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"I did see 'The Butler,' and I did tear up," said the president during an interview with radio personalities Tom Joyner and Sybil Wilkes. "I teared up just thinking about not just the butlers who have worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled, but because of Jim Crow, because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go. And yet, with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day, and put up with a whole lot of mess because they hoped for something better for their...

WHY are we reading Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights instead of taking him somewhere and forcibly finding out where he got the explosive underwear and whatever else he might know about Al Qaeda? Isn’t this, as well as the forthcoming federal court trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, proof that the Obama administration doesn’t really regard the war on terrorism as a war?

The following is from Atlas Shrugged: Check this out. Shoshana saw this over at the SOIE (Stop the Islamisation of Europe) blog post about a potential acid attack on Anders Gravers after their Harrow demonstration. BLACKMAIL LETTERS TO THE INHABITANTS OF GENTOFTE WHICH IS A SUBURB OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. The following letter of intimidation and demands for Jitzya appeared yesterday Dec 16 2009 in Jyllandsposten Danmark. http://jp.dk/indland/krimi/article1921938.ece This letter is dated Dec 3rd 2009 and was mailed to all families of Gentofte. ,,For some time we have kept you under our scope. You are blessed with a lovely family and...

Here's your chance to let the media know where the people stand on our faith in God, as a nation. NBC is presently taking a poll on "In God We Trust" to stay on our American currency.

05:54:36 pm, Categories: Physics, Science and the Arts, Mathematics, 1207 words How a fake word from The Simpsons ended up in a perfectly cromulent string theory paper The Simpsons Movie debuted this weekend to higher-than-expected sales, bearing testament to the show's enduring popularity. If you needed any convincing that after 18 years on the air The Simpsons has thoroughly penetrated the popular consciousness, consider the following usage of the word "embiggen," one of the many fine references with which one Simpsons fan can detect another. The term comes from the 1996 episode Lisa the Iconoclast, in which we learn that...

Judy Doerr, the science teacher for middle school students at Pawleys Island Christian Academy (PICA), says she is very pleased with this year’s science fair projects. “This is the third year we have held the science fair at PICA and I am excited about the variety of projects the students have created,” Doerr said. “This is the first year we introduced the behavioral sciences and they have totally latched onto this new category.” During the fair, students were required to present their project to three different judges, explaining how they formed their hypothesis and reached their conclusion. They also answered...

NEW YORK (AP) - Wooing black voters while tackling questions about his experience, Democrat Barack Obama said Saturday that his years as a community organizer and accomplishments in the Illinois state Senate have prepared him well for the presidency. Addressing the National Action Network, a civil rights group founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, Obama touted his successes as an Illinois lawmaker in providing health insurance to children and reducing the price of prescription drugs for senior citizens. He also told of passing legislation to monitor racial profiling and to require that police interrogations of suspects in capital cases be videotaped....

February 09, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Mini USA customers have their name in lights, thanks to RFID. While some liken the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to Big Brother surveillance or other sinister uses, the manufacturer of the small-but-stylish Mini Cooper car thinks the technology can give its customers a sense of family. With that in mind, Mini USA has launched a pilot program that allows Mini Cooper drivers equipped with special RFID-enabled key tags to signal specially designed billboards for a personalized message display. The message might contain the driver's name, mention a special feature on the car...

FARMERS BRANCH – City Council members on Tuesday night chose not to go forward with ordinances that would have restricted illegal immigrants from living and working in the city. But they vowed to pursue such measures this fall if Congress doesn't come up with a plan to enforce existing laws and reach an agreement on immigration reform. < snip > "It's exactly what we were asking for," said Farmers Branch resident Luis de la Garza. "It's a federal issue." Carlos Quintanilla, representative of the League of United Latin American Citizens, agreed. "We want immigration reform," he said. "We want it...

A parade intended to show unity and support for the city's rebuilding was instead marred by violence Sunday when shots rang out, wounding three people as the event drew to a close. Not long after the parade wrapped up, police officers patrolling the route heard gunfire. They then found a 34-year-old man with multiple wounds, police spokesman Gary Flot said. Minutes later, after more shots rang out, officers discovered an 18- year-old woman wounded in the leg. A man, 20, also was shot in the leg, in the same area.