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• Islamic intolerance in Egypt

  —PrairiePundit

  Washington Times Editorial:
  
  

  A 15-year-old Egyptian girl, Dina el-Gohary, has written an emotional appeal to President Obama asking him to use his influence to save her father, Maher el-Gohary, who is being persecuted for his beliefs. "Mr. President Obama, we are a minority in Egypt," Dina writes, [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:18am EST
  

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• I Got Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine—President Obama Controls My Actions Now

  —TexasLiberal

  I got the Swine Flu nasal vaccine today. This even though the Swine Flu is simply a plot hatched by labor unions and Mexican drug cartels. Did the Swine Flu nasal vaccine shoot nanochips into my blood? I might be programmed like a Cylon! Well—If it is a plot under the orders of President Obama, [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:44pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Ennis Woman Has Premature Baby After Taking Swine Flu Vaccine

  —The Ellis County Observer

  Number of comments: 10
  An anonymous Ennis resident/friend said her baby was born prematurely shortly (days/weeks) after she received a swine flu vaccine from a Dr. Kingsley in Ennis. Those are the details as of right now, but my skeptical mind thinks that maybe the vaccine had oh I don’t know, a “link” to this? Or [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:32pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• H1N1 mutation found in some flu fatalities

  —TexasFred's

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  H1N1 mutation found in some flu fatalities OSLO – Norwegian health authorities said Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected. “The mutation could be affecting the virus’ ability to go deeper into the [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  by TexasFred

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• Guest opinion - What is going on with PISD?

  —The Collin County Observer

  

  Erica Johnson has something to say about the redistricting battle going on in the eastern part of the Plano Independent School District.

  Although she lives in Parker, which is in the affluent portion of the area, she has been active in trying to drum up support for [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  by bill

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• H1N1 vaccine, a citizen’s duty

  —Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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  Claudia Meininger Gold practices pediatric medicine in Great Barrington, Vermont.  When someone recently suggested offering flu shots at polling places, it struck her that, like voting, getting a flu shot is a good citizen’s duty.  She wrote about it in the Boston Globe. AS A pediatrician, I received my swine flu [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:31am EST
  by Ed Darrell

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• Terrorism 101

  —Beginning To Wonder

  It really is appalling how few people of influence seem to get it. It's not that hard. [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:50am EST
  

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• Republican governors like to travel the world

  —South Texas Chisme

  Texans pay tens of thousands for security. Who picks up the rest of the travel tab? I'll bet it isn't any of the governors. Perry isn't alone among big-state governors in his far-flung travel. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger frequently jet around the country and the' [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:08am EST
  

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• Hector Garcia Can't Help Himself

  —La Sanbe

  With the flu season at its peak, health officials are suggesting to everyone that they wash their hands regularly, cough into their elbows, stay home if they're sick, etc. But a certain councilman shows us that he's invincible to any virus. He's been out there shaking hands, touching doorknobs, and' [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  

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• Former Donna superintendent gets $1.2M

  —South Texas Chisme

  Plaintiff’s attorneys described it as a chance to send a message to school districts across the state: Political influence has no place in educational hiring decisions.
  
  On Friday, a federal jury agreed, awarding former Donna schools Superintendent Andres Martinez $1.2 million in damages in what his lawyers described as [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• Bayou video of the day: Remember that waterlogged Bugatti? Here's video of the crash

  —The Bayou

  Where's the pelican? This is video of that hapless Bugatti, crashing into a saltwater lagoon. It looks genuine, although capturing this on film required an amazing degree of cosmic confluence. That's $2 million in high-end automotive engineering splashing into the drink.The Lufkin man who owned this car, Andy House, owns [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:01am EST
  

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• More than half of Texas H1N1 fatalities are Hispanic

  —South Texas Chisme

  Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
  
  Hispanics predominate in the state's southernmost counties, where 28 percent of the H1N1 deaths happened through Oct. 17.[...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:31am EST
  

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• Candidates Lining Up Against Ken Chambers in ‘10

  —The Ellis County Observer

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  Wow, well, it didn’t take long to get the “word on the street” over in Midlothian that Place 3 Councilman Ken Chambers has a flurry if people — supposedly — looking to take him on for his re-election bid in May 2010. Chambers is a rock star in Midlothian. He’s got [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:05pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Rand Paul drawing fire for Anti-Gay Marriage stance, but views are more Anti-Government involvement

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  by Eric Dondero
  
  A flurry of media attention is now on libertarian Republican candidate for US Senate Rand Paul, ever since SurveyUSA found last week, Paul pulling ahead of the GOP field for the first time. With the attention, comes increased scrutiny of his views. One [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  

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• Can You Influence Your Son’s Choice in Team

  —Blog Fabulous

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  Last weekend we hit another milestone. Truman went to his first Alabama football game. We were offered some posh seats in a skybox with a steady line of tasty snacks and a bottomless cooler of beverages. I suspect our son has been spoiled senseless. Wonder how he’ll react next time [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:48am EST
  by Jennifer Walker-Journey

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• I rather have a bottle in front of me than a LEO Phlebotomy

  —Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

  In an era of swine flu you would think that drawing blood in a jail, which are usually full of staph and other nasty bugs, would be verboten. Unfortunately police departments across Texas are giving cops a crash course in needle work and setting them loose to prey [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:49pm EST
  by Robert Guest

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• Hasan's Spiritual Leader says Islam shouldn't be blamed, but has ties himself to Radical Islamists

  —Libertarian Republican

  

  by Denise Clark
  
  We are now learning about some of Nidal Malik Hasan's influences. Imam Mohamed Abdullahi was his main spiritual leader.
  
