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Right-wing Jews assault female journalist

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:38:37 PDT

Australia's ABC News has the story about one of it's reporters trying to cover a protest in Jerusalem: Suddenly the crowd turned on me, screaming in my face. Dozens of angry men began spitting on me....

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Gaming the G.I. Bill

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:03:32 PDT

AP IMPACT: New GI benefits vary widely by state: The new GI Bill covers full in-state undergraduate tuition and fees at any public college. That's far more generous than the old GI Bill, which...

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Wyden Warming Toward The Public Option

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:41 PDT

So Saith DKos Oregon diarist bewert: You may also be interested to know that my bill, the Healthy Americans Act, S.391, not only allows a public option in states that want one, but also requires a...

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Crazy Like A Fox, If The Fox Were Insane

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:56:54 PDT

Ironically, Sarah Palin kind of gives us cynics a reason to hope for an afterlife. She's the gift that keeps on giving. She suggests there is indeed a God who wants us to be, if not happy, at least...

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Bailin' Palin

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:48 PDT

What, leavin' so soon? Now we're goin' ta hafta find someone else to mock, donchaknow. No, wait, we have Mark Sanford. We'll be just fine. No, it's apparently not a joke, what you've all heard. Just...

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Rep. Wexler (D-FL) is a big fat idiot!

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:02:08 PDT

Oh alright, one more... Wexler: Settlement freeze would call Arab world’s ‘bluff’ Visiting Israel, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) tells Herb Keinon of the Jerusalem Post that Israel should agree to a...

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The Inter Twine

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:47:06 PDT

Lastly here is some linkage to a great article explaining the newly unveiled Metro rebranding of trails and parks, rivers and streams as The Inter Twine. I attended the kick-off event at Keen...

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Hint: it's about the water

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:54 PDT

Israel postpones ‘drought tax’ Look at a topographical map of the region and note where the bulk of the water flows and you'll begin to understand that religion and "terrorism" are merely a...

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Looks can be deceiving

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:58:58 PDT

I've been following the story of the jet crash off the Comoros and the young girl who survived. The other day I was reading an article where her father expressed amazement that she was the one to...

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If It Matters To Oregonians, It's Going To Cost You A Quarter More

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:15 PDT

The Oregonian, Greater Portland and Oregon's Newspaper of record, after slashing costs, eliminating the evening "bulldog" edition, furloughing staff, and merging the Metro section into the rest of...

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Michael Scheuer on Beck's show, pleading for Osama to bomb the U.S.

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:03:43 PDT

From Media Matters: This is Michael Scheuer arguing that "the only chance we have as a country right now is" for bin Laden to "detonate a major weapon" in U.S....

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The Pretender from Wasilla

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:02:38 PDT

Various conservative pundits are lining up to take shots at a Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin. I'll let you read the article and draw your own conclusions. But one criticism stood out to me. In...

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Conservative Math

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:29:19 PDT

Item: With respect to the Sotomayor-assisted minority opinion on the now-famous Ricci v. DiStefano case, The Talented Mr. Limbaugh said: And this is why brilliant legal analysts are saying this...

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Let The Al Franken Decade Begin

the.chinuk@preemptivekarma.com (The Chinuk) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:26 PDT

Reported variously: With the unanimous decision of the MN Supremes, Norm "It's Over When I Say It's Over" Coleman finally concedes the Minnesota US Senate race. Being able to say the words "Senator...

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Side jaunt: flavored butters for Salmon

kevin@preemptivekarma.com (Kevin) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:39:35 PDT

Time for a couple more recipes. This time they are both flavored butters, which are an elegant and very tasty way to take something simple like Salmon or Chicken or a steak to a whole 'nother level....

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