Vicky Moos

• And she was going to speak highly of them

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  Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border, Questioned About Speech…and 2010 Olympics [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:14am EST
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• This was on Sundance

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  Every American needs to watch this movie.
  
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  The World According to Monsanto [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:56am EST
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• H/T to Karen

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  wasl seeks expert advice from Dr. Edward Blakely on 'sustainable development' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:35am EST
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• Have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving!

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  Don't forget the cranberry sauce!' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:04pm EST
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• Uh hum

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  My favorite reply to the article in this week's Gambit, where they surveyed people at various grocery stores around town to find out their health care situation and what they think about health care reform:
  
  (I won't use his name), 32
  Self-employed
  
  Insured by Medicaid
  Needs primary care' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:56pm EST
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• Guess I can't move to Italy, after all

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  Sounds like something Mao would have said...
  
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  Italians find proposed lunch ban hard to digest
  Government official says breaks are ‘bad for output and ... harmony’ [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:09am EST
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• Somewhat amusing

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:09am EST
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• Sporadic posting, due to...

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  ...riding the bronco until it bucks you off (which may be soon). Somehow, I got the hard work gene from my Father, but I was also given a low tolerance in middle age for BS; the two don't work well together. I think the whole Katrina thing activated the "No'" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:23am EST
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• Don't get too excited

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  Judge: Corps’ negligence caused Katrina flooding
  
  For all you folks that don't live in NOLA, let me explain yesterday's class action suit ruling against the Corpse of Engineers. It leaves most of Orleans Parish out in the cold - anyone who was flooded because of the' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:43am EST
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• Lovely

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  A third of teens say they’ve texted while driving
  Pew survey finds some are ‘blasé’ about it, others cite parents’ behaviors [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:27am EST
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• Violated

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  So, I went to an interview for a part-time job on Friday, and they wanted to hire me, but it's contingent on a background check and me peeing in a cup. It's debatable to me whether this job should require a urine test - it's really borderline. You may have [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:23pm EST
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• I know Wonderful Hubby will be sad

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  One of his favorite shows is The Equalizer, which we watch on DVD.
  
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  Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:25am EST
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• Corporations gone wild

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  This is somewhat akin to price gouging and jacking up the price of gas before a hurricane.
  
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  Drug Makers Jack Prices [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:53am EST
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• Further evidence that cell phones and driving don't mix well

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  Texan drives $1 million sports car into marshes
  Driver blames bird, dropped cellphone; Bugatti Veyron is world's priciest car' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:07am EST
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• Yay, free market!!!

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  Apartments are available, but too costly for many, study finds
  Rents went up 44 percent between 2004 and 2007 [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:49am EST
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• Baguettes and black holes

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  Huge $10 billion collider resumes hunt for 'God particle' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:45am EST
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• Lovely

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  Further evidence that testosterone has deleterious effects.
  
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  Men more likely to leave spouse who has cancer
  Divorce rate is 21 percent, compared to 3 percent when husband gets sick [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:40am EST
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• Wah

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  OK, regular working folk - here's your cue! You all should now stomp out of your offices because raises are limited for regular working these folk these days to 2 or 3%, if you even get a raise at all. I feel so for these poor, impoverished CEOs. And they' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:32am EST
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• What I'm reading

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  Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang. I can't put this book down. I'm only on page 30, but it's absolutely amazing that someone who was born in this century, around the same time as my Grandmother, had to be sold at the' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:14am EST
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• I used to tell people, "When they go on sale"

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  Some of these are just plain silly, but the argument about overpopulation and mass of the planet is the most important reason.
  
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  9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don't Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them)
  Wanting kids isn't just the social norm, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:37am EST
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• Unacceptable, part II

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  Soldier-father of slain 7-year-old learns her fate during overseas call [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:27am EST
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• Unacceptable

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  Girl, 7, killed by stray bullet
  It pierces the wall while she slept [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:55am EST
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• Lee Brothers' book signings (for the best cornbread in the world!)

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  November 13th, Friday
  Page & Palette Bookstore
  Fairhope, Alabama 6PM book signing held at Fly Creek Restaurant. 831 North Section St., 251-928-5295
  
  November 14th, Saturday
  Crescent City Farmer’s Market
  New Orleans, Louisiana Morning event
  Octavia Books
  New Orleans, Louisiana 3PM book signing. 513 Octavia St., 504-899-7323
  
  November 15th, [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:45am EST
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• How to deal with people with whom you disagree

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  Priceless!
  
