masbury

Real Name: Monte Asbury
Location: Washington, Iowa USA
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POPSItaly Convicts CIA Agents of Kidnapping
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by masbury  11-4-2009    1
 Direct challenge to extraordinary rendition.
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POPSElection: Democrats gain two in House
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by masbury  11-4-2009    5
 Was 256, will be 258. Both will support public option.
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POPSIsraeli settlers forcibly evict E. Jerusalem homeowners, seize home
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by masbury  11-4-2009    1
 No nation but Israel recognizes Israel's claim to East Jerusalem, yet settlers, backed by the Supreme Court of Israel, continue to put non-Jewish families on the street and move into their homes.
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POPSMilitary suicides fuel worry that military personnel too strained for Afghanistan surgern
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by masbury  11-3-2009    5
 Wonder what it takes for this to matter enough to foreign policy leaders.
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POPSAfghanistan policy may lead to civil war unless Afghans brought to the table
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by masbury  11-3-2009   
 We have a military policy designed for conquering nations, but Afghanistan's problems are civilian ones that will only be solved by getting the Afghan people into the process.
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POPSCDC: Paid sick leave needed to slow spread of H1N1
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by masbury  11-3-2009    3
 But tens of millions must work even when contagious because their companies require it or they cannot afford to miss a day's wages. Do sick people have to work in EU nations, or is the USA unique in this?
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POPSClinton: Israel must make greater efforts toward peace
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by masbury  11-2-2009    2
 No Remarks
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POPSPresident salutes fallen soldiers at Dover
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by masbury  10-29-2009    18
 As I recall, we weren't even permitted to see footage of their caskets being unloaded not too long ago.
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POPSFoxNews pounds ACORN story - oh wait - there is no ACORN story
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by masbury  10-29-2009    8
 No new developments on ACORN for two weeks, but it came up 22 times Thursday morning. Meanwhile, FN makes only 2 mentions of the 3.5% growth in GDP that broke at 8:30AM - the first growth since the beginning of the worst recession in 70 years.
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POPSUS Diplomat Resigns Over US' Afghanistan Policy
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by masbury  10-27-2009    1
 "Like the Soviets, we continue to ... bolster a failing state ... encouraging a ... system of government unknown and unwanted by its people"
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POPS8 Soloist Secrets to Getting Your Work Done
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by masbury  10-27-2009   
 "The Soloist isn't a loner but instead is that adventuresome, creative spirit that tends to get crushed by too many meetings, interruptions and annoying co-workers."
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POPSFoxNews' War on the White House
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by masbury  10-25-2009    1
 This is not news.
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POPSFoxNews: A 24/7 Political Operation
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by masbury  10-25-2009    1
 Media Matters shows news hosts and opinion hosts pushing the same right-wing spin. Bravo to Obama for dumping them.
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POPSBiden on Cheney attacks: "Who cares?"
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by masbury  10-23-2009    2
 "So I think that is sort of irrelevant. Not sort of - I think it’s irrelevant."
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POPSUS military data-mines America's kids for war recruiting
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by masbury  10-22-2009    1
 Using data mining, stealth websites, career tests, and sophisticated marketing software ... an Army recruiter ... may know more about the kid's habits than do his own parents
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POPSPromise made, promise kept to vets on medical care
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by masbury  10-22-2009   
 President signs bill today that prevents VA medical funding from being interrupted by Congressional delay in passing a budget bill. While in the Senate, he co-sponsored the bill.
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POPSObama to remove lobbyists from appointed boards and commissions
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by masbury  10-22-2009    1
 "their clients deserve to be heard. But industry representatives shouldn't be given government positions from which to make their case. …"
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POPSFiguring out "lie" and "lay"
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by masbury  10-21-2009   
 Here, it is laid out. No lie.
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POPSDeath threats on Obama 400X those on Bush
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by masbury  10-21-2009    3
 While Secret Service staff up only 5.3%
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POPSJames Madison: The Senate will protect the rich
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by masbury  10-20-2009   
 The Founders were at least up front about their intentions, says John Amato.
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POPSGM will sell small electric for less than $6,000 - but not in USA
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by masbury  10-20-2009    4
 The Spark available next year in India, Europe, other GM markets
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POPSDNA from leech nails robbery suspect
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by masbury  10-20-2009   
 Don't leave your leeches at your crime scenes
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POPSFewer ID as Republicans than ever before in ABC poll
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by masbury  10-20-2009    1
 Only 20% call themselves Republicans
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POPSMap of US Firearm Deaths per 100,000 Population
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by masbury  10-18-2009    1
 Hawaii has the fewest
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POPSHow absolutizing the Bible relativizes Jesus Christ
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by masbury  10-17-2009    29
 When all the words of Scripture are elevated to the rank of being the very words of God, the unique word of God embodied in Jesus "in whom all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form" (Col. 2:9) is reduced to just one source of divine revelation among many.
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POPSHow "Biblical Inerrancy" Distorts Our View of God
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by masbury  10-17-2009    5
 Inerrancy extremism leave us with no way to reconcile the sometimes cruel God of the Old Testament with the reconciling God of the New Testament.
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POPSHarry Reid: End insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws
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by masbury  10-14-2009    1
 Gracious. Who knew? Seems like it goes without saying.
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POPSBy 3 to 1, voters favor investment in jobs over reduction of deficit
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by masbury  10-14-2009   
 Both Republicans and Democrats favor job creation as a higher priority than deficit reduction
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POPSIsolated tribe doomed to extinction in Brazil
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by masbury  10-13-2009    6
 Only five remain, all closely related or past child-bearing age, as a result of genocidal slaughter by settlers around 1990.
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POPSIowa weathering recession better than most states
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by masbury  10-12-2009   
 Several raters put Iowa's fiscal condition and receptivity to business near the top of the list.
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POPSUS Muslims better educated, higher paid than average American
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by masbury  10-12-2009   
 The taxi-driver/convenience-store-clerk stereotype misrepresents an upwardly mobile segment of the US population.
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POPSIs sabbatical key to productivity, creativity?
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by masbury  10-12-2009   
 Design genius Stefan Sagmeister takes one year off after every seven. What he gains keeps him busy for the next seven.
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POPSWhen we don't notice our thoughts, we may be thinking most creatively
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by masbury  10-12-2009   
 The brain knows a burst of creative insight is coming before we do.
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POPSWorking hard may prevent the thoughts you need the most
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by masbury  10-12-2009   
 The most productive insights I've ever had happened when I thought I was wasting time. Turn's out I wasn't.
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POPSThe Onion's Flu Prevention Tips
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by masbury  10-11-2009    5
 Here are some tips to help keep you healthy and germ-free during these cold winter months:
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POPSLiz Taylor in stable condition following emergency rhinestonectomy
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by masbury  10-11-2009   
 "Fortunately, we were able to remove the immense, glittering mass without doing any damage to Miss Taylor's beautiful hair,"
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POPSCapitalizing on Rural Creativity
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by masbury  10-11-2009   
 David Brock doesn’t pooh-pooh the challenges facing rural communities, but argues that rural places have the real assets which they can harness to successfully navigate and prosper in the Creative Age
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POPSTurkey, Armenia establish relations after 100 years
masbury
by masbury  10-11-2009    1
 Bravo! Clinton becomes last-minute deal-maker
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POPSIraq hawks are just as wrong on Afghanistan
masbury
by masbury  10-11-2009    1
 Why do we listen to the same arguments that initiated the Iraq invasion, from the same people who made them then?
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POPSWhat % of world's Muslims live in Arab countries? You'll be surprised.
masbury
by masbury  10-11-2009    17
 Only 20%. Check out these diagrams -
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