Political Rift: December 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

"Mother Is Charged After Missing Maryland Toddler Boy Found Dead In Ohio Creek" - in #Independent

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By Khier Casino

Mother Is Charged After Missing Maryland Toddler Boy Found Dead In Ohio Creek
Body Of Missing 14-Month-Old Cameron Beckford Discovered In Ohio Creek
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"Edward L. Kimball: Civil Disobedience" - in #Liberal

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In 1969 to 1971, my father, Edward L. Kimball, was on the editorial board for a short-lived periodical: The Carpenter: Reflections of Mormon Life. A week ago, on Christmas, I posted an excerpt from my father’s Carpenter...

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"Edward L. Kimball: Civil Disobedience" - in #Liberal

"Happy New Year from ‘Sad Joe Biden’ [gif]" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

Poor Joe. Forced to stand guard by that window while his boss goofs off in Hawaii.
Happy New Year! pic.twitter.com/wfEfn1aOyn
— Michael Deppisch (@deppisch) December 31, 2014

#HappyNewYear @deppisch Sad Joe B...

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"Happy New Year from ‘Sad Joe Biden’ [gif]" - in #Conservative

"Edward L. Kimball: Civil Disobedience" - in #Liberal

"Studying ISIS and ourselves" - in #Conservative

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By Cal Thomas The commander of American Special Operations in the Middle East, Major Gen. Michael K. Nagata, is reported to be seeking help in learning why the Islamic State is so dangerous.
Read more here:: Studying ISIS and...

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"January 2015 Open Thread" - in #Independent

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By paulie

Our monthly open thread. Post news tips about alt parties and independent candidates, discuss any story that should be posted here but has not yet been posted, or even delve into completely off-topic stuff….just avoid q...

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"NOT GOOD: Police car SABOTAGED, officer shot at in Texas" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

This is so out of control. A police officer was …
Read more here:: NOT GOOD: Police car SABOTAGED, officer shot at in Texas

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"NOT GOOD: Police car SABOTAGED, officer shot at in Texas" - in #Conservative

"Fox News: Should Kimberly Guilfoyle kiss Bob Beckel at midnight?" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

Should Kimberly Guilfoyle kiss Bob Beckel at midnight? Fox News wants you to weigh in. So far the response is mixed.
Should @kimguilfoyle kiss @RobertGBeckel at midnight? Vote “yes” or “no” using #FoxNews2015! pic.t...

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"Obama Releasing 5 More Gitmo Detainees" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

President Obama gave an early New Year’s gift to five Guantanamo Bay terrorists – he’s releasing them.
The Defense Department announced Wednesday that five more prisoners will be transferred out ...

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"Obama Releasing 5 More Gitmo Detainees" - in #Conservative

"Ayotte: Obama ‘more interested in emptying’ Gitmo than protecting US" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) was still working on this New Year’s Eve to challenge President Obama’s transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Kazakhstan. She suspects they may return to terrorism.
According...

Read More...Ayotte: Obama ‘more interested in emptying’ Gitmo than protecting US

"Ayotte: Obama ‘more interested in emptying’ Gitmo than protecting US" - in #Conservative

"New Year's Thoughts: ‘Wisdom of the Heart’ and 2015" - in #Conservative

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By Kathryn Jean Lopez As the year was winding down, I was reading a message for the World Day of the Sick (it’s in February) the Vatican released this week. It talks about “the wisdom of the heart,” which helps us suffer ...

Read More...New Year's Thoughts: ‘Wisdom of the Heart’ and 2015

"New Year's Thoughts: ‘Wisdom of the Heart’ and 2015" - in #Conservative

"Yemeni Man Tortures And Murders Ten-Year-Old Daughter For Supposedly Having Sex" - in #Independent

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By Matiss Batarags

Yemeni Man Tortures And Murders Ten-Year-Old Daughter For Supposedly Having Sex
Yemeni Man Admits To Torturing And Murdering Young Daughter For Adultery
...

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"FBI says New York police officers might be TARGETED by violent protesters on New Year’s Eve" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

Hours before the New Year hits America, the FBI is …
Read more here:: FBI says New York police officers might be TARGETED by violent protesters on New Year’s Eve

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"‘You had one job': Looks like History Channel got ‘into the champagne a tad early’" - in #Conservative

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By Sarah D.

If History hasn’t settled on a new year’s resolution yet, allow us to humbly suggest one: Resolve to check dates before tweeting. Because, well, history.
When the South seceded in 1960, Louisiana-based...

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"Just in time for 2015! Kim Kardashian decides to ‘clear up some rumors’" - in #Conservative

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By Sarah D.

Let’s face it: You can’t really ring in the new year until you know the truth about what’s going on with the Kardashians. So Kim’s doing you a favor and clearing the air:
lets clear up some...

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"CDC to hire safety chief after Ebola, bird flu lab blunders" - in #Independent

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By Reuters (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to hire a chief of laboratory safety, a new post that has taken on more urgency after a CDC scientist was possibly exposed to Ebola in a laboratory l...

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"US Supreme Court to ease access to court documents: Chief Justice John Roberts" - in #Independent

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By Reuters (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said on Wednesday the Supreme Court is launching a new case-filing system that will enable the public for the first time to view all court papers on the court’s own w...

