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'The Falklanders eat fish and chips. How can they belong to Argentina?'
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:09 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
On Wednesday, angry protesters from the leftwing Peronist "Movimiento Evita" group gathered to yell "British out of Malvinas" at the doorstep of the British ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires.
Four More Rupert Murdoch Reporters Arrested for 'Creative' Journalism
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:34 PM EST (Gawker)
The current and former reporters for The Sun are suspected of bribing the police — and yes, one of the officers in question is also in custody. These are only the latest arrests related to Murdoch's tabloids' corrupt journalistic practices.
Palin: 'Cannibals in GOP establishment' using 'every available microscope and endoscope' to character assassinate Newt just like Left did against me in '08
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:54 PM EST (Romantic-Future | Facebook)
I am sadly too familiar with these tactics because they were used against the GOP ticket in 2008. The left seeks to single someone out and destroy his or her record and reputation and family using the media as a channel to dump handpicked and half-baked campaign opposit …
After six years on the market, Britain's 'tackiest house' sells for 36 million - half the asking price (video)
Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:56 PM EST
These are videos of Updown Court, which The Telegraph calls 'the tackiest house in Britain.' Today the newspaper is reporting that this mega-monstrosity has sold for £36 million ($57 million) -- half of the what was originally asked when the manse was put on the mar …
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Man withdraws mouse from cash machine
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:25 AM EST (The Local)
A bank customer in Ersboda, northern Sweden, got more than he bargained for when he made a withdrawal from a cash machine and pulled out his money, followed by a mouse. Gholam Hafezi was mystified when he didn't get a receipt for his 700 kronor ($104) withdrawal, but noticed i …
'Harsh, intolerable and inexcusable' language on immigration alienating Latino voters, GOP warned by two Republican leaders
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:17 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The Florida senator, Marco Rubio, and the state's former governor Jeb Bush made their appeal before Tuesday's primary, being contested by Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. The Republican frontrunners clashed over illegal immigration in a debate earlier this week.
'He's taken the security issue totally away from the Republicans' - Obama campaign sees possibility of winning over GOP's military voters
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:27 AM EST (TheHill.com)
the Obama campaign is making no secret that it sees a possibility to win over military voters—long thought to be a GOP stronghold—an important constituency in key battleground states such as Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. Obama’s wins — from the …
Woman Weds Warehouse: 'If corporations can have rights as people, so can buildings'
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:44 AM EST (ABC News)
Babylonia Aivaz is scheduled to marry a warehouse on Union and 10th in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.(KOMO News/ABC News) “If corporations can have the rights as people, so can buildings,” Aivaz told KOMO.
The God-Given Loophole: How Religion Is Infiltrating America's Public Schools
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:01 AM EST (Reuters)
the annual “See You at the Pole” prayer event...happens at schools nationwide on the same day. On the understanding that the event is student-initiated and student-led, it is deemed to be constitutional.
Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism After He Died
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:32 AM EST (Gawker)
Ann Romney's Welsh-born father (who Mitt mentioned in last night's debate to shore up his pro-immigrant bona fides) was an engineer, inventor, and resolute atheist who disdained all organized religion and raised his children accordingly.
Jack Welch on 'Firing' Ron Paul: GOP Needs To Be Nice To HIm When He Drops Out Because They Need His Followers
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:07 AM EST (Mediaite)
Reuters announced just a few days ago that former GE CEO Jack Welch and his wife Suzy would be writing a weekly column for them. Their first one appeared today...The big analogy that the Welch’s keep coming back to is that of firing people.
Biden takes swipe at Republicans Romney, Gingrich:'The big difference between us and them is we are strongly supportive of the private sector, they're strongly supportive of the privileged sector'
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:24 PM EST (Reuters)
"I think they actually believe what they're saying," Biden said, adding that he sees Romney's and Gingrich's stances on issues even more at odds with Democratic views than the "obstructionist" Republicans in Congress. He said that voters are beginning to see the stark contrast …
2nd Mayor Says Obama 'Wasn't Tense At All' During Brewer Encounter
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:09 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Phoenix, AZ Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter - In numerous TV and radio interviews since the meeting, [Arizona Governor Jan] Brewer has said the president was “tense to say the least” and took issue with a book she wro …
Poll: Gingrich leads Romney; Obama leads Romney; Obama crushes Gingrich
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:24 AM EST (Daily Kos)
According to the poll, Gingrich leads Romney 37-28. However, notable is that head to head, Obama's lead over Romney (49-43) is way less than that over Gingrich (55-37).
Indiana joins GOP union-bashing with right-to-work law
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:13 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
This week, the Indiana House voted to make the state "right to work".
Mesa, AZ Mayor Seems To Contradict Brewer's Story On Obama Run-In; Brewer Claiming She Felt 'A Little Threatened'
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:56 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Mayor Scott Smith of Mesa, Ariz., declined to say exactly what he heard Obama and Brewer talk about during their now-infamous tiff next to Air Force One. But the mayor said he was standing right next to the governor when the exchange took place and Obama didn’t seem to b …
Gingrich: Gay Marriage a 'Perfect Example of What I Mean by the Rise of Paganism'
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:53 PM EST (Right Wing Watch)
Mat Staver: I believe that if Speaker Gingrich wins Florida next Tuesday, he wins the nomination.
He may be a cad and a rogue, but we think he's a winner: How Gingrich won 'values voters.'
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:29 PM EST (The Washington Post)
in SouthNewt Gingrich won 46 percent of the evangelical vote in South Carolina. Evangelicals have long celebrated their status faith, family and values voters. What explains this? Expediency. When Rick Perry, a devout conservative Christian, withdrew from the race, throwing …
Palin, Gingrich, Christie: Three-Way Bully Fight!
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:03 PM EST (The Nation)
I love it: some of the Republican Party’s all-time bully boys and girls are on the verge of forming a circular firing squad.
'Food stamp president': Gingrich's language of hate
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:00 AM EST (CNN)
By Walter Mosley - Newt Gingrich is a political opportunist. His job is to pack as much powerfully charged meaning into every sentence as he can, which makes him a working poet.
Jan Brewer: Angry white woman?
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:38 AM EST ()
Many readers feel Jodi Kantor's book portrayed Michelle Obama as an "angry black woman." Hence, they're upset that Brewer isn't being cast across media headlines as an angry white woman. If Brewer's anger with Obama is totally and fully rooted in his criticism of her book, Bre …
Hooked on chicken nuggets: Girl, 17, who has eaten nothing else since age TWO warned junk food diet will kill her
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:10 AM EST (the Mail online)
A teenage girl who has eaten almost nothing else apart from chicken nuggets for 15 years has been warned by doctors that the junk food is killing her. Stacey Irvine, 17, has been hooked on the treats since her mother bought her some at a McDonald’s restaurant when she wa …
Conservative blogs credit Obama for wanting bill to ban insider trading by members of Congress
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:47 PM EST (Politico)
Conservatives in the blogosphere found one small aspect of the president’s State of the Union address that they could praise: a bill banning insider trading by members of Congress. “Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress and I will sign it …
Somalia Rescue: Obama saw window of opportunity to free hostages
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:20 PM EST (Reuters)
* Call to Obama came at 6:43 that raid succeeded * Operation was in final stages during State of the Union By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama mysteriously congratulated his defense chief while making his way through …
Poll finds Romney and Gingrich more widely disliked than Obama
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:59 PM EST (e-rockford.com)
There’s a new ABC News/Washington Post poll showing that about half the American public has unfavorable opinions of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
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