
your posts included, please email me,
faustaw2 “at” gmail
“dot” com.
This week’s
big story: Oil prices.
As of the
writing of this post, oil is trading at
$43.45. This signals ...
, Argentina , Barack , Bolivia , Brazil , Caribbean , Carnival , Colombia , Cuba , Ecuador , Haiti , Japan , Mexico , Nicaragua , Peru , Puerto , Venezuela , politics , Fausta's
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2008-12-08 Sinlung
Aizawl, Dec 8 : Sixtysix-year-old
Lalthanhawla, three-time chief minister
of Mizoram, who romped home to power
Monday with a thumping win yet again in
Mizoram, is the most acceptable face of
the Congress.Known in the mountainous
state for his towering personality,
Lalthanhawla has been...
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2008-12-08 Business Blog
No fair! What parent hasn’t heard
that from a child who thinks another
youngster got more of something. Well,
it turns out dogs can react the same
way. Ask them to do a trick and
they’ll give it a try. For a
reward, sausage say, they’ll
happily keep at it….
...
, business , bay-area-state , cars , classifieds , crime , education , entertainment , environment , facebook , food , homes , jobs , news , opinion , politics , science , sfgate , sports , travel
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2008-12-08 The Wardman Wire
I wrote a post a week or so ago asking
whether the Lib Dems would go bankrupt
after Michael Brown was convicted of
being a bogus businessman, thus making
his donation of £2.4 million through
his company illegal. However, I was just
being facetious, and never expected it
to be a real p...
, All , Politics
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2008-12-08 Jerry’s blog
I know that I haven't
blogged much about personal issues
lately aside from the comics...I
apologize, but there is a reason for
that. I will give a bit of an overview
of what I have been up to or thinking
about lately without going into too much
...
Read and post...
, friends , work , politics , book , life , nichole , anna , office
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2008-12-08 From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green
Ever since the global financial and
economic meltdown broke, NGO colleagues
have been debating how to respond. That
debate is now focused on the G20 summit
process, which started in Washington DC
on 15 November and will reconvene in the
UK on 2 April. In conversations with
colleagues i...
, Aid , Economics , General , NGOs , Politics , Trade , Agreement , financial , G20 , special , WTO
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Patrick M. Lencioni 0787976385
Certainly not the bible for anything,
but I like the fact that this was a real
scenario rather then a "by the numbers"
type exercise. You can breeze through
this in one sitting.
$24.95 : Politics
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2008-12-08 Dispatch Now 24/7
The ANC’s secretary-general Gwede
Mantashe and provincial leader Stone
Sizani on Sunday told thousands of
ruling party supporters at a rally that
the Eastern Cape was the ruling
party’s stronghold. Dispatchonline
mojo Sino Majangaza attended the rally
and shot this video.
, multimedia , politics , anc , Eastern , Mantashe
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2008-12-08 Here in Van Nuys
Illustration: jenniferXdaniel
[at]
gmail [dot] com
From
Politico:
“Liberals are growing
increasingly nervous – and some just
flat-out angry – that President-elect
Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them
on Cabinet jobs and policy
choices.
Obama has reversed pledges to
immed...
, Politics , Left , Liberals , Obama , Policies , Politico , Right , Skeptics
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Alan Keyes had a short lived program on
MSNBC called “Alan Keyes Making
Sense.” I don't think we need to dwell
on why that one was a flop. But, it
looks like Brother Clarence Thomas
thinks it's possible the crazed homeboy
has something worth listening to this
time, and has been c...
, David , constitution , Barack , birth , natural , Alan , Politics , laws , Supreme
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2008-12-08 Larvatus Prodeo
… and Malcolm Turnbull is
approaching Brendan Nelson territory
with the PPM at 66-19 in Kevin
Rudd’s favour. Of course,
political scientists know leadership
isn’t that big a factor (and
Turnbull’s inability to patch over
the same divisions that plagued Brendan
...
, Media , Polls , ALP , brendan , Kevin , Labor , leadership , liberal , political , press , psephological , punditariat , Rudd , voting
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2008-12-08 The Quaker Agitator
CHICAGO (AP) December 7 - Workers who
got three days’ notice that their
factory was shutting its doors have
occupied the building and say they
won’t go home without assurances
they’ll get severance and vacation
pay.
About 250 union workers occupied
the Republic Windo...
, Activism , Corporate , Economic , General , Labor , News , Noteworthy , Politics , Social , Corporate
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2008-12-08 Voicing Our Opinions
Ann Coulter loses it while talking with
Joe Scarborough on MSNBC.
, Political , Political , ann , jane , joe , keith , media , microphone , msnbc , Politics , pundits , Videos
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2008-12-08 GamePolitics News
Agovernment minister in Barbados has
urged students to abandon violent video
games as part of a Say No To Violence
campaign.As reported by The Nation
Newspaper, Minister of Family, Youth and
Sports Esther Byer-Suckoo (left) made
the remarks at a school in St. George on
Friday:Let the ...
, Politics , Violence , Youth
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2008-12-08 Whole Truth Coalition
They creep around in the dark spreading
misery, rumour and secrets from inside
Westminster.
Even so, paperboys and
girls are hardly likely to pose a threat
to national security.
One local council,
however, thought it necessary to use
swingeing anti-terror laws against
them.
Cambridgesh...
, Big , Globalisation , Inspiration , Political , Political , Anti , council , Police , RIPA
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2008-12-08 Free For All - The Free Liberal Blog
Watching President-Elect Obama yesterday
on Meet the Press, I was impressed.
While I mostly disagreed with him, he's
impressed me as a thoughtful, wise
individual. For instance, I was
convinced that he understands the
concept of "moral hazard," which I...
, Politics
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2008-12-08 politikly.com
This article goes over how on December
7, 2008, that Barack Obama directly
disses George Bush’s toosey for
not doing enough for the housing plans
of America. Which in turn causes tons of
issues that will web out and create even
more economical troubles… Looks
like Obama is...
, the , politics , white , world_business
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Aristotle 0554330652
I read this book for a graduate seminar
on Aristotle. Politics is one of
Aristotle's most prescient works that
had a profound impact on our Founding
fathers.
Nicomachean Ethics (EN) is
part of political knowledge. Politics
regulates when virtue does not. Laws
are created for peop...
$25.99 : Politics
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2008-12-08 The Inquiring Mind
Dave Brown - Independent - 14 July
If
only
, Africa , Cartoons , Satire , UN , Zimbabwe , Despotic , Mugabe , Political
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2008-12-08 The Independent - UK Politics RSS Feed
Westminster is in a frenzy about the
future of the Speaker Michael Martin,
who is under fire from all sides for not
standing up to the police when they
wanted to search the Commons office of
the Tory frontbencher Damian Green.
There will be a three-hour debate on the
affair later toda...
, UK
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2008-12-08 Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Denis MacShane: From the Conservatives
to the police to the Home Office, the
players in this saga should have known
when to say 'no'
, UK , Damian , Politics
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2008-12-08 threedonia.com
Here’s from Dirty Harry’s
new boss, the AbFab Andrew
Breitbart:
The National Organization for
Women, which last struck issuing news
releases on why Sarah Palin isn’t
a real woman, refused to comment on the
Obama speechwriter incident.
When
NOW’s press secretary ...
, Actions , Politics-Schmoliticks , Wankette
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2008-12-08 Creeping Sharia
In our first post discussing
“engagement” with Islamists,
which Barack Obama’s team
initiated even before he was elected,
Martin Kramer calls out the
“industry” bent on
concealing the risks of Islamic jihad.
In Part II here, Jeffrey Imm focuses on
a few ...
, Creeping , Legal , Media , Middle , News , Obama , Politics , Religion , Sharia , jihad , military , islam , Life , Muslim
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2008-12-08 Bowl of Serial
There is much controversy over Barack
Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate
as people seem to be questioning the
authenticity causing speculation that he
was born in Kenya, Africa or
Indonesia. If he’s not an
American citizen, well he cannot be an
American president. This ma...
, News , Politics , Barack
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2008-12-08 Creative Endeavors
Now that title should attract every
internet troll in the Universe, should
be amusing to see what transpires.
Want a big hit count?
Put the word
S-E-X somewhere in the title or
“imply that the word S-E-X”
is somewhere in there, then sit back and
watch ‘em come.
T...
, Oklahoma , Recent , Uncategorized , blogging , humor , politics , random , writing , women , Montana , shopping , Christmas
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2008-12-08 HALFWAY TO CONCORD
Contra Costa County Administrator, David
Twa, will speak to Supervisor Susan
Bonilla’s 2008 Leadership
Breakfast Club, Wednesday, December 17.
He will discuss current issues financial
now facing the County, budget,
employees, and taxpayers.
The program
will be held from 7:30 to 9...
, FEATURED , POLITICS , administrator , CAO , concord , contra , contra , david , News , politics , susan
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Dear Ms. Moran:
While I was reading your
new novel, The Heretic Queen, I kept
thinking about Shelley’s poem
about Ramesses II,
“Ozymandias,” especially
these lines: `My name is Ozymandias,
King of Kings: Look on my works, ye
mighty, and despair!’ The theme
of...
, C , C+ , Reviews , Egypt , Historical , historical , Michelle , Nefertiti , politics
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2008-12-08 GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site
Christopher Dodd is the Chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee that heard
testimony from the Detroit 3 CEOs last
week and is charged with drafting the
bailout bill. On Sunday he said a bill
is likely to be presented today. He
said “I think they’re very
close to a dea...
, Financial , Politics
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Human Kinetics B000UFPBAY
Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games
offers the most up-to-date and
comprehensive history of the Olympic
movement on the market. It is not a
record book full of sterile results and
statistics. Rather, it is an insightful
and accessible exploration of the
history of the Olympics and h...
$32.98 : POLITICS
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2008-12-08 Brad Neese: Living Large in Oklahoma
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to
take a case challenging Barack Obama,
saying he was not a “natural born
citizen.” NBC’s Pete
Williams reports.
, America , Federal , Good , Politics , Barack , citizenship , conspiracy , controversy , SCOTUS , U.S.
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2008-12-08 The Melon
The Department of Labor released its
report for November on December 4,
saying that 533,000 jobs had been lost
in the month. Quite an astounding
number, considering it’s the
largest drop since 1974. However, much
more important is the number of
unemployed who have given up lookin...
, Politics , Politics , Ripe! , Tacoma , economy
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2008-12-08 Make Money Myself
Review
‘… fully
deserves the highest recommendation
… excellent text’.
Enterprise and Society
Review
“This of us wedded to economic and
institutional labor history have much to
be grateful for in Howell John
Harris’s painstaking exam...
, Recommended , an , counterculture , glenn , globalization , imbecile , israel , joke , objective , political , politics , 1890 , bloodless , metal , 1940 , victories , howell , philadelphia , harris
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2008-12-08 The Point
Chuck Colson is one of the signers of a
New York Times ad that stands up for the
Mormons and others who voted "yes" on
Proposition 8 in California:The violence
and intimidation being directed against
the LDS or "Mormon" church, and other
religious organizations -- and even
against indi...
, Ethics , Human , Marriage , Politics , Religion
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2008-12-08 Right Klik
Obama: Economy to get worse before it
improvesEnding 'Politics as
Usual'Pakistani Official: Mumbai
Attack Mastermind CapturedSUVs at
altar, Detroit church prays for a
bailout
, bailout , Mumbai , economy
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2008-12-08 Ross Douthat
To my comment that pro-lifers have spent
most of their political capital over the
last decade working within the Roe/Casey
framework to push very modest
restrictions on abortion, Conor
Friedersdorf writes:... pro-lifers have
often made the compromises that Ross
articulates insofar as t...
, Culture , Politics
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2008-12-08 Roadkill Refugee
TPM boils down Obama’s interview
with Tom Brokaw to 4 minutes.
Posted in
Barack Obama, Democrats, Economy,
election 2008, News, opinion,
politicsTagged: bailout, Barack
Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Economy, Meet
the Press, MTP, Shenseki, Tom Brokaw,
VA
, Barack , Democrats , Economy , News , election , opinion , politics , bailout , Caroline , Meet , MTP , Shenseki , Tom , VA
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2008-12-08 Feministe
“I believe it is crucial to
consider the degree to which one
woman’s possession of reproductive
choice may actually depend on or deepen
another woman’s reproductive
vulnerability.” -Rickie Solinger,
“Beggars and Choosers: How the
Politics of Choice Shapes ...
, Capitalism , Gender , Reproductive
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2008-12-08 The Moderate Voice
During our previous examination of New
York Governor David Paterson’s
options for replacing Hillary Clinton in
the Senate, it became evident that there
was a good deal of confusion as to how
long the appointment would last and when
the candidate would stand for election.
This que...
, 2012 , 2010 , New , Senate , Hillary , Politics
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2008-12-08 Civilianism News
Meet the Press highlights from
President-elect Obama’s appearance
on Sunday ranged from “Obama
won’t smoke in the White
House” to “Obama warns
economy will get even worse” to my
favorite, Obama says there will be
science lectures in the White House. ...