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"Surprising number of people resolve to ‘smoke more weed’ in 2015" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

That last tweet was a total joke
New Years resolution: smoke MORE weed
— Mary Brown (@Marybr0wn) December 31, 2014

mom; “what’s your New Years resolution”
me; “smoke more w...

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"Surprising number of people resolve to ‘smoke more weed’ in 2015" - in #Conservative

"New LAPD union head was once called ‘problem officer’ in report following Rodney King beating" - in #Independent

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By Tom Boggioni The newly elected head of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, representing close to 10,000 law enforcement officers, was once listed as a “problem officer” in a 1991 report issued by a blue ribbon committee l...

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"New LAPD union head was once called ‘problem officer’ in report following Rodney King beating" - in #Independent

"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Drops Challenge to Petition of Willie Wilson" - in #Independent

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By paulie

Willie Wilson
Ballot Access News:
On December 24, the challenge to the petition of Willie Wilson was dropped. …
Read more here:: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Drops Challenge to Petition of Willie Wilson

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"Bicyclist Suffers Horrifying Accident (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

Bicyclist Suffers Horrifying Accident (Video)
Bicyclist Suffers Horrifying Accident (Video)
Local
Weird News...

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"Bicyclist Suffers Horrifying Accident (Video)" - in #Independent

"Catholic Organization Cancels Agreement For Same-Sex Wedding Reception; Changes Mind After Uproar" - in #Liberal

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By Josh Israel

CREDIT: Knights of Columbus #934 Facebook page
Back in September, Alexandria Marie Shields and Taylor Butcher booked the Knights of Columbus hall in Madison, Indiana for the reception that will follow their...

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"Catholic Organization Cancels Agreement For Same-Sex Wedding Reception; Changes Mind After Uproar" - in #Liberal

"Take The NRA To Task, Not De Blasio, For The NYC Cop Murders" - in #Liberal

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By Peter Dreier
It’s been more than a week since Ismaayl Brinsley, a deranged man with a long criminal record, murdered two New York City police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, in cold blood, but so far we...

Read More...Take The NRA To Task, Not De Blasio, For The NYC Cop Murders

"SJW England" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox)

Notice anything missing from They are celebrating the fact that there are no white people. None. That is the SJW vision for England and for the West, the complete elimination of Europeans in addition...

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"SJW England" - in #Conservative

"Hillary’s Webb of Paranoia" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Geraghty Assume, for a moment, that U.S. News & World Report is accurately reporting this:While they aren’t acknowledging [2016 Democratic candidate Jim] Webb publicly, Clinton loyalists are keeping an eye on him...

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"Hillary’s Webb of Paranoia" - in #Conservative

"IPR Stats: Highlights from 2014" - in #Independent

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By paulie

Although several more hours remain in 2014, we got our annual sites stats report:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 460,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the...

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"Milwaukee Libertarians issue New Year’s Resolutions for local government" - in #Independent

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By Andy Craig

Libertarian Party of Milwaukee County
Wed. December 31, 2014
The Libertarian Party of Milwaukee County concluded the 2014 election year with their regular monthly meeting. Andy Craig, the Libertarian’s 2014...

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"Milwaukee Libertarians issue New Year’s Resolutions for local government" - in #Independent

"Lisa Benson, Victor Valley Daily Press" - in #PoliticalHumor

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PUBLICATION DATE: Wed, 31 Dec 2014
Read more here:: Lisa Benson, Victor Valley Daily Press

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"Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette" - in #PoliticalHumor

PUBLICATION DATE: Wed, 31 Dec 2014
Read more here:: Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette

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"Jen Sorensen, Self-syndicated - Quiz Time: Back-turning NYPD edition" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Quiz Time: Back-turning NYPD edition PUBLICATION DATE: Wed, 31 Dec 2014
Read more here:: Jen Sorensen, Self-syndicated – Quiz Time: Back-turning NYPD edition

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

"Milwaukee Libertarians issue New Year’s Resolutions for local government" - in #Independent

"Misc." - in #Conservative

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By Jay Nordlinger 1) Ali Khamenei is the “supreme leader” of Iran and one of the most monstrous, murderous people in the world. But he is with-it. More with-it than the president of Smith College. Khamenei tweeted “Black lives mat...

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"2014 Year in Review" - in #Conservative

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By Julie Borowski
Read more here:: 2014 Year in Review

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"2014 Year in Review" - in #Conservative

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By Julie Borowski
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"An Aspiration for Iran" - in #Conservative

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By Jay Nordlinger Obama likes the expression “get right with.” Illegal aliens, he said, should “come out of the shadows and get right with the law.” Iran, he has now said, has “a chance to get right with the world.” He also said t...

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"The Kippah as License" - in #Conservative

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By Jay Nordlinger A few days before Christmas, I had a post in which I linked to an article about “Merry Christmas” — one of those you-can’t-say-it stories. A governmental department in Britain was being Grinchy. I wro...

Read More...The Kippah as License

"New Yorkers Continue To Flee High Taxes And Regulations" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

The trend of New Yorkers fleeing this state for greener pastures continues. Gee, could it have anything to do with the high taxes, massive amounts of regulation and corrupt government?
New York now ranks...

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"A Whiff of Bonfire" - in #Conservative

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By Jay Nordlinger Ian, Ryan, about the NYPD: One thing that makes it so frustrating is that it was all so predictable. Every issue of City Journal predicted it, or virtually did so. Heather Mac predicted it, or feared it. Myron...

