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POPSParallels to Obamamania in ABC's "V" Sci-Fi Mini-Series An excerpt from Garvin's Sunday, November 1 Miami Herald review (“'V': The saucer-shaped bandwagon”), which the Chicago Tribune headlined “'V' aims at Obamamania.” Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. The news media swoons in admiration -- one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: “Why don't you show some respect?!!” The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader's origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: “Embracing change is never easy.”
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POPSNFL Illustrated Poll - Dirtiest Player Hines Ward Pittsburgh wide receiver Hines Ward has been indicated as NFL's Dirtiest Player by A Sports Illustrated poll of 296 players. The poll, conducted in September, represented less than 18 percent of the league's active players, but at 11.6 percent, Ward, a 12-year veteran, easily outdistanced Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and Miami Dolphins
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POPS The Obama Work-Out War-weary Obama manages a decision … more golf! Boston Herald: WASHINGTON - President Obama has outperformed former President George Bush in a key area - he’s hit the links as many times in nine months as Bush did in nearly three years, political Web sites reported. Politico, a political news and gossip site, and the Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp, reported that CBS’ Mark Knoller - who documents presidential statistics - Tweeted Sunday, “Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months.” The Swamp noted that after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Bush quit golf, saying, “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf . . . I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal . . . ” Come on, guys. Iraq was different. That was Bush’s war. Afghanistan? That’s Bush’s other war! http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/10/27/golf-for-we-not-for-thee/
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POPSBehind Bars the Drama Of Drew Peterson Continues... It should be interesting as Will County prosecutors present facts during the trial while Peterson's defense team of chicken, hot sauce and thighs mixes an enlightening concoction of documents in an attempt to exclude hearsay testimony when the murder trail for Kathleen Savio begins.
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POPSConvert The UN Building Into NYC Homeless Shelter
wallowing in desperate poverty, with crime so rampant and violent that the police won’t even venture into them. And you have the nerve to come here and investigate us ? The United Nations has become nothing less than a shabby podium used by corrupt third-world demagogues to do what they could never do in any other way - attempt to destroy and bring into disrepute the United States. We’re being nibbled to death by ducks. And we’re letting it happen. Not only that, we’re paying for it. I’d like to see the Obama Administration tell the U.N. to pound sand (but they won’t). Take your investigation to somewhere that needs it, and that list is endless. North Korea, Darfur, Tibet, Cuba….I could go on almost ad infinitum about third world hell holes where people have no rights whatsoever, where food is something that may or may not come your way today - or tomorrow. Where “housing” consists of whatever you can scrape together to try to keep out the cold, where women . .
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POPSWord of the Day: Scruple A blog dedicated to making all of us better writers because whether you are an attorney, manager, student or blogger, writing skills are essential for your success. Considering the rise of the information age, they are even more important, as people are surrounded by emails, wikis, social networks and so on.
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POPSDog Rescue Shelters GPS tracking device for Dogs and pets from Positioning Animals Worldwide Inc (PAW), in conjunction with American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery (AKC CAR).
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POPSEvicted for Reporting Domestic Abuse To add insult to injury, this past July Cleaves-Milan received a call from a collection agency seeking nearly $3,800 they claimed she owed for the early termination of her lease. She returned home a day after telling police her boyfriend threatened to kill her to find a 10-day eviction notice taped to her door. She didn't terminate her lease early – she was given no choice in the matter. Luckily Aimco dropped this fee, but only after the Chicago Tribune inquired. This story is horrific and unfortunately not uncommon. While the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 protects domestic abuse victims who live in public or subsidized housing from eviction, the law concerning private landlords is unclear. This lack of protection for women who rent in the private market creates a disincentive for women to report abuse, trapping women, and often their children, in violent relationships with no legal recourse.
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POPSDollHouse You have got to check this one out. There is too little new ideas on tv to let this one slip away.
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POPSOlympic Flashback: '02 Salt Lake Games Tainted By Scandal, Bribery and Glenn Beck's Church
Almost as soon as Romney took the job, however, the Mormon Church's role in the Games became a source of contention - a dispute exacerbated by Romney's request for an additional $8 million in loaned property and cash from the church, among other contributions. Utah's wealthiest businessman, Jon Huntsman Sr., the father of Utah's current governor, assailed Romney for exploiting his ties to the church. Huntsman himself is prominent in the Mormon Church, which is officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ''We've got a chairman who is active LDS, now we've got a present CEO who is active LDS,'' Huntsman was quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune as saying of Garff and Romney. ''They claim they're going out really scour the world to find the best person, and Mitt brings in one of his cronies to be the COO. Another broken promise. Because we've got three LDS folks who are all cronies. Cronyism at its peak. ..... These are not the Mormon Games.'
