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Limbaugh: We need segregated buses Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
In a remark extraordinary even by the standards of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio heavyweight declared on his program Wednesday that the United States needed to return to racially segregated buses.
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FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Fulfilling an Obama campaign promise the FCC will propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks.
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"Senator" Dukakis? Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Massachusetts as previously discussed is working hard to throw out democracy in the name of party benefit. The most likely nomination for Ted Kennedy's replacement? Michael Dukakis the failed and ridiculed presidential candidate.
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Why Illegal Immigrants Will Be Included in Health Care Reform Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
In a landmark ruling, that most lawyers know about, and that every professor of constitutional law knows about, called Plyler vs. Doe (1982), the Supreme Court ordered Texas to make the same education available to illegal immigrants as it does to citizens
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O’Reilly endorses the public health option Posted: 2 months ago by gammerus
Hell just froze over.
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Crying racism Posted: 2 months ago by lynxears
Everybody's racist, it seems.
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson? Racist, because he shouted "You lie!" at the first black president. Health care protesters, affirmative action supporters? Racist. And Barack Obama? He's the "Racist in Chief," wrote a leader of the recent conservative protest in Washington.
But if everybody's racist, is anyone?
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FCC To Further Investigate Janet Jackson Super Bowl Reveal Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
We have always been at war with the one-second glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple.
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MPs owe £140,000 in food and wine bills Posted: 2 months ago by davethefish
It has been revealed MPs owe the House of Commons almost £140,000 in unpaid food and drink bills.
They include 77 MPs who have failed to settle their tabs - averaging more than £500 each - for more than six months.
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Jon Stewart Slams Media for Missing ACORN Story Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
"You’re telling me that two kids from the cast of High School Musical 3 can break this story with a video camera and their grandmother’s chinchilla coat, and you’ve got...NOTHIN’???"
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Hospital meals form 'bingo game' Posted: 2 months ago by davethefish
An NHS hospital patient disgusted by the food has put photographs online and challenged friends to identify meals in a game of "hospital food bingo".
But just as he struggled to identify meals without the menu card, his friends "kept getting it wrong", said the patient at a South West hospital.
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Flashback Video: Carter referred to Obama as 'this black boy' Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Former President Jimmy Carter is throwing his two cents in on Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst on the House floor last week. Mr. Carter is calling Mr. Wilson's "you lie" accusation towards President Obama during the President's address to Congress last week an act of racism.
I'm guessing he forgot about this video
*update to this
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W.H. collects Web users' data without notice Posted: 2 months ago by shuallyo
The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet.
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Brits: sign petitition to kill proposal to disconnect accused infringers from the net! Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
The freedom for each and everyone of us to express our views on the internet is under threat like never before. The UK government is now considering laws that would allow individuals to be cut off from the internet.
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Operation Rescue May Close Its Doors Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
Operation Rescue, the high profile anti-abortion group - some would call it a hate group has announced that they are broke and may shut their doors
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Panel recommends 3 color-coded terror alerts Posted: 2 months ago by proverb
A special task force recommended Tuesday that if the Obama administration keeps color-coded terror alerts, the number of colors and levels of risk should be reduced from five to three.
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Racism plays major role in opposition to Obama Posted: 2 months ago by proverb
Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's speech to Congress last week.
Why else would someone disagree with Obama? Right?
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Senate Votes to Keep Housing Funds from ACORN Posted: 2 months ago by nateebiinature
Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to prohibit Housing and Urban Development grants from going to the group, which bills itself as “the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families."
Update to THIS
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"Norma Rae" dies of cancer... Posted: 2 months ago by bcgrote
The inspiration for the movie "Norma Rae", Crystal Lee Sutton, died of brain cancer at 68.
Her health insurance company denied her treatment for her cancer. Will her death make ANY difference in the health insurance reform attempts?
Also here and here.
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An Open Letter To President Bush Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
I supported your presidential campaign in 2000 and lauded your first efforts to wage war against jihadist terrorism in the wake of 9/11. Your September 20, 2001, address to Congress really was one of the finest in modern times. However the major mistakes made in the war, the dumping of American principles, the compromises political and personal were too much to bear silently.
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Chavez says Venezuela to get Russian missiles Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
"Soon some little rockets are going to be arriving," he said at the presidential palace. "They can fly 300 kms. And they don't miss their targets."
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Where’s the weed? Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
INTERACTIVE MAP:Los Angeles area marijuana dispensaries.
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Mr Gorbachev, DO NOT tear down this wall Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Margaret Thatcher, unlike Reagan was of the opinion that a unified Germany was not in the best interest of Europe and tried her best to prevent it from happening.
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Questions raised over bloody raid to free British journalist in Afghanistan Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
A British reporter, investigating claims of civilian deaths from an American bombing ignored warnings from locals and got himself and his translator kidnapped. A force of British soldiers were able to free him but at the the cost of one of their own and of the translator.
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Understanding Poverty in America Posted: 3 months ago by stinkobinko
The word poverty implies significant physical hardship — i.e., the lack of a warm, adequate home, nutritious food, or reasonable clothing for one’s children. By that measure, very few of the 30 million plus individuals defined as “living in poverty” by the government are actually poor.
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ACORN Baltimore prostitution investigation Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
A famous community organizer once said, “The only way to upset the power structure in your communities is to goad them, confuse them, irritate them and, most of all, make them live by their own rules.
*UPDATE ACORN Fires 2 after video surfaces
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