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"CDC declares flu epidemic after disease is blamed for deaths of 15 children" - in #Independent

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By Medical Daily This year’s flu season has turned into something laced with more danger than health officials have seen in the past. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced 15 children have...

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"Dancing In The Streets" - in #Libertarian

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on this subject: Law Enforcers or Peace OfficersNews Story Source: Simple JusticeThere is something called the “Ellen Dare Dance,” which sounds kinda fun and free. Except in New York City, where police officers who...

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"Officials insist Missouri police officer was justified in fatal shooting of Antonio Martin" - in #Independent

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By St. Louis Post-Dispatch BERKELEY, Mo. — Leaders here have tried desperately to distinguish the police killing of 18-year-old Antonio Martin on Dec. 23 from that of Michael Brown in Ferguson 4-{ months earlier, which sparked m...

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"Late Night FDL: Trouble Me" - in #Liberal

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By CTuttle

10,000 Maniacs – Trouble Me
10,000 Maniacs are working on a new album, Twice Told Tales…
10,000 Maniacs are going in a different direction for their ninth studio album and their first with Cleopatra Records.
Twice Tol...

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"Late Night FDL: Trouble Me" - in #Liberal

"Meeting Steve Scalise" - in #Liberal

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By Taegan Goddard
New Orleans Advocate reporter Stephanie Grace: “This is what I remember about the first time I met Steve Scalise nearly 20 years ago: He told me he was like David Duke without the baggage.”
“The baggage, of cours...

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"GOP Tries to Contain Race Scandal" - in #Liberal

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By Taegan Goddard
“House Republican leaders, poised for a celebratory takeover of Congress next week, instead found themselves scrambling Tuesday to defuse a racially charged controversy over one lawmaker’s speech a decade a...

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"Kurt Schlichter delivers a blunt assessment of the Scalise battlefield" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

There’s no getting away from shady tactics employed by Democrats to take down Republicans. The media empowers the left by ignoring their mistakes and questionable associations while attacking Republican...

Read More...Kurt Schlichter delivers a blunt assessment of the Scalise battlefield

"Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

William Teach reminds us that it’s almost time for New Year’s resolutions. Be sure to send him good wishes, he’s got the flu. Send me good wishes, too, since I have a bad cold, which...

Read More...Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?

"Kurt Schlichter delivers a blunt assessment of the Scalise battlefield" - in #Conservative

"‘Right-wing mouthpiece’ MSNBC concedes to ‘rough year,’ ratings slide" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

TVNewser reports today that MSNBC’s ratings continued their free fall in 2014. CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter was courteous enough to pass along the news.
Everything you’ve heard about...

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"Gruber: There Will be Obamacare Death Panels" - in #Conservative

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By Wesley J. Smith Back in 09–when Obamacare advocates castigated those who worried that Obamacare would lead to rationing–Jonathan Gruber said get the law passed first, then refuse treatment later. From the Daily...

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"Play-Doh Maker Recalls Cake Mountain Set Due To Offended Parents Complaining About Phallic Symbol" - in #Independent

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By Matiss Batarags

Play-Doh Maker Recalls Cake Mountain Set Due To Offended Parents Complaining About Phallic Symbol
Play-Doh Replaces Cake Mountain Set After Parents Complain...

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"Gawker defends Lena Dunham against right-wing ‘antagonists’ by outing alleged rapist" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

We recently heard from author and actress Lena Dunham when Buzzfeed offered her extensive space to issue a “steaming load of faux victim bullcrap.” Thursday afternoon, it was Gawker that published a lengthy piece o...

Read More...Gawker defends Lena Dunham against right-wing ‘antagonists’ by outing alleged rapist

"Gawker defends Lena Dunham against right-wing ‘antagonists’ by outing alleged rapist" - in #Conservative

"Get a look at this ‘Lovejoy’ comet before its next trip by Earth — in 8,000 years" - in #Independent

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By Arturo Garcia A colorful “Lovejoy” comet will be visible from Earth for the next few days, offering stargazers their best chance to observe it for thousands of years. According to Slate astronomy blogger Phil Plait, C/2014 Q2 —...

Read More...Get a look at this ‘Lovejoy’ comet before its next trip by Earth — in 8,000 years

"BREAKING: Police open fire on Philly man who tried to run them over with his vehicle" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

Another cop-hating menace is now dead, thanks the fine police …
Read more here:: BREAKING: Police open fire on Philly man who tried to run them over with his vehicle

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"BREAKING: Report of SHOTS FIRED at police in Ferguson!" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

From a St. Louis traffic reporter: #Breaking report of an …
Read more here:: BREAKING: Report of SHOTS FIRED at police in Ferguson!

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"You won’t believe why Ben Stiller ‘just got shamed’ by his daughter" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

All in all, it’s probably not a shaming to be too concerned about.
Just got shamed by my daughter for not understanding the difference between an emoji and emoticon. I won’t make that mistake again.
— B...

Read More...You won’t believe why Ben Stiller ‘just got shamed’ by his daughter

"You won’t believe why Ben Stiller ‘just got shamed’ by his daughter" - in #Conservative

"Report: Man shot and killed while allegedly trying to run down police near Philadelphia" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

Fox 29 in Philadelphia is reporting that police shot and killed a suspect in Drexel Hill, Pa., Tuesday evening when the suspect tried to run them down with his car.
#WarOnCops
RT @Breaking911: Man Shot Dead After...

