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1. | Fairvue Central >> Bloggies >> Sixth Annual Weblog Awards
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| | ....It’s that time of the year again, time to nominate your favourite weblogs in The Sixth Annual Weblog Awards, better known as The Bloggies. I gather since you are reading this that Kitta.net is one of you favourite weblogs or that your are just here waiting for the monkeys signal to take over .... | 
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2. | kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Robertson says Sharon's stroke is God's punishment
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WHEN WILL PAT ROBERTSON FINALLY JUST SHUT HIS STUPID MOUTH? [John Podhoretz]
What a pernicious and sickening creep to suggest that God has punished Ariel Sharon by hitting Israel's prime minister with a massive stroke. Robertson believes that his prayers can save communities from hurricanes. If he's .... |
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3. | ChannelOklahoma.com - Local News - Tulsa Pastor Arrested In OKC On Lewdness Charge
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Can I help pastor to police?
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4. | NSA whistleblower asks to testify - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
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| | ....Today the Washington Times reports that Tice has written letters to Congress claiming that he has knowledge of illegal activity carried out by NSA:
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5. | Oscarbeat by Steve Pond - The Envelope
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| | ....This won't be confirmed till later on today, but the LA Times's The Envelope has on good authority that host of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show' will host the 78th Academy Awards. The host, who loves to skewer pundits .... |
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6. | OpinionJournal - Extra
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Thursday, January 05, 2006
Read This Essay
Yeah, I know, gone on walkabout, not back soon, blah, blah, blah. But I read this Mark Steyn essay and demand that you read it too. It talks about multiculturalism, demographics, liberal democracy, Islam, government largesse and the future. The outlook is very, very .... |
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7. | AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
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| | .... morning - literally. I read that Bush is extending presidential prerogative in appointments even further, essentially vitiating the Senate's advice and consent powers. Then I read that he might have decided to go the whole way in imitating Nixon and spied on journalists and the political opposition. Now normally I might decide to believe that Bush is innocent until proven guilty, but then again when .... |
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8. | Media Matters - Robertson blamed Sharon stroke on policy of "dividing God's land"
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| | ....But then there are statements like this, in which he suggests that Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for "dividing God's land." This general line of thinking isn't new for Robertson (see: post-9/11, .... |
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9. | THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006
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| | .... that won't build. I should probably give Darwin Ports a try to see if it proves to be a little less broken, but I wasn't feeling adventurous enough to delve into that this evening.I've been reading through the responses to The Edge's Annual Question. This year it is "What is your dangerous idea?" so far what I've read has been quite interesting and educational.
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10. | Gang terrorizes train in France - World - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
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| | ....Drawing attention to this buried story of a gang of more than 20 youths in France -- thought to be North African immigrants -- who terrorized hundreds of train passengers in a rampage of violence, .... |
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11. | ESPN.com - NCF/BOWLS05 - Recap
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| | ....Best college football game EVER..... |
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12. | Bush Appointments Avert Senate Battles
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| | ....Nothing.
What a crappy morning - literally. I read that Bush is extending presidential prerogative in appointments even further, essentially vitiating the Senate's advice and consent powers. Then I read that he might have decided to go the whole way in imitating Nixon .... |
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13. | Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter
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Tom Owad, a Very Clever Fellow, threw some computer parts together along with two dsl lines and attempted to data mine the publicly-available Amazon.com wishlists, to which people attach names which are probably mostly real names. .... |
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14. | CNN.com - Did Jesus exist? Court to decide - Jan 4, 2006
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Dem's balls.I'm still working my way through Judge Jones's decision, which is great reading (very accessible.) Meanwhile, the final vestiges of the Dover .... |
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15. | Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip
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Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip: "The hypothetical device, which has been outlined in principle but is based on a controversial theory about .... |
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16. | two-month sentence
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| | ....two-month sentence.... |
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17. | JTA - Breaking News
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| | ....Pat Robertson, our favorite wacky attention-whore of an evangelist, has once again gotten the Word of God:
The Rev. Pat Robertson said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being punished by God for dividing the Land of Israel. Robertson, speaking on the “700 Club” .... |
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18. | CNN.com - Jon Stewart set to host Oscars - Jan 5, 2006
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| | ....Oh, THIS is gonna be good!!!
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19. | Crooks and Liars
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| | ...."I have the feeling that about 60 percent of what you say is crap..."-David Lettermen to Bill O'Lielly
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20. | Hullabaloo
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| | ....All to be added to the sidebar in a bit:
Glenn Greenwald is on fire guest-blogging over at Digby's joint. This post on the atmosphere of fear and this one cleanly and methodically crushing/ridiculing every possible excuse and rationale over the President's behaviour in the .... |
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21. | Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Behind the magic curtain
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| | ....Through UK’s newpaper, The Guardian, Mike today revealed a chapter entitled “Behind the Magic Curtain“. In it, he tells the insider secrets of how Steve Jobs prepares for his powerful keynote sessions, such as one for next week’s Macworld Expo .... |
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22. | mediabistro: TVNewser
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| | ....it’s investigating whether the Bush administration bugged CNN’s Christiane Amanpour..... |
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23. | Personnel Announcement
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Wow. I don't normally follow this sort of thing, but are there usually this many recess appointments this time of year? I mean, crap -- that's half the Federal Election Commission right there, in an election year.
