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12 Aug 2009 11:16

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Politics: Ooh, burn: Congressman compares town hall protesters to the KKK

  • Well, the last time I had to confront something like this was when I voted for the civil rights bill and my opponent voted against it. At that time, we had a lot of Ku Klux Klan folks and white supremacists and folks in white sheets and other things running around causing trouble.
  • Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives • Talking about the protests that have cropped up at town halls across the country, including in his own district. One man notably said to Dingell, “your healthcare plan is going to take healthcare away from my son and kill him!” Whew. Can’t we all just get along? As much as Dingell has a point, he’s clouding that point by saying something designed to anger the other side. • source
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11 Aug 2009 08:43

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U.S.: Being stuck on a roller coaster is a roller coaster of emotions

  • 24 people were stuck on Invertigo for three hours; yikes source
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10 Aug 2009 09:27

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World: Mudslides make a bad situation in China even worse

  • 600 villagers could be buried by a torrent of mud source
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09 Aug 2009 12:13

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World: Typhoon Morakot spews dangerous flood water on China’s coast

  • 1 million people have been moved inland in the wake of the typhoon, which is causing some of Taiwan’s worst flooding in 50 years source
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29 Jul 2009 10:40

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U.S.: Chicago seemed violent last night: Tons of overnight shootings

  • 15 shootings last night alone; that’s a pretty scary taste of Chicago source
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26 Jul 2009 21:26

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World: The phrase “change at a glacial pace” now means “change quickly”

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Global Fiducials Library has a pretty scary selection of glacier photos which show things melting at pretty scary rates. source
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16 Jul 2009 11:45

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U.S.: Jersey City’s the scene of an insane pre-dawn shootout

  • five number of police officers that were shot outside of an apartment building this morning source
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09 Jul 2009 11:07

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World: Now necessary to protest in Iran: Surgical masks

  • They need them to protect their identity. As the latest protests in the country blaze on, we remind everyone that it’s not a fun time to be a member of the opposition in Iran. They’re facing a harsh response from the government, but now have to go out of their way to hide their identity during those protests (which still number in the hundreds). Very sad. By the way, it’s been nearly a month since the contested election. They’re still fighting. Good for them. source
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06 Jul 2009 12:33

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U.S.: Gaffney, South Carolina is freaking out over a serial killer

  • If he comes to me, face to face, I’m ready, I’m loaded, and I’m aimed for him.
  • Gaffney, S.C. resident Sarah Banister • On what she plans to do if the serial killer in her town, who has killed five people in nine days, tries to attack her. Here’s our question: What would you do if you were face-to-face with a serial killer? • source
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05 Jul 2009 21:35

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World: Manuel Zelaya wants to go to Honduras to deal with this?

Not that he shouldn’t try to decoupify his country, but the situation sure seems awful unstable. People are dying in riots. Yikes. source
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