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• Mary Landrieu Turns A Three Hundred Million Dollar Trick

  —The Whited Sepulchre

  From the 50 Books blog comes a story often attributed to a Winston Churchill/Lady Astor conversation. The 50 Books Blogger attributes it to George Bernard Shaw:A certain gentleman inquired of a lady whether she would be willing to sleep with him for 50,000 pounds. After some hesitation, the lady replied [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:07am EST
  

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• A Bloody Religion (And It's Not Islam)

  —jobsanger

  From the thought-provoking blog Ex-Christian.net. [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

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• Roundin' Up The TPA

  —McBlogger

  The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week's highlights from the blogs.

  TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked up the [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:24pm EST
  

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• The REAL Death Panel : Congress Gutting Reform

  —The Rag Blog

  Photo by Mike Albans / AP.The real death panel:A requiem for true health care reform?By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2009It was ten years ago that I lost my wife who was my buddy and companion. The Lady succumbed to a particularly virulent type [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  

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• Odds and Ends

  —Grits for Breakfast

  Here are several items from around the state this week that I've not found time to blog on but which deserve Grits readers' attention:
  State Rep. Rafael Anchia says Texas' DNA exonerees collectively deserve to be named "Texan of the Year."John Bradley wants Texas Forensic Science Commission members to' [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:43am EST
  

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• Agriculture : The Uses of Biotechnology

  —The Rag Blog

  Genetic science in agriculture:The uses of biotechnologyBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2009I recently wrote about GMO’s on The Rag Blog ("The Future of Agriculture: Genetics and the Limits of Oil") and I want to expand a little on the thoughts I presented in that article.Biotechnology [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:30am EST
  

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• Palin-Palooza

  —The Daily Hurricane

  Redmond and Elvis over at Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog are doing a hilarious chapter-by-chapter review of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," which they have re-titled "Why Me Not President?" So far they have covered Chapters One and Two. I'll share a few excerpts,' [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:01am EST
  by Desperado

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• The Fox News Legacy

  —jobsanger

  Found at the great blog written by Tokin Librul called Walled-In Pond. [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:05am EST
  

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• Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up With Links To Texas-Themed Thanksgiving Recipes

  —TexasLiberal

  Here is the weekly round-up of the Texas Progressive Alliance. The Texas Progressive Alliance is a confederation of the best political bloggers in Texas. With the round-up this week are links to some Texas-specific Thanksgiving recipes. With these links, you can make up a Texas Thanksgiving menu for you and yours—Wherever [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:36pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Credit where due on McGrady reporting

  —blogHOUSTON

  THIS BLOG POST by Chron basketball writer Jonathan Feigen (he of the sometimes tortured prose) explains the latest Tracy McGrady controversy in detail, from an informed perspective. In contrast, here's a blog post from KTRK-13 sportsreader Tim Mel... [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

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• Weekly Address 11-21-09

  —First Door on the Left

  From the White House weblog:

  In an address recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the President discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:52am EST
  by Len

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• In Defense of Publicly Funded Abortions

  —UrbanGrounds

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  Jaded Heaven, an exceptionally talented writers and my favorite new blogger (who also happens to live here in Austin) has an interesting take in defense of publicly funded abortions [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:43am EST
  by Robbie Cooper

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• Re-Match 2010: libertarian-conservative Andy Harris would crush Democrat incumbent Rep. Kratovil

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  Maryland's Eastern Shore
  
  Dr. Andy Harris, backed by the Club for Growth and the Republican Liberty Caucus in his 2008 race, would soundly defeat Democrat incumbent Frank Kratovil if the election were held today.
  
  From The Hill Blog Briefing Room:
  
  Rep. Frank [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:57am EST
  

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• Airport Blogging

  —Dungeon Diary

  Stuck at the airport so I am bored. Only bright spot was watching a crowd of Palin fans "boo" her as she left a book signingbefore signing all their books. Small comfort!Dungeon Diary [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:35pm EST
  

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• Oh, What Bullshit!

  —Pulp Friction

  Oh, What Bullshit!
  
  
  
  I've been out of town at a conference and haven't had time to read any blogs lately, so if I'm writing about a topic you've already covered on your blog, I assure you I haven't consciously stolen any ideas.
  But this' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:20pm EST
  

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• Friday Pussy Blog: Cat On A Hot Shingle Roof Edition

  —konagod

  

  Will fill this space shortly.
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  I'm so exhausted from a workday from hell that I wasn't sure I'd get this done!
  
