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Protest against priest who said Obama voters must repent
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Monday November 17, 2008
Several dozen protesters and counter-protesters lined up on Sunday outside a Greenville, SC Catholic church where the pastor has stated that any of his parishioners who voted for Barack Obama should repent(CNN video also) before receiving communion.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008, 1:07 P.M. ET
Pirates Capture Saudi Supertanker
By CHIP CUMMINS
DUBAI — The U.S. Navy said Monday that pirates commandeered a Saudi-owned supertanker hundreds of miles off the Kenyan coast, an attack officials said was unprecedented for its distance from shore and the size of its target.
The attack appears also to be the first significant […]

Tulsa World

Inhofe: Cancel the ‘blank check’
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
11/16/2008
Last Modified: 11/16/2008  2:31 AM
He criticizes Henry Paulson for changing the $700 billion bailout plan.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation’s financial system and should take back what is left of […]

in order to assess blame for the cause of this latest tragedy.

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The photo shows the horrific, southern California fire.
 
Look closely.

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Is it Osama?
 
Satan?
 
The A.I.G. CEO?

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No. 
 
It is Anthony Quinn as the bedouin leader, Auda abu Tayi,
from the 1962 David Lean classic–LAWRENCE OF ARBIA.
 
I don’t get it it!

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Miniature private eye, Atticus Finch, has his afternoon nap disturbed by a large tomboy named Scout Gutman, who–with the help of a morose African-American historian–is obsessed with finding a piece of furniture valued for its clunky beauty. Finch’s partner Sam Gunzel and the attractive Brigid O’Shaughnessy join in the hunt to find the chiffero designed […]

Chambliss Refusing to Speak in Imperial Sugar Case

WSAV Savannah, Hilton Head

Friday, Nov 14, 2008 - 09:59 PM Updated: 10:43 PM

By Alice Massimi

News Three was the first to tell you Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss had been subpoenaed by Savannah Attorney Mark Tate in the case against Imperial Sugar.
Tate, who represents families of the deceased, subpoenaed Chambliss because […]

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This statement obviously causes wavering at the question: Was It Ever?

HOW ABOUT NO TAX EXEMPTION FOR JAY SCOTT NEWMAN’S PARISH?
 
Does this Newman feller withhold Communion from those who believe in capital punishment, unjust war and contributing to the increased poverty of the country. These three areas are a special question from a pal in Scranton, where the Bishop would not allow Joe Biden to receive […]

Because the Holiday Movie Season is riding on the west wind, I shall add more films to the original  list of three which appeared last March.
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A wealthy San Francisco psychiatrist is haunted by his past life of poverty which had forced him to work as a high wire rigger for the Moravian Circus Duplicitous. A […]

 Professor Jonathan Turley feels that W is tromping on the will of the American people. 
What’s new?  The worst president in the Republic’s history is like a fungus blown by the winds in order to savage the people for years to come.
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Please find the MSNBC Countdown video […]

NOVEMBER 7, 2008
A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS
A Bone Marrow Transplant to Treat a Leukemia Patient Also Gives Him Virus-Resistant Cells; Many Thanks, Sample 61
By MARK SCHOOFS
The startling case of an AIDS patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia is stirring new hope that gene-therapy strategies on the […]

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Palin Hopes God Will ’show her the door’ To The White House
Huffington Post  Nicholas Graham | November 10, 2008 10:00 PM
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Palin refused to say whether she was planning a run for the White House in 2012, but the devoutly faithful governor said she would wait for a sign from God, and that she is confident […]

2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem
By SHAWNA OHM, Associated Press Writer Shawna Ohm,

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AP – This undated photo made available by the Israeli Antiquities Authority on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.

JERUSALEM – A luxurious gold, pearl and emerald earring provides a new visual clue about the life of the elite in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago. And […]

A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks
With Attention on Bailout Debate, Treasury Made Change to Tax Policy
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 10, 2008; A01
The financial world was fixated on Capitol Hill as Congress battled over the Bush administration’s request for a $700 billion bailout of the banking industry. In the midst of this […]

Bank executives enjoy SECRET £300,000 champagne party… just weeks after £20bn bail-out by taxpayers
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 12:22 PM on 10th November 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland has blown £300,000 on a secret champagne junket for executives - less than a month after being given a £20billion handout by the taxpayer.
Bankers and their partners […]

Was Kim Jong-il photo manipulated?
A new picture of Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s “Dear Leader” has come under scrutiny over concerns it may have been doctored to end speculation over his ailing health.
Last Updated: 1:19AM GMT 07 Nov 2008

Kim’s shadow appears to be different to that of the soldiers alongside him in one picture Photo: GETTY/AFP
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Sydney Morning Herald
Zoo’s new baby turns out for the cameras
November 8, 2008
Taronga Zoo’s new pygmy hippo baby was unfazed by the cameras, lapping up lunch before jumping into a bath.
But her birth three weeks ago was almost too much for Monifa, whose name means “I am lucky” in Nigerian.
A difficult breach birth left the calf […]

Monks Brawl At Christian Holy Site In Jerusalem
MATTI FRIEDMAN | November 9, 2008 12:06 PM EST | AP
JERUSALEM — Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity’s holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus’ tomb.
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Images: (Actual fashion photos)
1–A model displays a creation by Sergei Grinko of Russia and Ziad Ghanem of Britain during Riga Fashion Week October 31, 2008.
REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)
2–A model displays a creation by Sergei Grinko of Russia and Ziad Ghanem of Britain during Riga Fashion Week October 31, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)
Reuters via Yahoo! News - […]

Will wonders never cease?

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Friday, November 7, 2008; 12:00 AM
FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) — Bullies may actually enjoy the pain they cause others, a new study using brain scans suggests.
The part of the brain associated with reward lights up when an aggressive teen watches a video of someone hurting another person, but not when […]

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Joe Lieberman in talks about caucusing with Senate GOPTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, November 7th 2008, 4:50 PM
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. is considering joining the GOP conference.
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP.
Lieberman’s affiliation with Democrats is […]

• Survey: Most Americans plan to cut back on holiday shopping
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From Times Online
November 5, 2008
World press reaction to Barack Obama’s victory
Paris, several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election

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Headlines proclaiming Obama’s victory at an international newsstand in Paris
Kaya Burgess and Jenny Booth (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images)
France
An editorial in the national daily Le Monde proclaims “Obama’s victory ushers […]

Missing juror lied about father’s death
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer - 36 mins ago
WASHINGTON – A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Marian Hinnant, identified as […]

I hope they removed the door.

Manchester Guardian
Somalia
Rape victim, 13, stoned to death in Somalia
* Chris McGreal, Africa correspondent
* guardian.co.uk,
* Sunday November 02 2008 12.27 GMT
An Islamist rebel administration in Somalia had a 13-year-old girl stoned to death for adultery after the child’s father reported that three men had raped her.
Amnesty International said the al-Shabab militia, which controls the southern port […]

How many times have we seen polls provided by Quinnipiac University? Today another poll crossed the wires and I decided to learn more about this very influential Connecticut school.
I must warn you that I’ve spun most of this into a web of jokes and it is only for comedic purposes and has no relationship to […]