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Reality ‘Shopped

News & Politics Chernynkaya - April 20, 2010 37

Isn’t reality hard enough to deduce without Photoshop? Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes. Every month or so, another expose crops up showing how some...

21st Century Real Estate

News & Politics dildenusa - April 18, 2010 25

In July of 1969 I was eighteen years old and a United States Air Force mechanic stationed at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix...

It’s Game on with Wall Street Reform

News & Politics KQµårk 死神 - April 16, 2010 6

Goldman Sachs is being sued by the SEC for fraud. How Goldman did it. President Obama says he will veto Wall Street reform bill that does...

Tea Party Ingredients: Old Hateful White Males on Social Security

News & Politics AdLib - April 15, 2010 71

A poll has finally come out which provides a bit of demographics on Tea Partiers. The MSM is spinning it as, "They're actually not...

No Compassion – the American Terrorist still lives

News & Politics choicelady - April 15, 2010 30

Worse, McVeigh knew of the babies and toddlers in the daycare center at the Murrah Building and dismissed them as merely "collateral damage".

News Bites – 4-14-2010

News & Politics AdLib - April 14, 2010 11

Here are a few news bites to nibble on today: Deutch Wins FL Seat Easily In First Post-Health Care Special Election “Republican backlash over President Barack...

“War is Hell.”

News & Politics Chernynkaya - April 13, 2010 28

The quote originates from General Sherman’s address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy (19 June 1879): I’ve been where you are now...

Bill Against SCOTUS Decision – One To GROW On

News & Politics AdLib - April 13, 2010 8

First, props to SueInCa for her brilliant article, The Next Credit Bust – 2012? which inspired me to post this as a...

The Next Credit Bust – 2012?

News & Politics SueInCa - April 12, 2010 30

During and right after the mortgage crisis some were talking about the commercial crash and how that would soon hit. At the time I thought,...

At Huffington Post, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog

News & Politics Chernynkaya - April 12, 2010 148

Last summer, someone with the moniker “lawmiss” posted a comment on the website of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lawmiss wrote something nasty about a...

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Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah

Israel Katz tells Israeli media the so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah will eventually house 2.1 million Palestinians. [...]

Trump upbeat on Gaza ceasefire talks despite lack of breakthrough

The US president said talk were going "very well", but a Palestinian source tells the BBC they have not made headway. [...]

US delays higher tariffs but announces new taxes for some countries

Trump says the US will impose a raft of levies after pausing his Liberation Day tariffs. [...]

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Texas floods death toll climbs to more than 100

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Reality ‘Shopped

21st Century Real Estate

It’s Game on with Wall Street Reform

Tea Party Ingredients: Old Hateful White Males on Social Security

No Compassion – the American Terrorist still lives

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“War is Hell.”

Bill Against SCOTUS Decision – One To GROW On

The Next Credit Bust – 2012?

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