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• Tagged and in the bag

  
  Norwegianity — Authority: 564
  The new header’s actually scarier when you can read the tags. Not sure everyone realized it, but the tags do denote what passes for thoughts in my innermost cranial thinkspots. Word cancers would be another way of putting it. Lots of word cancers. This iteration of Norwegianity isn’t even a year old but I’ve ...
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• In almost 30 states, you can be fired for being gay

  
  MNpublius.com — Authority: 536
  Not only that, there are still apparently people out there who think this should be allowed to continue. We don’t allow employment discrimination on any other basis, such as race or gender, but there are lawmakers who are actively working to keep it legal to fire someone because of their sexual orientation. I find ...
  13 hours ago

• World leaders in Berlin to mark fall of Wall

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Obama too busy making us the Socialist States of America to attend the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall. World leaders past and present gathered in the German capital on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Walls fall, which led to German reunification and hastened the demise of the Soviet ...
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• H1N1 vaccine: One big confusing mess

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  But Obamacare will be efficient and cost effective. There are plenty of reasons to get upset about the H1N1 influenza situation. Over-optimistic projections of vaccine supply have given way to acknowledgements that by the time the vaccine is widely available, this wave of H1N1 infection may well be over. There have ...
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• Ft. Hood shooter was part of Obama’s Homeland Security transition team

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Or maybe he wasn’t. The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI), an entity that "creates innovative strategies and solutions to current and future threats to the nation," published a report entitled "Thinking Anew - Security Priorities for the Next Administration - Proceedings ...
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• Ft. Hood shooting proves we need more gun control laws

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  What an asinine idea! This past week, we were sadly reminded that guns in the hands of the aggrieved or the disturbed can produce horrific consequences. Just as the nation dealt with the shock of an Army psychiatrist killing 13 and causing injury to another 38 on Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas, a disgruntled ...
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• Those Zany Krauts

  
  Residual Forces — Authority: 550
  Today, in Germany, they celebrated the fall of Communism, the US President refused an invited to represent the country most responsible for Communism’s failure.In America, that same President and leader of Congress, celebrated its arrival.Sad.
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• Franken speaks out on employment discrimination

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 681
  Sen. Al Franken spoke at a Senate hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Thursday. ENDA, which is vociferously opposed by the religious right, would make it illegal to fire somebody because of their sexual orientation. Franken sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee which held ...
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• What they’re saying about T-Paw’s red-hot, smokin’ Iowa speech

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 681
  Tim Pawlenty didn’t bring it. Or he did, depending on who you ask. Here’s a roundup of reaction to the Minnesota governor’s speech to Republican activists in Iowa over the weekend. But first things first. Below is the clip from the 2006 movie “Talledega Nights” that provided Pawlenty with one of his most ...
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• Nationalized Health Care – Yes That Is What Passed The House Lastnight

  
  Residual Forces — Authority: 550
  Here is the portion of the floor proceedings I wanted to highlight from last night. It starts with Democrat Waxman introducing Democrat Dingle. (emphasis mine) I didn’t highlight all the blatant lies, distortions, or misleading rhetoric, but just some of the more scary portions that expose how this is not about ...
  2 days ago

• Senator Al Franken meets a service dog

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 140
  Source. Senator Franken recently added this legislation to the Defense Authorization bill , which passed at the end of last month. It would provide a service dog  to around 200 veterans. That service dog appears to be a Democrat (Democratic-Farmer-Labor in Minnesota). Or Franken just ate something very tasty and ...
  2 days ago

• 47 Sexual Assault Victims Associated with Halliburton, KBR and Subsidiaries

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 158
  by Dog Gone Politicus USA Forty seven women have come forward reporting similar experiences to those recounted by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang raped by employees of defense contractors Halliburton and KBR. I had previously identified the number at 11, from earlier information in my research; the higher number ...
  3 days ago

• Cheesehead hat is bigger news than Obama’s speech

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Why did Obama escape the oval office to go to Madison? Liberian immigrant Mansfield Neblett just wanted to wear his cheesehead hat to President Barack Obamas speech at a Wisconsin middle school. The first roadblock were U.S. Secret Service agents. They initially told him the bright yellow hat in the shape of a ...
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• Global Warming News: Dog owners killing the planet

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  And it is not a PETA study that says pets have bigger carbon footprint than SUV. In "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living," authors Robert and Brenda Vale argue that resources required to feed a dog -- including the amount of land needed to feed the animals that go into its food -- give it ...
  3 days ago

• Al Franken: S.2736 – Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009

  
  Political Cartel — Authority: 128
  Al Franken continues his crusade for women by introducing new legislation to remove an institutional bias against women. For context, review his “Anti-Rape” Amendment- H.R. 3326 discussing how ADR disenfranchises employee’s whom are subjected to outrageous contract stipulations. The legislation will work ...
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• Obama: By the way there was a little incident at Ft Hood

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Did Obama handle his first Ft Hood statement correctly? President Obama late this afternoon expressed his sadness and shock at the murderous rampage at Fort Hood. Speaking at a meeting of Native American tribal leaders at the Interior Department, the president denounced "the horrific outburst of violence" on the ...
  4 days ago

• Ft Hood shooter: Islamic terrorist or one of Obama’s antiwar base

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Obama’s base objects to the Iraqi/ Afghan wars as does Hasan. A mass shooting at the largest army base in the US has left 13 people dead and at least 31 wounded, military officials say. The incident took place inside the Fort Hood military base in Texas as soldiers were awaiting medical and dental treatment at a ...
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• Licensed for the public interest

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 437
  In the letters published Monday, November 2nd Ron Ebest suggests that MoveOn.org become the exact antithesis to Fox News, using Fox’s underhanded techniques to fight against the right the way Fox fights against the Democrats. I have an additional suggestion.…
  4 days ago

• Why Sen. Al Franken Is Awesome: The ENDA Hearing

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 142
  During yesterday’s Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, which focused on witness testimony in support of passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, rookie Senator from Minnesota (and damned funny man) Al Franken was outlining a statement in front of Assistant Attorney General of ...
  4 days ago

• Inclusive ENDA Hearings Begin

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 717
  Yesterday the first ever transgender-inclusive ENDA hearings began before the U.S. Senate. Restrooms and religion arose as the only objections today during the U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). And the testimony from the Obama administration struck an ...
  4 days ago

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