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The Empire State Building's Disgusting Kowtow to China Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
Obviously, this is an opinion piece.. What do you think?
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Why Medical Malpractice Is Off Limits Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Malpractice suits with outrageous rewards and huge rates for malpractice insurance cost Americans $200 billion annually in health-care costs. Serious tort reform could help 300 million Americans. Democratic controlled congress has resisted such reforms. Trial lawyers rank among the largest contributors to Democrats but that is just a coincidence right?
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Rhetorical Tax Evasion Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
President Obama's effort to deny that his mandate to buy insurance is a tax has taken another thumping, this time from fellow Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee.
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Willie's World: Chances are 'high' pot measure will pass Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Truth be told, there is just too much money to be made both by the people who grow marijuana and the cities and counties that would be able to tax it.
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Obama the Gambler: That Machismo Is Not Foreign Policy Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
For Michelle Malkin, the speech was evidence that Obama was "the great appeaser," though she went on to say, "From the sound of it, you'd think you were listening to Thomas Jefferson." (That's bad?) For Rush Limbaugh, Obama's speech was "basically a coup against America." At the National Review's Web site, a debate -- an entirely serious debate among serious people -- broke out as to whether the speech proved that Obama actually wanted the world's , to win, in the tradition of past intellectuals who admired tyrants,Obama actually wanted the world's tyrants to win, in the tradition of past intellectuals who admired Mussolini and Hitler.
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Berlusconi drops T-Bomb on Obama - again. Posted: 2 months ago by suckersklub
Apparently he liked the attention it got him the last time.
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Union plans BNP Question Time demo Posted: 2 months ago by DAVEthefish
The TV technician workers' union has condemned the BBC's decision to invite British National Party leader Nick Griffin on to Question Time and pledged to join a demonstration against the programme's recording. Skip related content
Bectu said it would support any of its members who refused to work on the BBC1 programme, which will be transmitted on October 22.
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California Says Regulations Hurt Business Posted: 2 months ago by T1000
Regulations on small businesses in California have cost the state's economy $492 billion and 3.8 million jobs, according to a report quietly released by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office this week.
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“Would Jesus Wear a Rolex™?” Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
“Woke up this morning, turned on my TV set
There in living color, was something I can’t forget
This man was preaching at me, laying on the charm
Asking me for twenty, with ten thousand on his arm
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Man angry over hospital mark up of medication. Posted: 2 months ago by bernardblack
Jim Bujalski is understandably angry over his hospital's 3,495-percent mark up of medication. Hospital asshats try to justify it.
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A Woman's Bleeding Breast Is Not An Emergency Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
Insurer Blue Shield of California denied a woman's emergency room visit claim when she woke up to discover blood pouring from her nipple and sent her a bill for $2,791. Guess what happened next?
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Jackson: 'Hitler was a showman' Posted: 2 months ago by DAVEthefish
Michael Jackson is alleged to have praised Nazi tyrant Adolf Hitler in a shocking interview - branding the evil dictator a "genius" and a "showman".
The explosive taped interviews have been revealed by the late pop star's good pal Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who recorded a string of candid chats with the singer during their friendship.
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SHOCKER: Iran Reveals Existence of 2nd Uranium Enrichment Plant Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain blasted Iran's construction of a previously unacknowledged uranium enrichment facility and demanded Friday that Tehran immediately fulfill its obligations under international law or risk the imposition of harsh new sanctions.
*Related Link
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Netanyahu Blasts Ahmadinejad at U.N. Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a blistering attack on the floor of the United Nations Thursday on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying the hearing granted the Iranian president the night before amounted to a "disgrace of the U.N. charter."
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Millions go to signs flagging stimulus projects Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
The road signs, which let motorists know the paving and construction projects they see are being paid for by the $787 billion economic stimulus program, have popped up across the country. In a 52-45 vote, the Senate decided the signs should stay.
Yay
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Elementary School Students Reportedly Taught Songs Praising President Obama Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
The video shows nearly 20 young children taught a song overflowing with campaign slogans and praise for "Barack Hussein Obama," repeatedly chanting the president's name and celebrating his accomplishments, including his "great plans" to "make this country's economy No. 1 again."
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California OKs petition drive for pot legalization Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Richard Lee, executive director of the medical marijuana dispensary known as oaksterdamuniversity, and Jeff Jones, former director of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, are the sponsors of a measure that would allow anyone over 21 to possess or grow marijuana for personal use.
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Assisted suicide law 'clarified' Posted: 2 months ago by DAVEthefish
New guidance has been issued to clarify the law on assisted suicide in England and Wales - but it offers no guarantees against prosecution.
Instead the director of public prosecutions has spelled out the range of factors that will be taken into account when deciding on cases.
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Did This Congresswoman Have Lesbian Affair With a Turkish Spy? Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Great headline, huh? There are many perils to life in Congress: the humidity, town halls yelling... But worst must be when screw-loose ex-staffers go over to the opposition and accuse you of betraying your country to Turkey while having a lesbian affair.
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Carter's Security Adviser Calls For The U.S. To Go To War With Israel To Protect Iran Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Among other ideas Zbigniew Brzezinski suggests is that America should shoot down any attempted strike by Israeli forces on Iran's nuclear weapon sites.
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Cancel your dinner plans tonight Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
It turns out that the world ends today.
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5 Ways to Boycott the Economy Posted: 2 months ago by iamamaniac
There is a tendency within our society to treat our economic systems as a natural progression of socio-economic development, and though many criticise such flawed assertions , the vast majority of us rarely question the economic structures by which we live.
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Conservative Woodstock Rocks the Capital Posted: 2 months ago by missy1979
This event had been promoted as a taxpayer “tea party” but the crowd’s concerns were wide ranging, from outrage at ACORN and Obama’s socialist cadre known as Czars, to Obama’s untruthfulness. Protesters also displayed signs mocking Nancy Pelosi and others for smearing the grassroots movement as “astroturfers” and as an “angry mob”.
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Did lawyer crash courthouse groundbreaking photo? Posted: 2 months ago by proverb
"The night after the groundbreaking, I was watching the news and I saw a shot of the group. I was like, 'What the hell was he doing in there?' " said U.S. Magistrate Judge Andy Austin. "It was almost like this Forrest Gump thing."
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Bush reportedly called McCain 'a five-spiral crash,' said Palin 'not remotely prepared' Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Former President George W. Bush was incredulous upon learning that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was having trouble drawing a crowd and called his campaign a "five-spiral crash." He also asserted that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was "not even remotely prepared."
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