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• Bachman, Palin to Speak at National Tea Party Convention

  It boggles the mind - so much glamour in one place!! The place will be Nashville, and this will be the first National Tea Party convention. They are to rally their base. Bachmann, Palin To Speak At National Tea Party... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:33pm EST
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• 2012 - Lou Dobbs? Palin? Huckabee? Romney? or Cheney?

  CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - New group tries to convince Cheney to run in 2012 « - Blogs from CNN.com Follow the money. Hmmm. "Draft Dick Cheney 2012" - they have a new Web... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:29pm EST
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• BOOKS: Homeless on the Home Front

  NYRblog - Homeless on the Home Front - The New York Review of Books At left: a vet finds shelter near the federal Veterans' Affairs center in Washington DC Below: a MN vet in his makeshift underground shelter There are...' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:32pm EST
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• Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now" Stopped at Canadian Border after Appearing at Seatac "Borders" Books

  Amy Goodman felt ‘violated’ by Canadian border officials | Raw Story A supreme irony. Armed interrogators wanted to make sure she didn't say anything about the 2010 Olympics. They demanded notes, looked through her friends computer. (She is an American...' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:47am EST
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• Glenn Greenwald in Salon: Tough Guy John Bolton, Hiding Under His Bed

  If that isn't that greatest title for an article! John Bolton is one of the most revolting of the neocons, chasing women down hallways while sporting that walrus mustache. He is always the first to want to attack North Korea...' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:28am EST
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• "Black Friday" is a Scam - "Buy Nothing" Day Makes More Sense

  Dirty secrets of Black Friday 'doorbusters' - Nov. 20, 2009 Many of the "doorbusters" have fine print at the bottom such as "while suppies last" "minimum 2 per store" "all items available in limited quantities. Suppose they're selling HDTVs or...'" [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:16am EST
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• World Drowning in Cheap Wine Because of US Recession?

  Food & wine | US demand for cheap wine buoys global market | Seattle Times Newspaper PARIS — Is the world drowning its sorrows in cheap wine? An industry group said Thursday that more wine could be consumed globally this... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:11am EST
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• Lest We Forget: "Turkey" "Bush" "Turkey" "Palin"

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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:14pm EST
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• Canadian Comic Gets Palin to Say Canadian Healthcare System Should be Dismantled

  Geoffrey Dunn: More Palin Lies: The Trooper in 'Troopergate' Breaks His Silence [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:05pm EST
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• Chinese Fossil Turkey / Turkeys Used to Be Smart

  Feathered dinosaur fossils find has Chinese scientists all aflutter | Science | The Guardian David Disalvo - Brainspin – How Smart was Your Thanksgiving Dinner Before it Became Dinner? - True/Slant [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:02pm EST
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• WIngnut Outrage that Best Buy Added Muslim Greeting in Flyer

  About That Doing Unto Others Thing... | CommonDreams.org Now right-wingers are up in vociferously-defended arms because Best Buy's vast and stuff-packed Thanksgiving flyer included a little-bitty ad wishing Muslims "Happy Eid al-Adha," a holiday that 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide mark... [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:27am EST
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• The Graham-Palin Connection

  After reading Max Blumenthal's "Republican Gomorrah," hypocritic crap like this is no surprise. Palin pretends to be a populist in the family car but is being flown around by the org of Billy Graham's reformed cokehead son, but tried to... [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:06am EST
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• Bacon-Crusted Turkey

  A-list Search: "Can you fry that for me?" - Fatty foods Still feeling carnivorous? Thanksgiving: The Truth Regarding Free-Range Turkeys -- Even free-range turkeys have often been debeaked and had their toenails clipped [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:22am EST
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• Snoopy Thanksgiving GOOGLE

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:21am EST
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• South Park & Attacks on Redheads

  This article tells how students are beating up redheads. It's been the thing to do lately, apparently at least partially organized by kids on Facebook and inspired by a South Park episode - "Kick a Ginger." Gingers beware! - one...' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:08pm EST
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• It's Weird to Think the First Couple are "Hot"

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:05pm EST
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• It's Weird to Think the First Couple are "Hot" / Couple "Crashed" White House Dinner

  I really wanted to go to this - Kurt Elling sang etc. - now I see that a couple actually did "crash" the event and are pictured here with Joe Biden. They put it up on their Facebook site. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:05pm EST
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• Police in Ozarks Taze Ten Year Old Girl

  Thanks Joe Cooley in Oklahoma for your vigilance. Thinking alot about the police state as we near the 10th anniversary of the WTO in Seattle. Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl - Local News Story - KHBS NW Arkansas... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:55pm EST
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• Max Blumenthal Responds

  SLUGBUG I read your book from cover-to-cover while flying New Orleans to Dallas to Portland to Seattle - it's a page turner!! · Comment · Like · Doug Tarnapol - I'm not sure what's scarier -- the content of Max's... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:52pm EST
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• What the US Health Care Bill Looks Like

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:29am EST
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• Shut Up Hollywood! (from wingnuts say the darndest things on Facebook)

  Subject: Shut up Hollywood! From Sarah Palin's facebook page: Lady your the one and only hope we have left in America for reform of the Gov't . The other's have put us all in the poor house and it's a...' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:23am EST
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• Tea Party Rappers

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:46pm EST
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• Not for Vegans - Business Cards Made of Meat

  Video Games - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:24pm EST
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• 24 Years Ago Oprah Was in "Color Purple" - Now She Recommends "Precious"

  Amazing trailer .. I knew about Whoopi from an HBO special but I had never seen nor heard of Oprah til her amazing performance in "The Color Purple." [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:22pm EST
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• Pretty Babies - Pageants Keep Jon Benet Look in Vogue

