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Diggers To Face 15 More Years in Afghanistan. Are You Next? [Digg]
2008-02-01 04:28:00
It's up to you to figure out what this article means by "diggers." While you're at it, take in the brevity of the year 2023. Lock 'n load diggers, we're in for a long one!
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Iran: Young 'alcoholic' faces death penalty [Digg]
2008-01-31 23:18:00
A young Iran ian man is facing execution after a court judged him a 'hardened and incorrigible drinker," Iranian daily Etemad Melli reported. A section of Tehran's criminal court is currently deciding whether the 22-year-old man, known as Mohsen, should be executed.
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Mother accused of microwaving baby to death [Digg]
2008-01-31 17:50:00
Dayton, Ohio - A mother was arrested on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter by putting the baby in a microwave oven.
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8 Unusual Valentine's Day Gifts
2008-01-31 03:59:00
If you are looking for a gift that is a little out there, a gift that is truly unique, take your cue from these Valentine's Day presents that are sure to surprise your mate and at least get your brownie points for creativity.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Endorse McCain On Thursday. [Digg]
2008-01-31 03:57:00
Does This Guarantee CA to McCain?
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Abortion Film Pro-Life? [Digg]
2008-01-30 19:41:00
The movie 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days is about a girl who obtains abortion. A viewer who helped 2 girlfriends get abortions came away convinced that abortions are wrong.
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The perspective of an African American Conservative...
2008-01-30 18:48:00
In a live call-in to Public Radio's Vocalo.org in Chicago, I had the opportunity to discuss conservatism from an African American point of view.
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"All the King's horses..."
2008-01-30 17:10:00
As exit polls from the Florida Democratic primary and elsewhere continue to demonstrate, there is a significant and widening rift within the Democratic Party along racial, gender and class lines, as well as by age. Unfortunately for progressives, there are two other splits that will be longer-term problems going forward.
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A Few Good (White) Men
2008-01-28 06:14:00
I'll begin by noting that if it is not true that Bill Clinton is a spurting cock, then there is no more truth to be known in the universe. (See this video for yet but another example of what the Wall Street Journal called "Obama's Clinton Education.")Far from being a gratuitous aside, this observation is central to the dilemma faced jointly by Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign and Democrats more generally. As it is, Democrats have several squares to circle (as discussed elsewhere) in their attempts to maintain party unity in the face of a Republican Party that is slowly coalescing around John McCain's candidacy; Bill Clinton's unnecessarily incendiary commentary only adds degrees of difficulty to the task.For now at least, many Democrats think they are beginning to see the light as to who might best unite party and country. Exit polling from South Carolina indicates that 55 percent of voters think that Sen. Barack Obama "would be most likely to unite the country if elected presi...
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Clintonism R.I.P. [Digg]
2008-01-08 23:20:00
The continued implosion of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign speaks to the diminished esteem held for Bill Clinton and his presidency.
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Clintonism R.I.P.
2008-01-08 23:15:00
Hillary Clinton's defeat in Iowa, with - if recent polling data is to be believed - another soon to come in New Hampshire (as even Sen. Hillary Clinton appears ready to acknowledge), is a pleasant non-surprise to those of us who looked upon the Clinton era with equal parts loathing and disgust. But Hillary's impending defeat in the Granite State portends more than the undoing of a carefully stage-crafted campaign. Surely, we are witnessing a sea change in the fortunes of America's (former) premier political couple.Matt Bai of the New York Times Magazine correctly divined the likelihood of Ms. Clinton being able to launch a viable run for the White House when he correlated her success with public perception of her husband's record as president. In his piece, Bai points out how the nascent split between Bill Clinton's triangulating centrism and the more confrontational tactics embraced by the netroots endangered Hillary's campaign almost from the start.Even before they knew for...
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Men of Valor: Part V _ Michael Yon [Digg]
2008-01-07 17:31:00
"I was eating lunch with some British soldiers in Basra. I didn’t know any of them, but could tell they were veterans by their eyes and the way they talked. They were quiet, professional, and exceptionally polite"Michael Yon continues to enlighten us with his reports.
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China woman in legal first over abortion case [Digg]
2008-01-07 16:01:00
A Chinese woman who was forced to have an abortion despite being nine months pregnant is suing the authorities for their actions.
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Hillary d' Little Rock [Digg]
2008-01-07 03:30:00
Today is Epiphany Sunday. So it's appropriate that Democrats seem to have had their own moment of clarity about the "inevitability" of Hillary Clinton's ascension to the White House. Read here to find out why.
