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"...During the 1970s and 1980s, FALN members set off at least 138 bombs in five major U.S. Cities. Six Americans were killed in those attacks...Despite the Clintons' repeated denials, there is evidence that the pardons were offered to the terrorists with Hillary Clinton's full knowledge...on Aug. 11 (2008), President Clinton would offer pardons to the terrorists..."

"...Marinwood-area residents waving placards to protest affordable housing plans packed a Civic Center hearing Monday, making clear they do not want as many new neighbors as county officials are trying to pave the way for. ...With signs depicting a red slash through a circle targeting a three-story affordable complex, the crowd made its views known as a parade of speakers debated merits of an affordable housing zone program under review by the Planning Commission..."

“When I think about the polar bears, I cry,”…” Panelist Favianna Rodriguez, a new media artist, talked about her explorations into polyamory and kink…“I’ll close it out with this image I created of an awesome sex party I went to,” Rodriguez said, displaying one of her paintings.”…” “You suck!” a man in the audience shouted at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.)….”..." Netroots also included several gender-neutral bathrooms and gave attendees tips on transgender etiquette..."

"...and the county's conservative lawmakers have been passing silly-season unconstitutionalities, like a law prohibiting a man from being naked in the presence of a child..."

"...The “Kids' Zone” of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website, part of the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, quotes communist leader Mao Zedong. The NCES is the“primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.”..."

"...In 59 voting divisions in the city, Mitt Romney received not one vote. Zero. Zilch..."

"...Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through a small ethnic market stocked with Japanese eggplant, mint chutney and fresh turmeric...Magida, a 30-year-old art school graduate...she’s used her $150 in monthly benefits for things like fresh produce, raw honey and fresh-squeezed juices from markets near her house in the neighborhood of Hampden, and soy meat alternatives and gourmet ice cream from a Whole Foods a few miles away..."

WATER CAME UP through Nikki Brunetti's toilets, through her shower and under her doors, slowly rising to unimaginable depths inside her Brigantine home last week...Since then, she's piled up lifelong possessions at her curb, shaken hands with Gov. Christie, and met President Obama, all in her hometown. The experience cast Christie in a new light for her and only reinforced her support for President Obama, she said.

"Six Republican senators voted on Wednesday against an amendment to permanently extend the expiring Bush-era tax cuts... A group of GOP centrists voted down a measure sought by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to set in stone current tax rates. ..Sens. Scott Brown (Mass.), Susan Collins (Maine), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Olympia Snowe (Maine) and George Voinovich (Ohio) all bucked DeMint on a procedural vote to suspend Senate rules and allow for the amendment..."

"America is Too American for Gwyneth Paltrow...Gwyneth Paltrow said she will not raise her child in the United States because apparently this country is too dangerous and has too much pride... "I worry about bringing up a child in America," ..."At the moment there's a weird, over-patriotic atmosphere over there, like, 'We're number one and the rest of the world doesn't matter,'" Paltrow said..."

"...Over the past few centuries, artists have successfully developed a host of imaginative and unusual methods of applying paint to canvas. But few are more colourful than the exquisitely profound rectal squirt method developed by Keith Boadwee, Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, and visiting faculty member at the San Francisco Art Institute..."

"...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a rare foray into domestic politics today, offering her view that — given America's high unemployment — wealthy Americans don't pay enough taxes..."

An International Atomic Energy Agency report expresses worry that Iran may be working on a nuclear warhead..lAEA... confirmed that Iran had indeed enriched uranium to nearly 20 percent, a claim made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during revolutionary anniversary festivities last week but rebuffed by the White House..."We do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree they say they are enriching," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at last Thursday's daily briefing... But the IAEA report said that Iran had hit 19.8 percent enrichment on two days last week...State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Thursday. "We...

"..."May I change the subject," said a prominent Washington theologian ... "I'd like to talk about Michelle Obama's arms," he said...He is a big fan of those arms. We then began a discussion about the significance of the first lady's arms...Michelle Obama's arms, we determined, were transformational. Her arms are representative of a new kind of woman: young, strong, vigorous, intelligent, accomplished, sexual, powerful, embracing and, most of all, loving..."

"...These were the tiny, fleeting pleasures I clung to after my son was born. They felt like all I had left. When a child was added to my life, it was as if something enormous and coveted was subtracted in return, and the transaction left me reeling, like someone who'd just gambled away his soul. I fell into a well of depression so deep I wasn't even aware of it. It was only years later, after I spoke to a psychotherapist, that I learned I was experiencing male postpartum depression...But not 48 hours after we returned home with our boy,...

"...Vice President Joe Biden, in a bid to become an influential second-in-command, is striving to carve out meaty roles for himself quickly...Before taking office, Mr. Biden pointedly disavowed the enlarged role of Dick Cheney, whom he called "one of the most dangerous vice presidents" in American history. Some Democratic operatives speculated that his remarks diminished the vice presidency...Obama officials play down Mr. Biden's missteps."..."

"...Should terrorists willing to strap explosives to their chests be freed because someone poured water down their nose? The ACLU thinks so and wants the killer of 17 American sailors freed..."

Define R.I.N.O.: A Republican In Name Only. Examples of the type of Republican covered under this definition are: Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL] Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL] Rep. Michael Ferguson [R-NJ] Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT] Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE] These five supposed Republican are nothing more than jackasses in elephant's clothing. Rep. Mark Kirk has introduced a bill, H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008, which would "reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act."

"...As one you YouTuber put it: "Any simple task in Japan requires the effort of tens of aging men dressed in fluorescent jackets and hard hats."..."

"...Mickey Mouse tried to register to vote in Florida this summer, but Orange County elections officials rejected his application, which had an ACORN stamp on it..."