Read More...Report: Man shot and killed while allegedly trying to run down police near Philadelphia

"Sean Hannity demands Boehner STEP DOWN over Scalise speech scandal and elevate Trey Gowdy to Speaker!" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

Fox News host Sean Hannity has never been shy about …
Read more here:: Sean Hannity demands Boehner STEP DOWN over Scalise speech scandal and elevate Trey Gowdy to Speaker!

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"Canadian man fatally shots eight people before killing himself: police" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse A man shot and killed eight people, including two children, before committing suicide, Canadian police said Tuesday. The incident unfolded in three different locations in Edmonton, in the western province...

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"Animal rights wackos free hippo from circus...hippo hit by car and killed..." - in #Independent

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By Bluegrass Pundit

Where did the morons think the hippo was going? Hippos aren’t native to Italy. I feel bad for the hippo. […]Thanks animal activists for more great work, you dipsticks. BTW, they also vandalized...

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"You May Never Ever Want to Leave Your Dog Alone Again After Watching This Video" - in #Conservative

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By Terresa Monroe-Hamilton This video will just break your heart. It would be better not to know and I don’t think I would ever put a camera on my dog. To me, knowing
Read more here:: You May Never Ever Want to Leave Your...

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"New study explains how and why lung cancer spreads" - in #Independent

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By RedOrbit Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Lung cancer cells can spread more easily than other types of cells because the protein ties that tether them together are severed, allowing them to break loose, a t...

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"The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2014" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins My latest Townhall column is called, The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2014. Here’s an excerpt from the column. Honorable Mentions: The ACLU, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, The Freedom From
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"The Super Bowl doesn’t need terrorism insurance — here’s why" - in #Independent

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By David Dayen, The Guardian In its final week, the 113th US Congress managed to pass a spending bill loaded with policy giveaways to special interests, and a year-long extension of mostly corporate tax breaks. But they...

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"Propaganda and the illusion of defeat" - in #Conservative

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By noreply@blogger.com (Vox) John C. Wright is, to put it mildly, less than entirely enamored of the decision of a children’s cartoon to close with a climax celebrating aberrant sexual orientation while simultaneously...

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"Texas police say teen arrested for making threat against them on Twitter" - in #Independent

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By Reuters A Texas teenager was arrested on Monday on suspicion of posting a photo on social media showing an air rifle that was accompanied by text that police saw as a threat of violence against Fort Worth officers, police...

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"NYPD supporters fuming at Chipotle over Facebook ‘hands up’ protest post" - in #Independent

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By Alan Yuhas, The Guardian Supporters of the New York Police Department have risen up in anger against the unlikely target of Chipotle burrito chefs, thanks to a viral Facebook post that alleged employees of the fast-food chain...

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"Hollywood’s Munich Moments" - in #Conservative

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By Victor Davis Hanson North Korea supposedly hacked Sony and exposed hundreds of embarrassing behind-the-scenes e-mails, humiliating the company into giving in to blackmail by delaying for a time the release of its new film...

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"Python devours wallaby in giant meal as Australian ranger watches" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse An Australian ranger has captured the moment a python swallowed a wallaby at a national park in a giant feast that could keep it full for three months. Ranger Paul O’Neill was patrolling Nitmiluk...

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"Python devours wallaby in giant meal as Australian ranger watches" - in #Independent

"Tim Campbell, Current Publishing - Gigantic Butts of 2014" - in #PoliticalHumor

TITLE: Gigantic Butts of 2014 PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2014
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"Steve Artley, Artleytoons - Beyond a Shadow" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Beyond a Shadow PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2014
Read more here:: Steve Artley, Artleytoons – Beyond a Shadow

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"John Cole, Scranton Times/Tribune" - in #PoliticalHumor

PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2014
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"John Auchter, MLive Media Group" - in #PoliticalHumor

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PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2014
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"Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press - Clay Bennett editorial cartoon" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Clay Bennett editorial cartoon PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2014
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Monday, December 29, 2014

"Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices? (Guest Voice)" - in #Independent

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By Guest Voice

Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices?
by Andrew Topf
The oil price drop that has dominated the headlines in recent weeks has been framed almost exclusively in terms of oil market economics,...

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"Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices? (Guest Voice)" - in #Independent

"Economic facts get in the way" - in #Independent

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By EUGENE ROBINSON, Washington Post Columnist

WASHINGTON — Uh-oh. Now that the economy is doing well, what are Republicans — especially those running for president — going to complain about? And what are Democrats willing to cel...

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"Economic facts get in the way" - in #Independent

"Top 50 most influential marijuana users" - in #Independent

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By April M. Short, AlterNet You might be surprised about who’s on this list. This story first appeared at AlterNet. Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s largest marijuana policy organization, released a list of the...

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"“Everything is Awesome” in America? So Says Liberal Writer" - in #Libertarian

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By Selwyn Duke

Using manipulated economic numbers, a liberal writer makes the case that the Obama economy is robust.
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"‘A sin and an abomination': White Castle starts serving veggie sliders" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

Carnivorous fast food eaters are stunned by White Castle’s decision to add a “veggie” slider to their menu.
The Scoop On White Castle’s New Veggie Slider http://t.co/qKuu7U2YYc
— Vegan Addict (@veg...