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  The attorney next door holds views I detest
  He denigrates gays and Muslims while I grit my teeth [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:33am EST
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• They are swine, so they need the swine flu vaccine before heart patients

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  Wall Street gets swine flu vaccines [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:06am EST
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• Once again, Republicans help the little guy

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  GOP Caves on Unemployment Bill
  While the bill was stalled, 200,000 people actively looking for work lost their unemployment benefits. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:57am EST
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• Poor little CEOs

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  Bank Bonuses Up 40 Percent [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:56am EST
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• Please come to NOLA!

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  Cuban musicians get U.S. encore [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:57am EST
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• The Bookfair is back!

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  NOLA Bookfair showcases indie publishing [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:50am EST
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• Also featured on Facebook under the Ed Blakely, Former Recovery Buffoon page

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  Ed Blakely, the czar that had no clothes: An editorial [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:47am EST
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• I wasn't a daytripper

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  In my last lifetime (pre-K), Wonderful Hubby and I went to Italy for our honeymoon. We stayed for two nights in Venice, and it is now my favorite city. As a matter of fact, after all the tourists leave at night is the best time to be in Venice. You [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:52am EST
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• This guy has nailed it

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  Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It
  We've been reduced to "human assets" in a relentless economic machine. And we can't even complain: appearing cheerful is vital when all of life is monitored by an employer.' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:43am EST
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• No wonder our recovery is not further along

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  While I have heard similar statements from other people who have come here to do a job, and left (so some of this may be true), I don't agree with Blakely making such broad generalizations about New Orleanians. I think everyone would admit that the government that we have in' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:06am EST
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• Civilized country?

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  I remember these days - I worked for years without a college degree, no health insurance, minimum wage, and no sick leave. This should not be, in this country, just like more than 40% of the college age folks in the US should be going to college. Millions should not [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:51am EST
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• Enough!

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  I don't know why I'm not hearing more disgust about this murder. Perhaps it bothers me more than most, this gentleman being from the same state, and being a fellow alumnus, but here was another person here to help, who has been killed in the prime of his life! This [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:44am EST
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• Worked for Ronnie, didn't it?!

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  Cheney's Memory Lapses' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:40am EST
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• James Carville and grits

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  Just got back from breakfast at The Bluebird Cafe's replacement, Coulis. Wonderful Hubby proclaimed it not to be the Bluebird (you knew that was coming), but he would go back.
  
  James Carville came in, sat at the bar, and ate breakfast while we were there. He seemed to be [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:53am EDT
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• This is inexcusable

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  I can't believe that moms would be so selfish to get the H1N1 vaccine when they're not in a high-risk group, or pregnant. I called my doctor, and even with high blood pressure, I'm not considered high risk, so I'm stepping aside for people, like my friend, Hurst, who really [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:49am EDT
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• YAY! Go Free Market!!!

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  China's Health-Care Struggle [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:13am EDT
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• What I'm reading

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  God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens. I'm a fan of Hitchens' writing in Vanity Fair, even if I sometimes don't agree with his politics. This book is written in the same entertaining fashion, and has some interesting historical references. Of' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:28am EDT
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• Just say NO to irridiated ersters!

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  Louisiana blasts FDA plan to limit oyster production [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:21am EDT
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• A tribute to Scatman

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  This still, of course, is from Scatman Crothers' infamous role in one of Stanley Kubrick's masterpieces, The Shining.
  
  I was watching The Shining again on TV the other night, which I hadn't done all the way through, in a while. I [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:51am EDT
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• The blues are my favorite

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  Marsalis: Racism and greed put blues at the back of the bus [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:43am EDT
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• I don't understand this

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  This is our most important issue. Period.
  
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  Congress Halting World's Plan [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:31am EDT
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• I've been saying this for a while

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  You may want to convert some of your retirement money into Euros or Yuan.
  
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  6 Signs That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End
  The day of America's global pre-eminence is over. We must face the new global realities. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:22am EDT
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• It took me 35 years to figure it out, but...

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  ...I need a farm. I've always ended up living in various places in the South, for jobs, relationships, or whatever blew me that way, but I've always felt a peace and synergy with the land. When I was a child, I was always happiest on my grandmother's 10 acres, north [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:08am EDT
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• Ditto.

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  Alone in a crowd? I wish
  I find that the older I get, the less tolerance I have for large masses of people. [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:51am EDT
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• Oh, poor baby

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  Washington cuts Wall Street's allowance
  The Obama administration lays out new pay rules for bailed-out companies, and Rush Limbaugh sees red [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:47am EDT
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• Ya think?!! When are they going to outlaw these things?!

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  Taser makers say don't aim at chest
  The Pensacola, Florida, Police Department banned the firing of Taser guns by officers from moving vehicles after the death of 17-year-old Victor Steen earlier this month.
  
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:30am EDT
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• OK, I'm packing for San Miguel now

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  And the Earth is flat. I can't take it anymore!
  
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  More Americans Doubt Global Warming' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:17am EDT
  by Vicky