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The Colors of a Changing Political Prism -
Joseph Collins (625)     Joseph Collins   Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio have voted, Hillary is still clinging to strands of presidential hope and the American media is back to having nothing to do. So instead of focusing on real stories like our troops in harm's way, they propagate stories about a weary Obama who can't seem to win white... ( added 12 days 6 hours ago.) |
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Flip Flops a Blundering Fashion Statement -
Mike Fak (3,220)    Mike Fak  I went to see my son at college last week and since it is finally getting warmer outside, the kids were shedding their heavy garb for more summery clothes. One thing that I just shook my head at is the fact that at least 75% of the students I saw were wearing those infernal, nasty looking flip... ( added 2 days 10 hours ago.) |
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Blundering with the Fine Arts -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak Disclaimer; I want it understood that I am making fun of myself and not the arts. I readily admit I have no couth, culture, or sophistication in my persona. I am a basic meat or road kill and potatoes kind of guy and thus this story sheds light on my cultural deficiencies and is not a criticism... ( added 5 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Gardening Chicago Style; Blundering in the Dirt -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak If you have been following my written accounts of life according to me you know my latest obsessive compulsion is vegetable gardening. The weather has been warming up and the plants are ready for their foray into the great jungle known as Mike Fak's back yard. It's good that it's time for... ( added 9 days 1 hour ago.) |
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Getting Old Has Advantages -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak I was having a conversation with a casual friend the other day and when I told him how it was hell getting old he asked me how old I was. I told him I will be 60 this summer and he seemed shocked. He stated he was five years younger but that I looked much younger then him. I thanked him but... ( added 12 days 9 hours ago.) |
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New Reality TV Network Could Help Taxpayers -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak I mentioned last week my contemplation of running for president. I still haven't made up my mind but I like this idea whether it's me or someone else in the White House. My idea is to have a new branch of government that makes us money rather than spend any. What I'm talking about is a reality... ( added 19 days 5 hours ago.) |
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The Ultimate Oxymoron -
Ken McCreless (414)    Ken McCreless Greetings Fellow Travelers... The more things change the more they stay the same. What would make people follow some goober like Warren Jeffs? The men seemed to have the upper hand in everything, allowed to fulfill their deviant desires for power and sexual gratification. But what about... ( added 13 days ago.) |
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Bittergate: Taking Politics Out of Context -
Shan-ul-Hai (312)  Shan-ul-Hai For those of you who haven't been following the US election, Obama recently said the following ( click here for the full transcript); some are calling it "Bittergate": The truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there's not evidence of that... ( added 13 days 13 hours ago.) |
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Al Sharpton at it again -
Dee Dee (17,270)   Dee Dee Where there is a supposed black injustice, Al Sharpton is sure to be there. Fury within the black community once again rose as the officers of the shooting death of a black man, Sean Bell, were aquitted after being accused for his demise. Three New York police detectives were acquitted on... ( added 13 days 20 hours ago.) |
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Medical Blunders the Butt of Criticism -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that a hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to give a rectal exam to a hurt construction worker. The construction worker and his attorney beg to differ with the judge and state the hospital didn't try to give the man a rectal exam but did in fact... ( added 16 days 2 hours ago.) |
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Ok, I Give Up... -
Ken McCreless (414) Ken McCreless Greetings Fellow Travelers... There I was watching the pope on tv and getting really aggravated. It's true that if he were the CEO of a corporation where so many of his managers indulged in child sexual abuse and he swept it under the carpet, as is what happened, he would be in jail. But there he... ( added 17 days 7 hours ago.) |
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How Much Are You Willing To Pay For Gas Before You Stop? -
Dee Dee (17,270) Dee Dee How much are you willing to pay for gas before you don't? When Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president in January 1977, the average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline was 60 cents. SIXTY CENTS! By November 1980, the price had doubled to $1.19. STILL, much lower by comparisons of the... ( added 1 day 6 hours ago.) |
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Two-Faced Baby is Born in India -