, Afghanistan , Anti-War , Iraq , Politics , War , World , continuing , Day , long , meet , peace , president , taliban , war , years
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Design by Sam McCay B001HX898O
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Pass em out at parties, give em away at
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$109.99 : politics
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2008-12-08 It's All Maya!
Maya Muses: Jean-Pierre, one of my
exes, sent me a really funny video
yesterday that’s in the same
tongue in cheek spirit as a post I wrote
back in April entitled, Will Mexico Have
To Build A Wall Around Their Borders To
Keep Out Americans. With the bleak
economy in the US, mil...
, HaHaHa! , Is , Political , Shopping , America's , bleak , Build , funny , future , it's , job , Maya , Mexico , millions , post , prices , relatioships , tongue , United , US , US-Mexican , Will , You
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2008-12-08 World News
Fmr. Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo
speaks about Mexico’s economic
collapse in the 90s - and how he helped
solve it.
See original here:
Solving the economic crisis
a2a_linkname="Solving the economic
crisis";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenzyne
ws.com/2008/12/08...
, News , business , crime , entertainment , false , health , home , international , living , News , podcasts , politics , sports , student , student-news , tech , travel , true , u-s- , weather , world
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2008-12-08 SARCASTIGATE.
GIBSON: Do you feel in any way
responsible for what’s
happening?
BUSH: You know, I’m the
President during this period of time,
but I think when the history of this
period is written, people will realize a
lot of the decisions that were made on
Wall Street took place over a...
, Commentary , bush , drinking , politics , throw
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2008-12-08 politikly.com
Some publications and bloggers that
supported Obama when he ran for
president have begun to express
incredulity and even some disappointment
over all the familiar faces that
he’s bringing back into
government. After all, Obama won the
primary over Hillary Clinton in large
part...
, the , politics , world_business
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2008-12-08 World News
New video from inside Taj
hotel
Continued here: Quick Response?
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Response?";a2a_linkurl="http://www.frenz
ynews.com/2008/12/08/quick-response/";
, News , business , entertainment , hannity-colmes , health , home , lifestyle , mobile , News , opinion , podcasts , politics , radio , scitech , search , special-report , sports , video , weather , world , world-politics
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2008-12-08 The Bajan Reporter
To me this is an appropriate article for
this time of year... Found this at Want
To Know and it is an edited version of a
long chat which looks deeply at the
internal workings of what was, at that
moment, not yet America's next Leader,
I've added Barack Obama's current Xmas
Greeting as...
, political , USA , news , philosophy , religion , media
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2008-12-08 Candleblog
AlexC was at tonight’s ill-fated
airing of Poli-Sci-Fi Radio and shot
some photos. I say
“ill-fated” because while it
was a good episode with a lively
discussion, a technical glitch resulted
in the show not being recorded, so there
will be no podcast episode this week...
, Emily , Life , SF , fail , politics
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2008-12-08 How Appealing
"The Politics of the Federal Bench:
GOP-Appointed Majorities Winning
Ideological Battles at Appellate Level."
R. Jeffrey Smith has this front page
article today in The Washington Post.
Accompanying this article is a sidebar
headlined "A Bench More White, Male and
Conservative" and a gr...
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2008-12-08 Funny Videos on Funny or Die. Watch funny videos featuring celebrities, comedians and you.
AMY POEHLER Back on SNL, Plus
J*** in...
The holiday show was hosted by
John Malkovich, marked the return of Amy
Poehler and a Digital Short is to much
excitement to contain.
Submitted
by: Fod Team
Kinda Cute
Keywords: amy poehler snl fre...
, Sketch , Clean , Politics
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2008-12-08 Environment: Climate change | guardian.co.uk
There were chaotic scenes around the
Ryanair ticket desks at Stansted at 9am
today as thousands of stranded
passengers tried to rebook or cancel
their flights after the airport security
breach. Passengers, many of whom had
been at the airport since 4am, pressed
against each other in la...
, Transport , UK , Transport , Politics , Activists , Travel , Climate , Environment , Flights , Travel , Ryanair , BAA , Business
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2008-12-08 Comments from Left Field
Memo to Deputy Transition Director Steve
Hildebrand: poking a beehive with a
sharp STFU stick isn’t gonna stop
the buzzing. It’s just gonna get
your dumb ass stung.
David Sirota
patiently explains why muzzling
progressives isn’t the answer:
The
reason the Republican P...
, Barack , activism , centrism , Democratic , Netroots , Politics , progressives , Steve , STFU , transition , US
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As the biggest money-raiser to ever run
for president, is Barack Obama getting
ready to repay his supporters, or is he
preparing to name top-notch diplomats to
the posts?
, Politics , ambassadors , Barack , embassies , State
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2008-12-08 Global Voices Online
HaitiAnalysis.com republishes an article
that claims “repeated false
stories of corruption against President
Aristide are part of a continuing
disinformation campaign against him that
began when he first took office in
1991.”
, Americas , Cyber-Activism , Economics , Education , Elections , English , Haiti , History , Human , Ideas , International , Internet , Media , Politics , Protest , Roundups
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2008-12-08 Earthpal
As usual, I am behind with the news and
I’m in a dreadful rush now but
this really, as they say, got my goat so
here goes:
The government is proposing
to force single parents into work or cut
their benefits by up to 40%.
Yes, well
that would be all well and good if we
weren’...
, Family , Female , News , Offload , Politics , welfare
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2008-12-08 Best of the Blogs
Someday, somebody’s going to get a
Ph.D by studying the cultural history of
the War on Christmas. It was born four
years ago at the height of wingnut
hubris following Bush’s
reelection. It got a revival in time for
2005, although by 2006 it was starting
to show its age. Las...
, Aargh , Political , Religion , Whining
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2008-12-08 The Moderate Voice
It seems that the honeymoon period of
President-elect Barack Obama is over.
As I previously posted, Obama’s
biggest critics are not going to come
from conservatives but from within the
liberal base of his own party. Simply
put, as a Republican I was comfortable
supporting him ...
, At , Obama , Unrealistic , Columnists , Bill , 2008 , Barack , Politics
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2008-12-08 race42008.com
RNC member and conservative lion Morton
Blackwell has published a set of 37
questions for perspective candidates in
the RNC Chair race. I have reprinted
the full letter below the fold.
For fun,
choose one or two of the questions that
you feel are the most crucial and post
your respon...
, RNC
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2008-12-08 Republican Review of America
Daily Article by Doug French | Posted on
12/2008
In response to the meltdown of
financial institutions, unprecedented
power has been unleashed by the federal
government. Between actions by the
Federal Reserve, the TARP, guarantees
made by the FDIC, and other direct
bailouts, the tota...
, Business/Economics , Education , Politics
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2008-12-08 Beau Bo D'Or
New image for Channel 4 News HERE or
click the cropped picture below. When
you get there, click on the cropped
image again to see the full
picture.
Much more from Chicken Yoghurt
HERE on Purnell, the mystery of the
invisible David Davis who seems to be
anti Big Brother only when it su...
, Conservatives , Domestic , Labour , Politics , benefits , brown , david , James , mothers , prat , welfare
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2008-12-08 Mark Pasetsky's Cover Awards
Babs was honored at the Kennedy Center
Honors - and go to the clip to her her
gift.
I was joking about the war being
over.
She’s probably still wiping
off that kiss.
, Celebrity , Media , Politics , Barbara , George
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LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT B000LP5CX4
In a recent DVD review of A Tribute to
John Lennon, a film that chronicled a
concert held in New York City in early
October, 2001 in the immediate aftermath
of the World Trade Center attacks, I
started the review with the following
paragraph:
"I am here to rain on this
tribute to th...
$14.98 : Politics
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2008-12-08 ProgressPolitics
Radio Address on the
Economy
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Good
morning.
Yesterday, we received another
painful reminder of the serious economic
challenge our country is facing when we
learned that 533,000 jobs were lost in
November alone, the single worst month
of job loss in over thr...
, Obama , Political , Pres. , President-elect , address , barack , public , radio , youtube
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2008-12-08 Index on Censorship
Memorial’s historical archive must
be restored immediately
Dmitrii
Medvedev, President of the Russian
Federation
Valentina Matvienko, Governor
of St Petersburg
Vladimir Lukin, Russian
Federal Ombudsman for Human
Rights
Rashid Nurgaliev, Minister of
Internal Affairs
Sergey Lavro...
, Comment , News , medvedev , memorial , russia
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2008-12-08 Vlad Glebov
There has been some fueling anger and
concern among many Liberal bloggers over
the recent rumors published in The Star.
Basically, the rumor is that Dion will
resign on Wed. and the caucus (just the
MP’s) will select a permanent
leader on everyone’s behalf. The
other side...
, Politics , leadership , liberal
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2008-12-08 PlanetNetopia.com Freedom!
more about "MySpace Video The Simpsons -
Think Di…", posted with vodpod
Posted in Politics
, Politics
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2008-12-08 Robert Amsterdam
During his appearance on Meet the Press
yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama
is asked about who he thinks is running
the show over in Moscow. A sensitive
question, and an easy dodge. Fast
forward to 1:45 to skip the Iran
engagement talk (funny how the Russia
questions so often get...
, americas , politics , russia
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2008-12-08 Beau Bo D'Or
Yes, I know there are different
‘Pravdas’ but the context in
which the articles are used clearly show
that there are few limits to The
Conservatives’ use of the mantra
:
‘My enemy’s enemy is my
friend.’
, Conservatives , Domestic , Damian , Jacqui , Labour , leaked , leaks , liberal , Met , mole , police , Politics , Shadow , Sir , special
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2008-12-08 Words-n-Motion
In the New York Times, Patrick French,
opines thus…
Posted in India,
nation's anger, Opinion Pool, Political
turmoil, Religion, South Asian,
Terrorism, ThoughtsTagged: Attacks on
Mumbai, Hate crimes, India, NYC, Patrick
French, Thoughts
, India , Opinion , Political , Religion , South , Terrorism , Thoughts , nation's , Attacks , Hate , NYC , Patrick
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2008-12-08 bastard.logic
by matttbastard
Memo to Deputy
Transition Director Steve Hildebrand:
poking a beehive with a sharp STFU stick
isn’t gonna stop the buzzing.
It’s just gonna get your dumb ass
stung.
David Sirota patiently explains
why muzzling progressives isn’t
the answer:
The reason ...
, Democratic , Democrats , Obama , US , blog!blog!blog! , election , media , politics , stupidity , activism , Netroots , Barack , centrism , transition , Steve , progressives , STFU
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2008-12-08 Political Fix
Grijalva
As president-elect Barack
Obama begins to fill out the
lower-profile seats in his cabinet, one
choice could draw particularly high
interest in St. Louis.
Obama has yet to
chose his Interior Secretary, whose
purview spans the country’s
national parks and memorials —...
, Political , Arch , census , Danforth , economy , environment , Obama
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2008-12-08 Undiplomatic
I am ashamed by my lack of knowledge of
Canada. I have visited over two dozen
countries… but never Canada.
Canada has contributed huge amounts of
dedicated staff and resources to
international peace and rebuilding
efforts around the world, and many of
the finest international civ...
, politics
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RUSSIAN COOKING PUNCH OR THE LONDON
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RETAIL FROM A QUALITY LOT. THAT WAS
PURCHASED FROM AN OLD ANTIQUE PRINT
DEALER AT AN AUCTION SCAN SIZE OF APROX
10.5x 8 INCHES ( 270x 200 ...
$15.75 : Politics
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2008-12-08 Scanner
Have you heard about the insanity
that's going on in Atlantic City?And
no, we don't mean the usual
drug-related shootings, OD'ing
schoolkids, or half a dozen brothels
being raided. We're talking about
the City Council corruption scandal,
which is finally over, having e...
, politics , sex , hotel , new , sex , prison , arrest , atlantic , blackmail , corrupted , las , prostitute , hotel , dj , trial , blow
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2008-12-08 Global Voices Online
As Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez begins
“the planned journey of the
bloggers” deemed
“counterrevolutionary” by
the government, she explains: “In
the blogger phenomenon there are a
thousand ways to camouflage
oneself” - and Uncommon Sense
applauds her...
, Americas , Cuba , Cyber-Activism , Diaspora , English , Freedom , Human , Internet , Media , Politics , Protest , Roundups
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2008-12-08 This is Zimbabwe
Via Press Release:
More than 151 hours
after the abduction of Zimbabwe Peace
Project Director, Jestina Mukoko, from
her Norton home, six suspected state
agents today abducted two ZPP employees
Broderick Takawira (Provincial
Coordinator) and Pascal Gonzo (driver)
from their Mount Pleasa...
, Action , Human , Jestina , Justice , Police , Politics , Violence , abductions , Jestina , Zanu , Zimbabwe , Zimbabwe
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2008-12-08 The Sword & The Stone
Now, if this was a Knight of the Round
Table, bearing the sword of Exkalibur,
that would be one thing. Alas,
not.
Rather, it’s an insidious
invader disguised as a heroic force,
riding to the rescue of American
companies facing catastrophic economic
ruin. So, as I watched portions...