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POPSPrinceton MN Bomb Threat | Schools Princeton MN Bomb Threat: Star Tribune School officials in Princeton, Minn., closed all of the district's schools at 9:30 am because of a reported bomb threat. ... Princeton MN bomb threat, princeton mn schools, princeton mn, kare 11 news, princeton union eagle.
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POPSGold will explode...listen to the interview
Monday, September 28, 2009 Gold will explode , wall street is a casino like Las Vegas Gerald Celente These are not my leaders they could not lead me across the street , Gerald Celente on King World News 23 Sept 2009 The white shoe boys and bankers of wall street have spoiled this country it is the Goldman gang the Merrill Lynch mob the biggest bank robbery in world history but the banks are doing the robbing ...LOL... Gerald Celente’s on-time trend forecasts, vibrant style, articulate delivery and vivid public presence makes him a favorite of major media. Celente’s up-to-the-minute analysis on a broad spectrum of topics are widely sought by: The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fox News, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, cable and radio news including CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR. Gerald Celente is often quoted and featured in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Tod
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POPSA Gathering of ONE September 10, 2009 A moving ceremony bringing together a diversity of peoples from all walks of life in unity to set an Intention for a peaceful G-20 Summit and a peaceful sustainable planet.
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POPSWhere's Waldo? "I guess you could cut off the battery packs," he said. "But it's so specialized it really doesn't have many other applications." There are two other drones with similar capabilities at Mote but they belong to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- and there are no funds available for them to perform Waldo's mission. "We'd have to go back to sending people out in boats to collect water samples," he said. "That's not a very efficient way to do it." Waldo, a scientific robot used to detect red tide, was last heard from on Monday. Mote is offering a $500 reward. Well it had a pretty long working life I suppose. It was probably eaten by a Great White Shark. That's my guess, anyway.
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POPSIllinois Public Opinion Turns Against President Obama's Health Care and Economic Policies his individual policies have far less support. Recent non-tribune polling has shown that a majority of Illinoisans do not support the the current Democrat Health Care reform. The Tribune poll reflects this sentiment as only 42% approve of the President's handling of Health Care. On the contrary, 43% of Illinoisans disapprove of the President Obama's handling of health care reform. In addition, Illinois residents who have experienced an unemployment rate that has risen from 6.7% to to more than 10.5% in July are increasingly losing confidence in the President's economic policies. 49% of respondents indicated that the President Obama's economic policies have had a negative or no impact on job creation, as opposed to only 45% that believe his policies have had a positive impact. Tribune polling also indicated that the President's support among Independents in Illinois has all but disappeared. 58% of independents believe that his economic policies have had no impact or a
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POPSTom Reynolds Notre Dame Tom Reynolds Notre Dame: The Linebacker Alumni are actually linebacker alumni from previous Notre Dame teams, spearheaded by Tom Reynolds who lettered in 1967. From the South Bend Tribune: Reynolds, a retired college marketing professor who lettered for the ... tom reynolds notre dame, tom reynolds, notre dame.
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POPSHouse raider smashed on head '100 times' with bat
"I got the bat and just started swinging; I focused on the skull because I just wanted him to go unconscious, but you Irish people have thick skulls because he would not go unconscious," she told the Sunday Tribune from her US home. "I honestly think I must have hit him about 100 times. I think he will probably suffer from headaches for the rest of his life." The violent robbery in July last year resulted in Miskelly receiving serious head wounds during a fight that left the Angevine's bedroom covered in blood. But they say they bear no ill will toward the opportunist raider, instead blaming another man for masterminding the whole event. "My husband and I didn't feel like we were victims because there was only about one and a half minutes when we didn't feel like we were in control," she said. Miskelly entered the house at around 1.15am and his movements woke the sleeping couple. "I said there's someone in here and at that point Christopher began shouting, 'Get up, ge
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POPSVirtually No U.S. Media Interest In 'Imploding' Canadian Press State-Run Health Care Story "We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize," Doing (sic) said in an interview with The Canadian Press. Given the current debate in the U.S. over health care and private insurance, and the president's seeming determination to force a state-controlled and ultimately state-run health care regime onto the remaining portion of the system that is still privately run, you would think that the story out of Canada might have attracted the interest of U.S. establishment media outlets. Noel thought that "It's going to be absolutely delicious to see how this gets reported by Obama-loving media in the next 24 hours." Four days later, deliciously proving that "the Obama-loving media" is more than a mere slogan, there has virtually no original source establishment media coverage of what Ms. Doig said, or of anything else relayed in the Graham's CP report.
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POPSSon, Get Me a Hooker I love the fact that this idiot is still in the can, with only a $750 bail ticket. Nothing was mentioned about the boy's mother.
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