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"‘A sin and an abomination': White Castle starts serving veggie sliders" - in #Conservative

"Fox contributor says Obama administration is ‘anti-police,’ offers no specifics" - in #Independent

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By Arturo Garcia Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich accused President Barack Obama of being “anti-police” on Monday, only to cut her panel discussion off without offering any specific examples of such a viewpoint. “I would argue t...

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""No single company can replicate all the innovative capabilities of a market …"" - in #Liberal

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“No single company can replicate all the innovative capabilities of a market …”
– Annabelle Gawer and Michael Cusumano, Platform Leadership, p. 6.
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"Where’s Harry? Prog billionaires’ donations dwarf Koch brothers" - in #Conservative

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By Jim Jamitis

The fact that the contributions of two progressives—Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg— dwarf the rest of the big donors is glaring given the left wing’s paranoid obsession with the libertarian Koch brothers. So...

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"War on police? Officers in three cities targets of reported assassination attempts" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

Although the recent execution-style slaying of two NYPD officers and the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos this weekend rightfully dominated the news, several similar (and possibly copycat) events have managed to...

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"Open Thread - John Oliver's New Year's Eve Advice" - in #Liberal

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By Bluegal aka Fran
In a Web Extra, John Oliver dispenses New Year’s Eve advice…
Spoiler, it doesn’t involve hours in Times Square.
Open thread below….

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"‘I actually rather liked him’: Secret files shed light on first talks between Thatcher and Gorbachev" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Classified documents made public Tuesday shed light on the political courtship between Britain’s Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev — whom she famously declared she could “do business” with. Afte...

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"Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) To Resign After Felony Plea Deal" - in #Liberal

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By Heather

Rep. Michael Grimm who plead guilty to one felony count of tax evasion last week, will give up his seat in the House after talking to Speaker Boehner. As MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki discussed the clip above, now...

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"Late Night FDL: Takin’ Care of Business" - in #Liberal

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By CTuttle

Bachman & Turner – Takin’ Care Of Business
Former Guess Who & BTO rocker, Randy Bachman recently announced his new album, Heavy Blues…
Randy Bachman rounded up a few famous friends for his next album, tit...

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"Webb PAC Funneled Money to Family Members" - in #Liberal

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By Taegan Goddard
Jim Webb (D), who launched a 2016 presidential exploratory committee last month, paid nearly $100,000 to his wife and daughter through his “Born Fighting PAC”, according to Business Insider.
“Records show his comm...

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"Another police officer targeted by cop-killing scumbags" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

So far we’ve reported on two attacks on police officers …
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"End Of Temporary Increase In Medicaid Payments May Impact Treatment In 2015" - in #Independent

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By Ron Chusid
The Affordable Care Act has been a tremendous benefit to those who purchase insurance on the individual market, but success has been mixed for the working poor who receive coverage from an expansion of Medicaid as...

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"New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm set to resign from office after meeting with Boehner: Report" - in #Independent

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By International Business Times Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., has decided to resign his Congressional seat in the wake of pleading guilty to a felony tax evasion charge, the New York Daily News reported late Monday. Grimm, a former...

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"New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm set to resign from office after meeting with Boehner: Report" - in #Independent

"Man Jumps From Bridge During Police Chase (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

Man Jumps From Bridge During Police Chase (Video)
Man Jumps From Bridge During Police Chase (Video)
Weird News
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"CBS News trashes Steve Scalise, suggests he could be lying about White Supremacist group" - in #Conservative

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By The Right Scoop

Robert Byrd was a white Democrat who was actually in …
Read more here:: CBS News trashes Steve Scalise, suggests he could be lying about White Supremacist group

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"Cedar Rapids Police Responds To Angry Facebook Posts About Police Cruiser In Handicapped Spot" - in #Independent

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By Matiss Batarags

Cedar Rapids Police Responds To Angry Facebook Posts About Police Cruiser In Handicapped Spot
Cedar Rapids, IA Police Department Responds To Facebook Photo Of Car...

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"Cedar Rapids Police Responds To Angry Facebook Posts About Police Cruiser In Handicapped Spot" - in #Independent

"Cuban Dissidents Feel Betrayed By Obama" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

Cuban dissidents are not at all happy with President Obama’s recent announcement regarding the normalization of relations between the US and Cuba. To them it’s a massive betrayal and they...

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"Parents Of Amber Cornwell Say Bullying Led To North Carolina Teenager's Suicide" - in #Independent

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By Matiss Batarags

Parents Of Amber Cornwell Say Bullying Led To North Carolina Teenager’s Suicide
Amber Cornwell Commits Suicide Due To Apparent Bullying After Sad Post On...

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"GOP’s House Majority Whip admits to speaking at white supremacist conference in 2002" - in #Independent

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By Reuters U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, gave a speech at a conference of white nationalists when he was a state lawmaker in 2002, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing his spokeswoman....

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"GOP’s House Majority Whip admits to speaking at white supremacist conference in 2002" - in #Independent

"Chipotle apologizes, says single employee made ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture to police officers" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

Mexican food chain Chipotle found itself dealing with a public relations nightmare yesterday when word spread on social media that employees at a Brooklyn restaurant greeted a group of police officers with a...

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"Obama Wanted To Golf So Army Couple Had To Relocate Wedding" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

President Obama wanted to golf over the weekend so a couple in the US Army had to relocate their wedding.
Two captains in the U.S. Army relocated their wedding over the weekend to accommodate a golf game...

