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• Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Washington Post: Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.
  The skeptics have seized upon [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:27pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says - Bloomberg.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Bloomberg: "Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
  An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000”" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:26pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Trampoline practice for Cirque du Soleil

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  Kinda cool, especially for a guy who hates heights, and who once smashed his face on his knee jumping on a trampoline… [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  by John Doe

• Homer Simpson house

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  A builder made a house that was designed inside and out to look just like the Simpson house.  (Sorry, I’ve already forgotten to whom to give a hat tip.)  More pics here.                                         [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  by John Doe

• Sarah Palin is my hero, not necessarily my leader

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  I’d be squeamish if she won the Republican nomination for the next presidential election.  Hey, I would vote for her over Obama any day of the week. But I think we can and must do better.  See, e.g., Sen. Jim DeMint,  Liz Cheney,  Gov. Rick Perry, etc. But she is a hero.  [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by John Doe

• Tea partiers turn on each other - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Politico: "After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum....The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:07am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Health care issues: Bundling payments - Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 7:48 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the AP: "THE ISSUE: What can the government do to get doctors and hospitals to deliver cheaper medical services?
  THE POLITICS: Medicare's fee-for-service structure means that doctors, hospitals and other providers have a greater financial incentive to provide large quantities of medical services than to provide high-quality medical services." [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 | 1:57 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From AP: "There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.
  The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:58am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Gallup.Com - Daily News, Polls, Public Opinion on Government, Politics, Economics, Management

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Gallup: "Gallup Daily tracking from Nov. 17-19 shows President Barack Obama’s job approval slipping to 49% for the first time in his presidency. Among post-World War II presidents, only Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan dropped below the symbolic majority approval level faster than Obama did."
  Read Here: [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:57am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• State, local budget cuts a time bomb for U.S. jobs | Politics | Reuters

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: "Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.State and local governments will have to raise taxes and" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:55am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Senate leader at risk in healthcare battle | Politics | Reuters

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: Senate leader at risk in healthcare battle | Politics | Reuters: "Other than President Barack Obama, perhaps no one's political future is riding more on the Senate battle to revamp the healthcare system than the chamber's Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid.
  With Reid already in danger of being" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:54am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Top House Democrat questions 9/11 criminal trials | Politics | Reuters

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: Top House Democrat questions 9/11 criminal trials | Politics | Reuters: "The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court.Skelton, a fellow Democrat of" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:51am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Healthcare bill faces first Senate test | Politics | Reuters

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: Healthcare bill faces first Senate test "The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate...Senators will vote at 8 p.m. EST on whether to start debate" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:50am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Sarah Palin, litmus paper

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  Litmus paper turns color, red or blue, depending upon the acidity (red) or the alkalinity (blue) of an aqueous solution.  [For some odd reason, that made me remember Al Kaline, great Hall of Fame right fielder for the Tigers.]  The paper does not change, it is just an acid-base indicator.  In the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:48am EST
  by John Doe

• Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair - Times Online

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Read Here: Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair - Times Online: "The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:48am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• California Was Among States With Record Unemployment (Update3) - Bloomberg.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Read Here: California Was Among States With Record Unemployment (Update3) - Bloomberg.com: "Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October as weakness in the labor market stretches from coast to coast and limits the economic recovery.
  Joblessness rose in" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:46am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Germany warns US on market bubbles

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Financial Times: Germany’s new finance minister has echoed Chinese warnings about the growing threat of fresh global asset price bubbles, fuelled by low US interest rates and a weak dollar. ...Wolfgang Schäuble’s comments highlight official concern in Europe that the risk of further financial market turbulence has been [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:45am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Call your Senators–MELT THE PHONES!

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  They are voting to socialize medical care today!  Don’t believe those who said “ObamaCare is dead on arrival” in the Senate.  Sen. Ben Nelson has already indicated that he will vote yes.  Sen. Reid has already purchased Sen. Landrieu’s vote.  Sure, you probably think that you Senators’ votes are a) [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:44am EST
  by John Doe

• Ideologies: Democrats and Republicans--an allegory

  —The Richmonder

  It's a little known fact that there were two groups of Americans traveling aboard the RMS Titanic that were returning from two separate group tours in Europe. One group was composed entirely of Republicans, the other was made up of Democrats.
  
  When Titanic struck the iceberg' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:32am EST
  

• Hooked on Climate

  —Barticles

  
  Remember when climate porn was just a metaphor? Not anymore!

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  

• Yet Another Subset of People Vastly Smarter Than I Am

  —Barticles

  
  Folks who reprogram their scientific calculators to do all kinds of cool stuff.

  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

• Grant Bosse for New Hampshire’s 00 District!

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  It’s the right thing to do!  Donate by clicking on the comments section, and telling us your name, address, social security number, and provide us with a credit card, the number, the expiration date, and the amount of credit still available. Thanks, and isn’t democracy great?!! To heck with jobs savaed [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by John Doe

• What’s Yours Is Theirs

  —Barticles

  
  Today’s column provides the denoument to the story of Jay and Stephanie Burkholder, whose property Roanoke has been trying to seize so it can give it to the valley bigfoot, Carilion.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  

• Bending the Cost Curve

  —Barticles

  
  A common assumption among advocates of nationalizing health care seems to be that reform is necessary because insurance companies, being evil, deny coverage to people who need it. Of course they deny coverage. But it’s fallacious to think that a public option, single payer, or any other system won’t. [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

• GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From TPMDC: : Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Inhofe to Boxer - We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life!

