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• First Health Care Reform Vote Tonight

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 3
  Tonight is the first vote for the health care reform bill. This vote is only to put proceed to debate the bill. All Democrats have announced they will vote to bring the bill up for a debate. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln just announced her support for bringing the health care reform [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:33pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• The Mississippi Health Care Stomp

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 8
  You hear that sucking sound? Yeah, that’s state of Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour was on Hardball the other day and commented how he thinks states would do a better job at health care than the federal government. Digby over at Hullaballo points out that Mississippi ranks 51st out of the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:41pm EST
  by nemski

• Sometimes Size Doesn’t Matter

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  Matthew Yglesias has a great look at the size of bills on Capitol HIll and disingenuousness of Republicans who complain about a bill’s length. The bill is long in part because it’s a complicated bill with lots of words in it. But part of the issue is that bills are printed [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:16am EST
  by nemski

• Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  Anyone who thinks Mike Castle would be some kind of moderate thorn in the side of the conservative GOP Senate minority leadership is fooling themselves. Among those senators who reported giving to Castle in October were Thad Cochran (Miss.), whose Senate Victory Fund PAC gave $10,000; Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), whose [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by xstryker

• Comment Rescue: Kowalko Slams Copeland on Valero.

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  This deserves its own post: From John Kowalko: Ladies and gentlemen, You have the advantage of witnessing the final morphing of Charlie Copeland into a Rick Jensen of the blogosphere. Charlie has taken no verifiable facts, added a dose of false accusations, sprinkled in some blame without regard to any sense of honesty, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Is Sen. Venables An “Honored Guest” At A Fundraiser for Colin Bonini?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 10
  Now this pdf letter lacks and real official markings, but it is being circulated as an official invite. And now you are asking yourself why a Senator belonging to the Democratic caucus is an Honored Guest or a Sponsor or Host for a fundraiser for a Republican candidate for Treasurer, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:58pm EST
  by cassandra_m

• Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Thanksgiving Bacon!

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 1
  Bacon-Wrapped Turkey with Pear Cider Gravy. Doesn't that sound good? I'm seriously rethinking my own Thanksgiving turkey preparation (fresh turkey, honey brine, stuffed with fresh herbs and roasted on the grill) for this one featuring bacon. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  by cassandra_m

• Mindnumbing Quote of the Day

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 6
  "So what if Sarah Palin didn't write this book? Even God used early scribes to write the Bible," - Moe Lang, a commenter on Amazon.com.' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:33pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Valero

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Valero closed today due to capitalism in action. The owners of Valero were losing money in operating the plant because demand for gas was low. Thus, by closing the plant, they hope to squeeze supply so as to make gas prices rise. And when gas prices do rise, we hear [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Friday Open Thread

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  It’s Friday! It’s the day you’ve been waiting all week to arrive. Not only is it Friday but it’s also open thread time. It’s almost too much excitement! All I can say about this is that David Vitter should be target #1 for national Democrats in the Senate. This is absolutely [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• McCain Vulnerable For Senate Re-election

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 3
  Just over one year ago, John McCain was the Republican nominee for president. Today he is vulnerable in his home state’s senate primary: Rasmussen Reports finds Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) clinging to a two-point lead over a possible challenger, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.). Chris Simcox, the leader of the anti-illegal [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Parents

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  “Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their seventh grandchild, Sarah Lynne Cheney, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz and was born at 8:17 A.M. at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her parents are the Cheney’s daughter Mary and her partner, Heather [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:29am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• November Cattle Call

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 9
  The statewide fields are starting to take shape for 2010. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:11am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• More on John Carney and DelaWind

  —TommyWonk

  Writing in the News Journal, Aaron Nathans has an update on DelaWind's efforts to build wind power towers for Bluewater Wind. DelaWind, which is now 95 percent owned by Amer Industrial Technologies, expects to create 567 jobs at its Edgemoor plant and another 116 jobs at Evraz Claymont Steel [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:02am EST
  

• An Assault On Traditional Divorce

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 4
  Social conservatives have been make dire predictions about how same sex marriage will ruin traditional marriage if it’s allowed. So, what’s happening in Massachusetts, where same sex marriage has been allowed for 5 years? Actually, the “experiment” has been running in Massachusetts for fully 1/2 decade now. Over three years ago [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Moments of Rationality

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 6
  Coburn is shot down and Huckabee sounds downright respectful of the President. Is this a new trend of rationality on the part of the GOP, or is it just insincere political maneuvering. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:24am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• An End To An Era

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 6
  After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey is ending her talk show: This afternoon, Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey’s Harpo production house, announced that the media mogul will step off the “Oprah” set in September 2011. He said Winfrey will confirm the news on Friday’s edition of her show. “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:38pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Scott Spencer’s “Silly” Altruism

