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• Hooked on Climate

  —Barticles

  
  Remember when climate porn was just a metaphor? Not anymore!

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  

• Yet Another Subset of People Vastly Smarter Than I Am

  —Barticles

  
  Folks who reprogram their scientific calculators to do all kinds of cool stuff.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

• Grant Bosse for New Hampshire’s 00 District!

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  It’s the right thing to do!  Donate by clicking on the comments section, and telling us your name, address, social security number, and provide us with a credit card, the number, the expiration date, and the amount of credit still available. Thanks, and isn’t democracy great?!! [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by John Doe

• What’s Yours Is Theirs

  —Barticles

  
  Today’s column provides the denoument to the story of Jay and Stephanie Burkholder, whose property Roanoke has been trying to seize so it can give it to the valley bigfoot, Carilion.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• Bending the Cost Curve

  —Barticles

  
  A common assumption among advocates of nationalizing health care seems to be that reform is necessary because insurance companies, being evil, deny coverage to people who need it. Of course they deny coverage. But it’s fallacious to think that a public option, single payer, or any other system won’t. [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

• GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From TPMDC: : Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Inhofe to Boxer - We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life!

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Still Crazy

  —SLANTblog

  
  
  The avalanche of happy birthday wishes I received yesterday via Facebook, and otherwise, calls for an answer. After saying "thanks," my cousin Ray will supply the rest. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:02pm EST
  

• Guidelines Ditch Annual Pap Smears - ABC News

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Good Morning America (something I have never typed before:): Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ....A new recommendation from experts suggests women need fewer pap smears.The group announced today that women [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Politico: I think Lieberman is the one going Rogue

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year — and embolden Democratic challengers who’d like to send him packing in 2012....But Lieberman doesn’t seem worried.....“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Matt Spalding on Progressivism's Assault on America's Founding

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:25pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the AP: The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment....Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Lonewolf Diaries: Church, State, Jesus and Obama.

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Big Hollywood - Steve Crowder : It’s no secret that the term “Separation of Church and State” has been bastardized beyond recognition by today’s post-ACLU era. Of course the toolbags of Hollywood have always done their very best to warp its meaning into something more lop-sided than Gary Busy’s [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Solving the Kissinger Question ..

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: The European Union says it finally has the answer to a question long attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I want to call Europe?..That answer is simple. The secretary of state phones Briton Catherine Ashton, chosen on Thursday as the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Audit the FED,.... cuz we have no clue what they're trying to do

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: - A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions to government audits, a surprise blow to the central bank's efforts to shield its independence and a signal of frustration with the central bank....The provision, co-sponsored by Republican Representative Ron [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:05pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Reuters: State, local budget cuts a "time bomb" for U.S. jobs

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday....State and local governments will have [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Speigel: Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents....At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Two House Republicans To Treasury's Geithner: Resign - ABC News

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From ABCNews: Echoing comments made by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday night, two Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee today called for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign...Two Republicans call for the treasury secretary's resignation during hearing."It's been a year since the president was elected," the panel's ranking Republican, Rep. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• The $100 Million Health Care Vote? - The Note

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From ABC News: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
  
  Here’s a case study.
  
  On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” ..The section spends [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From The Hill: The Senate is headed for a rare Saturday vote to advance its major healthcare reform bill without a guarantee of success, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday....At a rally with supporters of the healthcare reform bill, Reid would not say he had secured commitments from all [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:43am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Senate health vote set for Saturday night - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From The Hill: Senate Democrats have cleared the way for a Saturday night vote to begin the healthcare debate, a Democratic aide said....Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has agreed to relent on his demand for Senate clerks to read aloud the 2,074-page bill and allow the chamber to take a critical [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• First females graduate Police College

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Official Website of Multi-National Force - Iraq:First females graduate Police College
  Thursday, 19 November 2009
  
  One of the first-ever female Iraqi Police officers to attend and complete training at the Baghdad Police College proudly poses for a photo following the BPC’s latest graduation ceremony, Nov. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:38am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Urgent! Pastor Manning Visited By CIA, Expects To Be Arrested

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:48am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• As W C Fields Is Reported To Have Said

  —United Conservatives

  The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  
  Short and sweet, I had a serious heart attack on Wednesday night. I'm in the hospital, hooked up to a bunch of tubes. I have had a catheterization done and a stint put in, but there is still some blockage.' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

• The Tedious Lie

  —Barticles

  
  The email rumor mill once again is circulating claims that Michele Obama has more personal attendants than Buckingham Palace, and lots more than nice First Ladies like Laura Bush. This supposedly proves something about her, which supposedly proves something about him.

  It’s all nonsense. Laura Bush actually had [...]

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  

• Houck on the Way Out? (Then Hap better be on the way in)

  —Fred2Blue

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  Right now I’m hearing that Bob McDonnell will push very hard to convince Sen. Edd Houck to leave the Senate for a job in his upcoming administration, and Houck is seriously considering it. This means that control of the Senate probably hinges on either Democrats holding onto this seat or [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:15pm EST
  by Chris Guy

• NATIONAL AMMO DAY

  —United Conservatives

  
  NATIONAL AMMO DAY IS HERE!
  
  
  GO BUY SOME! 100 ROUNDS AT LEAST.
  