, Capital , Corporate , Economy , Leadership , Planning , Politics , Strategy , Surviving
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2008-12-08 Make Money Myself
Review
“At no time in the
world’s history have we been more
in need of global understanding than
today. Lane, Maznevski, Mendenhall, and
McNett have brought together some of the
most up-to-date scholarship on
globalization and global management to
help guide us thr...
, Recommended , analytics , Business , business , complexity , decision , intellectual , leadership , management , politics , risk , maznevski , mcnett , mendenhall , intercultural , blackwell , cieri , maximilian , zedtwitz
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2008-12-08 The Daily Mirror
From my colleague Andrew Malcom at Top
of the TicketPresident Nixon still
pretty steamed about suspect staff
loyalty
Hard to believe maybe,
but ex-President Richard Nixon is still
pretty @&^?:%\%# angry.
This guy's mom
may have been a Quaker, but he perfected
grudges
beyond S...
, Courts , Current , News , Politics
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2008-12-08 Oh!pinion
If anyone doubts the U.S. economy is
collapsing before our eyes, last
week’s Labor Department report
that businesses shed 533,000 employees
in November and 2 million this year
should snap them back to
reality.
President-elect Barack Obama
stepped up Saturday, announcing his
int...
, , Economy , Government , Politics , fiscal , job , Obama
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2008-12-08 Progressive News Daily
By KRISTEN WYATT
The Associated Press
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – When Tom
Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado
conservative, went to Congress a decade
ago, he promised he wouldn’t
disappear in Washington. He sure
didn’t.
Tancredo made headlines
clashing with Democrats and his ...
, Politics , Tom
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2008-12-08 Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper
The marriage of two men, Sean Fritz and
Tim McQuillan, hangs in the balance as
the Iowa Supreme Court hears arguments
this week in a case challenging the
state’s same-sex marriage
ban.
Fritz and McQuillan are
Iowa’s only same-sex married
couple after a Polk County judge rul...
, Families , Gay , National , Politics , Queerer
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2008-12-08 I am a shadow
So, I read the following letter to the
editor and I was amazed at the ignorance
shown in it. Some people believe that
30% of all people in jail, at all
levels, are undocumented immigrants.
That has to be the most foolish thing
I’ve ever heard. But the following
quote from the art...
, America , Americans , Hypocrisy , ICE , Immigration , Latinos , dehumanization , deportation , depression , discrimination , fear , human , illegal , illegal , immigrants , laugh , life , opinion , personal , politics , race , racial , racism , stupidity , thoughts , undocumented , undocumented
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George Lakoff B0000A9GLG
There is a fair share of solid erotica
to be found on this unrated version,
with particular note going to a single
but tantilizing sequence in a movie
theater with porn star Tatiana, and two
very stimulating scenes involving video
vixen Jacqueline Lovell. The story is
sometimes humoro...
$24.98 : Politics
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2008-12-08 Burks' Blog
Dr. Michael Bürsch (SPD) auf
abgeordnetenwatch.de:
“Das
Aufbringen des sogenannten Trojaners auf
den Rechner, ist eine Frage der
technischen Umsetzung der Maßnahme.
Diese muss den Voraussetzungen der
Befugnisnorm und der darauf beruhenden
richterlichen Anordnung entsprechen. ...
, Die , Internet , Politics , Privacy
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2008-12-08 Les Jones
The finance industry bailout begat the
carmaker bailout. Assuming the economy
gets worse next year you can expect
other industries to come hat in hand,
followed by cities and states.
One of
the disturbing things about the bailout
is how undisciplined it is. What
criteria is Congress u...
, Economics , Political
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2008-12-08 Lobotero's Info Ink
From an article written by Tom Eley. I
had tried to write a response to the
idea of a “team of rivals”,
but I could never find the right words
to what I was seeing in Obama’s
picks for his cabinet. Now thanks to
Eley I do not need to give myself a
headache.
In rec...
, Classroom , History , News , Politics , Appointments , Historical , Historical , Lincoln , Obama , Rivals
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2008-12-08 Keen4Green -
Politics.co.ukAnalysis: Stansted
protestPolitics.co.uk,UK- 45 minutes
agoEven with legislation on the statute
book, it's hard for green warnings
to overcome that. And that means there
are more days like today on the horizon.
, ATOM10 , Government
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2008-12-07 Political Cartel
There is a bumper sticker that I find
obnoxious every time I see it
(inevitably on the back of a pickup
truck). It reads “If you can
read this, thank a teacher… and
since it’s in English, thank a
soldier.” The implication is
that foreign occupying powers ...
, Harding , Politics , bumper , foreign , history , invasion , militarism , military , United , xenophobia
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2008-12-07 GEORGIA & SOUTH CAUCASUS
Die Nato kapituliert vor Russland WELT
ONLINE - vor 11 Stunden gefunden
Keinen
anderen Weg sieht die Nato auch für
Georgien und die Ukraine vor. Der
"Membership Action Plan", der zur
Nato-Vollmitgliedschaft hinführt,
...
Nato hält Moskau auf Distanz
Bündnis will nach dem Krieg Geor...
, USA , News , NATO , Georgia , Government , EU , Geopolitic , Politics , Angela , Russia
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2008-12-07 Respectful Insolence
As usual, he nails it, at least a
significant part of it:
The Daily Show
With Jon StewartM - Th 11p /
10cAutoerotic ExplanationBarack Obama
InterviewJohn McCain InterviewSarah
Palin VideoFunny Election Video
Again,
I remain ambivalent about the whole
bailout thing, mainly because I...
, Politics
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2008-12-07 Political Fix
Once again, it’s Sunday afternoon.
And before I depart for one of several
area holiday-house tours — need to
get into the mood! — I’m
presenting Political Fix’s weekly
gift:
The Open Comment Line!
This is the
gift that keeps on giving. Post early
and often...
, Political
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2008-12-07 Axis of Right
I couldn’t resist commenting on
this latest scheme out of my former
home state, the dying State of Rhode
Island and Providence
Plantations!
Because the
Democrat-controlled state legislature is
invested so heavily in buying the votes
of their constituents through the
welfare...
, Economy , Politics , Rhode , Don , Obama , Obama , Rogues' , unemployment
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2008-12-07 SPEAKNOWAMERICA.ORG
Liberals Believe Socialism, Communism
Is The Ideal Systemcontributed by
NoDoz
There are many questions
concerning the basic nature of mankind
that are key to communication and
understanding between different groups
of people. If my basic views are vastly
different from yours, the ...
, Political
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2008-12-07 butner blogspot
Source: By Patrick Fox - The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
An Athens citizens
group says it is proud to have helped
stop a bid by the state to land a $450
million laboratory to study biological
threats for the federal
government.
“We will accept the blame,
but we can’t take the cr...
, Activism , Bio , Blogging , Business , Butner , Creedmoor , Economy , Environmental , Government , Homeland , Legal , Local , Media , NBAF , Nature , News , North , Opinion , Plum , Politics , Public , Raleigh , Science
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2008-12-07 WSJ.com: Political Perceptions
Peter A. Brown, assistant director of
the Quinnipiac University Polling
Institute, is a former White House
correspondent with two decades of
experience covering Washington
government and politics. Click here for
Mr. Brown’s full bio.
When Joe
Biden said what everyone already wa...
, Peter , Political
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2008-12-07 Gerry Canavan
Nobel economics prize winner Paul
Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered
U.S. auto industry will likely
disappear. Now, I'm no Nobel Prize
winner, but this seems very unlikely to
me, about as unlikely as it does to Paul
Rosenberg.http://gerrycanavan.blogspot.c
om
, economics , cars , Michigan , jobs , Detroit , Krugman , Nobel , America , politics , Democrats
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2008-12-07 Buy Australia and New Zealand
Australian politics (42); Books (2);
Climate Change (1); Cricket (1); Culture
(8); Economy (7); Film (3); Flick of the
week (11); Golf (3); Journalism (1);
Media (1); Olympic Games (28); Oscars
(2); Polls (6); Question Time (24)
…
Here is the
original:
Grog's Gamut: Monet&#...
, australia , politics , christians , christmas , climate , climate-change , cricket , essential-podcasts , media , premier , question , question-time , undercover , week
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Each week we offer a review of the world
press with our own comments.
Australia,
West Australian: “130,000 Boobs
Lost At Sea”
I suspect there
was a storm in a D cup.
China, China
Daily: “Woman Wakes Up In Coffin
Screaming”
Herbie, I told you a
thousand t...
, Asia , Conservatives , Democrats , Emerging , Europe , Gender , George , Human , Iraq , Liberals , Military , Multicultural , Peace , Politics , Religion , Republicans , Social , United , War , World , press , review , offer , week , world
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2008-12-07 Mount Virtus
Looking ahead to 2010 and beyond, this
is what I want to see in the United
States of America:
A biblical,
spiritual revival … something for
which I pray to God
The revitalization
of conservatism (a shared value in the
Founders’ “constrained
vision”) in American...
, Christianity , Colorado , Cultural , Democratic , Education , Fiscal , General , History , My , blogging , 2010 , aborition , agenda , belittle , biblical , boundaries , broader , clarification , Colorado , common , compatible , Conservatism , conservative , Constitution , constrained , debate , demonize , disagreements , discrepancy , educate , effective , electoral , eschewed , exhaustive , falter , federal , fidelity , fiscally , Founders , governing , healthy , hollow , incompabitilities , incremental , lasting , limited , Mark , national , nostalgia , obsess , persuade , political , political , pragmatic , pray , pre-emption , principled , principles , priorities , productive , promises , public , purity , Reagan , reasonable , religious , religious , Republican , respectful , restrictions , revitalization , revival , Right , Ronald , school , slash-and-burn , smile , social , social , socialism , strong , taxpayer , tested , thoughts , throw , unaffiliated , United , United , vocal , volunteer , vote
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2008-12-07 The Liberty Sphere
With the victory of Saxby Chambliss in
the U.S. Senate runoff election in
Georgia, Republicans in the Senate have
blocked a potential 60-seat Democrat
'supermajority.'60 votes are needed by
the majority Party to cut off attempts
by the minority to 'filibuster' in order
to block pending...
, what , filibuster , GOP , liberal , politics
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2008-12-07 BJP
Jaipur, Dec 8 (IANS) Counting of votes
for 200 assembly seats began Monday in
Rajasthan, where the Congress is pitted
against the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP).
The vote count will decide
the fate of 2,193 ...
, Politics , Rajasthan
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2008-12-07 Newshoggers.com
By Ron Beasley
I'm probably not
going to like a lot of the Obama foreign
policy but I was ready for that. The
Pappy Bush realists will still be a
lot better than the shrub Bush
lunatics. My real concern is domestic
policy and economics. With the economy
in a shambles thi...
, Econ , Health , Politics
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2008-12-07 Obsidian Wings
by hilzoy
Via VetVoice, one more reason
to repeal Don't Ask, Don't
Tell:
"The Pentagon plans to recruit
more foreigners in a fresh effort to
make up for chronic shortages of
doctors, nurses and linguists available
for wartime duty.
The Defense
Department already draws from ...
, Politics
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Bruce Russett 0534604129
I buy books from three sources: Amazon
online (80%), airport bookstores (15%),
and selected university bookstores (5%).
This one came to me from a visit to the
University of Colorado bookstore, where
I was quite impressed by the breadth and
depth of the selection across all
topics.
I...
$108.95 : Politics
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2008-12-07 The Seferm Post
KINSHASA — Laurent Nkunda's CNDP
rebels in the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo threatened Sunday to
walk away from upcoming talks in Kenya
if other groups were included. The
pro-government Mai-Mai militia meanwhile
threatened to withdraw from the peace
process altogether if Nkun...
, War , World , World , Africa , African , al-Qaida , Americas , Arab , Asia , AU , Election , EU , Europe , European , Foreign , Government , Governor , Holocaust , International , Latin , Middle , NATO , Osama , Pacific , Politics , President , Rebels , Senator , U.S. , UK , UN , World , World
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2008-12-07 The BoBo Files
Welcome to yet another great edition
of The BoBo Carnival of Politics - and
Happy December. There are only 18 days
left before Christmas - if any of you
are actually keeping track. As with
weeks prior - another great grouping of
article submissions yet again! We have
18 great ...
, America , BoBo , Carnival , Congress , Conservative , Constitution , Democrats , Education , Global , Humor , Iran , Liberals , Obama , Politics , President , Public , Republicans , Russia , School , Taxes , Terrorists , energy , government , war , bailouts , BoBo , carnival , Citigroup , corporate , economy , finance , George , Hillary , India , Islam , lame , liberal , Mumbai , news , nuclear , regulations , republic , satire , schools , Secretary , senators , students , terrorism , whistleblowers
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2008-12-07 Eric R. Evans
December 4, 2008
by Robert E. Moffit,
Ph.D.
WebMemo #2155
Americans
may be in for some unpleasant changes.
President-elect Barack Obama,[1] Senator
Max Baucus (D-MT),[2] and former Senator
Thomas Daschle
(D-SD)–Obama’s choice for
secretary of the U.S. Department of ...