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Scott Spencer, a Democratic candidate for the open Congressional seat, is donating 10% of his campaign fundraising to the Food Bank of Delaware, and he is challenging all other statewide candidates to do the same, whether it be to the Food Bank of Delaware or another charity of their choosing. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:46pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• What a Wuss! Giuliani Decides Against Run for Guv

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 3
  Mr. Verb Noun 9-One-One has decided that the one thing he fears more than terrorists is–losing. The New York Times reports that Bernie Kerik’s best bud will not run for Governor.  Why?: It was not clear what prompted the decision, but the prospect of potentially facing Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, who [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:49pm EST
  by El Somnambulo

• Neoconservatives rail against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 1
  Hah, just kidding. Neocons don’t even know where Eritrea is. Afewerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for “three or four decades” or longer because they “polarize society.” All forms of media are controlled by the government. At least 10 local journalists remain in prison since their arrests [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:07pm EST
  by xstryker

• Prison Health Care-Does Anyone Really Think This’ll Work?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 10
  Delaware’s Department of Correction is under Federal court order to fix a broken prison health care system. The alleged wonders of privatization have once again been exposed for what they are–private profit at taxpayers’ (and consumers’) expense. The proposed solution? Break down the large failed bureaucracy into ten smaller bureaucracies, according [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:26pm EST
  by El Somnambulo

• Which Religion Is This?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  I’m glad that Republicans are treating the health care debate with the seriousness that it deserves: Republicans have vowed to fight the legislation at every turn, saying it represents a dangerous expansion in the role of government that would increase taxes and insurance costs for millions of people. “It’s going to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Thursday Open Thread

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 14
  It’s open thread time – time to talk about whatever you like. Feel free to drop links in the comments or just comment on the weather. Nothing is off-topic! Here’s something to talk about, Joe Biden talked to Jon Stewart on Tuesday. Part 1 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Senate Health Care Reform Bill Unveiled

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 10
  Last night the Harry Reid unveiled the Senate health care reform bill, called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The whole bill can be read here (warning PDF) and a 2-page summary can be read at this link (PDF). The CBO score for the bill was released yesterday, the bill [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• NY-23: Fighting The Forces Of Evil

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Everyone thought the drama of the NY-23 special election was over after Doug Hoffman conceded the race and Bill Owens was sworn in. Bill Owens even got to vote for health care reform. However, an election recanvass found that Hoffman’s votes were dramatically undercounted in one counting, cutting Owen’s lead [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Get Mad!

  —kavips

  Number of comments: 9
  There were seven fights today at Shue-Medill Middle School on Kirkwood Highway. The Christina School District is responsible for that location… Due to privacy restrictions details are sketchy, but this is what we do know… Seven Fights in one school of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders… Why? Report cards went out last [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:54am EST
  by kavips

• Texans Living In Sin?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 7
  This is too funny. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:03pm EST
  by pandora

• Could Someone Please Make Her Stop Talking?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 8
  Sarah Palin is not only an idiot, she’s a dangerous idiot with absolutely no control, or thought, over what spews from her mouth. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:32pm EST
  by pandora

• Question of the Day

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 1
  How is it that it will take 'decades' for history to judge the success or failure of the Bush administration yet we know already that the Obama administration is a failure?"" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:34pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Wednesday Open Thread

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Is it only Wednesday? It already seems like this week has been too long. It’s open thread time, what’s catching your interest today? I found this amusing – progressive activists crashed an organizing phone for the Teaparty Movement and conservative bloggers. Personally I think the progressive activists are lying, Sarah Palin [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Sarah Palin Is Unfit To Be President Because…

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 11
  She’s incapable of representing all Americans. On Hannity last night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she’s “all for” profiling Muslims if it saves “innocent American lives.” I’m really sick of this sort of talk.  It’s beyond disgusting.  Frankly, it’s un-American – and I’m not one to use that term lightly.  It [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by pandora

• It is time to do away with the Old Testament.

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Let his days be few. Let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless Let his wife be a widow. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:53am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• When You Think It Can’t Get Uglier…

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 3
  Someone writes this in under 60 words: It’s no fault of the president that he has no natural instinct or blood impulse for what the America of “the 57 states” is about. He was sired by a Kenyan father, born to a mother attracted to men of the Third World and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:30am EST
  by pandora

• We Dodged That Bullet

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 8
  We always knew Obama was smart and sometimes we got confirmation in unexpected ways: As you know, Plouffe’s book offers the fascinating revelation that just before the South Carolina primary, a senior Edwards adviser offered him a swap: Edwards would drop out of the race if Obama would make him his [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• The Only Thing We Have Is Fear

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  A great American president once said this: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. –President Franklin Roosevelt What did he know, he only led us through WWII against history’s greatest villain, Adolf Hitler. The new Republican motto must be “the only thing we have is fear.” Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) is [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Bad Taste Rules the Day in Coverage of Biden Motorcade Accidents

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  The Huffington Post and the tabloid Gawker connect recent Biden motorcade accidents to Neilia and Naomi Biden's death nearly 40 years ago. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:58am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Republicans are assembling a STELLAR Field.