  
  
  
  
  GO ANNOY A LIBERAL! [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  

• Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Problem is, whose definition of what complaining means are we going to use here? Like hate speech legislation, "set asides" and governement stimulus checks there is more to the intent here than meets the eye.... What a Pansy... From Big Government: Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Beauty is only skin deep

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  h/t my cuz, Bec [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  by John Doe

• How are the two even related, Reverend? Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man' - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  When are people going to see this guy for the charlatan that he is? Rev. Jackson doesn't care about true reform, or civil rights at this point he has just become a party guy that’s looking out for his friends and his personal interests. From The Hill: The Rev. Jesse' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• President Obama lung cancer?

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  I noticed two different trashy tabloids had as their cover stories that President Obama is sick with lung cancer.  Drudge now has a link to where the President was asked about rumors of him losing weight.  He denies that he has lost any weight.  Natch, an article about him losing [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  by John Doe

• Angie Harmon - My Kind of Actress

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Scared Monkeys:Obama and his socialist policies has nothing to do with race....Angie Harmon is not afraid to come out and say she doesn’t like how President Obama is handling the job — but she’s sick of having to defend herself from being deemed a racist....“Here’s my problem with this, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• The KSM Trial - Why its being held

  —United Conservatives

  Remember, everything is about Obama's legacy. Nothing else.
  
  After all the legal wrangling, Obama may very well be out of office by the time any civilian trial is concluded. Holder did not tell Sen. Graham that KSM would be re-imprisoned. He said that Congress would not allow KSM to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  

• Richmond Virginia law firm sued for sexual harassment

  —Smash Mouth Politics

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  “Williams, Mullen,” one of the largest law firms in Richmond, has been sued in Federal Court for sexual harassment, age discrimination, and discrimination based on national origin. Jerry Kilgore works there. Robert Eicher, a senior lawyer at the firm, who, according to the firm’s website, also happens to be chair of the Virginia State [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:09pm EST
  by John Doe

• President Obama Tells Troops, "You guys make a pretty good photo op,"

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Washington Post:..Obama did not mention the looming decision in his remarks to U.S. troops, referring to the Afghan conflict only by thanking South Korea for its efforts and expressing gratitude to the American soldiers who have served there...But he did discuss the region in his meeting with South [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:38am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Silencing Desent

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:18am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• No Political Purge for now

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From The American Thinker: There has been a story flying around the internet in recent days that the Obama administration intends to purge Republicans from the bureaucracy by using a new federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rule requiring that all applicants for career civil service jobs who held political [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:16am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Will 2010 be the Perfect Storm?

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the American Thinker: Seven different indicators suggest that 2010 will be a very tough year for the Obama Administration's plans to turn America into a Socialist People's Republic. If some of these indicators pointed one way and others pointed the other way, projections might be murkier. But all the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:14am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Attorney General Holder’s decision to try KSM in Federal Court

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  The true cause of that decision has now been revealed. You thought it was based on the principle of the “rule of law”? No, it’s based on “principle” alright, but not that principle. It’s based on “The Peter Principle“.  Holder is a dumb hack who has been elevated to a much [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:50am EST
  by John Doe

• Lindsey Graham vs. Attorney General Eric Holder

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:50am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Obama Administration cut enforcement against illegal aliens

  —Smash Mouth Politics

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  Elections have consequences.  Voting for an inexperienced moron could lose you your job.  The Obama administration has drastically reduced enforcement of our laws against illegal aliens.   “Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at work sites all fell by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:32am EST
  by John Doe

• McCain Defends Campaign actions with Palin

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin......McCain, in a telephone interview with Reuters, singled out campaign manager Steve Schmidt and senior adviser Nicolle Wallace [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:21am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• The “Google Dance”

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  I learn something new every day. I always have noticed that the  “hits” to my blog vary from day to day, and from week to week.  Sometimes going nuts, and sometimes dropping perilously low.  Well one cause, aside from my sometimes inane blather, is that Google rejiggers the system monthly. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:20am EST
  by John Doe

• Change or Status Quo

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Politico: He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors...Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:03am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• We already have “the Public Option” for legal representation

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that those charged with crimes  had a right to counsel, and if they could not afford an attorney, the public was forced to pay for one for them.  The results have been less than spectacular.  This is not a slam on the courageous [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:20am EST
  by John Doe

• Will Senator Mark Warner vote to create a new Frankenstein Federal Agency designed to strangle business recovery?

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Will the chummy relationship between Senator
  Dodd and Senator Warner create this for the
  Business Community of Virginia and the nation??
  
  Posted by MAXIMUS Senator Dodd's bill is very wide-ranging and makes a number of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:18am EST
  by ccMAXIMUS

• UCLA “Tuition Riot”

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  Number of comments: 2
  Looks like all those little progressives and liberals want everybody else to pay for their college education. Typical hypocrites.  Raise everyone else’s taxes so that we can get our education subsidized. Get a loan, you pathetic pieces of shit. Get jobs. Go to a cheaper school, or live with a [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:07am EST
  by John Doe

• POLITICO Breaking News

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Read Here: Windows Live Hotmail: "POLITICO Breaking News:
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  The Senate health reform bill will not allow illegal immigrants to get benefits and prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion, reports Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad. He said that unlike the House bill, there's no surtax on the wealthy," [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:30pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Not Larry Sabato Rewrites History?

  —Fred2Blue

  Oh….my….blog…. The Webbys top 10 internet moments of the decade includes: (emphasis mine): Online video revolution (2006): Faster bandwidth, cheaper camcorders and YouTube’s use of Adobe’s Flash 9 video player combine to make online video explode. “The trifecta led to a boom in homemade and professional content – the Diet Coke and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:41pm EST
  by Chris Guy