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• The Real Unemployment Numbers

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The REAL unemployment rate.
  The U.S. unemployment numbers are out today, and most headlines will show that the U.S. unemployment rate in November was 10.0 percent, down from 10.2 percent in October. That number is depressingly large, but even that under-counts the true number of unemployed. For instance, it [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:48pm EST
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• Terrorist thwarting hero turns out to be a liar

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  AirTran ‘hero' wasn't on plane, airline says  | ajc.com
  
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  It's a little easier to understand why a Houston man who claimed to have thwarted a potential terrorist attack on a flight leaving Atlanta has not answered repeated requests to tell his story.
  
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:35pm EST
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• Cord Wood

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  After decades of discussion, the issue of the Carroll County Nursing home seems to have been solved, at least for now. We’ve all been aware for well over a decade that the building had problems. Decades of GOP control in the legislature ensured inadequate funding for [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:35am EST
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• Food Insecurity on the Rise

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Food Insecurity is defined by the USDA is defined as: inadequate or unsure access to enough food for active, healthy living. The USDA has been doing a study each December since 1995. The latest USDA results are from 2008. From the study:
  The number of food-insecure U.S. households rose [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:21pm EST
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• Al Franken fallout has GOP fuming

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  Al Franken fallout has GOP fuming - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com
  
  Pity the poor Republicans. They're all mad because they feel that Al Franken accused them of being rape defenders, when they voted against his amendment.
  
  Maybe if they STOPPED DEFENDING RAPE they wouldn't have a [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 4:56pm EST
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• from Talking Points Memo

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  As Obama Sends More Troops, Giant Shadow Army of Contractors Set to Grow in Afghanistan
  
  While contractors allow the U.S. to fight wars with fewer American troops -- which may be good or bad, depending on who you ask -- they also present serious transparency and security concerns. [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:27pm EST
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• Obama pays back donors

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  The Campaign Cash Behind the Afghanistan Escalation
  
  Some are calling the president's plan to ratchet up the war a betrayal of the Democratic base, which overwhelmingly opposes sending more troops. For example, a recent Gallup poll found that 60% of Democrats want the president to begin reducing troop [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:25pm EST
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• It's Obama's War Now

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  On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. I was part of a panel that night on a local cable TV station, where we were talking about the imminent war, and talking about peace. As soon as we were off the air, someone [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:43pm EST
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• Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Period

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  The annual enrollment and re-enrollment period for Medicare Part D drug insurance opened on November 15, and will remain open until December 31. Medicare Part D is not part of Medicare (despite the misleading name). It is a private drug insurance program that Medicare [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:53pm EST
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• The Randian Story of Thanksgiving

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The REAL Story of Thanksgiving
  
  Did you know that the first [Plymouth Colony Pilgrim's] Thanksgiving was a celebration of the triumph of private property and individual initiative?
  
  oh, really? Tell that to the Indians who bailed out these nitwits.' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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• Thanksgiving memories

  —Susan the Bruce

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  and my favorite - the legendary WKRP turkey episode:
  
  Happy Thanksgiving - WKRP Turkey Drop - kewego
  http://www.sharkhost.com Happy Thanksgiving from Sharkhost.com! This is a blast from the past, WKRP in Cincinnati Famous Turkey Drop. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:43pm EST
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• Uninsured Patients Twice as Likely to Die in the ER

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  We're often told by those who oppose health insurance reform that "everyone has access to health care." By this, they mean that everyone must be treated in the emergency room. Of course, by the time someone goes to the ER, it's an EMERGENCY, and often one that might have been' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:39pm EST
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• Judd Gregg tries/fails

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Judd Gregg press release
  
  in part:
  "Senator Gregg stated, “As we near the celebration of the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic for a new life in the Americas, tonight, the Senate Democrats have ironically put our country on a backward course towards a European-style, government-run health care system." [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:46pm EST
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• Palin 2012

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:26pm EST
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• Grok Fail

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the voices of intolerance and bigotry have gotten increasingly louder. The Fox News sanctioned/organized Tea Party movement always seems to have a contingent carrying racist signs. There was the California mayor who sent out an email with [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:26pm EST
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• Drug Prices on the Rise

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Earlier in the year, as part of the health insurance reform bill, the White House agreed to a deal with the pharmaceutical companies. According to a NY Times story in August:
  
  Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:07pm EST
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• NH GOP - a constant source of pride

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  I'm not going to link to their site, but Skip and Doug at GraniteGrok do a live radio show, where today they had special birthday wishes for NHDP Chair Ray Buckley.
  