, economics , politics
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2008-12-07 danieldrezner.com :: Daniel W. Drezner
At some point this week the meme about
the incoming Obama administration
switched from a discussion of the
pitfalls of a “Team of
Rivals” to a discussion of the
pitfalls of “The Best and the
Brightest.”
Here’s the
Washington Post’s Alec
MacGillis...
, Mediasphere , economics , politics , best , presidential
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2008-12-07 Nutwood Junction
I recently wrote about the Emanuel
brothers, three very intelligent,
successful, and powerful men. Ken tells
me that I seem to be developing a bit of
an obsession with Rahm. Does that mean I
can't get this shirt, Honey? Ha ha! I
wouldn't call it an obsession so much as
a fascination wi...
, gender , relationships , Emanuel , Rahm , power
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2008-12-07 Evolving Web
The Mumbai Terrorist event has clearly
shown us that we have moved to a culture
of immediate news consumption. We
thought we were there with CNN, but
Twitter and other tools have shown that
the immediacy was no longer in the
viewing – it’s now in the data
collection. All major ...
, Business , Community , Cooperation , Culture , Focused , online , Politics , social , Sociology , Web , Web/Tech , Weblogs
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2008-12-07 The New Argument
The American automobile industry is
clearly in serious trouble. On the one
hand, free-market principles instruct
that General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford
should be allowed to die; that it is
only under full bankruptcy restructuring
that the three giants can be turned back
into profitabl...
, Politics
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2008-12-07 The Reaction
A weekend's reactions that deserve a
second look:SundayBy Creature: "Them's
fightin' words" -- Creature, rightly,
joins Jane Hamsher in the fray between
top Obama aide, Steve Hildebrand, and
the Liberal Left.By Libby Spencer:
"Shinseki's star rises" -- We can all
join Libby as she chee...
, Obama , blogging , The , politics
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2008-12-07 VivirLatino
On his way out the door President Bush
has already got new digs for his
post-presidential life, pero not all his
soon to be neighbors are thrilled with
the idea of having Georgie on their
block.
George Bush has bought a new
house in a wealthy part of Dallas,
called Preston Hollow. Th...
, Politics
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2008-12-07 Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2
Well, for some on this Pearl Harbor
Day, I’m sure this will be Sunday
afternoon, bur regardless, here’s some
Sunday morning reading to share.
President-elect Obama is laying out big
plans for massive public works projects
to get us on back on track. I like what
I”m hearing. I ho...
, Blogs , Computers , Culture , Current , Entertainment , Fact , Fun , Media , Music , Only , Politics , Social , Twitter , Web/Tech , Weblogs , Who'd
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South Horizon B0000A9GLG
There is a fair share of solid erotica
to be found on this unrated version,
with particular note going to a single
but tantilizing sequence in a movie
theater with porn star Tatiana, and two
very stimulating scenes involving video
vixen Jacqueline Lovell. The story is
sometimes humoro...
$24.98 : politics
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2008-12-07 Free Israel!
ISRAEL’S PREFERENCIAL TREATMENT
FOR ARABS
(Dec 2008)
Israeli Police
evict Jews from Jewish-owned Hebron
home
As applauding Palestinian Arabs
looked on, hundreds of Israeli police
forced their way into a Jewish-owned
home in the ancient Jewish city of
Hebron Thursday and evicted t...
, Uncategorized , Religion , Middle , politics , Israel , Arabs , Muslims , "palestine" , Jews , "palestinians" , Islamic , Israeli , Israel , Israel , equality , Israeli , Hebron , eviction , Israeli
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2008-12-07 AfricanKelli
Dear President Mugabe,
I know we
haven’t seen eye to eye in the
past. I can’t understand how you
are still in power, how you’ve
ruled Zimbabwe my entire life. I
don’t know why your country, once
called the breadbasket of Africa, has
such a life-threatening issue...
, Africa , Journal , Politico , politics , soapbox , zimbabwe
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2008-12-07 Scotzine.com
A Rangers Supporter Group calling itself
Vanguard Bears are organising a Protest
against BBC Scotland for what they see
as a constant attack on the club and the
support in an unbalanced manner. The
Protest is organised for December 20th
at 12.45pm outside the BBC Scotland HQ
at Pacific...
, Featured , Rangers , The , bbc , fans , protest , vanguard , victimisation
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2008-12-07 The Opposite of Jim Bunning
Recently, I’ve defended the
character of Bill Ayers, especially in
that I consider him to be thoughtful and
well-meaning.
Today’s NY Times
Op-Ed has an autobiographical bit by
Ayers, and the content of this piece
makes my defense of him a bit more
difficult. However, it doe...
, politics , posts , bill , terrorism
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2008-12-07 FUTURE SHOCK
Undaunted by the Nov. 4 election
results, several persistent plaintiffs
have pursued lawsuits asserting that
Barack Obama is constitutionally
ineligible to hold the office of
president because they...
[[ This is a
content summary only. Visit my website
for full links, other content, a...
, Politics/Religion , Kenya , Obama's , Philip , president-elect , Supreme
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2008-12-07 Tokyo Five
Today is 十二月八日 (December 8th).
The 67th anniversary of 真珠湾攻撃
(the attack on Pearl Harbor). Actually,
America observes it on December 7
because the attack occurred on Sunday,
December 7, 1941 Hawaii time…but
in Japan, it was already Monday,
December 8, 1941 (du...
, 1940's , 1980s , Celebrities , Events , Interviews , Japan , Landmarks , Museums , News , Nippon , Politics , Tokyo , kamikaze , military , photos , saitama , world , Japanese , 日本 , 東京 , 埼玉 , ww2 , pearl , December , Dec , World , さいたま , wwII , world , Pearl , Dec , 12/7 , 12/8 , John , Chapman , Yoko , Beatles , John , 小野洋子 , オノ・ヨウコ , 真珠湾攻撃 , さいたま新都心
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2008-12-07 Red, Green, and Blue
Tough auto emissions standards backed
by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist cleared an
important obstacle when a state
commission approved rules fiercely
opposed by the auto industry but praised
by environmentalists.
The Florida
Environmental Regulation Commission
voted 6-1 to adopt an emissi...
, Center , Climate , Editor's , Energy , auto , Carbon , Charlie , climate , CO2 , environmental , Florida , global , politics , tailpipe
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2008-12-07 Discourse.net
Today’s NYT has a buried article
on some of the Bush
administration’s latest good-bye
presents for the nation: various
appointments that will last long into
the next administration.
The article,
White House Memo - On His Way Out, Bush
Leads Others In, by Jim Rutenberg,
...
, Politics:
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2008-12-07 ::BROADCATCHING::
NBC Chief White House correspondent to
replace the late Tim Russert
MSNBC
Sun., Dec. 7, 2008
David Gregory has
been named moderator of NBC News’
“Meet the Press,” effective
immediately. In addition, Betsy Fischer,
the program’s longtime executive
producer has extended ...
, Broadcatch , Gregory , MTP , NBC , David , David , Media , Media , Meet , Meet , Meet , NBC , Politics , Tim , Tim , Tom
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2008-12-07 Wizbang Blue
I kept saying the Clinton/Obama battle
was beneficial to Obama at the time the
war between the two opposing Democratic
camps was raging, citing the same
reasons outlined below, but my
Obama-supporting opponents didn't
believe me at the time:
Turns out that
Democrats who were sweating ...
, WB-Blue: , 697 , 752 , 713 , 5251
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Aristotle 0554330652
I read this book for a graduate seminar
on Aristotle. Politics is one of
Aristotle's most prescient works that
had a profound impact on our Founding
fathers.
Nicomachean Ethics (EN) is
part of political knowledge. Politics
regulates when virtue does not. Laws
are created for peop...
$25.99 : politics
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2008-12-07 New Mexico Independent
Alice King, the wife of former Gov.
Bruce King and a tireless advocate on
behalf of children, died tonight after
suffering a massive stroke on Thursday.
She was 78.
Her death was announced in a
news release from her son, state
Attorney General Gary King.
“On behalf
of the entire fami...
, Politics , Roundhouse , Slot , Slot , alice , bill , bruce , Diane , Gary
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Why oh why can't we have a better press
corps? Jim Rutenberg of the New York
Times demonstrates once again that he
would be more useful to society as a
cosmetics testing subject. Rutenberg
regards the famous dog-eating
Jew-counter Fred Malek as
"noncontroversial." He may be
noncontro...
, Information: , Politics: , Sorting: , Sorting:
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Speaker of the House Michael Martin is
under continued pressure to quit today,
following the fall-out from the arrest
of Conservative MP Damian Green, and his
shifting of the blame onto the slender
shoulders of Sergeant-at-Arms Jill Pay.
, Politics , Damian , House , Jill , Michael , Sergeant , Speaker , Speaker
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2008-12-07 The Gun Toting Liberal
“Dadgum academic elites
takin’ over Capitol Hill now that
they’ve gone and elected
one!” Shout Palin’s
“REAL AMERICANS” (Source:
CNN)…
Let us begin this column
with a “snippet”; a quote
from an MSNBC article written by Alec
...
, Politics , 2008 , Alaska , Barack , Barack , Bonesmen , Bush , Current , Election , Elistists , Elites , Elitism , George , Harvard , Headline , Headlines , News , News , Obama , Palin , President , Rants , Sarah , Skull , Think , Yale
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2008-12-07 What Lawyers Do
The official numbers are that 5,400
people are killed on the job each year
and more than 4 million are injured.
Some experts say that these statistics
are inaccurate and that up to 13 million
workers are injured each year. The
Democratic Policy Committee website
notes that hispanics w...
, Labor , Politics , Workplace , Democratic , Hispanic , Injured , Killed , OSHA , Protecting , The
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2008-12-07 uncomfortably numb
Gocomics.com: Comics, editorial
cartoons, email comics, comic strips
Technorati Tags: bailouts,cartoons,Nick
Anderson,editorial
cartoons,satire,political cartoons
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, cartoons , poltical , political , editorial , political , humor , funny , bailouts
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2008-12-07 Another Point of View
First question:Has Harper Hurt National
Unity?Answer: you bet, he did. Because
he ever uses the Rovian playbook of
fearmongering and creating divisiveness
among the electorate in order to assure
his stay in power.Second question:Is it
Harper's nature to only feel truly alive
when voici...
, {URL} , intellectual , incompetence , primitive , Harper , politics
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2008-12-07 Rogue Columnist
Frank Rich raises important questions
about the Obama economic team in
Sunday's New York Times:Summers and
Geithner are both protégés of another
master of the universe, Robert Rubin.
His appearance in the photo op for
Obama-transition economic
advisers
three days after the election ...
, Economics , Politics
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2008-12-07 Sir Satire's New World Order News Service
A woman seeking to escape from Sweden
has posted a plea to all WordPress
bloggers, in an effort to gain the
international attention needed to force
the Swedish government to release
her.
She would like you to do the
following to help push for her
freedom:
"So I guess what I’m asking...
, Satire , Dissident , Freedom , International , Opression , Political , Refugee , Sonia , Sweden , Swedish , United , War
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2008-12-07 Observe Constantly
In an article entitled, “Gay
Marriage: Our Mutual Joy”
Newsweek’s Lisa Miller says,
“Opponents of gay marriage often
cite Scripture. But what the Bible
teaches about love argues for the other
side.”
What the Bible teaches
about gay marriage is very simple ...
, Politics , Religion , The , gay , homosexuals , Newsweek , Lisa , The
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Jim Wallis 0060834471
It's everything I was looking for in the
purchase of a book on-online: I sought
out the title, purchased it with ease
and it was delivered within a matter of
days in perfect condition. Short of
including a cup of coffee, it was all I
could hope for with none of the hassle.
$14.95 : politics
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2008-12-07 ROK Drop
So what does everyone think about former
US Army Chief of Staff
General
President-elect Barack Obama
formally announced Sunday that retired
Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, a decorated
veteran and popular figure among critics
of the Bush administration, is his pick
to be secretary of Veterans...
, Politics-US , Eric
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2008-12-07 Johnny Rook's Climaticide Chronicles
Anybody who is paying the slightest bit
of attention knows that Arctic summer
sea ice is melting at a record pace
because of warming of the atmosphere and
the ocean. If you understand the idea of
feedbacks, then you realize that
increased summer ice melt leads to
further ice melt becau...
, Activism , Bush , Climaticide , Politics , climate , climate , energy , environment , global , Arctic , sea , atmospheric , Atmospheric , Rüdiger , Arctic , North
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2008-12-07 Business On-Line Cafe
GMNBuzz……
Socio/Business
Networkers? We invite your help!
Small
Medium Enterprise Marketing…Social /
Business Networkers join a grass roots
effort!
WHAT’S ISM2020.COM(sm)?
We
are incubating a grassroots
‘socio/business’ networking platform
and need your help! Members...