  
  
  Sweet Pea loves to get on the roof and survey his domain.
  
  
  
  It was a rainy day' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:39pm EST
  

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• On Ezra, On Samuelson ...

  —GregsOpinion.com

  A bit too little of time to blog today, but two "compare & contrast" arguments on health care reform that I'll suggest reading over the weekend:

  » WaPo: Obamacare: Buy now, pay later (Robert Samuelson)

  » WaPo: Health-care reform's grand bargain (Ezra Klein)

  I can certainly appreciate Ezra's point about the' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  

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• A Modest Proposal : Eat the Rich!

  —The Rag Blog

  Photo by chrisjfry / Flickr.Serve the people!Carve up Wall StreetBy Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009See Amy Goodman's interview with Robert Scheer on Wall Street and the economy, from Democracy Now!, Below.Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that two major records have been broken in 2009 -- Wall [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

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• A Modest Poroposal : Eat the Rich!

  —The Rag Blog

  Photo by chrisjfry / Flickr.Serve the people!Carve up Wall StreetBy Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009See Amy Goodman's interview with Robert Scheer on Wall Street and the economy, from Democracy Now!, Below.Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that two major records have been broken in 2009 -- Wall [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  

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• Robert Jensen : How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving

  —The Rag Blog

  "The First Thanksgiving," painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) / Wikimedia Commons.How I stopped hating ThanksgivingAnd learned to be afraidThis is a society in which even progressive people routinely allow national and family traditions to trump fundamental human decency.By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009I [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:07am EST
  

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• Lily Keber : Putting Families in Jail in America

  —The Rag Blog

  Putting children in jail:T. Don Hutto and family detention in AmericaAs hope for change in Obama immigration policy dwindles, activists speculate on the fate of family detention.By Lily Keber / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009See 'Hutto: America's Family Prison,' A film by Lily Keber and Matt Gossage, Below.When' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:06am EST
  

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• Death to Diets on Thanksgiving (a Southern Cooking Blog)

  —Dog Canyon

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  Alice & Ray's Place, of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant Thanksgiving Day Glory

  Next week is Thanksgiving, the day we all give thanks that we don’t have to watch what we eat. It’s acceptable, nay, expected that you [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Reba Saxon

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• Poll Shows 52% of Republicans Believe ACORN Stole the Election

  —The Daily Hurricane

  To those of us who have been around the blogs for about the last 18 months this data from Public Policy Polling should come as no surprise:
  
  "PPP's newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election" [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:51am EST
  by Desperado

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• A Wee Bit of Self-Reflection with a Heap of Remorse on the Side

  —Freida Bee

  It's times like these I am very happy to have this here blog-ma-bob. Tonight, I fell asleep scratching the genius's back at 8:45, but then I woke up with my mind spinning at 11:00 and still come 12AM, it's time to surrender to the fact that' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:17am EST
  

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• Noah's Ark

  —jobsanger

  From the excellent blog of The Atheist Missionary. [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:07am EST
  

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• One in a Million!!!!!!

  —Political Teen Tidbits

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  I’m a millionaire! Not rich.  Not yet.  But I do have 1,000,000 hits on my blog!  Yay!   Thanks to David for letting me know.  I never keep track of these things. [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:42pm EST
  by frecklescassie

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• Five steps to save the Obama presidency

  —Houston Strategies

  I usually try to avoid politics on this blog, but this Forbes op-ed from Joel Kotkin on saving the Obama presidency not only resonated with me, but also touches on some of the subjects I cover
  here. Describing the administration as "Moveon.org run by the Chicago machine" is painfully [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:47pm EST
  

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• Humor files: Locke powerbrokers try not to beg (too much) for Morales endorsement

  —blogHOUSTON

  KTRK-13'S MIYA SHAY blogs about the big meeting between Roy Morales, Allen Blakemore, and Christian Archer. We LOVE reading stories about Gene Locke power brokers groveling for the support of the guy who finished fourth AND loaned his campaign mon...' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:17pm EST
  

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• BAR: Still not ready for primetime

  —blogHOUSTON

  DAVID BENZION blogs that Texas voters should not allow Houston's Barbara Ann Radnofsky "anywhere near the AG's office." We don't expect there's much chance of that.' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:05pm EST
  

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• Speaking of disconnects...

  —blogHOUSTON

  THE CHRON'S "SCIGUY" blogs about the "disconnect between TV meteorologists and climate scientists on the issue of global warming." For our part, we are frequently amused by the disconnect between faith-based global-warming enthusiasts who play met...' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:04pm EST
  

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