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    Openly gay bishop to deliver first inauguration event invocation

    I wonder if Warren and Robinson will compare notes and talk shop? The first openly gay priest ordained by a major Christian denomination will deliver the invocation at the kickoff inauguration event Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial. The Rev. Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire, has...
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    The Bush catastrophe ... from every perspective

    I the waning days of the lame duck dictator, political commentators are left crying in their beer. Whos going to provide the endless fodder for their colums or newscasts? Can they somehow find something (anything) about the incoming administration that could possibly compare to the horror of...
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    Israel asks the US permission to attack Iran

    That's just nuts!!! What do you do when the "kids" aren't playing well in the sandbox? President Bush rejected several Israeli requests last year for weapons and permission for a potential airstrike inside Iran, the author of an investigative report told CNN. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
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    The all forgiving Christian "God"

    I guess everybody is redeemable if you have the cash Speaking out two years after being embroiled in a gay sex scandal, former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard said Friday his sexual identity is complex and can't be put into "stereotypical boxes," but that his relationship with his wife is...
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    $274M for Canadian military vehicles to be built in U.S

    At a time when American manufacturers are adamant about tying their stimulus package to a "must be produced in the USA" to qualify for funding, Harpo and his legion of mental midgets spends $274 million on American vehicles with absolutely no industrial benefit to Canada VALCARTIER, Que. -...
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    'Big, comprehensive' economic action coming: Harper

    Hmmm. And that means what exactly? A further 1% cut in the GST. I mean that certainly made people "bursting" at the seams with gratitutde to his lordship. Cutback all social programs? Sorry he's already gutted theose. Tax breaks for corporations and the top 2% "rich folk" He's already...
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    Obama to reverse some of Bush's executive orders

    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama could reverse some of President Bush's most controversial executive orders, including restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, shortly after taking office in January. President-elect Barack Obama may overturn many of the executive orders...
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    U.S. deficit pegged at $1.2 trillion in 2009

    I guess GW has alot of 'spainin to do... Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent, Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. federal budget deficit will reach at least $1.2 trillion in 2009, almost triple its level last year, and could soar several...
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    Joe the plumber headed to Middle East

    What??? Weird Al Yankovich's scheduale was full? It's truly scraping the bottom of the barrell when such "scions" as conservative media outlet Pajamas Media try to generate interest from what the Plumber says Joe the plumber headed to Middle East Posted: 02:01 PM ET Then-Sen. Obama's chance...
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    Porn industry seeks federal bailout

    Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a...
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    Australia denies another request to resettle Guantanamo detainees

    Geez, Imagine that. Austrailia won't take Gitmo off Bush's hands because "none met her country's "stringent national security and immigration criteria," Nor do they meet any other countries definition of a "terrorist". Australia declined a request from the Bush administration to...
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    U.S. to split by 2010? Russian analyst thinks so

    KGB-trained official's prediction of looming breakup spurs celebrity, scorn updated 1:01 a.m. PT, Sat., Jan. 3, 2009 For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity. Hardly a...
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    Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources

    Canada currently does not have the capability to "keep out" other nations from trespassing in Canadian territory. Will we be in a position to enforce our boundaries or will we just "roll-over" as we have done in the past Melting polar ice is making the Arctic more accessible to shipping and...
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    The winding down of the Bush Presidency

    As the Bush presidency winds down (to the collective sigh of relief for 75% of Americans and 90% of the world), he is using this oppotunity to push through record amounts of legislation that will in all liklihood be binding for years to come. The from The New Yroker Bush has entered into...
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    Lawsuit seeks to take 'so help me God' out of inaugural

    I wonder if Obama will "stay the course" and keep the refernece in. He's already thrown a "fob" to the far right bible thumpers by having Warren do the swearing in... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A number of atheists and non-religious organizations want Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony to leave...
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    The 50 most powerful people in the world

    There are some that surprised me. Oprah??? Oprah is more powerful than Stevie Harpoon (he's not even on there)? Where the Bush's (I know, I know, beside the house), Cheney and the rest of the bumbling thugs? Osama bin Laden is more powerful than the Dalai Lama? Barack Obama's buddies more...
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    GOP reaction divided over controversial Obama song

    Good 'ol boys jus havin a little fun? A freudian moment or is racism alive and well again in the Republican party? Republican Party reaction is divided over the decision of a candidate for party chairman to distribute a CD that features the parody tune "Barack the Magic Negro," with the...
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    Exxon

    Exxon Mobil to profit from the pain By hoarding its cash as oil prices soared, the company has positioned itself to take advantage of the coming shakeout in the energy sector. [Related content: stocks, oil, Jim Jubak, Exxon, Devon Energy] By Jim Jubak MSN Money What company -- and what stock...
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    Christmas in Baghdad

    Hmmm. In a vastly Muslim country (except for 200,000 American contractors and mercenaries), I wonder what Santa is doing? Has Iraq become the playground for expatriate Americans? Or are they just putting on a show for the "hired help" From a distance, it looks like an apparition: a huge...
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    Harper the new Conservative King

    This from theat hotbed of "objective and impartial" journalism TownHall.com If Harper is the new "king" of Conservatism, the Conservative movement is in a heap of trouble!!! The world needs a new conservative leader. Almost unfathomably, its best hope is now a quiet, steely Canadian. And...