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WikipediaWhereas it has long been our customs to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and Whereas in the intervening years, the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to

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Deuteronomy 27:Some basic commandments against tricking blind people, incest, bestiality, killing and stealing your neighbor's land by messing with it's landmarks. As far as zaniness goes, it's pretty tame.Deuteronomy 28:Old Testament god is sure imaginative. I mean, really, forcing people to eat their own children if they fail to follow his commandments? That's cold. But, man does he drone on.

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Now, it's onto the Senate, then, Obama's desk. Good for the Democrats.

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From RawstoryThe unemployment rate in the U.S. soared to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October and employers cut more jobs than forecast, underscoring why Federal Reserve policy makers say interest rates will remain low until the labor market recovers.Payrolls fell by 190,000 workers last month, compared with a 175,000 drop anticipated by the median forecast of economists surveyed by

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I wish to express my condolences to the families of the slain personnel at Ft. Hood. I grieve for your loss.What we know is that a lone gun-man, an American-born, Muslim psychiatrist from Virginia, who treats PTSD and was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan shot up Ft. Hood, killing 13 and wounding 30. There are unconfirmed reports that he also expressed sympathy with the idea of Muslims

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From Watertown Daily TimesFor the first time since the mid-19th century, a Democrat will represent Northern New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.William L. Owens, the Democratic and Working Families candidate for the 23rd Congressional District special election, won a tight race Tuesday night.Mr. Owens garnered 61,666 votes, or 49 percent, with 90 percent of the precincts reporting at 1

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Yahoonews/APPORTLAND, Maine – Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.Gay marriage has now lost in every single state — 31 in all — in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that

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Noble Rot is the benevolent form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes. Infestation by Botrytis requires moist conditions, and if the weather stays wet, the malevolent form, "grey rot", can destroy crops of grapes. Grapes typically become infected with Botrytis when they are ripe, but when then exposed to drier conditions become partially raisined and the form of infection

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Deuteronomy 25: Here's a good one. God tells you what to do if your brother dies before he gets his wife pregnant: you screw her! What a way to keep it in the family. For this pimping piece of advice, this chapter gets a What the Fuck label. Congratulations. Plus, god approves of lashing as punishment for crimes, up to forty! Plus, if a women grabs a man's balls during a fight to keep him from

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From RawstoryLack of adequate health care may have contributed to the deaths of some 17,000 US children over the past two decades, according to a study released by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.The research, to be published Friday in the Journal of Public Health, was compiled from more than 23 million hospital records from 37 states between 1988 and 2005.The study concluded that children

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RawstoryThe economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes.The Commerce Department's report Thursday delivered the strongest signal yet that the economy entered a new, though fragile, phase of recovery and that the worst recession since the 1930s has ended.Many analysts expect the pace of the

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From RawstoryEarlier this month, the House and Senate inserted language into the Homeland Security appropriations bill that would shield photos of detainees in the US's war on terror from the Freedom of Information Act. The language, which was added at the prodding of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), effectively blocks an ACLU lawsuit currently before the courts that would have forced the government to

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From Huffington PostToday, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act, critical legislation that strengthens existing U.S. laws by extending federal hate crime protection in cases where the victim was targeted because of their sexual orientation, gender, disability, or gender identity. The new law -- which the U.S. Attorney General Holder

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If you are one of the 3 out of 10 people who actually think Palin is qualified to be president, you need to really, really, need to re-examine where you have gone off the rails.

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New York TimesPresident Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the United States.The overnight trip was not announced in advance. The president, wearing a dark suit and long overcoat, left the White House at 11:44 p.m. A small contingent of

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The Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 The Tulsa race riot, also known as the 1921 race riot, the night that Tulsa died, the Tulsa Race War, or the Greenwood riot, was a massacre during a large-scale civil disorder confined mainly to the racially segregated Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on May 31, 1921. During the 16 hours of rioting, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with

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From RawstoryOffshore tax shelter? Check. Income hidden from tax authorities? Check. New IRS unit specifically set up to target taxpayers with tens of millions of dollars? Check.IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman told the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Monday that the agency has set up a unit specifically to deal with rich Americans who are hiding assets."We will take a unified

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Deuteronomy 23:This chapter is bad news for people who get their dicks lopped off, (I mean, in addition to the bad news that you've lost your dick) bastards, whores, sodomites and certain nationalities. Plus god is really worried about stepping in shit, so, he orders you to bury it. Also, run-away slaves do not need to be returned. Finally, the law that allows Hebrews to lend with interest only

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From Hubiestuber at FarkTop Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may

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From Crooks and LiarsGlenn Beck continued his jihad against White House Communications Director Anita Dunn yesterday on his Fox News program, focusing his rage on remarks she made earlier this year at a D.C.-area high-school graduation ceremony. Here's what he played of her remarks: "[T]wo of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Tse-Tung and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other,

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From RawstoryWASHINGTON — Even when executions are not carried out, the death penalty costs US states hundreds of millions of dollars a year, depleting budgets in the midst of economic crisis, a study released Tuesday found."It is doubtful in today's economic climate that any legislature would introduce the death penalty if faced with the reality that each execution would cost taxpayers 25

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From Boston GlobeWASHINGTON - The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agency’s overall mission.The Secret Service is tracking a far broader range of possible threats

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From Rawstory and Washington PostFor years we've heard conflicting accounts on this issue. There have been claims since the 1990s that Iran was a few years away from a bomb. Then, two years ago, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Iran had discontinued its dedicated nuclear weapon efforts in 2003. Today, the consensus among experts is that Iran has the technical ability to make a crude

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From ABCNewsThe Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide

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