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  • Steven-Slater

    Steven Slater: JetBlue flight attendant flips out

    Steve, two words for you.  You rock!  This is one way to give your resignation.  I tell you passengers can be so unruly sometimes.  For those of you who don’t know here is the 411.  What do you think of Steve’s last day on the...

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  • Wikileaks

    92,000 Secret Docs About Afghan War (WikiLeaks)

    More than 90,000 secret military records of the US war in Afghanistan were published online Sunday providing new evidence that Americans have been misled for years about the war in Afghanistan. The White House quickly lashed out at the release of the documents. National Security...

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    BP caught using altered image of command center

    Is a picture worth more or less than a thousand words if it’s Photoshopped?  Tis tis on BP! John Aravosis of AMERICAblog made an interesting find Monday night: A high-resolution image on BP’s website of the troubled company’s Houston-based Deepwater Horizon response command center had...

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    Chinese companies rent white foreigners

    Well isn’t this quite the story. Do you want to be rented? lol Chinese companies hire white people to portray executives or clients and are Often hired in second-tier Chinese cities to impress clients and officials.

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  • healthcare1

    Study Ranks US Last on Healthcare

    A new comparative study on healthcare has ranked the US last behind six other industrialized countries. The Commonwealth Fund evaluated the US along with Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand on “quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives.” The study says the US...

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  • BP Oil Spill

    BP Oil Spill

    The oil spill is likely to extend thousands of miles up the Atlantic ocean as early as next summer. The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the prediction based on a detailed computer modeling study. Researchers say the spill could move as far as Cape...

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  • C-SPAN Caller Complains: Too Many Black People

    C-SPAN Caller Complains: Too Many Black People

    Wow C-SPAN, way to go for telling this caller what he really is.  Two comments: The host is actually apologizing for not screening the calls correctly when the caller is oblisouly a ignorant fool. My momma always taught me to treate ignorant fools like they...

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  • Healthcare bill passed

    Healthcare bill passed

    In political news, the healthcare bill has passed.  I honestly didn’t think the bill had a chance in hell of passing.  What did you guys think? A major victory for President Obama and congressional Democrats, the House has approved a landmark measure that would expand...

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