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Hillary d' Little Rock
2008-01-07 03:19:00
In the better part of American Christendom, today is Epiphany Sunday; I dutifully hustled my family to worship. For reasons about which I am still unclear, I felt particularly disengaged from the goings on during church today. (Perhaps it did not help that the preacher was speaking from the first chapter of the Book of Irrelevant Theology.)In any event, as the pastor's sermon wound down to its anticlimax, I noticed a rustling the pews on the periphery to my right. An elderly member of the congregation seemed to be in some urgent physical distress; he was eventually trundled out of the sanctuary and an ambulance was dispatched for him. My thoughts and prayers sped with him to the hospital, and reside with him presently.My own epiphany for today was that whatever "the church" is about, the least of it is what goes on under its imprimaturs. It is the interpersonal courtesies and intercessions of the faithful towards each other that justify the exercise of religious faith; surely it is...
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Trading Places [Digg]
2008-01-07 00:16:00
Hillary Clinton's new role as the scrappy underdog in the Democratic presidential race highlights the changes in her fortunes occasioned by her loss in Iowa.
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Trading Places
2008-01-06 23:40:00
I knew I saved this image for something. It nicely complements reporting from the Washington Post describing Hillary Clinton as the "scrappy underdog" after her defeat in last week's Iowa caucuses. All of Hillary's newfound scrappiness was on display during Saturday's debates.The L.A. Times also remarked on the Hillary's changing fortunes, noting that her opponent Barack Obama "who spent most of the debate in the position Clinton once occupied -- coolly above the fray -- responded evenly" to Clinton's debate histrionics.The times, they are a-changin'.More to come...http://mattersofmannerandtype.blog spot.com
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Do They Make A Mop Specifically for Drool? [Digg]
2008-01-06 02:22:00
I guess it is official, the bright shinny eyes of 1930's Germany has come to America.Sieg Heil Her Obama. Are you going to write a book about your "Struggle" and the problem with certain group of people and your final solution. Do you find it bothersome to salute the flag, the American Flag. Maybe a little Swastika will do better!
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Musharraf: Bhutto bears responsibility for death [Digg]
2008-01-06 00:51:00
"For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone. Nobody else. Responsibility is hers," Musharraf said in the interview taped on Saturday morning.
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Scientists say; US 'doomed' if creationist president elected [Digg]
2008-01-05 08:39:00
A day after ordained Baptist minister Mike Huckabee finished first in the opening round to choose a Republican candidate for the White House, scientists warned Americans against electing a leader who doubts evolution.
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Mirack Obamabee [Digg]
2008-01-04 06:59:00
Something truly miraculous occurred in Iowa during the caucuses. Both the Republicans and Democrats - each independent of the other - voted for the exact same candidate.
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Last of Haditha Marines Avoids Murder Charges [Digg]
2008-01-03 19:35:00
Why is he being charged at all?
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Chairman, sheriff differ over deputies' immigration role [Digg]
2008-01-03 19:01:00
Website Disclaimer (Please Read).Chairman , sheriff differ over deputies' immigration roleGwinnett County Commission Chairman Charles Bannister is calling for the county sheriff's department to begin enforcing federal immigration laws.Bannister wants Sheriff Butch Conway to sign up for a...IDONTSPEAKSPANISH.COM
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Smart 51 yr old gun owner stopped robbery of Buck's IGA [Digg]
2008-01-03 18:35:00
So glad to hear some of the success stories involving capable gun owners using their weapons and keeping peace and getting the rif-raff behind bars. It is a Citizen's right to bear arms to protect his family, self and his town, if need be. He didn't have to fire a shot. the chambering of the bullit was enough to get him to give up. YouGottaLoveIt.
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Go Directly To Jihad, Do Not Pass Gitmo [Digg]
2008-01-03 15:45:00
Released GTMO detainee implicated in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Novak Iowa Caucus Predictions: Romney, Obama Win; Clinton 3d [Digg]
2008-01-03 00:31:00
Here are some of Robert Novak's predictions for tomorrow's Iowa Caucuses.
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"He who has ears..." [Digg]
2008-01-02 05:34:00
December 2007 had the second-lowest number of US casualties since the Iraq War began. Why isn't this considered good news?
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Mike Huckabee Exposed about Iran NIE lies ! [Digg]
2008-01-01 20:17:00
Earlier this month, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee embarrassed himself when he was completely unaware of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran . Huckabee defended his gaffe by misrepresenting the timeline of his mistake , quipping that the report was released at 10:00 in the morning, the president hadn't seen it in ...
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In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm [Digg]
2008-01-01 15:59:00
In 2008 - you’re in for very bad weather. Your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming. You will be told that such bizarre weather must be a sign of dangerous climate change — and that these images are a mere preview of what’s in store unless we act quickly to cool the planet.
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MoveOn vs. Democrats [Digg]
2007-12-31 02:19:00
Nice to see some political backbone in Washington. Meanwhile, MoveOn and its billionaire donors are out to solidify their ideological control of the Democratic Party, even if that means denying what is actually happening inside Iraq.
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