  Abmadullahi made an announcement on Friday during prayer that Islam deserves no responsibility of the acts of Hasan.
  
  "We offer our'" [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

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• Expansionist President James Knox Polk

  —Dog Canyon

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  With all the recent talk of secession, it’s good to remember the actions of a man who influenced the process of Texas becoming part of the U.S in the first place.

  James Knox Polk ran for president in 1844 on a [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:20am EST
  by Mary Lowry

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• Most Parents, High-priority Adults Who Tried To Get H1N1 Vaccine For Themselves And Children Unable To Get It, Poll Finds

  —aArdvarking

  Well, isn't this interesting? Most people who need the H1N1 flu vaccine cannot get it.
  A new national poll from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that a majority of adults who tried to get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves or their children have been unable to do' [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  

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• Got H1N1?

  —aArdvarking

  Weird. This.
  While taking my uninsured adult son to the minor medical clinic to treat a sinus infection, I noticed a sign stating that they had the H1N1 flu shots for a paltry $19.
  
  I inquired and discovered that there were no age or health [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:32pm EST
  

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• Waxahachie Clinic Threatens to Pull Treatment, Call Cops for Patient’s Swine Flu DVDs

  —The Ellis County Observer

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  Clinic threatens to pull treatment, call cops for patient’s swine flu DVDs Told to sign ‘behavior agreement’ Joey G. Dauben The Ellis County Observer WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS – A kidney dialysis clinic threatened to pull treatment from an elderly patient who distributed DVDs warning of the dangers of the swine flu vaccine, and then was [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:14pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Cornyn rips White House over H1N1 vaccine

  —South Texas Chisme

  WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn joined fellow Republicans and conservative
  groups who attacked the Obama administration Thursday for shortages of the swine
  flu vaccine in Texas and other states.
  
  Cornyn stepped up his criticism
  as Iowa-based American Future Fund, a conservative group, launched a TV ad
  campaign questioning whether [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:15am EST
  

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• What books and papers literally turned history around?

  —Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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  Debating the effects  of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring got me wondering about the true influence of that book.  That quickly turned into wondering about the true influence of other writings, books and papers that might be credited with having turned around history in a given field, or in the United [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:13am EST
  by Ed Darrell

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• Eating Cocoa Krispies Will Not Prevent Swine Flu

  —TexasLiberal

  Number of comments: 3
  I read a brief story today that Kelloggs will stop making claims on cereal boxes about boosts to the immune system offered by consuming Kelloggs’ products. This is in response to suggestions that eating cereal will not prevent your child from getting swine flu. So no—Eating Cocoa Krispies—seen below—is not the path [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:48pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Roger Baker : Debunking the Vaccine Scare

  —The Rag Blog

  Graphic by David Dees / deesillustration.comSwine flu vaccine: The facts behind the kerfuffleBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2009Are the big pharmaceutical companies endangering our health with risky things like swine flu vaccine? Maybe vaccines are risky, but perhaps not in the same ways and for [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:39pm EST
  

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• I'm Thinking We Should Have Elections More Often

  —GregsOpinion.com

  

  Traffic patterns for the past year ...

  
  That peak in the middle was for some national blog love for my thoughts (and more importantly, maps) on redistricting in Texas. I thought it was a fluke that I wouldn't see repeated. Turns out, I was wrong on that prediction, too.

  These' [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:55am EST
  

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• You Take the Good, You Take the Bad ...

  —GregsOpinion.com

  Stryper may be cancelled for tonight (flu bug ... coming back on 12/21), but this movie is still on the agenda for tomorrow evening.

  [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:01am EST
  

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• No swine flu vaccine for Gitmo detainees, Texas senators demand

  —TRAIL BLAZERS

  Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn are demanding assurances today that detainees at Guantanamo Bay won't receive H1N1 "swine" flu vaccine until all 159 million Americans at elevated risk have access to a vaccination.

  They, along with fellow Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, introduced a resolution this morning to' [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:52am EST
  

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• Environment Texas: How Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking Water

  —Bluedaze.

  Toxic Chemicals on TapHow Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking WaterEnvironment Texas released a new study today that details how natural gas development can endanger our water. Steps we should take to protect our water from the executive summary:Avoid Toxic ContaminationReplace dangerous chemicals in fracturing fluids with safer alternatives; andSend wastewater [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:43am EST
  

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• Bad Deeds for 11-3-2009

  —The WAWG Blog

    Joe Wilson: Pro-Swine Flu, Anti-Obama – In a June congressional vote on a supplementary appropriations bill , Rep. Joe Wilson joined 95% of Republicans and voted against the bill, which contained special funding to combat the H1N1 virus. However, in a new interview with the conservative-leaning CNSNews.com, Wilson says the [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:58pm EST
  by Jim Vogas

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