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To echo the Huffington Post, "Saturday Night Live" combined Sarah Palin and the disaster movie "2012" last night to imagine a world in which Palin had won the presidency. They used footage from the '08 race and Palin's recent publicity blitz along with the trailer for the John Cusack ...
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A small group of Ku Klux Klan nutjobs wanted students at University of Mississippi to know that they are fans of the song "From Dixie With Love," so less than a dozen of their members gathered at the school to show their support of the song, which was banned by the school. Their ...
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Here we go again, another anti-Obama billboard has sparked controversy. Now President Obama is being called a jihadist and is somehow responsible for what happened at Fort Hood. The billboard is also questioning the authenticity of his birth certificate. Haven't we been down this road before ...
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Historically black Lincoln University has instituted a new requirement for graduation -- overweight undergraduates must take a fitness class in order to receive their degrees. This has raised the hackles of students and has stunned health and legal experts. Who is the idiot who instituted this ...
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Jamar Pinkney Sr., 37, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death Monday of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in the Detroit, Michigan, enclave of Highland Park. The father was reportedly irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a three-year-old girl. A relative ...
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It is a disgrace that University of California regents have approved a 32 percent student fee increase for undergraduate students at UCLA for the next school year. They voted to approve this enormous increase despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents' meeting at UCLA. By ...
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Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, deserves to be gassed immediately for what he did to five year old Shaniya Davis. He has been charged with first degree murder and rape in the death of this precious child. Police said that the child died of asphyxiation, according to preliminary autopsy results ...
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You can always depend on the Rev. Jesse Jackson to put his foot in his mouth by making political issues based on race. During his appearance at a reception held by the Congressional Black Caucus Wednesday night, he criticized Rep. Arthur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the ...
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I came across a very interesting article on Time magazine's online version. Günter Wallraff sprayed his face with dark paint and put on a black curly wig and dark contact lenses, he discovered how it felt to be black in Germany today.
Günter Wallraff, Black on White , Time Magazine
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President Obama dropped a bombshell during an interview with CNN's Ed Henry in China. He alluded to the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 -- something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson.
He said:
"You know, if - if I feel like I've made the very best decisions ...
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What is going on with Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade? His motorcade was involved in a third accident in two weeks. His motorcade was struck on New York City's West Side by another car in a collision that sent three people to the hospital during evening rush hour.
Biden was not hurt in ...
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Tuesday House's one year old baby daughter was found wandering a busy street in an Indianapolis neighborhood while she went out partying and doing cocaine. Neighbors found the toddler walking on a sidewalk at 21st and Harding Saturday. Get this, it took police 24 hours to find the mother. ...
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The New York Police Department have raided the circulation offices at the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post and El Diario.
The offices were raided as part of a union corruption probe. According to media reports, the newspaper delivery system around the city is under ...
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I am no fan of Sarah Palin, but I will give her some credit for using her so-called "star power" to publish a book that will, no doubt, be a runaway bestseller. I came across an article on The Huffington Post about the myths perpetrated in her book, "Going Rogue." For example, during her ...
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Is President Barack Obama's love affair with the Europeans fading fast? According to Der Spiegel, if the climate summit in Copenhagen fails, the blame will lie squarely with Obama. Ouch. President Obama came into office promising hope and change on a number of issues and the Europeans are ...
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WASHINGTON POST: Some 15.4 million taxpayers could receive smaller refunds than they expected or owe taxes next year because they did not have enough money withheld from their paychecks as part of the Making Work Pay tax credit program, according to a report issued Monday.
The tax ...
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Dr. Stephen Wolf, 51, of Oklahoma City, was arrested Monday and accused in the early morning death of his nine-year old son, Tommy Wolf. He faces first degree murder charges in the death of the third grader. Police Chief Richard Mask said, "It was obvious there had been some type of ...
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There are some really crazy people running around in our midst. Randolph Forde, a 10th grade teacher at Mundy's Mill High School in Clayton County, Ga., has been accused of trying to persuade another student to kill a 16 year-old boy. Officers said he was charged after holding up a piece of ...
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, authorities are now searching for
the body of missing five-year old Shaniya Davis, who
has been missing since November 10th. Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance said, in a news interview, that officers are searching along a central North Carolina highway "reliable ...
Police Now Searching for Body of Missing N.C. Girl, ...
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The body of Michael Scott, 60, president of the Chicago Board of Education was found in the Chicago River, near Merchandise Mart this morning. According to the Chicago Tribune, a blue Cadillac registered to Scott was found parked next to a trash bin yards away from the river. The Cook ...