  NH Political Report has the story:
  
  After his radio show "Meet the New Press" ended today,' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• Moving Closer to Theocracy

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The peculiar and secretive religious cult known as "The Family" has a number of members who are Congressmen living in a house on C Street in Washington, DC. Both Stupak and Pitts of the woman hating Stupak/Pitts amendment to the House health insurance reform bill live at this residence.
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:18pm EST
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• Swine on Wall St.

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The virus known as H1N1 (or swine flu) has been found in nearly every country now. President Obama declared it a national emergency on October 23. This declaration allows HHS Secretary Sebelius to waive certain requirements under Medicare and Medicaid, privacy rules and other regulations.
  
  "The H1N1" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:40pm EST
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• teh stoopid - it bernz

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  This picture was taken at Michelle Bachman's (Congresswoman from Minnesota, with what could at best be described as a tenuous grip on reality) tea party rally in DC yesterday.
  
  Yep, they're comparing health insurance reform to Dachau. Lots of people died [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:17pm EST
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• The Sanctity of Marriage is Saved!

  —Susan the Bruce

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  In May 2009, the Maine legislature passed a marriage equality bill. Governor Baldacci signed the bill - ensuring that Maine gays would have the same rights as Maine heterosexuals into law. Sadly for everyone, Maine has a process known as “the People’s Veto” which means [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:26am EST
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• Jon Stewart on marriage equality in Maine

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cCan't Get Queer From Herewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:02pm EST
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• Yep

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:21pm EST
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• subtle, they ain't

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Viagra celebrates a birthday! Viagra is, of course, covered by most health insurance plans, even though some of those same plans do not cover birth control pills.
  
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:19pm EST
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• Mainers: Vote NO on 1

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Tell your Maine friends and family to vote for love and families, and against hate and bigotry.
  
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:06pm EST
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• Poland Spring flyers contain wrong polling hours | SeacoastOnline.com

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  Poland Spring flyers contain wrong polling hours | SeacoastOnline.com
  
  
  WELLS — The town scrambled Oct. 27 to inform residents of the correct polling hours for the Nov. 3 vote, after two Poland Spring mailers gave the wrong time.
  
  Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:43pm EDT
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• Medical Marijuana Bill Veto Override Fails in NH Senate

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  UnionLeader.com - Medical marijuana veto override fails in Senate - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
  
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  "The Legislature failed today to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a bill that would have allowed seriously and terminally ill patients legal access to marijuana. It takes a" [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
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• AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters

  —Susan the Bruce

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  AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters
  
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  From Sam Stein at Huffington Post:
  
  Republican pollster Bill McInturff was the keynote speaker on the final day of the America's Health Insurance Plans's state issues conference on Friday morning.
  But his speech on [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:14pm EDT
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• Pants on Fire

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Ah, New Hampshire. This year we had a long, cold, wet spring; a cold, wet summer, and a glorious fall with spectacular foliage. It was a rancorous year in the NH legislature, with the budget being a particular thorny issue. Mel Thomson and [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
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• This sums it up

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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:21am EDT
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• cause and effect - a lesson never learned by the GOP

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Local GOP county committee member Maynard Thomson has been writing letters to the editor for years, and has finally been rewarded with columnist status. As a result, he gets to bore us all at even greater length.
  
  This week, Mr. Thomson chose to entertain us with a piece [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:27pm EDT
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• Military Rape Awareness Week Starts At Times Square Recruiting Station; Recruiters Shut Out Retired Officer | AfterDowningStreet.org

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  Military Rape Awareness Week Starts At Times Square Recruiting Station; Recruiters Shut Out Retired Officer | AfterDowningStreet.org
  
  One in three women in the military in Iraq is raped. We need to say this over and over and over again until it sinks in. Over half of the federal [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:29pm EDT
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• Judd Gregg's Family Values

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Jamie Leigh Jones went to Iraq in 2005, to work for Halliburton’s then subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown, and Root. When she signed the contract, she was shown pictures of a small trailer where she would live with other women. The reality was quite different. She [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
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• Happy Birth Day Lucy!