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"[VIDEO] Man High on Drugs Jumps Off a Bridge onto a Highway to Escape the Cops!" - in #Conservative

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By Katie McGuire This, kids, is why you don’t do drugs. Or run from the police: How is this guy even walking after jumping of a FREAKING BRIDGE? What the heck, dude. I
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"How to Win Wars" - in #Conservative

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By Robert Stacy McCain Once, during Stonewall Jackson’s famous 1862 campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, some Union cavalry charged the rear guard of Jackson’s column and were nearly annihilated by a deadly volley of...

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"Death penalty cases are won or lost during jury selection" - in #Liberal

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By Masoninblue

(photo: Marcin Wichary/flickr)
Most death penalty lawyers will tell you that a death penalty case is won (i.e., LWOP) or lost (i.e., death sentence) during jury selection. That is because we have seen and done it...

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"Political Targeting Pushes Bounds of Privacy" - in #Liberal

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By Taegan Goddard
Politico: “In the 2014 campaign, many voters expressed outrage over the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone metadata, and others complained about retailers using tricks to get their emails a...

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"Political Targeting Pushes Bounds of Privacy" - in #Liberal

"The 50 Best Conservative Columnists Of 2014 (7th Annual)" - in #Conservative

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By John Hawkins 50) Philip Klein 49) Katie Kieffer 48) Daniel Flynn 47) Thomas Purcell 46)Daniel Greenfield 45) Rachel Marsden 44) Scottie Hughes 43) Kathy Shaidle 42) Rachel Alexander 41) Jeff Jacoby 40)
Read more here:: The 50...

Read More...The 50 Best Conservative Columnists Of 2014 (7th Annual)

"The 50 Best Conservative Columnists Of 2014 (7th Annual)" - in #Conservative

"Advice on ‘Advice and Consent’" - in #Conservative

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By John R. Bolton Despite the Democratic party’s losses in November’s elections, President Obama has audaciously begun ignoring constitutional restraints in order to impose his policy views. This is true not only on...

Read More...Advice on ‘Advice and Consent’

"Advice on ‘Advice and Consent’" - in #Conservative

"WATCH: How to survive a lightning strike" - in #Independent

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By Medical Daily Although it’s certainly possible to be directly struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, there are many other ways to be struck. These include that moment when lightning hits a tree and transfers through...

Read More...WATCH: How to survive a lightning strike

"Don Landgren Jr., TelegramTowns - Traffic lights" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Traffic lights PUBLICATION DATE: Mon, 29 Dec 2014
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"Google’s Gmail blocked in China" - in #Independent

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By Reuters Google Inc’s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of Gmail...

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"The most unusual international news stories of 2014" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Some of the stranger stories from the year just ending: – In January, a Japanese lingerie company said it had produced a bra — the “True Love Tester” — it claims will only unhook when the wearer is re...

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Sunday, December 28, 2014

"Ten elections you need to watch in 2015" - in #Independent

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By Newsweek Millions of people around the world went to the polls this year.Indians and Indonesians elected new leaders, while Brazilians and South Africans voted to keep the ones they had. Turks elevated their prime minister to...

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"Ten elections you need to watch in 2015" - in #Independent

"Police Arrest People For Social Media Postings Because Of NYPD Shooting" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

Police Arrest People For Social Media Postings Because Of NYPD Shooting
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"Police Arrest People For Social Media Postings Because Of NYPD Shooting" - in #Independent

"Kickin’ it old school: ‘Best O’ the Blogs – 2014′ in memory of the great Jon Swift" - in #Independent

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By TBogg Back when the Internet was young and dewy fresh — before it was overrun by “One weird trick..” clickbait and corgi GIF’s explaining how God created the universe — it was full of blogs, with a little room left over f...

Read More...Kickin’ it old school: ‘Best O’ the Blogs – 2014′ in memory of the great Jon Swift

"Progressives (And More) Discuss Alternet’s “Americans Are Sick to Death of Both Political Parties” Article" - in #Independent

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By Jill Pyeatt

In the busyness of the season, many readers undoubtedly missed an article which appeared in Alternet by Walter Dean Burnham and Thomas Ferguson on December 17th which made a stunning admission by its very...

Read More...Progressives (And More) Discuss Alternet’s “Americans Are Sick to Death of Both Political Parties” Article

"2015 Some Near-Sure Bets For The New Year" - in #Independent

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By Guest Voice

Osama Hajjaj, Jordan
2015 Some Near-Sure Bets For The New Year
Tyrades! By Danny Tyree
Sure, we humans like to think of a new year as a blank slate; but deep down we know that history repeats itself. We know that...

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"People Tweet Pictures Of Guns For Christmas, Attack Gun Safety Founder" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

People Tweet Pictures Of Guns For Christmas, Attack Gun Safety Founder
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"Q&A on the Swiss National Bank's Move to Negative Interest Rates" - in #Liberal

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Cezmi Despinar
Link to this interview on Cezmi’s blog Accemax Analytics
I did an email interview with Cezmi Despinar about the Swiss move to negative interest rates. Cezmi posed great questions.
Cezmi: Is the SNB now...

