.78% of Maine Republicans excited about Romney!

.78% (give or take) of Maine Republicans are absolutely excited about a Romney candidacy! An amazing 5,500 Maine residents turned out to caucus for GOP candidates, and Romney crushed Santorum by an astounding 194 votes.   Of course, McCain got 295,273 votes in the Maine ca …

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The Evil Brilliance of Komen's Karen Handel | The Nation

Did Karen plan to take Komen down?

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Do People Become More Conservative as They Age? : Discovery News

Discovery reports on research that the popular belief (espoused by me at times as well) that people become more conservative as they age may not be true.

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Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”? - Salon.com

Tucson, Arizona is on a rampage. A rampage to hide contributions of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, even to the founding on their own school district

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Detained at Guatanamo | StarTribune.com

Another first hand account of being a prisoner at Guantanamo.  The U.S. set the stage by offering outrageous sums for turning people in, then expending little effort to ensure anyone's guilt before detention and torture.

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Schadenfreude Capitalism

From Professor Harold James of Princeton, on the problems that are occurring first in the US, then Eurozone, and now hints of upcoming issues in China as they move towards capitalism. "The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited first the American model of capitalis …

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Obama & Clinton are most admired man and woman in America, again

Once again, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton top the Gallup Most Admired American list, fourth time for Obama and an amazing tenth time for Hillary.  Runners up include Oprah (about 1/3 the votes of Hillary) and GW Bush (1/6 the votes of Barry)  

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Professor Sues Pittsburgh for Zapping Her With Anti-Terrorist Weapon

During the September 2009 G-20 Summit, Pittsburgh Police deployed an LRAD - an acoustical weapon designed to repel ships or pirates on the high seas.  The weapon was used against peaceful demonstrators and bystanders.

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Climate Change by extent of Arctic Sea Ice

There seem to be three opinions regarding the very real climate change: 1) i don't see anything.

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Public Unsure Trump Was Born in United States

Was Trump born in the US?  People are unsure - what were the political leanings of his Scottish mother? Did his father really flirt with neo-fascism?  And who was that mysterious figure seen wandering his neighborhood late at night?   Inquiring minds, yadda yadda y …

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Fukushima Reactors 1-4 likely to be shut down permanently

"Reactors 1 to 4 at Fukushima Daiichi are highly likely to be written off, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has said. The fate of undamaged units 5 and 6 may lie in the hands of local residents as may plans for new units.

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Fukushima Daiichi takes a turn for the worse

Bad news from Fukushima Daiichi and radiation levels soar. It appears that one or more containment vessels are breached and leaking.

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Situation at Fukushima Daiichi Reactors Improving!

The reactors are Fukushima Daiichi are being stabilized and the situation is much closed to being under control. The Japanese workers who've been working onsite really deserve to be commended for their roles is preventing a much larger catastrophe.

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Radiation Dose Chart - Shows Relative levels and danger

Great quick chart on relative radiation output and effect

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Owsley Stanley Died :-( Key figure of sixties and LSD popularizer sdsa

Owsley Stanley's name was synonymous with pure LSD and closely tied to sixties counter-culture in California. His brought to life the Grateful Dead and put the "test" in Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

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Obama & Biden Honor last US WW1 Vet

Good for them - hope they also push thru a proper memorial for those of the "Great War"

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Aerial Ropeways Revisited as Environmentally Friendly Goods Transport

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About 18 people a year will get cancer thanks to the TSA

Thanks to backscatter machines implemented by the TSA, an additional 18 or more people every year will get cancer as a result of the radiation exposure. Thanks TSA!

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Almost everyone in GOP is a RINO, according to American Conservative Union

If you believe the American Conservative Union, almost every prominent Republican is not really a conservative. It's a measure of how far right the GOP has veered in the past few years. Not content to merely demonize democrats, they are eating their own as well.

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Palin supporters within GOP are ignorant dolts?

Low or no education = support of Palin and her ilk: "A closer analysis of Thursday's Gallup poll of Republicans about the 2012 GOP presidential nomination reveals a striking class division.

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Protofascism & the Rise of the Tea Party

The rise of fascism as seen in the rhetoric of the Tea Party

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U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks

"The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. government are providing sensitive or classified information to Wikileaks.org cannot be ruled out''.

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Demographics show Republicans trending out of existence

Research on voting and demographic changes show that the Republican party, dominated by old white people, will continue trending downward in dominance at least through 2020 based on current data.

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CIA Drone Pilots are Unlawful Combatants

Article explains how the civilian contractors and CIA operatives who are piloting or aiding drone attacks are legally defined as "unlawful combatants" and therefore become fair game for the enemy, even when the enemy are themselves "unlawful combatants".

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