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22 Oct 2009 21:34

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Politics, World: A sampling of some of the quotes Nick Griffin faced

  • Sir Winston Churchill put everything on the line so that my ancestors wouldn’t get slaughtered in the concentration camps. But here sits a man who says that is a myth just like a flat world was a myth.
  • A “Question Time” audience member • Refuting a claim by British National Party head Nick Griffin that compared the deaths in the Holocaust were an “Orthodox myth,” much like the world being flat. Griffin also said that if Churchill was alive today, he would be a member of the controversial white-supremacist party. • source
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22 Oct 2009 21:20

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Politics: Nick Griffin is the Rush Limbaugh of the U.K. Here’s proof.


  • Nick Griffin, 2009 Griffin was faced with some unbelievably harsh criticism when he showed up on the BBC’s “Question Time” today. It was a major event. And Griffin came out of it looking the fool.

  • Rush Limbaugh, 1990 Nearly two decades ago, Limbaugh guest-hosted an episode of “The Pat Sajak Show” – a tryout for a regular show, really – where he faced similar results. Just saying.
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21 Oct 2009 10:10

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Politics: Rush Limbaugh proves (again) why he’s not worthy of NFL ownership

  • If he really thinks that humanity is destroying the planet, humanity is destroying the climate, that human beings in their natural existence are going to cause the extinction of life on Earth — Andrew Revkin. Mr Revkin, why don’t you just go kill yourself and help the planet by dying?
  • Rush Limbaugh • Telling New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin that he should kill himself. It’s kind of a bizarre thing – Limbaugh is so far on the right sometimes that he can’t see why people might look at things like this and just throw up their hands in disbelief. This is not classy. • source
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20 Oct 2009 22:32

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U.S.: Nancy Pelosi’s got the House health care bill under $900 billion

  • The preliminary estimates we’ve seen from the CBO enable us to make our choices knowing that whatever choice we make will reduce the deficit and will pay for the bill.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi • On reining in the cost of the health care bill while paying back the defecit. Currently, there are three separate bills that need to be merged together, but after the Congressional Budget Office took a look at the bills, they now feel they can reasonably combine them into something ready for a vote on the House floor. Hopefully, the Senate can get their stuff together, too. • source
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19 Oct 2009 08:46

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U.S.: Obama says the stimulus helped hugely in schools

  • 250,000 education jobs saved, eh? source
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18 Oct 2009 23:23

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Politics: Max Headroom: More on the White House’s war against Fox News

  • “Chicago-style”? On Fox News, Bush-era White House strategist Karl Rove suggests that the Obama administration is carrying around an enemies list and is full of Chicago-style politicians. Is that kinda like Chicago-style pizza, Karl? That sounds tasty.

  • “Chicago-style”? On Fox News, Bush-era White House strategist Karl Rove suggests that the Obama administration is carrying around an enemies list and is full of Chicago-style politicians. Is that kinda like Chicago-style pizza, Karl? That sounds tasty.

  • Axelrod’s grinding ax White House strategist David Axelrod continues Anita Dunn’s strategy of trashing on the news value of Fox News. We think that this strategy has a lot of holes in it. And it’s making Rupert Murdoch more money.

  • “Chicago-style”? On Fox News, Bush-era White House strategist Karl Rove suggests that the Obama administration is carrying around an enemies list and is full of Chicago-style politicians. Is that kinda like Chicago-style pizza, Karl? That sounds tasty.

  • Axelrod’s grinding ax White House strategist David Axelrod continues Anita Dunn’s strategy of trashing on the news value of Fox News. We think that this strategy has a lot of holes in it. And it’s making Rupert Murdoch more money.

  • Insuring criticism Republican senator John Kyl may regret saying this. When tackling the Afghan war versus the cost of health care on “Meet the Press,” he says that the uninsured won’t die from the lack of insurance. Yeah man, whatever.

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18 Oct 2009 12:20

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Politics: Daily Poll: The White House vs. Fox News – is it worth fighting?

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17 Oct 2009 15:53

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U.S.: George Bush the elder totally has Obama’s back

  • Politics is politics. But some things are bigger than that. He, like other Americans, would like to see the president be successful.
  • Former White House political director Ron Kaufman • Describing the warm relationship George H.W. Bush has with Barack Obama. Bush held an event honoring Obama’s public service last night, and despite the protests outside the Texas auditorium, it was a warm, festive affair inside. The elder Bush said that in challenging times, “the R or D next to your name is irrelevant.” Obama agreed. • source
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15 Oct 2009 22:12

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U.S.: Obama can’t get his federal judges in; is it because he’s not trying?

  • 90 federal judges, or 10% of the total judge posts, are needed; caseloads are starting to back up source
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15 Oct 2009 11:19

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Sports: Today’s daily poll tackles the Rush Limbaugh/NFL saga

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