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Still Crazy

  —SLANTblog

  
  
  The avalanche of happy birthday wishes I received yesterday via Facebook, and otherwise, calls for an answer. After saying "thanks," my cousin Ray will supply the rest. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:02pm EST
  

• Guidelines Ditch Annual Pap Smears - ABC News

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Good Morning America (something I have never typed before:): Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ....A new recommendation from experts suggests women need fewer pap smears.The group announced today that women [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Politico: I think Lieberman is the one going Rogue

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year — and embolden Democratic challengers who’d like to send him packing in 2012....But Lieberman doesn’t seem worried.....“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Matt Spalding on Progressivism's Assault on America's Founding

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:25pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the AP: The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment....Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Lonewolf Diaries: Church, State, Jesus and Obama.

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Big Hollywood - Steve Crowder : It’s no secret that the term “Separation of Church and State” has been bastardized beyond recognition by today’s post-ACLU era. Of course the toolbags of Hollywood have always done their very best to warp its meaning into something more lop-sided than Gary Busy’s [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Solving the Kissinger Question ..

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: The European Union says it finally has the answer to a question long attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I want to call Europe?..That answer is simple. The secretary of state phones Briton Catherine Ashton, chosen on Thursday as the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Audit the FED,.... cuz we have no clue what they're trying to do

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: - A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions to government audits, a surprise blow to the central bank's efforts to shield its independence and a signal of frustration with the central bank....The provision, co-sponsored by Republican Representative Ron [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:05pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Reuters: State, local budget cuts a "time bomb" for U.S. jobs

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday....State and local governments will have [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From Speigel: Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents....At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Two House Republicans To Treasury's Geithner: Resign - ABC News

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From ABCNews: Echoing comments made by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday night, two Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee today called for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign...Two Republicans call for the treasury secretary's resignation during hearing."It's been a year since the president was elected," the panel's ranking Republican, Rep. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• The $100 Million Health Care Vote? - The Note

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From ABC News: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
  
  Here’s a case study.
  
  On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” ..The section spends [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From The Hill: The Senate is headed for a rare Saturday vote to advance its major healthcare reform bill without a guarantee of success, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday....At a rally with supporters of the healthcare reform bill, Reid would not say he had secured commitments from all [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:43am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Senate health vote set for Saturday night - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From The Hill: Senate Democrats have cleared the way for a Saturday night vote to begin the healthcare debate, a Democratic aide said....Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has agreed to relent on his demand for Senate clerks to read aloud the 2,074-page bill and allow the chamber to take a critical [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• First females graduate Police College

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  From the Official Website of Multi-National Force - Iraq:First females graduate Police College
  Thursday, 19 November 2009
  
  One of the first-ever female Iraqi Police officers to attend and complete training at the Baghdad Police College proudly poses for a photo following the BPC’s latest graduation ceremony, Nov. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:38am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Urgent! Pastor Manning Visited By CIA, Expects To Be Arrested

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:48am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• As W C Fields Is Reported To Have Said

  —United Conservatives

  The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  
  Short and sweet, I had a serious heart attack on Wednesday night. I'm in the hospital, hooked up to a bunch of tubes. I have had a catheterization done and a stint put in, but there is still some blockage.' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

• The Tedious Lie

  —Barticles

  
  The email rumor mill once again is circulating claims that Michele Obama has more personal attendants than Buckingham Palace, and lots more than nice First Ladies like Laura Bush. This supposedly proves something about her, which supposedly proves something about him.

  It’s all nonsense. Laura Bush actually had [...]

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  

• Houck on the Way Out? (Then Hap better be on the way in)

  —Fred2Blue

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  Right now I’m hearing that Bob McDonnell will push very hard to convince Sen. Edd Houck to leave the Senate for a job in his upcoming administration, and Houck is seriously considering it. This means that control of the Senate probably hinges on either Democrats holding onto this seat or [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:15pm EST
  by Chris Guy

• NATIONAL AMMO DAY

  —United Conservatives

  
  NATIONAL AMMO DAY IS HERE!
  
  
  GO BUY SOME! 100 ROUNDS AT LEAST.
  
  
  
  
  
  GO ANNOY A LIBERAL! [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  

• Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  Problem is, whose definition of what complaining means are we going to use here? Like hate speech legislation, "set asides" and governement stimulus checks there is more to the intent here than meets the eye.... What a Pansy... From Big Government: Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Beauty is only skin deep

  —Smash Mouth Politics

  h/t my cuz, Bec [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  by John Doe

• How are the two even related, Reverend? Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man' - TheHill.com

  —The Contemporary Conservative

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  When are people going to see this guy for the charlatan that he is? Rev. Jackson doesn't care about true reform, or civil rights at this point he has just become a party guy that’s looking out for his friends and his personal interests. From The Hill: The Rev. Jesse' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox