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29 Jul 2010 20:22

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Politics: I won’t back down, part 3: Shirley Sherrod’s Breitbart lawsuit

  • This oughta be a fun lawsuit. And Sherrod plans to make the most of it. When asked about it at a meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists in San Diego, she said she definitely would, adding this little bit at the end: “What do I have to be afraid of?” This led to this downright classic near-instant response from Brent Bozell of the Media Research Council and Breitbart precursor Newsbusters: “Andrew Breitbart is going to be fine. He’s done nothing wrong. I wonder if Ms. Sherrod, who is such a champion of transparency, will publicly disclose who is putting her up to this.” OMG shut up nobody cares douchebag. source

29 Jul 2010 20:09

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Politics: I won’t back down, part 2: Arizona’s immigration lawsuit appeal

  • America is not going to sit back and allow the ongoing federal failures to continue. We are a nation of laws and we believe they need to be enforced. … I will not back down.
  • Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer • Regarding her office’s decision to appeal yesterday’s decision temporarily blocking the implementation of the key parts of the state’s new immigration law. If that doesn’t sound like something that usually happens, it’s not. Usually, court cases get appealed after a trial which Judge Susan Bolton would’ve presided over. But noooooooooo … Brewer decided to jump straight to the appeal. She claims that the issue is too important to simply wait in a court for a while. source

29 Jul 2010 20:01

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Politics: I won’t back down, part 1: Charlie Rangel’s ethics charges

  • 13 ethics charges against a guy who wouldn’t back down source
  • » An unexpected result: Many in Congress expected Rangel to strike a deal to avoid a politically embarrassing trial, but instead, here we are. Some close to him, however, suggest that Rangel, a co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, believes he did nothing wrong.

29 Jul 2010 11:10

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Politics: Great: Buses in big cities plastered with debate over Islam

The ad on this bus, from Stop Islamization of America, is anti-Islamic. It’s a response to a pro-Islam ad. Both ads have been showing up in cities across the country. source

29 Jul 2010 11:03

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Biz: Unemployment: Jobless claims numbers improving very, very slowly

  • 11,000 fewer new jobless claims last week than the week before
  • 468,000 the number of new jobless claims last week source

29 Jul 2010 10:55

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World: French woman reportedly chose murder over contraceptives

  • what A French woman, Dominique Cottrez, admitted to hiding eight pregnancies over a 17-year period and killing the babies after they were born.
  • why She reportedly didn’t want to have more children, but didn’t want to use contraceptives. Her weight allowed her to hide the pregnancies. source

29 Jul 2010 10:27

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Politics: House ethics: Charlie Rangel has all the spotlight on him today

Last chance, buddy. You gonna let this ethics trial happen today, or are you going to turn this into a Blago-style circus? source
 

29 Jul 2010 09:14

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U.S.: Scary: A woman recalls how she survived a Montana bear attack

  • Within hundredths of seconds, I felt the teeth in my arm, heard bones breaking. I screamed and that seemed to aggravate him. He sunk his teeth into me again. So I decided to play dead and mean it.
  • London, Ontario resident Deb Freele • Describing her initial reaction to waking up in a Montana campground to a bear chewing on her arm. The playing dead trick worked, because she survived, along with another man. Another man at Soda Butte, a popular campground near Yellowstone National Park, wasn’t so lucky. It was the first fatal bear attack in Montana since 2001. source

29 Jul 2010 09:00

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Politics: Why immigration has been fruitful for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer

  • 66% of Arizonans support the measure that got cut back yesterday
  • 53% of Arizonans suport her for reelection, according to a recent poll
  • 35% of Arizonans support opponent Terry Goddard instead source

29 Jul 2010 08:50

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Tech: Some dude grabbed everyone’s Facebook data, put it on The Pirate Bay

  • 100 million poor Facebook users’ details scraped source