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McCain's strategy on the Clark comments

Politics – The McCain campaign's angle here is to not to prevent attacks on the integrity of McCain's war record (which Clark explicitly did not do) but to make it off limits for anyone to question that his war-time experience means he has the temperament and experience which make him the better qualified candidate to be president.

View Story Discuss (1) (talkingpointsmemo.com) 8 days ago by Wil

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Higher Costs and Delays Expected at Ground Zero

News – A series of tough choices must be made at ground zero, which will delay some projects and raise the cost of completing the Sept. 11 memorial, the office towers and transportation center, according to a report by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that will be released at its board meeting Monday afternoon.

View Story Discuss (1) (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com) 8 days ago by phipphin

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Bush's war on Iran has already started
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Bush's war on Iran has already started

News – The administration has greatly escalated "covert operations" against Iran in the past year, according to a revelatory New Yorker piece by Seymour Hersh.

View Story Discuss (84) (newyorker.com) 9 days ago by Natureboy

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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports
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McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

Politics – Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.

View Story Discuss (248) (newsweek.com) 10 days ago by TheVisionary

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10 Must See Classic Science-fiction Movies

Movies – Lacking the silky effects and realistic production we have now, earlier science-fiction movies were embarrassing affairs, where people in brightly colored uniforms met exotic looking aliens; space monsters and sea creatures looked about as convincing as characters from Scooby-Doo. Here are some must-see classics.

View Story Discuss (3) (cinemaroll.com) 14 days ago by Wil

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Heinz Pulls Ad Showing Men Kissing - Video

Television – The Heinz Deli Mayo ad has been pulled after less than a week on air after viewers complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that it was "offensive" and "inappropriate to see two men kissing". Click story line to see video of commercial.

View Story Discuss (3) (guardian.co.uk) 14 days ago by TimALoftis

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Why Do We Care About FISA?

Politics – Because of all the issues we've faced, in the last few years, this one was an absolute no-brainer, the one thing that the Democrats, no matter how stunningly incompetent, humiliatingly ineffective or bafflingly capitulating they may be, could manage to win simply by sitting on their damn hands. It took serious work to lose on this one.

View Story Discuss (2) (dailykos.com) 17 days ago by Wil

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Barack, Don't Ask Me - Show Me

Politics – As leader of the party, Obama now needs to take control of this matter in the same way he did with the DNC. And he needs to make it known that if Democratic lawmakers think they can step outside the lines of the Constitution, that they aren't worthy to serve the American People.

View Story Discuss (1) (opednews.com) 17 days ago by Helicon1

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Obama Silent as Democrats Give Bush More Spying Powers

Politics – Barack Obama has been mostly silent as the House caved into White House demands for more surveillance power this week. He has advocated civil liberties and accountability during previous clashes over surveillance, voting against a White House spying bill in August, but Obama has sidestepped the issue this week, despite pleas from supporters.

View Story Discuss (6) (huffingtonpost.com) 18 days ago by Wil

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Oil Giants Ready to Sign No-Bid Contracts in Iraq

Money – Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.

View Story Discuss (16) (nytimes.com) 20 days ago by Neophile

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See a Huge Moon Illusion Wednesday

Science – As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large

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Obama Tells Black Fathers To Engage Their Children

Politics – Barack Obama celebrated Father's Day by calling on black fathers, who he said are "missing from too many lives and too many homes," to become active in raising their children.

View Story Discuss (6) (breitbart.com) 23 days ago by TimALoftis

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Driest spring ever creates fodder for California fires

Science – The driest spring in history has yielded by far the driest, most flammable landscape fire forecasters say they have ever seen this time of year in the Sacramento Valley and Sierra foothills.

View Story Discuss (4) (sacbee.com) 25 days ago by Wil

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FEMA gives away $85 million of supplies for Katrina victims

News – Bureau of Prisons, Postal Service and other agencies get free Katrina goods FEMA spokesman: Giveaway is "not news"; agency unaware people still need goods Head of New Orleans nonprofit says, "These are the very things that we are seeking"

View Story Discuss (3) (cnn.com) 27 days ago by engineer

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Family felt like 'lab rats' in FEMA trailer

Do No Evil – It was when the sight of a bloody child became routine that Lindsay Huckabee broke down and cried. She and her husband, Steve, had spent months dealing with "two, three, four nosebleeds a week," in their FEMA mobile home, she said. This is their horrifying story of suffering and survival.

View Story Discuss (3) (sunherald.com) 30 days ago by Wil

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