  —Susan the Bruce

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  "Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind."
  Kurt Vonnegut[...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
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• WellPoint Cuts Workers' Health Insurance Benefits

  —Susan the Bruce

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  WellPoint Cuts Workers' Health Insurance Benefits
  
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:54pm EDT
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• Jon Stewart on the Democratic Super Majority

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cDemocratic Super Majoritywww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
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• National Coffee Day

  —Susan the Bruce

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  National Coffee Day
  
  I'm celebrating as I type!
  
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:01am EDT
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• Jim Hightower | HEALTH CARE TIDBITS

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Jim Hightower | HEALTH CARE TIDBITS
  
  "For example, insurance corporations are infamous for denying coverage to anyone with a pre-existing condition – things like cancer, or that ingrown toenail you had 20 years ago. The National Women's Law Center, however, recently revealed another "condition" that can preclude coverage:'" [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:25pm EDT
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• Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma

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  Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma
  
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
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• We're Number 37

  —Susan the Bruce

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  On September 12, thousands of angry white folks marched on Washington. This was billed as part of Glenn Beck’s 9/12 “Movement” but in light of the fibbing that went on about the number of people present, I prefer to call it the Million Moron March. [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:39am EDT
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• Mending Broken Hearts at Sacramento's New Tent Village - Christina Davidson

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Mending Broken Hearts at Sacramento's New Tent Village - Christina Davidson
  
  The story of a former US soldier and his wife, newly homeless because of medical problems. This is the kind of story that is NOT being told by the mainstream right-wing, corporate media. Is this really the' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 11:03am EDT
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• Arrrr, me hearties

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
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• Socialist Handwashing

  —Susan the Bruce

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  This week, kids all over NH and the rest of the country were back in school, where I would have presumed we all want them to study, get good grades, and behave in a mannerly fashion. Fortunately, the right wing mainstream media showed [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
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• We're Number 37

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
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• goodbye my love

  —Susan the Bruce

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  For David:
  
  
  i carry your heart with me
  
  i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
  my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
  i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
  by only me is your doing,my darling)
  i fear
  no fate(for you are my fate,my [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 1:18am EDT
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• Equality Maine - new TV ad

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Equality Maine
  
  Please donate time and/or money if you can - let's help our neighbors in Maine keep marriage equality. [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
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• From Birther to Deather

  —Susan the Bruce

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  h/t to Tim C. for the picture taken at the Obama health care town hall meeting in Portsmouth, NH - see more: Blue Hampshire
  
  
  
  Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory? US history is full of them. I was brought up [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
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• Morans

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  These are the mensa members fighting against health care choices - and bellowing lies. This is what the GOP is evolving into.
  
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 2:13pm EDT
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• Teabaggers Against Free Speech

  —Susan the Bruce

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  It seems the angry white men have a plan to disrupt town hall meetings on health care. Naturally these bozos are some of the people who would benefit from a public option, but they are so thoroughly brainwashed by their masters (Weepy Glen, Falafel Bill, Belligerent Sean, and Oxycontin Rush) [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 9:02am EDT
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• Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven

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  The radical anti-choice movement didn’t take a moment to rest on their laurels after engineering the murder of Dr. George Tiller. For a moment, it looked as if they intended to go after Dr. LeRoy Carhart with the same zeal, but these groups [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
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• the evils of single payer health care

  —Susan the Bruce

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  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cDrag Me to Health - Universal Health Carewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
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• Rachel Maddow talks race with Pat Buchanan

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

  
  
  After this was over, Pat led his staffers in a rousing rendition of the Horst Wessel song. [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
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• Stone Tablets

  —Susan the Bruce

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  In 2005, Maine established the Broadband Access Infrastructure Board, to work on establishing universal broadband access for the state by 2010.In 2007, the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, with the stated goal of assuring mobile phone and internet coverage to all Vermonters by the end of 2010. [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 9:52am EDT
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• I've got the internet blues

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 2
  The problems seems to be worsening. My DSL connection lasts about 5 minutes now, before going out. I've called and emailed FairPoint.' [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 11:10am EDT
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• you are not connected to the internet

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Is the message I'm getting this afternoon, in frequent intervals:
  
  1:00 pm, 1:15 pm, 1:32 pm, 1:50 pm, and 3:30 pm.
  
