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• No Hesitation in Legitimate Defense

  
  Chronicles of Atlantis — Authority: 139
  "The Law" at New English Reviews Iconoclast reports on the near-catastrophic terrorist attack on-board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 here . Just as the Popes body guards moved decisively and incisively once the "unbalanced" female attacker made her move Christmas Eve, as reported here , the hero of Flight ...
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• Cindy Sheehan to Install Anti-Obama Camp at Washington Monument

  
  NObama Blog — Authority: 139
  By Matt Smith Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch at Crawford Texas that challenged them both. For those feeling nostalgic about the past decade, fret not: ...
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• Novak - The First (and Only) Enlightenment

  
  The Four Mass'keteers — Authority: 433
  A real keeper and for the record: Michael Novaks The First Enlightenment : Those of us who are of Catholic mind do not believe that the Enlightenment began with Kant (“What is Enlightenment?”), or Locke or Newton, or even with Descartes. We cherish Plato, Aristotle, Cicero. But the first Enlightenment began ...
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• We Need This Brave Man

  
  Chronicles of Atlantis — Authority: 139
  Amen . Howd you like to be his Guardian Angel?
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• NO SRSLY, ORD

  
  Digital Terrorist — Authority: 99
  Seriously, I don’t see the jubilation behind that three-letter abbreviation. Coming from an ORD personnel, I have already been notified of my oncoming reservist in 6 months’ time. That’s just 4 months after breathing the “fresh air” of civilian life. In fact, reality bites on the initial joy, swallow it all ...
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• Why more consumers want MSN on their phones than Twitter

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 159
  When INQ Mobile showed me a phone with a fast built-in Facebook app earlier this year, my immediate reaction was: “It’ll do Twitter, too, right?” Sure enough, the latest version does Twitter.But it turns out that my enthusiasm puts me in a minority demographic. Americans asked by research and consulting firm ...
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• phone

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 159
  When INQ Mobile showed me a phone with a fast built-in Facebook app earlier this year, my immediate reaction was: “It’ll do Twitter, too, right?” Sure enough, the latest version does Twitter.But it turns out that my enthusiasm puts me in a minority demographic. Americans asked by research and consulting ...
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• Thaksin assassination hype by red shirts backfiring

  
  Connecting the Dots — Authority: 128
  In what was meant to spark a scandal that the Thai government allegedly was planning to kill Thaksin, has simply backfired on the Red Shirts. Two thumbs up from the public endorsing the idea is not exactly the response they had in mind. You could probably chalk this up under just another thing that was not thought ...
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• Setting up an author blog

  
  Matt Beynon Rees — Authority: 116
  Because I’m such a hip and happening author, I’m redoing my blog. Actually, I’m not redoing it. My friend Harry’s doing it. He’s hip and happening (check out his photo and wish for his cool, Daddy-O). The point of the blog is to make me LOOK that way. Until now I’ve mused about the writing of my books, my ...
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• Year in review: Michigan’s top HIV stories of 2009

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 601
  From terrorism to discrimination to privacy issues, HIV-related issues made headlines in Michigan in 2009. 1. HIV-as-terrorism case in Macomb County Perhaps the most watched, and outrageous, HIV related story of 2009 is the situation facing Daniel Allen, a 44-year-old Clinton Township resident who has been ...
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• Through me the way into the suffering city

  
  The Four Mass'keteers — Authority: 433
  On this eve of Christmas Eve, a sense of foreboding prevails among those who know what will be ram-rodded .. er, voted upon tomorrow on Capitol Hill. It is something so immense, so huge and hubris-filled, like King Herod and Caesar to the tenth power, that one can almost hear Stalin whispering, How many ...
  3 days ago

• Powerful Circles of Defrauders in Dante

  
  Chronicles of Atlantis — Authority: 139
  I am reminded that according to C. S. Lewiss favorite poet, Dante Alighieri, usurers , counterfeiters, grafters, and other defrauding sinners have special punishments awaiting them in hell. Why do you suppose I recalled that piece of arcane information when I read this ?
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• Reality Check

  
  Stix Blog ver 4.0 — Authority: 153
  Chip in for my golf addiction Share and Enjoy: Related posts: Reality Check Reality Check Reality Check
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• PBS interviews Katie Redding on maternity health insurance bill

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 614
  The Rocky Mountain PBS blog Panorama interviewed Colorado Independent writing fellow Katie Redding this week about a bill sponsored by Denver Rep. Jerry Frangas that would mandate maternity health insurance in the state. Redding has been reporting for weeks on the often absurd frustrations that greet ...
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• Accused Tiller assassin won’t be allowed to use ‘necessity defense’

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 649
  A district court judge ruled Tuesday that the man accused of murdering Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller will not be allowed to use the “necessity defense” put together for him by Des Moines anti-abortion activist Dave Leach. Scott Roeder (mugshot) Leach, who publishes a newsletter that advocates the ...
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• Reality Check: The Party’s Not Over

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 710
  Does Islamist party Hizb-ut-Tahrir pose a threat to Western society? The answer may well be yes -- but that doesnt mean it should be banned.
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• The Years Of Magical Thinking: The Pscychology Of Believing In Santa [Reality Check]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 802
  New research shows that belief in Santa can actually rise with age, and that three-year-olds believe in St. Nick just slightly less than they believe in the garbage man. But does kids " magical thinking " have a larger purpose? According to Shirley Wang of the Wall Street Journal , scientists measured ...
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• Glazov - Denial re: Fort Hood

  
  Chronicles of Atlantis — Authority: 139
  Jamie Glazov at City Journal : Why the hard Left can’t accept the Islamic roots of Nidal Hasan’s shooting spree As the United States prepares to try Nidal Malik Hasan for 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder at Fort Hood last month, few question the suspect’s guilt, but ...
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• Worrying over Afghanistan’s Pot-head Soldiers

  
  War Is Boring — Authority: 136
  by DAVID AXE Russia Today emailed me again to request an interview. The subject this time: drug use in the Afghan army. This Guardian video report on U.S. advisers to the Afghan National Army has revived interest in the subject. The video has cropped up on Danger Room and The Huffington Post . I’ll be on ...
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• Howard Stern Threatens To Quit? Sponsor: http://www.luktagott.nu

  
  Tvbot.se — Authority: 467
  Since new contract talks are about to begin in 2010, Howard Stern sees a prime opportunity to play hardball with Sirius Radio. Too bad he hasn’t thought his plan all the way through! He is threatening to walk if he isn’t given more money, but with no place to go, it doesn’t come off as much of a threat View ...
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