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Karl Rove to quit at end of August

Politics – Karl Rove, U.S. President George W. Bush's senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.

View Story Discuss (7) (cnn.com) 15 days ago by Obaku

Voted for on August 13, 2007 07:34am Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 280 votes / 16 sinks

Republicans Shun Debate, and Right Cries Out

Politics – When the leading Republican presidential candidates started to squirm last week about attending a Sept. 17 YouTube debate, in which the public would ask questions via video, there was a surprising backlash from the world of Republican and conservative bloggers.

View Story Discuss (439) (nytimes.com) 26 days ago by deathray

Voted for on August 02, 2007 07:52am

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Are These the Troops We're Supposed to Support?

Do No Evil – A video has surfaced on YouTube of a soldier boasting and laughing about the abuses he committed on Iraqis. Let's not be coy, suggesting that this is Bush's fault, or that this is just the war. This is the logical outcome of male socialization in our imperial core. This started far earlier than the war.

View Story Discuss (427) (huffingtonpost.com) 47 days ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 17, 2007 08:38am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 242 votes / 35 sinks

The Christian Nation Myth

Religion – Whenever the Supreme Court makes a decision restricts the intrusion of religion into the affairs of government, a flood of protests follow on the grounds that they conflict with the wishes and intents of the "founding fathers." Such a view of American history is completely contrary to known facts.

View Story Discuss (940) (infidels.org) 42 days ago by Radiofreeeuropa

Voted for on July 17, 2007 08:18am

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House Passes Bill To Bring Troops Home In '08

News – The House of Representatives voted 223-201 Thursday to require most U.S. troops to leave Iraq by April 1, 2008.

View Story Discuss (543) (cnn.com) 46 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 13, 2007 10:53am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 212 votes / 17 sinks

Bush Orders Miers Not to Testify

Politics – President Bush ordered his former White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to defy a congressional subpoena and refuse to appear Thursday before a House panel investigating U.S. attorney firings.

View Story Discuss (404) (npr.org) 47 days ago by Worldview

Voted for on July 11, 2007 07:16pm

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Robber disguised as tree hits N.H. bank

Humor – Leaf it to New Hampshire, where a bank branch was held up by a man disguised as a tree. Just as the Citizen Bank branch opened Saturday morning, a man walked in with leafy boughs duct-taped to his head and torso, and robbed the place.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.yahoo.com) 49 days ago by pawfoots

Voted for on July 11, 2007 11:14am

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'Highly Critical' Flaw in Firefox 2.0

Gadgets & Tech – Security firm Secunia has issued an advisory regarding a newly discovered "highly critical" security flaw in Firefox 2.0 and later, which involves a special URI handler. Although the problem was initially attributed to Internet Explorer by researcher Thor Larholm, Firefox is the culprit.

View Story Discuss (2) (betanews.com) 48 days ago by smanofsteel76

Voted for on July 11, 2007 09:49am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Bush Equals Nixon's Highest Disapproval

Politics – Today Bush reached a historic milestone. His current disapproval rating in the latest Gallup poll, 66%, equals Richard Nixon's highest Gallup disapproval rating of 66%, registered the week before he resigned from office.

View Story Discuss (250) (openleft.com) 48 days ago by _kam0_

Voted for on July 11, 2007 08:07am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / 1 sink

Media Matters - Top 12 media myths and falsehoods on the Bush administration's spying scandal

News – Media Matters presents the top 12 myths and falsehoods promoted by the media on President Bush's spying scandal stemming from the recent revelation in The New York Times that he authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop on domestic communications without the required approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court.

View Story Discuss (10) (mediamatters.org) 49 days ago by engineer

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:28am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

This story has mostly positive ratings. 89 votes / 4 sinks

Dual Diagnosis Treatment and Rehabilitation Overview

Health & Fitness – Dual diagnosis means that a person has two different illnesses. Such illnesses include: 1) severe/major mental illness and a substance disorder(s), 2) substance disorder(s) and a personality disorder(s), 3) substance disorder(s) and a personality disorder(s) and substance induced acute symptoms that may require psychiatric care, such as hallucinat

View Story Discuss (6) (addictionsearch.com) 48 days ago by idreamed

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:27am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Reality Check in the Uravan Uranium Mining District

News – He who owns the uranium mill makes the rules. In an out-take from our interview with Yellowcake Mining director Dr. Robert Rich, he told us that the company that owns a uranium mill controls the area.

View Story Discuss (10) (bestwaytoinvest.com) 49 days ago by universal12

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:26am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 76 votes / 5 sinks

The Myth of Conservative America

Do No Evil – The 2006 election put progressives such as Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown in office who support raising the minimum wage and changing course in Iraq.

View Story Discuss (82) (blog.aflcio.org) 48 days ago by engineer

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:23am

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Panel Moves to Cut Off Funds to Cheney

Politics – Senate Dems moved Tues. to cut off funding for VP Cheney's office in a continuing battle over whether he must comply with national security disclosure rules. A Senate panel chaired by Sen. Richard Durbin refused to fund $4.8M in the VP's budget until his office complies with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified info.

View Story Discuss (4) (forbes.com) 48 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:19am

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Wrecking ball snaps loose, wreaks havoc - Yahoo! News

News – A 1,500-pound wrecking ball broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill, smashing into several cars and injuring three people before coming to rest in the trunk of a car at an intersection Monday.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.yahoo.com) 48 days ago by justgotmarried

Voted for on July 11, 2007 06:13am

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