  I noticed a flier in my FairPoint bill advertising DSL for as little as $9.99 per month! That's considerably less than I'm being charged, for really, [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 3:31pm EDT
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• changing expectations - the saga continues

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 1
  So, on the seventh day, internet service was restored.
  
  Since then, I've learned that I have to alter my expectations of service. During the years of Verizon wireless DSL, I was free to roam throughout my house (that's 3 rooms, people) with only my laptop in hand, able' [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 11:06am EDT
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• and on the seventh day....

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 1
  there is finally internet service. It wasn't easy, though. The modem arrived, in a neat little package, complete with an installation CD - for PCs. I am a Mac user. So, I had to call tech support, again, to take me through a process that was oddly complicated. Way more' [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
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• but wait - there's more

  —Susan the Bruce

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  As of tomorrow I will have been without internet service for a week.One reason its taken so long is that the FairPoint tech support guy did not send the new wireless modem to my address. I don't know whose address it was - but it wasn't mine - so Fex [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
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• more FairPoint

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 3
  I can see through my sitemeter that FairPoint Communications has been reading my blog.
  
  It's been almost 6 days with no internet, FairPoint. I'm a writer. The internet is part of my job. I'm losing time and money - and hooking into the local library's internet at 11 [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 6:27pm EDT
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• Who Could Have Predicted?

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 2
  
  
  A small telecommunications company buying up the landlines of a giant (monopoly) company in NH, Maine, and Vermont – who could have known that such a merger would turn out to be a disaster?
  
  Nearly everyone. Still, the merger of Verizon and FairPoint was [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 9:52pm EDT
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• Tapped - the movie

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 2
  
  
  A serious look at the scourge of bottled water - and what Nestle has done to the town of Fryeburg, ME. Nestle/Poland Spring has torn the town apart - and turned people against one another, through intimidation, blackmail (we'll set the IRS on you) and bribery. Anyone who' [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:47pm EDT
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• Mental Health Break

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 1
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 12:08am EDT
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• Incorrect, Foreign Plumbing

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 4
  
  
  
  The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has generated even more vituperation than expected. It’s certainly an indication of how far the gains made by the women’s movement in the 1970’s have regressed. The mostly male talking heads of the right [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 1:49am EDT
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• ginning up the faithful with lies

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 3
  From the Chicago Tribune
  
  Blogger's Baby was a Hoax
  
  Story by Kim Janssen:
  
  The unmarried mother's story about giving birth to a child diagnosed as terminally ill in the womb hit a major nerve on the Internet.
  Every night for the last two months, thousands of [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 8:35am EDT
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• The Tearful Troy Newman

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 1
  
  
  This picture is from Operation Rescue's website.
  
  This weekend the NY Times published an article about the abortion clinic protesters in Kansas. It's an amazing read - the antichoice folks do a little too much whining, and show no empathy for [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
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• Republican Jesus

  —Susan the Bruce

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  hat tip to Jesus' General' [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 11:57pm EDT
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• This Murder was allowed to Happen

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 4
  
  
  
  On Sunday, May 31, Dr. George Tiller was gunned down in the lobby of his church, in Wichita, KS. He was murdered as he handed out church bulletins to his fellow congregants at the Reformation Lutheran Church. His wife was there. A terrorist came [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 10:19pm EDT
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• terrorist rhetoric

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 3
  
  
  Statement by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue:
  
  "George Tiller was a mass-murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama Administration will use Tiller's killing to'" [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2009, 9:09am EDT
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• US Physician killed by Terrorist

  —Susan the Bruce

  Number of comments: 1
  Dr. George Tiller was murdered by a terrorist on Sunday morning, in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Tiller was murdered in the lobby of the Reformation Lutheran Church, as he welcomed congregants into the worship service.
  
  Dr. Tiller worked at a women's health clinic. The clinic was one of the' [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2009, 10:10pm EDT
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• How would you feel if your marriage was up for a vote?

  —Susan the Bruce

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  Careful what you wish for. [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
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• Judas Jobs

  —Susan the Bruce

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  We all start out as babies. Babies are future humans – the hatchlings we feed, nurture, educate, and eventually kick out of the nest to fend for themselves. They are completely dependent upon us. Babies all come out looking rather like Winston Churchill, but turn [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
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