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"Anti-Police Brutality Protesters: 'Deck the Halls With Rows of Dead Cops' (Video)" - in #Independent

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By Michael Allen

Anti-Police Brutality Protesters: ‘Deck the Halls With Rows of Dead Cops’ (Video)
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"Report: Federal Agencies Not Prepared For Catastrophies" - in #Conservative

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By Lonely Conservative

If you are counting on the federal government to help you out in the event of a major catastrophe you might want to come up with a Plan B. A GAO report released last week found that just about every federal...

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"Sunday Open Thread - Best TV Of 2014" - in #Liberal

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By Bluegal aka Fran
So I couldn’t find a “best of” list that included each of my top five for 2014. In no order:
Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinglish) on the stand on Game of Thrones.
Alan Alda explodes (literally,...

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"Quote of the Day" - in #Liberal

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By Taegan Goddard
“I think Jeb getting into the race will help the field. He’s been a successful governor and again having a person of his background in the race makes a lot of sense but it won’t make a difference a...

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"Open thread of night owls: Right-wing media outlets adopt MRA claims that women are oppressing men" - in #Liberal

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By rss@dailykos.com (Meteor Blades)

Denying that sexism is a real problem is a standard talking point on the right these days. But recently, it seems that simply denying the existence of sexism is not enough. Instead,...

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"Open thread of night owls: Right-wing media outlets adopt MRA claims that women are oppressing men" - in #Liberal

"Late Night FDL: Earth Song" - in #Liberal

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By CTuttle

Chaka Khan – Earth Song
Chaka Khan has plans for New Year’s Eve…
The American soul diva Chaka Khan, who will take the stage at Masterjam on New Year’s Eve in Dubai, talks about her new album and how the sin...

Read More...Late Night FDL: Earth Song

"Preview: Mayor de Blasio will speak at NYPD graduation tomorrow" - in #Conservative

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By gpollowitz

Yes, it will be interesting. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to address graduates of the NYPD academy tomorrow at 11 a.m EST:
De Blasio tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/oE9mYuLPvh
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) D...

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"Male Reporter Takes On Sexist Female Reporters in Epic Smackdown" - in #Conservative

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By Sierra Marlee By now, we’re used to the feminazis screaming like wounded banshees every time someone questions their beliefs, but one man can get them going like you wouldn’t believe. We have
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"Letters reveal Winston Churchill’s flirtation with Islam to dismay of family" - in #Independent

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By National Post Winston Churchill quietly flirted with Islam – to the point that relatives feared he might convert He is indelibly associated with the fight to preserve Britain and its Empire from Nazi invasion and his s...

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"Glitch: Tweetdeck shows all tweets as 365 days old" - in #Conservative

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By thisistwitchy

No, you aren’t.
why is every tweet showing up as exactly 365 days ago on tweetdeck? /headtilt
— Commander Achloryn (@Achloryn) December 29, 2014

uhhh my tweetdeck says everyone’s tweets were dated 3...

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"Gerard Depardieu was right! France scraps its 75% ‘super tax’" - in #Conservative

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By gpollowitz

Wow. Who could have seen this coming? (We really need that sarcasm font):
So, France is Scrapping its 75% Tax Rate: http://t.co/uFytN5bQXp
— RedState (@RedState) December 24, 2014

#France bids adieu to 75% s...

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"Gerard Depardieu was right! France scraps its 75% ‘super tax’" - in #Conservative

"Progressive reading list 2014" - in #Liberal

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By rss@dailykos.com (Susan Grigsby)

These are some of the books that have made my reading list this year. They are not the only ones on the list, but they have all been published in 2014. What have you been reading this...

Read More...Progressive reading list 2014

"Iran’s supreme leader uses #BlackLivesMatter in tweet blasting US race relations" - in #Independent

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By Ed Pilkington, The Guardian Iran’s supreme leader has stepped into the debate over police violence and race in America, likening police shootings of black people in Ferguson and elsewhere to the Palestinian struggle in...

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"Rand Paul for Senate" - in #Conservative

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By Peter Spiliakos Rand Paul plays a useful role in our politics. He is the first somewhat broadly credible conservative spokesman for a certain strain of foreign policy thinking. This kind of thinking is called isolationism by...

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"Twitter suffers partial outage: ‘Something is technically wrong’" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse Twitter (Xetra: A1W6XZ – news) experienced a partial outage, the nature of which was not immediately clear, the company said. “Something is technically wrong,” the microblogging service’s welcome page...

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"Protesters descend on Redskins stadium before Cowboys game" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

The furor around the supposedly racist and offensive Washington Redskins’ …
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"Protesters descend on Redskins stadium before Cowboys game" - in #Conservative

"WSJ Columnist: The Left Is Uninterested In A Post-Racial Society" - in #Liberal

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By karoli

Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley wants everyone to know the plight of black people is all liberals’ fault. He’s so convinced of this that he wrote a whole book about how liberals do...

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"WSJ Columnist: The Left Is Uninterested In A Post-Racial Society" - in #Liberal

"High black criminality is the cause of tensions with police, NOT RACISM, says Jason Riley" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

Fox News’ Jason Riley is one of the best commentators …
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"Judge Gray Addresses Jim Webb Rumors" - in #Independent

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By William Saturn

I contacted Judge Jim Gray, the Libertarian Party’s 2012 Vice Presidential nominee, about an article published …
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"Teenager forced into suicide bomb attack defies ISIS and surrenders to Iraqi forces" - in #Conservative

By soopermexican

Iraqi officials captured a teenager who had been forced into …
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"Coburn, a True Statesman, Steps Down" - in #Conservative

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By John Fund Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma senator the Christian Science Monitor has dubbed “a rabble-rousing s...