, Business , 2020TAGS , ABC , Add , Advertising , assistance , Business , Business , CBS , CNBC , CNN , Congratulations , Customized , Ecommerce , Evolving , Fox , Geopolitics , grid , Marketing , McCain , NBC , Obama , On-Line , PBS , Politics , SBA , wrlyman.com
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2008-12-07 BlueBloggin
Ranking: Texas is 46th this year; it was
37th in 2007.
Strengths: Strengths
include a low prevalence of smoking at
19.3 percent of the population, a low
prevalence of binge drinking at 15.0
percent of the population, a low rate
of cancer deaths at 186.3 deaths per
100,000 populati...
, Health , Health , Politics , Accountability , Health , Pulbic , social , Texas
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2008-12-07 Retard Chat
FROM BARACK OBAMA'S WEBSITE AND
NEWSLETTER:
This is a Sunday open
thread . . .
, Politics
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2008-12-07 The American Conservative
Back when the conservative movement was
actually conservative (though not
without its problems, to be sure) it was
in significant part a youth movement.
Students for Goldwater was instrumental
in pushing the Arizona senator —
even against his wishes — for the
Republican nom...
, Conservatism , Politics , libertarianism
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2008-12-07 WriteChic Press
Leura Canary named Top Underachiever
among Prosecutors
Countdown to Siegelman
Court Date–
Ya’ll need to
read because he [Don Siegelman] refers
to a “survey” which
allegedly shows that 67% of Alabamians
believe the investigation of him [Don
Siegelman] to be polit...
, Constitutional , Corruption , Crime , Department , Karl , Law , Legal , News , Politics , Prison , Scandal , Topical , justice , news , 11th , December , DOJ , Don , Leura , Louis , Political , U.S. , Worst
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2008-12-07 Tuition Place Articles Blog
Analysis and Discussion with Russ
Gerson of Gerson Group
Technorati
Tags: Careers, economy, Editors,
Finance, government, Issues, Law, Legal,
NYSE:C, Occupation, Personal, Pick,
Politics
, News , Careers , economy , Editors , Finance , government , Issues , Law , Legal , NYSE:C , Occupation , Personal , Pick , Politics
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2008-12-07 Joyerickson's Weblog
We all know what a dirty election this
past one was. Well, here
in Minnesota, it’s still not
over. We still don’t know who
our next Senator will be. I think
we’ve pretty much heard it all.
Everyday it’s up and down with
one day Coleman being in the lead...
, America , adults , behavior , beliefs , character , choices , competition , differences , election , fairness , feelings , minnesota , people , politics , problems , responsibility , rules , things , fighting , opinions , vote
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2008-12-07 The Lonely Conservative
Saturday Barack Obama released his
video, promising massive Federal
spending like most of us haven’t
seen in our lifetime. He promised lots
of goodies, like internet access in
every living room. What he didn’t
mention is how he plans to pay for his
big splurge.
It seems h...
, Collectivism , Economy , Politics , Socialism , auto , Barack , communist , December , Meet , New , socialist , spending , spread , Tom
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George Lakoff 0226467716
"Christianity works by a moral
accounting system...Immoral deeds are
debits; moral deeds are credits...If you
have a big enough positive balance of
moral credit when you die, you go to
heaven; if you have a negative balance,
you go to hell. These general notions
are shared by most form...
$22.00 : Politics
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2008-12-07 GlobalPundit.org
Report: Munk Debate on Humanitarian
Intervention
Toronto, Canada -
Christiane Amanpour’s CNN special
tonight “Scream Bloody Murder” on
genocide was quite timely after this
week’s Munk Debate on Humanitarian
Intervention. Both events hinged
on the question of whether th...
, 9-11 , Africa , Bosnia , China , Czechoslovakia , Democratic , Economics , Elections , Genocide , Humanitarian , International , Iran , Iraq , Isreal , Labour , Liberia , Media , New , Pakistan , Rhodesia , War , activists , intervention , politics , poverty , sudan , " , 24 , African , al-Anfal , Arab , Arab , Belgian , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Canada , Canadian , chemical , Christian , Christiane , colonial , Congo , Darfur , diplomacy , Elie , ethnic , Eyes , Gareth , Gareth , General , General , Holocaust , http://www.eyesondarfur.org , http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2008 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD14NolvsCw , Human , humanitarian , International , International , Iran/Iraq , Janjaweed , John , Kigali , Munk , Muslims , Myanmar , Nobel , North , peacekeeping , Rwanda , Saddam , Save , Srebrenica , terrorist , The , Tutsis , UN , United , United , University , US , Yugoslavia , Zimbabwe
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2008-12-07 Oromantic's Weblog
The recent statement of Ababiya Aba
Jobir regarding the age old Oromo
questions being answered adequately by
the Meles administration brought a sense
of bewilderment to me and many Oromos I
talked to. I don’t know which
questions he is exactly referring to but
the ones that matte...
, Africa , Ethiopia , Horn , Human , Oromia , Oromo , Politics , Social , freedom , Justice , Democracy , OLF , Liberty , Finfinnee , Addis , TPLF , EPRDF , Finfine , OPDO , negotiation , question , answer
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2008-12-07 THEROTHSCHILDREPORT.COM
The United States will quickly feel a
change in attitude from Moscow if
President-elect Barack Obama transforms
Washington's policies towards Russia,
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on
Thursday. "Usually... when there is a
change of power in any country, and even
more so in a superp...
, barack , vladimir , politics
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2008-12-07 A Tiny City
“We will repair broken schools,
make them energy-efficient, and put new
computers in our classrooms. Because to
help our children compete in a 21st
century economy, we need to send them to
21st century schools.”
Words
from the President Elect, Barack Obama
on Saturday, De...
, Architecture , Business , DIY , Demands , Education , Environment , Fame , Interactive , Internets , Money , Mottos , Politics , Power , Presentation , Quote , Statistics , Symbology , Tastes , Tradition , Video , Washington
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2008-12-07 Rhymes With Cars & Girls
Caught some documentary on heavy metal
while channel-flipping and DVR’ed
it for later. Turned out to be
underwhelming but there was one
interesting insight, regarding why a
certain stripe of metal so often
indulges in grisly, violent imagery:
because kids today tend to have lit...
, Uncategorized , album , cannibal , heavy , obama , politics
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2008-12-07 The Macho Response
See more funny videos and funny pictures
at CollegeHumor.
, video , katie , music , Sarah , television , comedy , politics
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2008-12-07 CafeSentido.com
US president-elect Barack Obama pledged
on Saturday, in his weekly radio and web
address, to initiate a massive public
works program to help create jobs, build
a greener economy, restore US industrial
relevance and spur economic growth. The
plan announced by Obama would also
require th...
, Economic , Energy , Politics-US , economic , generative , Obama , Obama , recession , weekly , weekly
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2008-12-07 racismreview.com
One refreshing thing about Obama’s
election, regardless of how his term
turns out, is that it has already
generated progressive debates about the
state of U.S. politics and policy,
including in regard to racism and
anti-racism. Instead of analysis of the
latest neo-fascist actions ...
, politics , social , systemic
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2008-12-07 A Slant Truth
Could Obama be the President that gets
people interested in poetry again? Ok,
maybe that’s a stretch, but it
turns out that he dabbled a little in
verse back in his undergrad years, even
publishing a few poems in the undergrad
literary journal. Heh, even Harold Bloom
“was n...
, Literature , Poetry , Politics , U.S. , Barack
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2008-12-07 It's Getting Hot In Here
It looks like another rushed “midnight
regulation” from the Department of the
Interior may be issued in favor of
Peabody Coal, and the Navajo and Hopi
people of Black Mesa are trying to stop
it. A large delegation has traveled to
Denver to meet with top officials in the
Office of ...
, Act , Climate , Coal , Coal , Corporate , Dirty , Politics , global
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2008-12-07 Goodtimepolitics
During the campaign, Obama promised to
keep lobbyists at arm’s length,
and he has taken steps aimed at keeping
out the taint of the influence business.
He imposed first-ever rules that
prohibit anyone on his transition team
from working in policy areas on which
they had lobbied i...
, politics , Bail , Barack , drug , EARMARKS , environmental , lobbyists , Obama , republicans
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2008-12-07 Teds Take
“Look”, that is the new
word to start every sentence with
and it is what our President-Elect
does.
Look, think I am kidding? Check
him out as he says in response to a
question, “Look, as I said during
my
campaign”….”Look, our
country needs a n...
, Politics , Barack , Look , Ted , Ted's
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2008-12-07 WHITE NOISE INSANITY
I don’t blame the Union workers
for taking such a measure, because
really, is it their fault that their
company’s masters and the
company’s bank are assholes? Nope!
All companies in our nation whether
they’re big or small should be
prepared for the bad financial...
, Politics , Unions , Chicago
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2008-12-07 Charlotte Front and Center
UPI is reporting from an un-named source
that Caroline Kennedy's interest in
the opening senate seat is an attempt to
prevent the selection of Andrew
Cuomo.
When we posted this
possibility in our blog a few days ago,
we noted a comment from WoW being made
word for word on sev...
, Caroline , Andrew , Caroline , Kennedy , New
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2008-12-07 The Satirical Political Report
“TOM, WE’RE
GONNA’ GIVE FURLOUGHS TO ALL THE
REPUBLICANS IN JAIL ON CORRUPTION
CHARGES, AND LET ‘EM WORK ON
CHAIN GANGS, WHERE THEY CAN FINALLY DO
SOME GOOD FOR THIS
COUNTRY.”
“WHAT
WE’VE GOT HERE …. IS FA...
, GOP , Rod , barack , christmas , financial , obama , political , political , public , stimulus , sunday , tony
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2008-12-07 Urantian Sojourn
A house built by slaves…
Well,
there goes the neighborhood.
Huffpo
reports that:
Obama Plans To Invite
Artists, Scientists, Poets To White
House To Inspire “National
Character
It cites a Politico.com
article that reads:
President-elect
Obama says he and Michelle Obama plan ...
, Art , Brotherhood , Hope , Jesus , POLITICS , The , artists , Deal , HuffPo , K-Street , Lincoln , musicians , Obama , Obamas , Politico , scientists , Urantia
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2008-12-07 Doc Searls Weblog
One of the most common expressions in
geology is “not well
understood”. Which is
understandable, because most rocks were
formed millions to billions of years
ago, often under conditions, and in
locations, that can only be guessed at.
One of the reasons I love geology is
t...
, Berkman , Blogging , Business , Life , Past , Politics , Science , infrastructure , problems , leweb
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2008-12-07 Political Blogs On Blog Catalog
Individual opinions on politics, social
& other important issues from Bulgaria,
EU, the world
, Political
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2008-12-07 Whose shoes are these anyway?
I don't know if it's the changing
socio-demographic of New Orleans, La.,
or that the electorate is maturing, but
folks down here finally voted Jefferson
out of office. I suspect it's changes
to the political population, and as The
Times Picayune suggests, low-voter
turnout led to the...
, New , politics
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2008-12-07 Going against the current
I’ve watched the fight through a
rerun made by Yahoo which after watching
the 2-minute fight summary that was
dubbed as the “Fight of the
Year” and Manny Pacquiao winning
it in an almost surgical fashion, like a
professional surgeon doing the incision
on a sedate pati...
, Blogging , Commentaries , Editorial , Formal , Life , National , Personal , Philippine , Philippines , Places , Politics , Social , Philippine , Manny , Oscar , Golden , Pacman , General , Pugilism , Boxing , Filipinos , Oscar
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UBI Soft B0006210YW
I guess I would say this DVD is what it
is? As a previous reviewer here on
Amazon mentioned, this DVD claims to dig
deep as to how the state went from LBJ's
home to George W's home, and they never
did that.
The one message I really took
away was the old hag former Governor of
Texas, ...
$26.95 : politics
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2008-12-07 Deep Thoughts
President Elect Obama has a full plate.
The country is a mess. We are fighting
two wars. Our economy is in the worst
state I can remember. And, our
reputation as a nation is at an all time
low. Yet there are some things that need
to be fixed simply because they are just
wrong. Like the...
, Obama , Politics
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2008-12-07 Hiptics.com: High Quality Hip-Hop & Politics. Updated Daily with News, Videos, and Music.
This is Chris Franco reporting live from
Amsterdam. Here’s three
interesting political news
items.
President-Elect Obama recently
appeared on Meet the Press [WATCH
Interview]. I found this quote from his
appearance very
intriguing:
“Historically, what
has always brought u...
, news , politics , videos , america , culture , economics , krugman , meet , new , nobel , obama , optimism , paul , political , president , rich , taxes , united , white
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2008-12-07 Thinking Outside
While the EPA drags its feet, cities and
states are banding together to urge
action on greenhouse gas
emissions.
California Attorney General
Edmund G. Brown Jr. once again is urging
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
to use its authority under the Clean Air
Act to combat climate ...
, EPA , greenhouse , politics , cities , greenhouse , states
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2008-12-07 The B-Town (Burien) Blog
by Josh Hart
Well 2009 is almost here
and many are wondering what will be in
store for the upcoming year.
What will
change from this year?
What needs to
change?
What do we want to change?
With
everything that is going on in the area
what will be the most significant?
In
the following...