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 7
  On top of the news that the GOP has enticed the highly sought after Republican juggernaut Fred Cullis into the race for Delaware’s open Congressional seat, we receive word from Delaware Politics that …. gasp …. Former Delawareans for McCain leader and 17th Republican District chair Kevin Wade is considering [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:25am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• "A decade late and billions short"

  —TommyWonk

  Over at the Guardian, I take note of a remarkable mea culpa:
  It was a startling admission from one of the architects of the modern financial system. John Reed, who with Sandy Weill created Citigroup, said the merger was a mistake. What's more, Reed went on to' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Tom Carper’s Chief of Staff Now Lobbies for Wellpoint

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  You read that right -- the nation's largest insurer has hired Tom Carper's ex-Chief of Staff as a lobbyist to campaign for their interests on the health care bill: [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:00am EST
  by cassandra_m

• Blame McCain For Palin

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 2
  Andrew Sullivan points out something obvious that has been missed. McCain was the one who brought Sarah Palin into the spotlight – she owes all her recent success in enriching Sarah Palin to him. Has McCain apologized yet? We knew that about a charlatan like Kristol and a nihilist like Rove. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:08pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Radio Times’ Hasan Hour

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Enclosure: [download]

  Number of comments: 6
  Last night I was able to listen to a repeat broadcast of yesterday's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (mp3). She spent an hour interviewing three guests about Nidal Hasan, the Ft. Hood killer. Unfortunately, I only got to hear the first half, but it was riveting. The first half [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  by liberalgeek

• It’s Easter Break, you Heathen!

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  News from downstate is often hard to come by, and political news all the more. So apparently Sussex County Councilwoman Joan Deaver upset the applecart a bit recently when she suggested that the spring break around the Easter holiday be called "Spring Break" instead of "Easter Break." As is their [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Christie at UD Games.

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 10
  I have season tickets to Blue Hens Football games at the University of Delaware. So does the new Republican Governor-elect of the State of New Jersey, which perhaps explains the foul odor and ominous feeling of doom I encountered at the last game two weeks ago. I kid. Seriously, I [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Health Care Reform Polling

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Two new polls are out from CNN and ABC/Washington Post that find that the country, as it has been for months, is split on the current healthcare reform plans before Congresss. I have always decried these type of polls, because the reporting on them assumes that if you are against [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Jason pens a letter to the News Journal….

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 5
  I am sure you are all wondering what Jason330's reaction to the recent poll numbers showing Beau Biden leading Mike Castle by 5 points. Apparently, he fired off a letter to the editor containing his response to the News Journal. I doubt they will print it, but I will. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:11pm EST
  by Delaware Dem

• Breaking! New Compromising Carrie Prejean Footage! Here! Now!

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 9
  This goes back to when she first ‘found the Lord’. Hadn’t even dyed her hair blonde yet, although the boobs might already have been altered. I’d require a closer inspection to either confirm or deny. This footage has been under court-ordered seal, and sitting in the vault of a television production company [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:55pm EST
  by El Somnambulo

• “We, The People” Should Pressure the Senate; Not The Other Way Around

  —kavips

  Number of comments: 1
  As expected the House Health Care Bill passed with a smaller margin than expected… But it won, and now (after a much needed rest) we move forward. Again, as expected, the real debate is in the Senate… The Constitution is a marvelous document… One chamber is designed to move fast… that [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  by kavips

• Tuesday Open Thread

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 11
  LOL! Warning: Do not be eating or drinking when you read the following, from John Ziegler’s review of Sarah Palin’s new high school slam book: “For many reasons, this is by far the best book and greatest literary achievement by a political figure in my lifetime.” “I strongly believe that if every Republican [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Voluntary Victim?

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  Can you be a voluntary victim of sexism? Sarah Palin posed for this photo willingly. The sexism charge seems to be one of context, since this photo was originally taken and used for Runner's World magazine and that context of that photo was about health and fitness. It would seem [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:24am EST
  by Delaware Dem

• These Things Just Happen

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 1
  Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck had a conversation on O’Reilly’s radio show yesterday and predicted violence against Nancy Pelosi could occur. BECK: Last week, I head you say that — you were on with Dennis Miller. … You two were talking about an insurrection coming. O’REILLY: Tax revolt. BECK: He [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope