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No Paine No Gain: A July 4th special
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No Paine No Gain: A July 4th special

Popular Videos – An Independence Day look back at the radical influence of Thomas Paine, the often-overlooked founding father whose words sparked the American Revolution.

Voted for on July 08, 2008 07:39pm

Evil Reigns but None Dare Call it Treason
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Evil Reigns but None Dare Call it Treason

Do No Evil – Torture advocated, secret armies and prisons encouraged, ignoring habeas corpus for anyone pointed to and called "enemy combatant." Yet, non dare call it treason.

Voted for on July 08, 2008 07:39pm

McCain plan: Let taxpayers, not employers, subsidize health insurance premiums
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McCain plan: Let taxpayers, not employers, subsidize health insurance premiums

Politics – There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?

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Zimbabwean prison officer's film shows Mugabe vote-rigging
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Zimbabwean prison officer's film shows Mugabe vote-rigging

Politics – A film that graphically demonstrates how Robert Mugabe's supporters rigged the elections in Zimbabwe has been smuggled out of the country by a prison officer. It is believed to be the first footage that shows ballot-rigging actually taking place and comes as the Zimbabwean president is facing increasing international pressure.

Voted for on July 06, 2008 08:06am Commented on 3 times: 1 2 3

Overlooked: Sonar and Navy
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Overlooked: Sonar and Navy

News – Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to review the case of Winter v. NRDC, a case ostensibly about the Navy's use of sonar during military training exercises, but in reality about the extent of President Bush's power in influencing court decisions.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:35am

Judge Rejects Bush's Stance On Wiretaps
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Judge Rejects Bush's Stance On Wiretaps

Politics – A federal judge said that President Bush does not have the constitutional authority to overstep the law establishing the government's ability to conduct warrantless wiretaps on American citizens. FISA, in 1978, established the 'exclusive' means for engaging in wiretaps, and the president in his capacity as commander in chief can not evade that law.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:13am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

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Liberty by James Whitcomb Riley

Books – New Castle, July 4, 1878

Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 01:57pm

The Constitution: Bringing us Back from Darkness
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The Constitution: Bringing us Back from Darkness

Do No Evil – When we get away from that Constitutional structure, when we allow a few people (an Oligarchy) or a single person (a Dictator) to supplant those "Laws" for a Self-Governing Institution, that is when we no longer have a Republican form of Government, or as is the common description for American Government - a Democracy

Voted for on June 27, 2008 08:56pm Commented on 3 times: 1 2 3

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole
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Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole

Science – It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

Voted for on June 27, 2008 07:23pm Commented on 9 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Many states turning to paper ballots for fall - The Boston Globe
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Many states turning to paper ballots for fall - The Boston Globe

Politics – Florida's election fiasco in 2000 prompted many states to adopt electronic touch-screen voting systems, but after a spate of malfunctions and meltdowns in 2004 and 2006, paper ballots are making a big comeback.

Voted for on June 26, 2008 07:45pm Commented on 6 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'
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Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'

Popular Videos – Despite arguments against capital punishment, the Justices overwhelmingly approved its use, especially if they get to participate in some executions.

Voted for on June 24, 2008 07:49pm Commented on 5 times: 1 2 3 4 5

Gas could fall to $2 if Congress acts, analysts say
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Gas could fall to $2 if Congress acts, analysts say

Money – The price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a law to limit speculation in energy-futures markets, four energy analysts told Congress on Monday.

Voted for on June 24, 2008 06:46pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

Study finds contradictions among Americans' religious beliefs
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Study finds contradictions among Americans' religious beliefs

Religion – Americans remain heavily religious, but their views rarely conform to dogma, according to a massive new survey released this morning.

Voted for on June 24, 2008 06:46pm Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

US may open diplomatic outpost in Iran
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US may open diplomatic outpost in Iran

News – The Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return to the country nearly 30 years after the American embassy was overrun and the two nations severed relations.

Voted for on June 24, 2008 06:46pm Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

Army 'vacuum' missile hits Taliban
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Army 'vacuum' missile hits Taliban

News – British forces in Afghanistan have used one of the world's most deadly and controversial missiles to fight the Taliban. Apache attack helicopters have fired the thermobaric weapons against fighters in buildings and caves, to create a pressure wave which sucks the air out of victims, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies.

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