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The RNC Wants America To Fail! Do You?
Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:18 AM EDT
They want to repeal the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which is employing Americans and rebuilding American infrastructure. Isn't it ironic that this same party invested trillions of dollars in Iraqi infrastructure while the ungrateful Iraqis were shooting at us?
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BS vs. BO (Barbra Streisand versus Barack Obama)
Seeded on Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:46 AM EDT (ihatethemedia.com)
We're not quite sure which part of this story is the funniest. Take your choice:
Australian electoral polls: new PM Gillard poll bounce turns clock back to happier April
Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:49 PM EDT (The Age)
Analysis: "The coming of Julia Gillard to the Labor Party leadership appears to have stopped the decay in her party's fortunes, though this poll does not represent the unequivocal leap of public faith the government might have been hoping for after its extraordinary decapitation …
"Shocked" Obama phoned ex-PM Rudd first after hearing of his political "assassination"
Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:22 PM EDT (The Age)
The Age US correspondent: "Like most of Washington, Obama was not only surprised but shocked at the news, the President told the freshly dumped prime minister [Rudd], according to US officials familiar with the call."
New Australian PM Julia Gillard on Afghan War: "Our security is at stake in Afghanistan"
Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:45 PM EDT (The Age)
Pro-war PM Gillard: "Our objective is clear: to combat the threat of international terrorism, to prevent Afghanistan from again becoming a training ground for terrorists launching attacks against us and our allies".
King Arthur's Round Table Found
Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:45 AM EDT (the Mail online)
Two articles: King Arthur's Round Table 'found' - except it's not a table, but a Roman amphitheatre in Chester His is among the most enduring legends in our island’s history.
Earliest evidence of pet tortoise in Britain
Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:21 PM EDT (BBC News)
Researchers have found the earliest archaeological evidence of a tortoise being kept as a family pet in Britain, at a castle in Staffordshire.
I Will Survive: Dancing Auschwitz
Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:19 PM EDT (YouTube)
"On a recent trip to Europe, a family of three generations (a Holocaust survivor, his daughter and his grandchildren) dance to Gloria Gaynor's pop song - 'I Will Survive' at concentration camps and memorials throughout Europe.
Secretariat, EP Taylor, the Bedouins and the Etymology of the Parting Shot
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:29 PM EDT
At the drive-in the other night, I saw the first trailer for the upcoming film Secretariat, due out this fall starring the irrepressible Diane Lane.
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Neutral at Last: An English View of Sunday's Battle Between Holland and Spain
Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:32 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
These two European superpowers went at it for 80 years back in the 16th and 17th centuries. Perhaps we should place our bets on Sunday's clash in Soccer City going to extra time. But who should England get behind on the historical record? It's a tough one.
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