  Pretty baby portfolio - ages 8, 8, 5, 4, 8 - so looks like they're "over the hill" after 8?' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:44am EST
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• The New Blue

  Observatory - By Happy Accident, Chemists Produce a New Blue - NYTimes.com In the intense heat, almost 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the ingredients formed a crystal structure in which the manganese ions absorbed red and green wavelengths of light and reflected... [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:44am EST
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• ART: Michalopoulos, New Orleans

  Got a large print of a woman standing outside in the night - painted by this artist - and have never gotten tired of it. Here are a few more, and his website. Michalopoulos.com [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:43am EST
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• Books: Stones Into Schools - Peace Through Education

  This is a recommendation from Alan Castle, in Seattle, who had recommended this author's prior book, and met the author locally. It's so timely, as we're just starting to hear more about sending troops and military equipment into Afghanistan. War...' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:26pm EST
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• Craziness - Lou Dobbs May Have Quit TeeVee to Prepare for Presidential Run

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:20pm EST
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• More on Cannabis Cafe, Portland

  cannabis .. the largest cash crop in America .. the only business booming in California and Oregon watch the testimonial [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:44pm EST
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• Jackson's Glove .. Sold for $420,000

  Jackson's glove brought a lot of money Darren Julien, CEO of Julien's Auctions, which ran the auction, called the glove "the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson," and many expected it to sell for far more than its pre-sale estimate of... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:37pm EST
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• Alcohol Good For Men's Hearts .. but for Women? Not So Much

  Another study saying it's ok for men to drink - maybe GOOD for men to drink. What about women? It was a Spanish study that said drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by a... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:32pm EST
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• Sex Can Trigger Global Amnesia

  Lots of strange sexually-tinged stories lately such as this one about how sex can trigger amnesia. In the story, a woman and her husband have sex. Afterward, she seems disoriented. She no longer knew the Olympics was going on, even... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:29pm EST
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• Surgery for the Perfect Vagina

  BBC NEWS | Health | New warning on 'perfect vaginas' There is an increase in the number of women seeking surgery to improve the appearance of their vagina, according to the National Health Service - despite the fact that it... [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:29pm EST
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• Quadafi Fashion Show!!!

  Courtesy of Robin and many thanks!! http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/qaddafi-slideshow200908?slide=3#slide=1 [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:44pm EST
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• FOX on "Burka Barbie"

  Seems to me FOX has some sort of "feminist" outlook when it comes to women in the middle east, while simultaneously managing to endorse repressive healthcare policies for women etc. in America. = Bizarro World. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:34pm EST
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• Martha Stewart Calls Palin Boring, Dangerous, Confused

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:58pm EST
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• New Orleans Noir II - The Last Evening

  Walked down Bourbon Street - smoky with Cuban cigars and people sinning away in the Bible Belt - maybe that's why so many places don't allow photographs. Went to Marie Leveau's voodoo shop - best part is the altar that...' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:36am EST
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• Partying with ASHA at Mardi Gras World

  I've gone to this convention in Vegas, San Antonio, Austin, San Diego, Seattle, New Orleans, Anaheim, Washington DC etc. over more than 3 decades and we've had some good parties - like adults-only Disneyland. Going to Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras... [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:58am EST
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• A Little Bitta Levi

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:08pm EST
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• Hurricane Katrina & Environmental Consciousness

  It was pleasing to find that quite a number of New Orleans merchants were avoiding the use of plastic bags after having seen what happened after Hurricane Katrina. There had been documentary footage of countless plastic bags up in the... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:48pm EST
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• Palin Book Crowd Goes Rogue After She Leaves Indiana Book Signing Abruptly

  From Robin:Dick Cavett is discussing Sarah Palin on MSNBC: She seems to have no first language. [...] I feel sorry for John McCain because he aimed low and missed. The fact that you could take any 5 sentences out of... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:22am EST
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• We're in Louisiana and Landrieu is Helping Stall Health Care Debate

  WASHINGTON — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. But the section's purpose is... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:17am EST
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• We're in Louisiana and Landrieu is Helping Stall Health Care Debate UPDATED

  WASHINGTON — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. But the section's purpose is... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:17am EST
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• We're in Louisiana and Wonkette Shows Vitter Withdrawing Money from an ATM

  Wonkette : David Vitter’s Just Got To Grab Some Cash Quickly, He’ll Be Right Back [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:13am EST
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• Latest Wingnut Viral Email - "Brokeback Mountain" Imagery

  However, it was the previous administration who broke the bank with unauthorized oil wars and deregulation of corporate interests. Here is an article from Daily Kos about wingnut billboards that are appearing in the outback. Daily Kos: Missouri Billboard Calls... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:45am EST
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• Virtual Biden & Free Alumni Food at the Marriott, New Orleans

  Joe Biden didn't make it to the Awards Ceremony at the American Speech and Hearing Association but former astronaut and Senator John Glenn and his wife Annie Glenn did. They had met at the White House with Joe Biden, as...' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:50pm EST
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• Bizarre Wingnut Campout for Palin Book Signing

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:35pm EST
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• New Orleans: Inside the Convention Center & Remembering Katrina

  “I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.”- Lily Tomlin Just had lunch out on the balcony of the blocks-long Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. I could see right up close... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:01pm EST
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• Virtual Biden to Receive Award at ASHA in New Orleans Following Recent Daily Show Appearance & Car Crash Story

  What is ASHA? Our convention! The American Speech & Hearing Association in New Orleans this week! Annie Glenn, wife of astronaut John Glenn, will give an award to Joe Biden, for overcoming his stuttering. So I uploaded this photo with... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:05am EST
  by Slugbug