, Burien , Children , Columnist , Community , Des , Education , Entertainment , High , Information , News , Normandy , Opinion , Politics , Schools , Seatac , Tukwila , southcenter , change , ideas , intern , josh , mayor , sea-tac , speech , suggestions
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2008-12-07 Law is Cool
Here are the slides from a talk I gave
on Dec. 1 at the Schulich School of
Business in a session held for
practicing marketers.
Social Media And
Politics (12/1/08)
View SlideShare
presentation or Upload your own. (tags:
liblogs tories)
What I found most
interesting from the discussion...
, Intellectual , Marketing/PR , Politics , Schulich , Social , vote-swap
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2008-12-07 Ironic Surrealism II
Yes sirree Barack Obama is an immigrant
according to Bill Richardson.
I am not
going to buy into any tongue slippage
theory of Richardson exposing Barack
Obama as an immigrant. Not that I
wouldn’t be on the front lines
celebrating any such news. The more
obvious explanation is R...
, election , video , immigrants , DNC , Bill , Barack , politics , Immigration , democrat , youtube
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2008-12-07 आलोक पुराणिक की अगड़म बगड़म
आलोक
पुराणिक
बड़े
संदेश दिये जा
रहे हैं,
आतंकवाद के
खिलाफ कड़े
संदेश दिये जा
रहे हैं।
देश
जैसे संदेशों
की दु...
, TERRORSIM , dog , film , hindi , hindi , kutte , neta , politician , politics , ramgopal , taj , terror , terrorism , terrorism. , zardari
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2008-12-07 Big Dogs Weblog
Copyright 2008 Big Dog. Visit the
original article at
http://www.onebigdog.net/obama-illegitim
ate-until-he-proves-otherwise/.There has
been an issue with Barack Obama since
well before the general election and
that is, is he qualified to serve as
president? This issue does not deal...
, Political , birth , constitution , crime , fraud , Obama , socialism
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2008-12-07 Riehl World View
Glenn adds an update to a post on
financial issues facing old media. BCB
highlights some seemingly positive
online shopping news.
What’s Wrong
With This Picture?
While it's certainly
fair to argue "Depression" is a poor
word choice to describe where we are
economically, as well a...
, Politics
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2008-12-07 First Door on the Left
Amy Poehler returned to NBC’s
Saturday Night Live last night
(apparently a one-time deal?) to reprise
her role as Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary” discussed her new
gig as Secretary of State in Barack
Obama’s administration. She was
even joined by husband Bill…
...
, Entertainment , Humor , Politics , Amy , Hillary , Saturday
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Diana J. Mason 1416023143
This is an excellent book for any nurse
who wants to learn how health policy is
written and what to do to make a
difference in your practice. The authors
are well educated and have incredible
resources. Nurse polititians contribute
a great deal to the book. For nurses who
choose to get...
$67.95 : politics
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2008-12-07 South Jerusalem
Haim Watzman
Is Birthright a wonderful
program that encourages Jewish identity
and commitment to Israel, or is it a
propaganda machine aimed at promoting a
particular right-wing nationalist vision
of the Jewish state?
The latter, says
Josh Nathan-Kazis in his op-ed How Your
Free Trip ...
, Politics , Binyamin , Birthright , Israel , Sheldon , Zionism
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2008-12-07 Shots Across The Bow
Remember the third debate? Obama and
McCain were both asked whether the
economy would get worse before it got
better.
McCain answered honestly, that
yes, things were going to get worse, but
that America would come through once
again.
Obama, after his campaign had
ridiculed McCain fo...
, Politics
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2008-12-07 The Fault The Guilt of Most Arab Muslims
A Manichean world, &c.National Review
Online, NY - Dec 2, 2008About the
atrocities in Bombay, I will say only
this — something you have heard many,
many times: There is no negotiating with
or appeasing these people; they must be
faced down, until they don’t bother us
anymore. They ...
, islamofascism , war
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2008-12-07 Rayela's Fiber Focus
Crocheted Obama and McCain Finger
PuppetsRight around election time, I got
a package in the mail from my dear
friend Diane, the Yin-Yang Knitter.
"Hmmmm....." I says to myself, "What's
this?" Opening it up, I find these two
guys, political finger puppets, one of
the funniest things I...
, Yin-Yang , Knitting , Puppets , Politics , Crochet
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2008-12-07 The World According To Mel
'Tis the season to be ... shopping.
Christmas shopping. And every man and
his dog seems to out there doing it. I
was shopping for DVDs and CDs, and you
stood in a zigzag line to get to the
checkout counter -- it was like checking
in with baggage at the airport. The
reason would have to...
, summer , Christmas , politics
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2008-12-07 Jonestown
I’m sick of Politics.
Let’s
see what’s going on in the World
of Sports.
O.J. Simpson Sentenced to
Prison
O.J. Simpson was sentenced to
serve at least Nine Years in Prison on
Friday. The sentencing comes after
Simpson was convicted on 12 charges
stemming from his par...
, Boxing , Jonestown , Jonestown , O.J. , Sports , De , Manny , Oscar
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2008-12-07 Boi From Troy
Controversial Los Angeles County
Republican Party County Chairman Linda
Boyd was ousted from her post Saturday
by a team of rivals, and those who had
felt the wrath of Boyd’s heavy
hand.
Her husband Doug describes the
proceedings as a Paulista
Putsch.
Despite being supported and ...
, Gay , Politics , Politics
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This Riz Khan show will look at
political turmoil in Thailand, where the
country goes from here and whether or
not it will be plunged into a
constitutional crisis.
, World , Al , anti , Government. , Jazeera , Khan , Political , protesters , Riz , thailand , turmoil
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2008-12-07 Filipino Voices
Somebody please tell me if I am sounding
like someone who just landed here after
a long trip from Mars, but am I the only
one who sees the quaint oxymoronism in
what The Dingman says in the following
excerpt from his recent post?
But this
is not a sports post but rather a note
about ho...
, Politics , Society , charter , Interfaith , journalism , Manny , PHILIPPINE , thinking
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2008-12-07 the defeatists!
Been a long time since the AXE has done
much speculating about Rome. Well,
somehow this morning, wandering
between pieces and places on the web, I
found myself in the NY Review of Books,
looking at three reviews of three books
about Caesar -- a life, a study of his
impact on cult...
, Current , defeat , existential , history , literature , media , military , philosophy , politics , seeing , the , war
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Ann DeLaney 0764508873
I'm really disappointed in this book and
would not recommend it to anyone
interested in understanding the basics
of politics.
There seemed to be many
gaps of elementary information missing
from this book. Such as, there was no
discussion of term limits for elected
officials (federal)....
$19.99 : POLITICS
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2008-12-07 NOLA-dishu
New Orleans has a new congressperson.
This hasn't happened since I was 6 years
old. No more $Bill and his family
sucking the lifeblood out of the city.
I think this kills any chance of an
acquittal. Nobody is going to donate to
his legal defense fund now. Note that
Malik, while he...
, Joe , William , politics
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2008-12-07 Currents
After all the rallies and discussion in
the blogosphere (good stuff today over
at Vancouver blogger Nancy
Zimmerman’s political posts) about
Canada’s political crisis, the
coalition has reached new heights of
silliness. The opposition parties are so
ecstatically confident t...
, Canadian , Current , Globe , Vancouver , blogging , canadian , coalition , conservatives , political , stephane , Stephen , Vancouver
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2008-12-07 MXp
KOALITIONEN har offentliggjort (081207)
att man nu är redo att skapa en
regeringsplattform inför 2010. Fem
arbetsgrupper ska arbeta fram enhet i
frågorna: jobb och ekonomi, klimat och
miljö, välfärd och rättvisa,
storstadens utmaningar, en rättvis och
hållbar värld. FÖRNÖJS...
, Political
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2008-12-07 Pair 'o Dice
AP: Livermore, CA.Lawrence Livermore
Laboratories has discovered the heaviest
element yet known to science.The new
element, Governmentium (Gv), has one
neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88
deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant
deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic
mass of 312. Th...
, political , limited
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2008-12-07 Codelog
If you've been living under a rock, you
might not know about the upcoming
#nocleanfeed protests planned for
December 13th.Basically; the Labor
government wants to provide a mandatory
filter of Australia's internet to
prevent child porn and other 'unwanted'
content.I'm against it becaus...
, australia , nocleanfeed , internet , government , politics
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2008-12-07 Prometheus 6 - All respect and no restraint
Back to the past (or change for the
worse?)On December 7th, 2008 Ishmael
(not verified) says:
Frank Rich wrote a
op-ed piece for the New York Times -
"The Brightest Are Not Always the Best".
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/opinio
n/07rich.html Part of his thesis is
that the people w...
, Economics , Politics
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2008-12-07 baldysblog.co.uk
The real problem which current events
have illustrated only too clearly is
that the House of Commons where all
executive powers rest, is increasingly
divorced from the people, us the
citizens, that it is supposed to
represent. That the Labour Party is by
nature “tribal” is a fact b...
, British , Constitutions , Parliamentary , Political , Politicians , Politics , The
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2008-12-07 Liberally Conservative
We’ve heard of change and hope
endlessly from the mouth of Barack
Obama. A few weeks as President-Elect,
the Obama team has provided Americans
with Clinton administration retreads and
Hillary Clinton herself.
Oh right,
Robert Gates will remain as Secretary of
Defense as a toke...
, Politics , Taxes , Economics , Pork , Govt. , Education , Business
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2008-12-07 South by Southwest
National security is still a high
priority, despite an economy officially
in recession -- Politico said a few
days ago that "a world of trouble awaits
Obama," citing such converging trouble
spots as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
missile defense, and Guantanamo. But
lots of outstanding...
, Rule , civil , Bush , courts , election , leadership , politics , Intelligence
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2008-12-07 Ogden on Politics
In this morning's newspaper, the
Indianapolis Star offers "kudos" to
Indianapolis businessman Michael
(Mickey) Mauer for his gift of $35
million to the Indiana University at
Bloomington law school, which will be
renamed the Michael Mauer School of Law.
In handing "kudos" to Mauer, the ...
, Attorney , Attorney , Michael
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Aristotle B001707D98
Others have done a fantastic job
summarizing the plot. I simply want to
reinforce what they have said. The
documentary is amazingly well done and a
must watch for every citizen.
$22.99 : Politics
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2008-12-07 Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying
Steve Hildebrand, the Obama
campaign’s steller field general,
has a message for me and other
like-minded progressives. The message
is: "Hush".
In a post at the Huffington
Post entitled "A Message To
Obama’s Progressive Critics",
Hildebrand writes:
This is not a time
for ...
, Politics , barack , steve
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2008-12-07 Crisis? What Crisis?
I was vacuuming today, and I started
thinking about a new post. I thought
maybe I’d call it,
“Here’s the Matter with
Kansas.” I had seen an online
article from the Washburn University
newspaper. It offered more proof of the
large number of dumb people in Amer...
, Memories , Politics , Writing , Christians , James , Kansas , Muslims , Robert , thinking , vacuuming
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2008-12-07 Indistinct Union
From NyTimes:
More than 100 trucks
loaded with supplies for American and
allied forces in Afghanistan were
destroyed Sunday by militants in
Peshawar, a Pakistani city that serves
as an important transit point for the
Afghan war effort. It was the
third major attack by Taliban mil...
, Afghanistan , Foreign , Global , Long , Pakistan , Politics , pakistan , Pakistani
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2008-12-07 The Wardman Wire
How much longer can Speak Michael Martin
survive? At least 32 MPs no longer have
any confidence in the Speaker, and
another 50 MPs thought that he was
“culpable” for Green-gate.
And these MPs are spread across all
three of the main parties.
These results
come after being as...
, All , Parliaments , Political , Politics
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2008-12-07 Rod 2.0:Beta
Day two of the LGBT Bloggers & Citizen
Journalist Initiative. The morning
session included a history of the gay
rights movement lead by uber-activist
Tim McFeeley. That was followed by a
media training session lead by Joel
Silberman. Silberman is...
, Current , Gay , Mike , Pam , Politics , Television , Web/Tech
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2008-12-07 1 Boring Old Man
I may be the only person on the planet
that didn’t know about financial
bubbles - but I didn’t. Or at
least I didn’t know why they were
so dangerous. In any market,
there’s an elusive quality - value
- which is the actual worth of
something. And then there’...
, politics
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2008-12-06 Right Wing Wiz Kid
A history lesson, lest we forget:Help
out a blogger who's down on his luck.
Please go to the tip jar and toss in a
buck.P.S. To any of you lunatics who
want to attack America, don't forget how
we ended up dealing with this one.Want
to see more posts? Click Here for the
main page
, USMC , U.S. , Remember , Patriotism , War , Pearl , Politics , December , 1941 , Military
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2008-12-06 The Chutry Experiment
After coming across a couple of examples
on the web, I’m starting to become
intrigued by comedic responses to the
bailout. I’m sure there are
hundreds of these videos an comedy
segments available, but for now, here a
couple:
Jon Stewart’s
“Autoerotic Explanat...
, viral , politics
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2008-12-06 Gay Talk
On January 26th we will see if the
recent crisis in Ottawa has made any
impact on Mr. Harper and his policies,
or if it was merely a chance to sort of
enjoy the Holiday Spirit of Christmas. I
say sort of, because when considers what
Christmas is supposed to be about, one
has to wonder ...
, Minority , attack , Christmas , coalition , drunk , economic , fear , Harper , holiday , political , power
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2008-12-06 The Sample Gates
On Wednesday the IDS ran a story about a
Bloomington Planned Parenthood employee
who was suspended without pay after a
highly embarrassing online video of a
sting operation at their location became
public:
The video shows a 20-year-old
UCLA student, who went undercover as a
13-year-old...
, Chase , Culture , Local , Politics , Video
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Jessamyn Conrad 1559708832
Let me say first, that there was not a
lot of new information in this book and
I found the title only slightly less
offensive than the "for dummies" series
of books, which I refuse to consult on
principle. I've read over a couple of
them, meh. It went downhill from
there.
The book sta...
$16.95 : POLITICS
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2008-12-06 Willem Buiter's Maverecon
This post will start with a report on a
prima-facie parochial issue: whether to
record student attendance at classes and
seminars in British universities. It
ends with an issue that ought to be of
general concern, in the UK and
elsewhere: the hammering of yet another
nail into freedo...
, Culture , Ethics , Politics , Religion , Terrorism
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2008-12-06 Colorado Independent
In an effort to oh-so-helpfully whittle
down the 20 candidates vying for
Colorado’s open secretary of state
position, ProgressNow has launched a
poll urging the liberal group’s
members to cast their vote for their top
choices. The voting continues through
Thursday, but ProgressNow ...
, Blog , Media , Politics , Bill , Colorado , Mike , Scott
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2008-12-06 AskSuperZ
Revive The Economy!
I was just poking
around looking for some news and came
across an article about how
President-elect Barack Obama is going to
fix our economy. He has a plan to
create jobs through a public works plan.
This plan is said to be bigger than the
creation of the federal ...
, Economy , General , Politics , Barack
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2008-12-06 MaPhRy's BLOG
Kanada hatte im Oktober gewählt, und
Stephen Harper war mit seinen
Konservativen zwar als stärkste Partei,
jedoch weit von eienr absoluten Mehrheit
entfernt in die neue Legislaturperiode
gegangen. Aber das womit niemand
gerechnet hatte geschah: Unter den
Vorzeichen der Finanzkrise ei...
, Political , Bloc , Harper , Kanada , Michaëlle , Opposition , Ottawa
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2008-12-06 Attending the World
An Intolerable Spot for a
Museum
Opinion
By Buzzy Gordon
Thu. Nov
20, 2008
In the Jewish community, the
name Simon Wiesenthal is sacrosanct —
which is why Rabbi Marvin Hier chose to
establish his West Coast empire on the
bedrock of the Nazi hunter’s
reputation when Hier entered t...
, Arab , Civil , Ethnic , Israel , Jerusalem , Middle , Museum , Museum , Muslims , Occupation , Palestine , Palestinians , Politics , Religion , Simon , War , World , Zionists , anti-Semitism
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2008-12-06 Cinema Viewfinder
There is a tendency to pile on someone
when they are down, and in the case of
Tom Cruise it seems he may have abetted
some of that with his freakishly
self-righteous behavior in front of the
public eye. His capital with his
audience has been severely diminished,
then, due to his public...
, Tom , Film , Adolf , World , Bryan , Nazi , period , Christopher , Tom , Valkyrie , Kenneth , political , Terrence
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2008-12-06 Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler
John Cole responds to Daniel Larison on
the issue of religious reasons in public
discourse:
Until social conservatives
can understand that that is why Kathleen
Parker says they should use logic and
reason, and that the best way all of us
can get together is if our public policy
is not ...
, morality , philosophy , politics , religion
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2008-12-06 Cosmodaddy
Yet again Jacqui Smith’s
arrogance blossoms into full-blown
incompetence. When delivering her
Commons statement to explain her
involvement (or curious non-involvement)
in the Damian Green affair, she insisted
that even if she had known in advance
that Shadow Immigration Minister...
, politics , Acting , Christopher , Conservative , Conservatives , Damian , Dominic , Home , Home , Jacqui , John , Labour , Metropolitan , New , police , Shadow , Shadow , Sir , Sir
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2008-12-06 Dallas is My Home
Laura Bush has said that she will
continue much of the same volunteer work
she’s done as first lady after
leaving the White House in
January.
Bush, speaking Saturday at an
American Red Cross event, said
“I’m going to do a lot of
volunteering” after she and
Pre...
, Education , Hometown , Museum , News , Politics , Volunteer , Afghan , Dallas , Laura , President , Raine , schools , SMU , Taliban , Texas , TX , volunteers , White
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2008-12-06 On Freedom's Wings
Our President-elect is in La La Land.
I’m convinced after his
radio/internet address today. First of
all, Obama claims that he is not just
going to throw money at problems, but
then claims his plan would put millions
of people to work by “making the
single largest new i...
, Barack , Obama , Obama's , politics
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Aristotle B000FCKK7G
I read this book for a graduate seminar
on Aristotle. Politics is one of
Aristotle's most prescient works that
had a profound impact on our Founding
fathers.
Nicomachean Ethics (EN) is
part of political knowledge. Politics
regulates when virtue does not. Laws
are created for peop...
$2.00 : Politics
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2008-12-06 Will Rhodes Portmanteau
An’ I have been saying that for
ten years or more.
Hydrogen, unlike so
many other things will not run out -
ever. But technology hasn’t quite
caught up with the wonderful chemical -
until now.
SCIENCE THAT WILL CELL?
Hydrogen powered
cars are emissions free —
expel...
, Blogroll , Blogs , Comment , Personal , Politics , Sociology , Technology , Barack , CNN , Future , Hydrogen , Oil , US
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2008-12-06 The way bands do it
[Since we are making him a regular
contributor from now on, this is
probably Mike Raine's last guest post.
Here he asks a simple question about
past musical culture and ties the answer
to our 'generation X' heritage'. Great
read. Everyone has an opinion on this so
lets hear it.]
To be ...
, Band , Industry , music , U2 , john , revolution , bob , csny , jimi , political , peace , disco , punk , metal , rage , human , vietnam , war , anti-war , music , avril
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2008-12-06 Thought Leader
From the players of Dope Wars, comes an
innovative game which is set to take the
world by storm. Move over Larry, step
back Gangsters and just give up BarBack;
because here is “So, you wannabe a
deviant politico?”
So, you wannabe a
politico; but you wannabe play in the
“big leagu...
, News , political
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2008-12-06 The Rutherford Lawson Blog
In today’s video address,
President-elect Barack Obama outlined a
four point plan for economic
stimulation.
1. Energy Efficient Public
Buildings
2. Infrastructure Upgrade
— States will have a certain
amount of time to use the funds or they
will lose them — a deterrent...
, Politics , Wordpress , Barack
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2008-12-06 The Bivouac
Twenty thousand additional U.S.
uniformed troops, set to be trained by
2011, are to help as a response to the
threat of a possible mass terror attack
or civil unrest following an economic
collapse. But despite assurances from
the Pentagon, many Americans are worried
by the prospect of ...
, Economics , History , Politics , environment , life , movies , news , religion , society , Economy , Ron , Military , Barack , John , democrat , republican , gop , libertarian , constitution , united , troops , police , russia , police , americans , 2012 , cato , seperation , judicial , executive , legislative , posse , 2011
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2008-12-06 [My] State Failure Blog
The Economist offers us a take on what
the Obama administration could mean for
Karzai's bid for another presidency.
They bet that it's rather bad for
Karzai. This may seem counterintuitive
from a certain point of view.Karzai,
from his, you know, Afghan perspective,
saw the need for eng...
, US , Afghanistan , Pakistan , politics , Karzai
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2008-12-06 We Could Be Famous
I just cannot bring myself to vote for
anyone with that party affiliation right
now. I'm a little bit prejudiced, well
mainly because of what Republican
governance has done to this country over
the last several election cycles. When I
woke up this morning, I was still
thinking of eithe...
, new , The , Lousiana , Joseph , louisiana
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2008-12-06 whatshouldbe.com
Another week, another few more
appointments by President-elect Obama.
So far it’s been so good. Next
week it’s apparently to be EPA,
Interior and Energy. This set of
appointments will be interesting and the
selections here will tell us much about
how Obama is going to...
, Barack , Kevin , Republicans , Worthwhile , appointments , black , community , DC , Democrat , education , energy , energy , EPA , General , Interior , National , Obama , over-identification , party , policy , politcs , political , post , poverty , reform , Republican , single , underclass , urban
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2008-12-06 Forex - Foreign Exchange Blog
Having already fallen 12% in 2008, the
Russian Ruble is well on is way to
fulfillinganalysts' predictions
that it will fall 30% before stabilizing
against the US Dollar. While the credit
crisis has not been kind to Russia, the
Ruble is suffering more from a collapse
in the price o...
, Foreign , advertise , canadian-dollar , central-banks , chinese , emerging-currencies , features , forex , forex-wikipedia , investing , japan , politics , price , quantcast , russian , russian-ruble , street , tutorials , wikipedia
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2008-12-06 The 'Ville Voice
On Friday, the Metro Council’s
Budget Committee put all its ideas into
a hat, and sent the hat over to Jerry
Abramson.
I’ve included the whole
list here, and it’s a long one.
Nothing, it seems, is off limits or too
absurd for inclusion. I suppose the
Council believes ...
, Arena , Automobile , Construction , Crime , Downtown , Education , Ethics , Gas , Grants , Greater , Housing , Jail , Jerry , Legal , Library , Lottery , Media , Metro , Neighborhoods , Police , Politics , Retirement , Salaries , Slugger , State , Taxes
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Jim Wallis B0006IXA62
This is a great game - can be enjoyed by
teenagers, college students and adults.
One of it's greatest achievements? It
is MADE IN AMERICA.
$47.95 : politics
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2008-12-06 Blacknell.net
It’s something of a horror show,
but Shaun Kenney’s doing a good
job (from my perspective, anyway) of
capturing the goings on at the
Republican Party of Virginia’s
annual “Advance” meeting at
the Homestead. Waldo points out that
Shaun’s blog has be...
, Politics , Virginia
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2008-12-06 Trains For America
Earlier today, Pat pointed out that
Obama’s address about
infrastructure and investment
didn’t contain anything about rail
or transit. It’s just the usual
“roads and bridges.”
It’s something we’ve been
wondering about a lot for the past few
w...
, Amtrak , Political , bailout , high , high-speed , hsr , obama
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2008-12-06 Library Chronicles
I received telephone calls today from
Stacy Head and Jay Batt. They both
wanted me to vote for a Republican. I
don't think you could have picked two
people less likely to convince me to do
anything.
, New , politics
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(Akiit.com) One of President Woodrow
Wilson’s famous quotes reads as
follows: “A nation which does not
remember what it was yesterday, does not
know what it is today, nor what it is
trying to do. We are trying to do a
futile thing if we do not know where we
came from or wha...
, African-American , Politics , black , black , black , Black , Eddie , Obama , paul , President
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2008-12-06 Angry Bear
CNN works hard for its money:Although
ex-presidents in Adams' day quickly
descended into obscurity after their
years in the Oval Office, today the
transition away from serving as the
leader of the free world is
high-profile, potentially very lucrative
and, above all, a difficult job in...
, Bush , politics
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2008-12-06 Liberal Common Sense
I don't know how many times "kids" have
been warned about putting pictures up on
their Facebook accounts or letting
people take pictures of them that end up
on Facebook could be a problem. If you
want to be a professional speech writer
and be taken serious in Washington DC,
you might ...
, women , victims , media , politics
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2008-12-06 Climate Progress
Here is a post from one of our favorite
guest bloggers, Daniel J. Weiss,
Director of Climate Strategy at the
Center for American Progress Action
Fund. It first appeared at the WonkRoom
this morning.
George Bush’s deep
unpopularity, lack of a positive agenda
or accomplishments, ...
, Politics
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2008-12-06 Newsweek World News
Unless Pakistan changes how it conceives
of its interests and strategy, it will
remain an unstable and distrusted
place.
, Voices , India , Pakistan , Pakistani , Afghanistan , South , Asia-Pacific , Indian , Islam , Islamism , Pakistani , Politics , Religion , World , Terrorism , War , Insurgencies , Indo-Pakistani
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2008-12-06 SUBASH GIVES NOTHING FOR ANYTHING!
Did you know that there is a system in
our constitution, as per the 1969 act,
in section "49-O" that a person can go
to the polling booth, confirm his
identity, get his finger marked and
convey the presiding election officer
that he doesn't want to vote anyone!Yes
such a feature is ava...
, advertisements , money , blogging , POLITICS
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2008-12-06 After Gutenberg
In posting discussions about Energy and
Our Future, TOD (The Oil Drum) has been
documenting the decline in oil prices
(For instance, scan the Dec. 4
Drumbeat). TOD also has been relaying
the occasional opinion that a decline
in gas prices puts a damper on electric
car development. Do...
, competition , defense , economics , environment , policy , politics , security , transportation , electric , emissions
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2008-12-06 Dublin Opinion
(Originally posted on Irish Left
Review.)
Following on from the
publication of “Towards a New
Economic Narrative“, I interviewed
Michael Taft about his ideas for the
Irish economy. I started off by asking
Michael what was actually wrong with the
Irish economy, and what was...
, Irish , Fianna , Irish , Labour , Fine , politics/Ireland
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2008-12-06 I'm Laila Yuile, and This Is How I See It
Forgive me, but I’m opening the
door to ‘taser talk’ again.
( The last time I did this it initiated
an ongoing debate in the comments
section that lasted for several months.)
Last night I watched an excellent
documentary on The National, regarding
tasers. More specif...
, Blogroll , CKNW , Credits , Laila , bc , crime , politics , cbc , policing , RCMP , robert , taser , taser , tasers , the
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2008-12-06 mobile haiku
Dubya acknowledged we're in a
recession the kid's not too swift
, bush , money , politics
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2008-12-05 Upside-Down Adoption
Jim Martin's loss to Saxby Chambliss was
disappointing. I worked for the
campaign, but I still had a feeling he
was going to lose. The state of Georgia
remains firmly in the control of
Republicans who are strangling
Atlanta... and local Democratic
politicians are by and large a medio...
, local , politics
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2008-12-05 Musings from the Moon
Oh boo freakin’ who OJ, cut the
crocodile tears!
It is long past time
justice caught up with you. It is one
hell of a rude awakening to realize that
you are NOT above reproach, eh?
While
your plea to Judge Glass regarding your
sentencing was truly Oscar material,
she, equipped ...
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2008-12-05 Randalls Opinions.com
If you are, like me, trying to figure
out the “mindset” of the
Treasury Department, here is a quote
from a CNN/Money article on the web
today.
Neel Kashkari, the director of
Treasury’s Office of Financial
Stability, which oversees the $700
billion financial rescue fun...
, Government , Our , The , The , economic , mortgage , politics , Barack , Ben , Congress , credit , economic , failed , FDIC , Federal , Harry , Henry , House , leadership , Nancy , Neel , President , Senate , Sheila , Treasury , Washington
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2008-12-05 JasmyneCannick.com
Just when you think you’ve seen
and heard it all…in this
week’s Los Angeles Sentinel
newspaper opinion columnist Dr. Firpo
Carpo tell us that ‘God Pays Gays
With AIDS.’ WTF?
Now that’s
some seriously fucked up shit to say not
to mention entirely i...
, Featured , LGBT , NATIONAL , NEGRO , POLITICS , RACE , RELIGION , THERAPY
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2008-12-05 My Buffalo River Home
“All The News You Never Knew You
Needed To Know …Until
Now.”
In The News: Also, A BIG
Thank You from Da’ Buffalo to
ChrisM, who supplied us with the
commentary audio today.
The auto bosses
are back on Capitol Hill to an extremely
chilly reception. They want $39 ...
, Central/South , Economics/Globalization , Humor/Satire , News/Commentary , Philosophy , International , North , Law/Justice , Social , Travus , U.S.
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2008-12-05 TV's Weblog-The Great Nonsense of Life
HELLO GENTLE READERS,
As I’m
w-w-w-writing this, it is about 19
degrees with a wind chill of about
absolute zero. I’d like to hold a
meeting of the GLOBAL WARMING SOCIETY on
the front porch this morning.
Is this a
great time to be alive or what? All the
cool stuff that̵...
, "The , AARP , AARP , Alexandra , Art , Books , CBS , CNN , California , Cherokee , Conversations , Crystals , Digg , Election , English , Galaxy , God , Hillbilly , Hillbilly , Hillbilly , History , Indians , Jihad , LAPOP , LOVE , Ladies , Literature , Math , Men , Movies , Native , Nature , New , Newsroom , Older , Opera , PHILOSOPHY , Politics , Random , Relationships , Religion , Sci , TV , Technology , The , The , Uncategorized , Wal-Mart , Walter , West , William , Women , applachia , baby , blog , blogging , channeling , comedy , entertainment , family , fark.com , farms , funny , google , horses , housewives , humor , life , music , ruminations , science , sex , sports , theonion.com , thoughts , wordpress.com , wordpress.org , writing , yahoo , CNN , Starbuck's , C-span , Weather , Global , Arthritis , Blackberry , Hubble , Pop , Satellite , GMC , Vioxx , Heart , Fabreeze
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2008-12-05 Electric Venom
My latest column, Michelle Obama and the
New Face of Feminism is up at Pajamas
Media.
Copyright 2008 Electric Venom.
This Feed is for personal non-commercial
use only. If you are not reading this
material in your news aggregator, the
site you are looking at is guilty of
copyright inf...
, Politics , feminism , Katherine , Michelle , Pajamas
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2008-12-05 Bigthink - Site Features Feed
The founder of politics blog The Daily
Kos talks about working from anywhere,
any time.
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2008-12-05 Food for Thought...
The title above has nothing to do with
the content of this post, just this
excerpt; and this excerpt is nothing
more than a short, satirical observation
(notice the word satirical people) that
will lead me into another topic, loosely
related. Now I don't want anyone taking
this too se...
, Celebrities , Politics , Barack , Huffingtonpost.com , O.J.
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2008-12-05 heres-margie.com
Ok, WTF?? I was just checking out my fav
blog (towleroad.com) when I watched this
youtube cast from former Gov. Mike
Huckebee.
Now, I am not sure what
the hell this ding bat is trying to say.
Listen to it as it is more of an audio
file with some picts thrown in to make
it more̷...
, GLBT , Home , politics , heres-margie.com , mike , Towleroad.com , Xochial , youTube.com
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2008-12-05 Food or Poison
If you’re looking for a clear,
cogent description of how the current
financial crisis happened, The Objective
Standard has it: The High Cost of
Washington’s Price Manipulation
Policy:
For decades Washington has been
manipulating prices to encourage
homeownership and “...
, Economics , Food , Politics , financial , The
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2008-12-05 PBX makes four
I was sitting at my desk at 8am this
morning and one of my colleagues walking
past my desk and said something to the
effect that McBean should be made the
poster boy for what happened
yesterday. I looked at him blankly and
he started to explain to me that some
new legislation had bee...
, Baby , politics , recognition
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2008-12-05 Open Source
The problem with building the mobile
Internet can be summed up in one
headline:
AT&T: Hold the Java
The story
then describes an AT&T plan for a
“dramatic consolidation” of
technologies it will allow on its mobile
network. (The original Star Wars Trilogy
now available for Ch...
, General , Applications , mobile , java , business , politics , GPL , Internet
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2008-12-05 Dr. Melissa Clouthier
Recently a Republican strategist,
Michael Leahy made a Blog that includes
the top Conservatives on Twitter. For
once in my nerd life, I’m on the
list. The people on this list range from
strategists, to Republican national
chairmen wannabes, and to bloggers like
me.
Why is this li...
, Political , Conservatives , Republicans , Technology
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2008-12-05 Defense Mechanism
An alert from the Citizens Committee for
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
(CCRKBA) came out Friday afternoon
regarding the Interior
Department’s decision to allow
concealed carry in national parks, in
accordance with the laws of the state in
which the park is located. I’...
, Concealed , Culture , Elections , Politics , Second , Interior , self-defense , short-lived
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2008-12-05 Dan Cody - "Left on the Lake"
While the 6.7% unemployment and 533,000
people who lost their jobs last month
along is bad enough news, the numbers
for previous months were also revised
downward today. October shed 320,000,
more than the 240,000 originally
reported and September numbers revised
downwards to 403,000 j...
, Milwaukee , Politics
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2008-12-05 j5mc
Stephen Harper has sent Parliament on a
vacation to avoid losing his job Monday.
Parliament will instead resume in
January, with the presentation of a
Conservative budget, which will be shot
down and immediately replaced with a
Liberal-NDP budget that the Bloc has
seen and pre-approve...
, 2008 , Canada , Corruption , News , Politics
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Jim Wallis 0060834471
Awesome book - well worth the cover
price. The author gives a concise and
detailed account of contempory American
politics and social forces. This tome
could easily be a textbook (although
more interesting then a typical
textbook) for any student of the
politics and political influence...
$14.95 : Politics
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2008-12-05 A Brief History...
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff has been given
considerable “credit” for
the Great Depression in history books
going back to the 1940s.
One of the most
hotly debated causes of the crash is the
Smoot-Hawley tariff. Protectionists like
Alfred Eckes and Pat Buchanan argue that
it coul...
, History , financial , politics , depression , Keynes , Smoot-Hawley , tariffs , taxes
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2008-12-05 DARK SKIES BLOG
UPDATE 4:00 12/5/2008: From the Swamp,
it was reported that, of the two cases
announced by the Supreme Court today for
certain review, the Donofrio case
wasn’t included. The Swamp goes
on to report that according to a
knowledgeable source of theirs..
“a lack of an announ...
, POLITICS , Donofrio , Justice , Obama , Supreme
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2008-12-05 Colleen Anderson
I was going to write a book review today
but this is more important. Thanks,
Stephen Harper, for raising the hoary
head of separatism yet again.
Wasn’t it enough that it’s
almost torn the country apart twice in
the past?
Stephen Harper is like Gordon
Campbell. They both hav...
, culture , news , people , politics , security , Gordon , Canada , government , Liberals , arrogance , NDP , Conservatives , Stephen , political , integrity , coalition , Bloc , governing , Québécois , separatism , unity , soveriegnity , prorogue , national , culturual , respect
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2008-12-05 Screaming At The TV!
Christiane Amanpour by far is one of my
favorite reporters. I've watched her
pretty much from her first assignments
when she was reporting on the famines of
Africa.Here is the making of the
Documentary that played on CNN - Scream
Bloody MurderBig thanks goes to An
Unforgivable Hell on...
, The
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2008-12-05 9 Numbers
Her proposal to improve the health of
Alaskans? Eat more moose. I sh*t you
not.
Posted in Politics
, Politics , Alaska , health , Sarah
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2008-12-05 Iowa Defense Alliance
Along with the possibility of a new
chairman for the RPI being elected on
Saturday, there is another pressing
issue for the grassroots coming up on
December 9th. In 2007 Polk County
Judge Robert Hanson ruled Iowa’s
Defense of Marriage Act that passed
in 1998 as unconstitutiona...
, Politics , Christian , Defense , Iowa , Mormon , Proposition , Robert , Same , traditional
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2008-12-05 Top of the Ticket
A few quick Ticket hits before the
coffee break:
Here's why bipartisanship
never works in Washington: Republican
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida got
a call on her cellphone this week from
the 312 area code. She answered. The
caller identified himself as Barack
Obama, the president...
, Bipartisan , Books , Cabinet-New , Campaigning , Candidate , Congress , Democratic , Fundraising , House , Humor , Money , Nevada , Political , Presidential , Republican , Senate , Transition , Twitter , White
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2008-12-05 Koluki
Aqui ha’ uns anos, ao final de uma
apresentacao que fiz durante uma serie
de workshops sobre implementacao de
politicas que dirigi em Johanesburgo
para uma assistencia multinacional (que,
por sinal, incluia dois angolanos,
quadros do Ministerio da Educacao de
Angola), alguem, um jove...
, MIGRATION , HISTORIA , HUMAN , AFRICA , POLITICS , ANGOLA
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2008-12-05 Own the Sidewalk
Seventy-five years ago today, the
Twenty-First Amendment to the United
States Constitution was ratified. The
Twenty-First Amendment is notable for
the fact that its sole purpose is to
repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to the
Constitution, which was an amendment so
heinously misguided th...
, politics
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2008-12-05 City of God
It appears that Rick Warren,
post-partisan and
help-you-achieve-your-life’s-purpo
se Rick Warren has endorsed a military
assault on Iran. His rationale appeared
to be this:
“Well, actually, the Bible
says that evil cannot be negotiated
with. It has to just be stopped…. In
f...
, Evangelicals , Politics , Theology , Iran , Rick , Romans , Sean
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UBI Soft B000XUBPAG
Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games
offers the most up-to-date and
comprehensive history of the Olympic
movement on the market. It is not a
record book full of sterile results and
statistics. Rather, it is an insightful
and accessible exploratio
Misc. $21.21 : Politics
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2008-12-05 Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings
A couple of day ago Professor Alan
Boyle from Edinburgh University Law
School contributed to the Damian Green
debate with a letter to the Guardian.
This is the second paragraph.In its
modern conception, "freedom of speech"
includes the
freedom to receive and
impart information with...
, Current , Legal , Politics , bill , conspiracy , damian , human , misconduct , professor , sally
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2008-12-05 The Politics of Immigration
A new administration that has raised
such high expectations should look for
new ideas in the areas of immigration
reform and trade policy, not recycle the
bad ones of the last few years.By David
Bacon, The NationNovember 26, 2008Since
2001 the Bush administration has
deported more than...
, guest , labor , politics
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