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"Coburn, a True Statesman, Steps Down" - in #Conservative

"Seth Rogen is live-tweeting an online screening of ‘The Interview’" - in #Conservative

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By gpollowitz

If you ever wanted to watch a movie with a real-life Hollywood star on Twitter, now’s your chance. Actor Seth Rogen is live-tweeting his much discussed movie “The Interview” and is inviting Twitter users to joi...

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"Seth Rogen is live-tweeting an online screening of ‘The Interview’" - in #Conservative

"Teenager forced into suicide bomb attack defies ISIS and surrenders to Iraqi forces" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

Iraqi officials captured a teenager who had been forced into …
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"Joshua Williams Flames Out" - in #Conservative

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By Ryan Lovelace Joshua Williams is everywhere: protesting in Ferguson, Mo., Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio. He has perfected the skill of catching the attention of journalists and using them to elevate his claims of...

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"Joshua Williams Flames Out" - in #Conservative

"Revealed: The Arctic Ocean is releasing large volumes of methane" - in #Independent

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By RedOrbit Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Norway and Russia have found significant amount of the greenhouse gas methane is leaking from an area of the Arctic seabed off the northern coast of ...

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"Revealed: The Arctic Ocean is releasing large volumes of methane" - in #Independent

"Engineers develop self-charging turtle surveillance robot" - in #Independent

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By RedOrbit Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As part of an ongoing attempt to develop underwater robots capable of thinking on their own, engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a...

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"Engineers develop self-charging turtle surveillance robot" - in #Independent

"Breakthrough study reveals body cameras lower cases of abuse for both police and citizens" - in #Independent

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By RedOrbit Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In the first major scientific study on police body cameras, researchers found that the cameras lowered reports of both police officer abuses and abusive actions a...

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"Ross Gosse, Editoons, iNCk." - in #PoliticalHumor

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PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 28 Dec 2014
Read more here:: Ross Gosse, Editoons, iNCk.

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"Jimmy Margulies" - in #PoliticalHumor

PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 28 Dec 2014
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"Ed Gamble, King Features Syndicate" - in #PoliticalHumor

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PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 28 Dec 2014
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"Dennis Rano, Self-Syndicated" - in #PoliticalHumor

PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 28 Dec 2014
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"Bruce Plante, Tulsa World - Kim Jung Unreal" - in #PoliticalHumor

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TITLE: Kim Jung Unreal PUBLICATION DATE: Sun, 28 Dec 2014
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

"ADORABLE Video of Piglet Making Cute Noises While He Eats" - in #Conservative

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By Sierra Marlee With all of the nasty, disturbing things taking place in the world, it is sometimes necessary to take a break and just watch something that will make you smile. Without
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"ADORABLE Video of Piglet Making Cute Noises While He Eats" - in #Conservative

"Revealed: The Arctic Ocean is releasing large volumes of methane" - in #Independent

"SpaceX plans plenty of launches before heading off to Mars" - in #Independent

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By Orlando Sentinel Once the launchpad for Apollo and space shuttle flights, NASA’s Launch Complex 39A is now in the hands of SpaceX and its enigmatic billionaire leader, Elon Musk. With a 20-year lease, the privately held...

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"‘Car plowed us down': #MillionsMarchLA demonstrators burn flag, block traffic [Vine]" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

As Twitchy reported Saturday, the #MillionsMarchLA demonstration ended early with a crowd rendition of “We Shall Overcome” and the promise that there would be “action” later, including a “family friendly” die-in in...

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"‘Car plowed us down': #MillionsMarchLA demonstrators burn flag, block traffic [Vine]" - in #Conservative

"AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore" - in #Independent

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By Agence France-Presse An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, officials and the airline said, in the third major incident to affect a Malaysian carrier this...

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"Healthy Job Performance Review" - in #Conservative

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By Thomas Purcell “You’ve worked for us for 10 years, Johnson, but I’m not sure how to grade you during this year’s performance review.” “What are you talking about, boss? I doubled sales
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"Never Take Gun Advice From A Liberal" - in #Conservative

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By Rick Jensen What part of “Hey, Kids! Steal your parents’ guns and bring them to school!” sounds like a bad idea? If you answered, “All of it,” you may be a conservative.
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"Air Asia #QZ8501 GOES MISSING over the Pacific Ocean with 162 on board" - in #Conservative

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By soopermexican

The families of 162 people on board #QZ8501 are going …
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"Air Asia #QZ8501 GOES MISSING over the Pacific Ocean with 162 on board" - in #Conservative

"AirAsia Flight From Indonesia Loses Contact With Air Traffic Controllers" - in #Liberal

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By karoli

It’s not sounding good.
NBC News:
An AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore is missing, the airline said in a statement.
“AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to...

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"AirAsia Flight From Indonesia Loses Contact With Air Traffic Controllers" - in #Liberal

"Don Lemon’s report on black holes and missing plane help him win ‘Worst of 2014′ award" - in #Conservative

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By Brett Taylor

CNN anchor Don Lemon has taken his share of hate on Twitter: a former Miss Teen USA called Lemon a “modern day house negro,” hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons labeled him “a dangerous talking head” and MSNBC’s Go...

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