there is no doubt that the obama campaign fears the impact palin has on the election and theyre doing anything they can to shame her off the ticket. the latest attempt comes from obama campaign member howard gutman lobbyist and defender of domestic terrorists. who attacked sarah palin on the laura ingraham show. an original member of barack obamas finance committee said friday that sarah palin i...
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button button whos got the button mccainpalin merchandise is flying off the shelves. meanwhile my pal shana she runs that rosary bracelet business in the right column ad reports that shes enjoying watching her buttons run huge numbers popular on facebook flair not that i actually know what that means but if you want to make your own buttons while youre waiting for official ones these palin vs...
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soldier forced to sleep in car after hotel refuses him a room times online how messed up is this a hotel that refused a wounded soldier a room forcing him to spend the night in his car was backed into a grovelling apology yesterday after receiving a barrage of abusive phone calls. ... cpl stringer who was not in uniform presented his army warrant card when asked by the hotel for proo...
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photo credit stijn vogels i dont pretend to know a whole lot about american politics and generally avoid commenting for that reason however the addition of sarah palin to the republican party presidential campaign meant i had to say something sarah palin is less of a friend to the environment than george bush. i know that may be difficult to believe but remember that gov palin is from the state of...
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perusing the opeds this morning i came across two pieces i found interesting. the first was from nyt columnist paul krugman. mr. krugman always has that look like hes simultaneously suffering from ptsd as a result of regular assaults from the schoolyard bully and a severe case of irritable bowel syndrome both of which tend to make him as annoying as a cowering and barking chihuahua protecting hi...
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gold showed some real signs of life yesterday when london opened for trading but shortly after 400 a.m. new york time on thursday morning with gold up 15 the selling started again...and it just went on and on with few breaks...until a bottom was put in at 800 p.m. last night. it was a 23 spread between the top and bottom of the trading range. so far the boyz havent been able to break through the l...
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interesting article. i hope hes right that the response to sara reflects a reconnection between the party and the people and the ascendancy of western conservatism within the party. from the times quote september 5 2008 sarah palin its go west towards the future of conservatism her thrilling convention speech showed that the governor of alaska is a force t...
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when corporal tomos stringer traveled to woking surrey to help with funeral preparations for a friend killed in action he planned on staying at the metro hotel. however after hotel staff learned hes a soldier he was told it was company policy not to accept members of the armed forces as guests. he was forced to bed down with his injured wrist broken during a convoy ambush in his tiny twodoor car....
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nicola dadamo ci segnala un articolo del times sui rossetti e specialmente sulla mostra che si sta svolgendo in questi giorni a vasto. per leggere larticolo completo clicca qui......
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theres no fat suit in jonathan rhys meyers future producers of the tudors say. theyd rather keep the hot irish actor trim and sexy as the series enters its third season. forget historical accuracy exec producer morgan osullivan told the sunday times the aim is not to make jonny pictured at left on set in ireland look like henry viii. we have accepted that from day one osullivan said. we have been ...
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si vivir es un crimen por odio pues que asa sea dice el primer verso de un poema un poemita enfermo de john ashbery dentro de su libro chinese whispers que alude al conocido juego de distorsian de un mensaje que va pasando de unos a otros y que en mi infancia llamabamos el telafono. solemos asociar los cramenes por odio con asesinatos colectivos y con la solucian final el holocausto o bien con a...
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...n membership in nato. he also attacked moscow... eek time to stock up the bunker.......
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yes i know theres a little something political happening in the us right now. i havent written about it yet probably will soon but in the meantime if youre interested in my opinions on the subject make me a friend on facebook or follow me on twitter. i havent been shy elsewhere on the interwebs about my political leanings. oh and remember to check out my guarda column at italy mag this week the fe...
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cartoon by peter brookes times online......
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scientists develop new method to investigate origin of life scientists at penn state have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on earth. the teams method has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins all the way back to either cells or viruses thus settling the debate once and for all over which of these life forms came...
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... an interesting take on sarah palin that i agree with. and ive been hoping for an american version of margaret thatcher also a mom to come along.......
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the general rule of thumb is that a recession occurs when real gross domestic product gdp growth is negative for two or more consecutive quarters and based on forecasts by the organisation for economic cooperation and development britain will be the only major economy that falls into recession this year. apparently the near collapse of the housing market is to blame for the demise of the u...
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havent posted in a bit working myself to death. anyway want to share this piece of news. curious about comments from our uk folk. reports u.k. soldier had to sleep in car because of hotels no military policy on deadline usatoday.c om q uote reports u.k. soldier had to sleep in car because of hotels no military policy citing the hotels no military personn...
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this very balanced and perceptive view of alaska and what it means in the american psyche comes from a british paper. i dont think it could ever come from an american one alaska is americas greatest wilderness and americans dream of the liberation they will find there. they go to hike hunt take a cruise or embark on an adventurous new life free of the constraints of the other america they call the...
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bangkok is under a state of emergency this week as approximately 300000 antigovernment protestors have seized control of government buildings. thai pm samak sundaravej declared a state of emergency last tuesday and resists calls for his resignation offering instead a referendum as the street fighting continues. many are worried these protests will hurt thailands tourist industry which makes up 6.5...
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after new orleans would you move here paul simons times online it was a close shave but new orleans just managed to escape hurricane gustavs onslaught on monday. but the stark truth is that the citys days are numbered. its fate was sealed in 1717 when french explorer jeanbaptiste le moyne de bienville chose a sharp bend in the mississippi river to found nouvelleorleans in the teeth of opposi...
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its amazing to see the horrifically slanted local coverage of sarah palin by the st. louis postdispatch .a the only daily newspaper in st. louis has now unveiled palin as a party savior refusing to engage with the ongoing torrent of information revealing sarah palin to be an inexperienced dishonest and vindictive politician. for those people who get their news by reading the headlines and scanning...
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