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WE should have such problems...
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... but then that'd mean we'd have to cut back on legislating and proscuting "morality" and incarcerating people for victimless crimes... Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminalsPublished: 19 May 2009 16:31 | Changed: 20 May 2009 15:35 By our news deskThe Dutch justice minis...
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NOTABLE WOMEN
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Ya know, when BD mentioned RBG's entrance into the what-I-presume-was-a joint gathering of house and senate for Obama's most recent speech, it got me to thinking about RBG, and other extraordinary women in our midst. I thought about the "w00t" thread, and how my two postings there had be...
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Miss USA payback??
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AT&T May Have Swayed Idol Results?LOS ANGELES AT&T;, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of American Idol, might have influenced the outcome of this years competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by f...
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GOD = GOP
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A couple of weeks ago, I shared something which surprised me on the Hawaii Christian Coalition's web page -- an overt solicitation for the republican party. Here, then, is my second contribution to what appears to be a growing trend, and leads me to ask if the trend will deliver us to a place where all ch...
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yo gator? you ok?
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hope all went well with your operation today and that youre resting comfortably.
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and in florida......another no surprise here article
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GOP governor eyeing Senate run to be outed in film tomorrow BY JOHN BYRNE Published: May 7, 2009 Updated 2 days ago The Republican governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, who is strongly considering a run for Senate, will be outed in a independent film being released tomorrow.The film, Outrage, tr...
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Hillary at the Helm
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errr ... well, sorta, anyway... Diplomats Same-Sex Partners to Get Benefits By MARK LANDLERPublished: May 23, 2009 The New York Times WASHINGTON The State Department will offer equal benefits and protections to same-sex partners of American diplomats, according to an internal memorandum Secr...
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Holy Dog park, Batman!
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Yep, we went this morning. And?? It was PERFECT! HE was perfect! When I first drove up, I was a little anxious because there were at least 30 dogs in the park, and I wondered if maybe I should wait until there were fewer, but I gave it a try, anyway, first switching my anxious mindset for a calm, relaxed one....
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cash for clunkers program
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i saw this yesterday and it looks pretty good as far as it goes. i wonder if it combines with those other credits for hybrid cars? anyway im kicking myself now because i updated one of my kids cars a couple of months ago and gave the old one to charity for the write off. i do think tho that they should reverse t...
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and so it goes
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for everyone who thinks the bad days are behind us and that discrimination no longer exists a reminder. and these women thought they were prepared and had the legal documents understood to be necessary to prevent this from happening. Kept From a Dying Partners Bedside Karie Hamilton for The New York...
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graduation daze
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this is graduation week and obama had his much contested visit to notre dame today and gave his speech. there was much to like in that speech and much to dislike. isnt that the hallmark of a good mediator to leave both sides at a loss? i was thinking about the various commencement speeches ive heard over t...
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er...if they dream it eventually somebody will try and market it
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Saudi 'Killer Chip' Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables Friday, May 15, 2009 Print ShareThis It could be the ultimate in political control but it won't be patented in Germany. German media outlets reported last week that a Saudi inventor's application to patent a "kill...
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(more) same-sex marriage progress
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N.Y. Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill Nathaniel Brooks for The New York TimesJanet L. Duprey, a Republican assemblywoman, had voted against gay marriage in 2007, but spoke in favor of the bill on Tuesday. She said a lesbian couple on her block helped persuade herBy JEREMY W. PETERSPublished: May 1...
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the summer replacement schedule
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as has been the case in recent years there are loads of new reality shows most of which bite but there are exceptions and one that i am really looking forward to watching is one tentatively called breakthrough. the idea is that individuals who are looking to make serious changes in their lives or lookin...
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knew it was coming ...
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I knew Arizona was in trouble the minute Janet accepted that cabinet appointment, and my worst fears are now being realized. Understand that Janet Napolitano was one of the best things to ever happen to education in Arizona. But those days are behind us, now, and with a republican-controlled legisl...
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did anyone watch
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farrah's story? I caught it in segments on msnbc.com. The story captures her fight with cancer and the lost of privacy that went along with it. I'm kinda glad I watched it .. it gave me a new perspective about her. Things like, I never knew she was an artist .... really, I never knew anything much about h...
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its a horse race
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this is an interesting horse racing season first leg of the triple won by a longshot and the second leg won by a filly and beating out the winner of the first leg. this is one powerful girly. The Filly Is a Champ and May Not Be Finished Steve Helber/Associated Press Rachel Alexandra, center, became the f...
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the hole in the reasoning here is big enough to drive a truck thru it
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RNC chief: Gay marriage will burden small business Posted 12h 7m ago | | Recommend 29 E-mail | Save | Print | Yahoo! BuzzDiggNewsvineRedditFacebookWhat's this? SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketboo...
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shopping high speed internet plans
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Getting ready to bite the bullet here, and get a cable internet connection. I know they're all gonna be faster than the dial up, but the question I have is how much speed do I really "need?" Most of the plans have the baseline speed for a certain amount (for the first six months) and then the nex...
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testing 1-2-3
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still trying to do this. lol
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releasing the interrogation tapes
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Is anyone following this? imo obama made the right decision. not a popular decision and not a decision that adheres to his transparency agenda but still it feels intuitively correct to preserve the safety of those troops who are still involved in action in both iraq and afghanistan. still, i suppo...
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New back yard residents or time share members?
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So ... I guess three days ago, I was out in the back yard watering, and I discovered two very young doves perched on the rattan shelf on the table I have on the improptu sort of patio I have out there. Not skiddish at all -- I could (and did) walk right up to them, and they seemed perturbed not in the slightest....
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No room at the inn for democrats?
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I just happened upon the Hawaii Christian Coalition official web site -- I was looking for some information on "Islam Day" Hawaii has evidently recently proclaimed, and wanted to see if the Hawaii Christians were in an uproar about it. Evidently they're NOT (which tells me something a...
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Not just one day a year ...
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Happy Day 'o Mom -- however you got there. :) [video=ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAMtCWFZdg]
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look what the kids brought home....
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pics of my son and his gf's new daughter....and ummm, yeah, she is only 18 weeks old (she is gonna be huge..they tell me she will be as big as my son's motorcycle...oh boy!)....she is actually a sweet heart and very smart...can already, sit, roll over and shake hands. oh, and her favorite thing is if yo...
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character assassination?
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the front page tie in to this editorial says this: Though the Supreme Court candidate hasnt been picked, the character assassination has begun reading the article tho i see three things mentioned none of which speaks to character and those are weight, intelligence and sexual orientation. mebbe im...
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to protect and serve
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TENAHA, Texas (CNN) -- Roderick Daniels was traveling through East Texas in October 2007 when, he says, he was the victim of a highway robbery. Police in the small East Texas town of Tenaha are accused of unjustly taking valuables from motorists. 1 of 2 The Tennessee man says he was ordered to pull his c...
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This swine flu thing
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Kinda creepy, hunh. So here's what I'm wondering -- how much good do those masks do, really? Yeah, I can see where they'd prevent someone wearing one from sneezing on you, but ... that's more for the protection of the OTHER person, right?
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are you an extremist?
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http://turnerradionetwork.com/domestic-extremism-lexicon.pdf
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good news
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there have been so many cases of kids harmed lately its just nice to see that sometimes there is good news. i actually went to sleep last night thinking about this kid and hoping that they would find him. i couldnt imagine how frightened he must have been and the kid walked 3 miles on his own power and had th...
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