Aandaleeb Singh (22) A baby girl was born three weeks ago in India with two faces. The as-yet-unnamed baby was born with two pairs of eyes, two pairs of lips and two noses, and doctors have sadly rendered her inoperable. The child was born to 24-year-old Vinod Kumar and his wife, Sushma, in the town of Noida... ( added 2 days 20 hours ago.) |
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Singh Expands Cabinet with Seven New Ministers -
Aandaleeb Singh (22) Manmohan Singh, India’s Prime Minister, made seven new Ministers take oath of office last Sunday as part of a major cabinet reshuffle. The seven new Ministers include Jyotiraditya Scindia, the son of a former Party leader, and former chief election commissioner M S Gill. The rest of... ( added 2 days 20 hours ago.) |
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Obama wins North Carolina...Damn it! -
Dee Dee (17,270) Dee Dee The first thing I told my husband this morning was TODAY WE MUST GO VOTE FOR HILARY CLINTON! It was a must seeing as there is no way I can even fathom having Obama's family in the white house....much less stomach him as my president. I've been watching the numbers all night and unfortunately... ( added 3 days 8 hours ago.) |
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The Future of The United States Military – The Robot Army -
 - Steve Hill (3,902) How many of you have watched the film Iron Man? In the film we saw what I would describe as Iron Man in the form of a type of robot, big powerful and virtually indestructible. Well people this could well be the future of our western armies, a fighting force where our soldiers are not men but are... ( added 2 days 22 hours ago.) |
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New Housing for UK Ageing Population -
Sylvia Fontrellini (9)  The government has launched a new housing strategy to cope with the requirements of our ageing population. The ageing population of society is becoming an increasing problem in the UK. It is thought that over the next thirty years, the population of people in England aged 65 or over will... ( added 9 days 6 hours ago.) |
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National Falls Awareness Day 2008 -
Sylvia Fontrellini (9) Help the Aged has announced details of a new review that will be launched in the run up to the fourth National Falls Awareness Day (NFAD), which will take place on 24th June 2008. The review, Fall Stop, explains the findings of the Falls Prevention in Practice review that was commissioned by... ( added 9 days 7 hours ago.) |
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How To Have a Green Thumb Without An Aching Back -
Josef Graf (68) Anthroposophical medicine, one of the many initiatives launched by Rudolf Steiner, is a holistic approach to healing that entails an in-depth assessment of the fourfold human constitution - wherein the inter-weave of physical, etheric, astral and egoic bodies of the individual are delved into. ... ( added 9 days 22 hours ago.) |
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Landmark Judgement Over Revisions to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme -
Aandaleeb Singh (22) The High Court has ruled that the government’s revised terms and conditions for their Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) were not fair. Judges at the High Court hearing said it was " not open to the government to alter the terms and conditions " of the Highly Skilled Migrants... ( added 2 days 22 hours ago.) |
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British Pair Drown in Goa -
Aandaleeb Singh (22) According to a spokesperson from the Foreign Office, two British citizens have drowned at Morjim Beach in Goa. The spokesperson said: " We can confirm that two British nationals drowned at Morjim beach in Goa on April 6. We have informed their next of kin and are providing consular assistance. "... ( added 2 days 23 hours ago.) |
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Calamitous Government Report Leaked by Accident -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak Although I keep this slot on Searchwarp for a poor attempt at humor, from time to time a news story is so important that I have to yield to information superceding a laugh. Especially when the news is no laughing matter. It is being reported by various sources that by error, a government document... ( added 39 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Politician’s Phone Blunder Rings Home with this Observer. -
Mike Fak (3,220) Mike Fak In Peekskill New York, A Democratic hopeful for a Westchester County legislative seat was awakened by a call at 2:00 a.m. The call was a canned political message from; you guessed it, from himself. Now the errant call deep into the night was one of 3,000 that went out to area homes. It seems the... ( added 177 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Bush's Congressional Tightrope is Beginning to Fray -
Joseph Collins (625) Joseph Collins F or years, President Bush has enjoyed incredible discipline among Congressional Republicans. Enmasse, they supported his runup to the Iraq conflict and the now discredited accounts of Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld. They also toted Bush's water by repeating his ever-changing justifications for... ( added 360 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Starbucks Coffee a Taste of Heavenly Ignorance -
Rev M Bresciani (1,865)  Rev M Bresciani Starbucks makes the news again not because they have produced the best coffee in the world but because once again they have created a controversy with their messages printed on Starbucks cups. Starbucks based in Seattle Washington has been responding to reaction about their cups with relative... ( added 363 days 17 hours ago.) |
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