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Carl Linder Funds Terrorist Group and John McCain

Politics – Carl H. Lindner Jr.,the Cincinnati billionaire businessman and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International who co-hosted of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 03:32pm

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A silver bullet for Obama

Politics – The Supreme Court justices have just made it safer for gun owners to vote Democratic. McCain cheered the court's ruling, but Obama may prove the biggest winner of all.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:38pm

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McCain Proposes Tax Holiday For Beer Heiresses

Humor – Sen. McCain argued that his plan could lead to a revival for the U.S. economy, "The key to this country's economic well-being has been and will always be those Americans with vast inherited brewery wealth."

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:34pm

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Engaging Theism and Creationism

Religion – A scientific world-view entails atheism and thus contradicts Creationism. I am relatively sanguine when it comes to scientists who believe in God, as opposed to the much greater alarm I exhibit toward scientists who espouse Creationism. I believe that the battle against Creationism will be won, just as the battle against Geocentrism was won.

View Story Discuss (280) (scienceblogs.com) 24 days ago by RickyDawkins

Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:31pm

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New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'

Humor – A New Zealand man has sold his soul to hell -- Hell Pizza, that is. The New Zealand pizza chain said Thursday it had struck a deal with Walter Scott, 24, to buy a deed to his soul, shortly after an online auction site that initially agreed to the sale withdrew it from the Internet because of complaints it was in bad taste.

View Story Discuss (0) (cnn.com) 21 days ago by Bkumm

Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:29pm

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Never Again"

Do No Evil – "Terror struck me, and I felt that I had to go home. The place around the Tsurumi bridge was crowded with many injured people. They held their arms aloft in front of them. Their hair stood on end. They were groaning and cursing. With pain in their eyes and furious looks on their faces, they were crying out for their mothers to help them."

View Story Discuss (172) (wagingpeace.org) 21 days ago by RickyDawkins

Voted for on July 03, 2008 02:08pm

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FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

Television – Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.

View Story Discuss (261) (news.aol.com) 21 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:48am

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Last of the `Baby Ballerinas' dies

Women – Baronova came to fame as a 13-year-old after being spotted in Paris by legendary choreographer George Balanchine, who teamed her with two other young Russian-born dancers, Tamara Toumanova and Tatiana Riabouchinska, in 1932. The three toured the world as the Baby Ballerinas.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:43am

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The Hunting of the Snark

Books – Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem,was cited in a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in a ruling that the military improperly labelled a Chinese Muslim as an enemy combatant. The story of the Court Hearing: http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/06/30/guantanamo-detainee-ruling-quotes-lewis-carroll-poem

View Story Discuss (5) (literature.org) 23 days ago by gamahuche

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:03am

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A Growing Coral Crisis

Science – Overfishing And Global Warming Are Killing Reefs Around The World. Is It Too Late To Save Them?

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:02am

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U.S. Deaths Rise in Afghanistan

News – June was the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war there began in late 2001, as resilient and emboldened insurgents have stepped up attacks in an effort to gain control of the embattled country.

View Story Discuss (0) (washingtonpost.com) 22 days ago by Aidenag

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:02am

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Kenya 'fraud' minister told to go

News – Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya and other officials should be suspended over alleged fraud, says a government enquiry led by the attorney general.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.bbc.co.uk) 21 days ago by SunnyDays

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:01am

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McCain Fundraiser Oversaw Payments To Terrorist Group

Politics – The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

View Story Discuss (9) (huffingtonpost.com) 22 days ago by Aidenag

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:00am

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Higher prices may cause some to scale back on fireworks

Do No Evil – Fireworks go up in smoke...

View Story Discuss (41) (gmy.news.yahoo.com) 21 days ago by ecotourusa

Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:58am

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High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns

Money – This community may be an extreme example of how rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans particularly hard, but people in small towns from Maine to Alaska are in a similar bind as those here.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:04am

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