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Police Invade Wisconsin man's property to pull down flag hun
washingtonpost.com — The Washington post says "An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it - an Iraq war veteran - claims the officers trespassed and stole his property. " More…
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Troops Ready to Die to Stop Iran Protests
cnn.com — Gen. Sayyed Hassan Firouzabadi, chief of Iran's Joint Armed Forces, said Iranian soldiers were willing to die as they did in the brutal eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s rather than back down in the face of protests over June's disputed presidential election. More…
OfNumbersDennis Kucinich Demolishes Wingnut Doc on Healthcare
crooksandliars.com — "I'm not surprised that psychiatrist David Gratzer testified this week that the Canadian healthcare system is just awful and how the poor deprived Canadians are simply pouring across the border... Oddly enough, he forgot to mention that the Canadian government was not only sending them across the border, they were picking up the check." More…
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Pash1994Freeper in free speech flap after racial slurs.
vancouversun.com — "A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion." Moderators of the blog left the comments - and commenters - in place until a complaint was lodged by a writer doing research on the conservative movement, almost a full day later. More…
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Sotomayor Tougher on Crime Than Any of Her Colleagues
politicsdaily.com — Conservative critics of Judge Sonia Sotomayor have had plenty to say about what they consider her liberal judicial record. But would it make any difference if they knew that as a New York trial judge, she was tougher on crime -- handing down more and longer sentences -- than any of her colleagues in the same district? More…
ironeusHemingway revealed as failed KGB spy
guardian.co.uk — Up till now, this has been a notably cheerful year for admirers of Ernest Hemingway – a surprisingly diverse set of people who range from Michael Palin to Elmore Leonard. Almost every month has brought good news: a planned Hemingway biopic; a new, improved version of his memoir, A Moveable Feast; the opening of a digital archive of papers... More…
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Peggy Noonan Goes Off On Sarah Palin In Column: "Horrifying"
huffingtonpost.com — One of the most refreshingly honest moments of the 2008 campaign came when Peggy Noonan, a columnist and former Republican speechwriter, was caught on a live mike calling the choice of Sarah Palin to run on the Republican ticket "political *****." She smoothed over her harsh remarks in a subsequent column, saying she liked Palin even if she wasn More…
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Only 6% of Scientists are Republicans, Says Pew Poll
huffingtonpost.com — A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the GOP is alienating scientists to a startling degree. Only six percent of America's scientists identify themselves as Republicans; fifty-five percent call themselves Democrats. More…
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Sam Stein: Was The CIA Hiding Cheney's "Executive Assassinat
huffingtonpost.com — The revelation from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that they were misled about a critical CIA program has sparked a debate that touches on the most sensitive areas of national security policy. What program, exactly, was being kept secret? More…
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Minnesota GOP Writes Big Check To... Al Franken?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The Minnesota Republican Party has tied off a remaining loose end from the epic, eight-month battle to determine a winner in the 2008 Minnesota Senate race, sending Democratic Sen. Al Franken's campaign a check for almost $96,000 that was owed to him by Republican former Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign. More…
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ADN Confirms: Palin's Story Doesn't Hold Up
huffingtonpost.com — A large chunk of that work went into the personnel board "Troopergate" investigation, which Palin herself initiated on the grounds that a legislation investigation was politicized. Only three of the ethics complaints are still pending, a fact that makes Palin's explanation seem even less sensible. More…
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