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• Lib Fantasy From Newsweek.com: Gore Elected in 2000, No 9/11 Attacks or Katrina Disaster

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  Newsweek.com on Tuesday offered a bizarre, liberal fantasy that posited what would happen if Al Gore won the 2000 election. Writer David Rakoff composed the supposedly satirical article, which features Gore averting the 9/11 terrorist attacks: "An August 2001 Daily Intelligence Briefing warns, Bin Ladin [sic] ...
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• Modernist Houses In New Orleans

  
  NPR Blogs: Blog of the Nation — Authority: 137
  By David Gura Over the weekend, I read an article by Fred A. Bernstein, who writes the "Cultured Traveler" column for The New York Times , about Brad Pitts plan to commission and build 150 houses in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. According to Bernstein, "so far, just 15 of them ...
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• Brad Pitt’s Gifts to New Orleans

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 444
  I will concede that Ive been a Brad Pitt fan for years - at least since he played Louis in An Interview With the Vampire or starred in Legends of the Fall (see the photo at right) . But he has proven that he is much more than a pretty face and beautiful body. He has spoken out for LGBT equality and marriage ...
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• Do the ‘Brad Pitt Houses’ Help New Orleans?

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 709
  Does Brad Pitt’s housing development project in New Orleans’ Katrina-ravished Ninth Ward represent a much-needed boost to the neighborhood, no matter from whence it came? Or do his efforts amount to yet another example of a Hollywood do-gooder’s personal crusade ... (continued) READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related ...
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• Brad Pitt slammed for his ‘insulting’ houses

  
  VIP Chain Blog — Authority: 134
  Brad Pitt has been slammed for helping to build “insulting” homes in New Orleans for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The actor began a charity to help those forced out after the 2005 storm. Its aim was to rebuild destroyed properties and replace them with safer ones. But critics say the design of the new houses ...
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• What Will Be President Obamas Katrina?

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 789
  To be certain, President Obama is confronting all sorts of challenges. But not everything merits "Katrina" status, political word-watchers say.
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• Reversal Haunts Federal Health Agency

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Cleanup of Vieques, site of blasts by the Navy, by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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• Problems of Brad Pitt: Pretty Lower Ninth Public Housing Pissing People Off? [Volunteerism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 864
  Further proving the road to hell as indeed paved with good intentions—or in this case, "green" concrete— Brad Pitt s taking flack for building public housing in New Orleans Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth ward. The houses are dreamy . The reaction isnt. Brad Pitt, whos presumably done more for the city of New ...
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• LIBTARD OF THE WEEK – HELEN THOMAS, THE RACIST

  
  Angry White Dude — Authority: 138
  BACK UNDER THE BRIDGE, HELEN! No one knows from under what bridge she crawled 200 years ago. Although it is rumored she eats young children who venture too close, Helen Thomas is given the honor of having the best seat and asking the first question during press conferences at the White House. Maybe everyone is ...
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• THANKSGIVING: Top 10 News Stories We’re Thankful For

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 628
  2009 has been a pretty tough year. The honeymoon with President Obama came to a screeching halt, the economy remained in bad shape, and there was an avalanche of celebrity deaths this summer. But it wasn’t all bad news! In the spirit of the holiday, here are 10 news stories we were thankful to read this year: ...
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• McCain Silent on Global Warming Hoax Emails

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Attempts to locate a statement or press release from Senator John McCain concerning Climategate have, so far, met with negative results. Senator McCain’s website indicates that his most recent press release (Oct 19) was a joint statement issued with Senator Russ Feingold (D.WI) that begins: "A day after a U.S. ...
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• Editorial: Don’t Forget the Gulf States

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Unless Congress acts quickly, more than 6,000 housing units for poor families might never get built in the Katrina-ravaged Gulf states.
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• Donald Coxe: The Question of Natural Gas

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 142
  In his weekly conference call, November 20, Investment Strategist, Donald Coxe, of Coxe Advisors LLC, discussed the outlook for Natural Gas, Shale Gas, and the controversial accounting of natural gas reserves for the sake of boosting reserve life index (RLI). Coxe’s discussion about natural gas hinged on the ...
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• Eat Grilled Oysters with Garlic Butter to Live Forever

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 432
  My New Orleans: The Cookbook The healing properties of garlic date back over 5,000 years, and was used by ancient Egyptians. Garlic strengthens the immune system, reduces cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure and thins the blood to prevent heart attacks and strokes. It also acts as an expectorant and ...
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• Now, Democrats join Dick Cheneys dithering, amateurism critique of Obama

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 813
  President Obama is set to grant a blanket pardon here shortly to this years White House turkey (No, not him , the genuine fowl).  But while Obama advised his cabinet Monday to take a little time off this week, presumably to give thanks and watch Detroit lose to Green Bay again, theres a real challenge for the ...
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• Hurricane Katrina Victims Win Big

  
  EUR This N That | Urban Black News Blog — Authority: 508
  Hurricane Katrina victims may be getting a new flood, but this time in dollars and cents.  According to a CNN report, a federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs stating that “the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane ...
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• Brangelina ‘gave over $6.8mn to charity in 2008′

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly contributed a whopping 6.8 million dollars to charities in 2008.According to the Hollywood Reporter, which has obtained a 2008 tax return for their Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the amount is double of what they donated in 2007, reports Us magazine.It has ...
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• Sleazy Lawyers: Hurricane Katrina was Manmade; Let’s Sue Oil Companies

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 625
  By Debbie SchlusselLeave it to sleazy trial lawyers to find a way to tie “climate change”/”global warming” BS with massive lawsuits and Hurricane Katrina.  It was bad enough when the liberal media, Louis Farrakhan, and every loon under the sun blamed the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina on President ...
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• Hurricane Katrina Lawsuit Results in Damages Against Army Corps

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 539
  A federal judge ruled last week in favor of residents from New Orlean’s Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish over the Army Corps of Engineers’ maintenance of the city’s levees, potentially exposing the government to liability in a number of Hurricane Katrina lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, ...
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• What The Corridor Can Learn From New Orleans

  
  POPULAR PROGRESSIVE — Authority: 121
  When Hurricane Katrina unleashed its fury, it was largely blamed for the monumental damage that followed in New Orleans and its neighbors. Further evidence showed that the failure of the levees were to blame and that the Army Corp of Engineers who manage those levees failed to upgrade them despite reports that ...
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