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| | ....Israeli PM Ariel Sharon is back in surgery as of this post to stop the bleeding in his brain after suffering a major stroke. Phrases such as “grave”, “dire” and “uncontrollable bleeding” are being used..... |
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25. | CNN.com - Researchers discover largest prime number - Jan 4, 2006
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And the winner for the dumbest headline of the day is... CNN.com, for the following headline:Researchers discover largest prime numbero_0
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26. | Bush to Give Up $6,000 In Abramoff Contributions
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| | ....Today's Washington Post reports that Bush is returning just $6,000 in contributions he received directly from Jack Abramoff and his wife. What a joke. The traditional .... |
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27. | Planet Of The Apes: The Complete TV Series - Wal-Mart
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| | .... Luther King, Jr. as "similar items." Maybe it's just a metadata anomaly (some readers have suggested that the entries might all share keywords for "race" or something), or maybe the cause is less innocent. Full-size screenshot, url link here. (Thanks, Carol, also spotted on crooksandliars and firedoglake)
Reader comment: Mike Harris says,
It's made even more suspicious by the fact that the larger .... |
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28. | Mooning Deemed 'Disgusting' but No Crime in Md.
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In a case of clear national importance, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County ruled that the intentional exposure of a man's buttocks is not a crime in this state. The Washington Post has the story here. (Alternative headline: "Don't Swoon Over a Moon.") The defendant had displayed his posterior to a neighbor and her 8 year old daughter .... |
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29. | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001: Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919)
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| | .... week, we advise you to remove that first before installing Microsoft's update. For more details on the fix, see below for the full security bulletin
Download Patch: Windows 2000 SP4 | Windows XP | Windows XP x64 | Windows Server 2003
View: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001
Read full story...
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30. | This is creepy
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| | ....I know Jim Moore. This is creepy. He's the author of the rather well-known book "Bush's Brain" - it's an in-depth look at Karl Rove. Well, seems Jim got put on the no-fly list. .... |
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31. | Surveillance Court Is Seeking Answers
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| | ....I'd like to be privy to that "closed government briefing" . . . . Details here from the Washington Post..... |
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32. | The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2005 Edition - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
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The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2005
John Hawkins lines them up and knocks them down.
I particularly agree with his pick for #1.
- Pat, 11:01 AM
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33. | Attytood: Was Christiane Amanpour spied on -- and more importantly, if so, why?
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If so, we're headed into Nixon territory.
John Aravosis has been covering this story, and today Attytood distills the available information.
In an NBC News interview with New York Times reporter and author James Risen, Andrea Mitchell, otherwise known as "Ewwww, you .... |
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34. | WorldNetDaily: 'Rocket barrage if Sharon dies'
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| | ....WorldNetDaily is reporting that the Islamofiends in Gaza are ready to party like it's 699 in the event that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies..... |
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35. | Is wedding off for Cruise and Holmes? - Gossip: The Scoop - MSNBC.com
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• An attempt to patch things up with Katie Holmes' parents doesn't go well for Tom Cruise, and the couple leave the family home earlier than planned. Thetans just don't have the time to deal with that sort of bullshit, y'know? [Scoop]
• Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen filed for divorce yesterday. We'd mock them but, after they initially separated, they actually tried to work things out for their kids. So now it's just .... |
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36. | Iranian President Hopes Sharon Perishes - Yahoo! News
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| | ....Iranian president Hopes for Sharon’s Death..... |
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37. | News & Features | The Gray Lady in shadow
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| | ....• Bush could out-Nixon Nixon and prosecute the Times and its reporters and editors for publishing domestic-spying story. Which would both suck and not be at all surprising. [Boston Phoenix]
• One, very small upside of the miners-are-saved-oh-no-they're-not disaster and debacle: Editors actually got to yell, "Stop .... |
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38. | Michelle Malkin: 60 DAYS FOR CHILD RAPE
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| | ....Via Michelle Malkin..... |
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39. | Mere Rhetoric
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| | ....As I head to bed, a couple good sites to keep refreshing to get the latest news on the condition of Sharon’s condition. LGF linked to Omri Ceren at Mere Rhetoric, who is translating and live-blogging events reported through Israeli media. Also, Haaretz has a Flash News ticker that updates with the latest developments. As always, the Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, .... |
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40. | they violated the law
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| | ....were so limited that they violated the law, according to Jane Harmon (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee..... |
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