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Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers

8 of Top 10 Porn-Consuming States Voted Republican in 2008 Presidential Election
ABC News- By EWEN CALLAWAY
Feb. 28, 2009

Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.
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Arizona AG: Marijuana legalization a possible way of curbing border violence
Raw Story-David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Published: Friday February 27, 2009
When President Bush vowed to “smoke ‘em out” in the chase for Osama bin Laden — who his administration claimed to be America’s greatest enemy — he meant it in the Wild West sense, [...]

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Obama’s Iraq Speech: Video, Full Text
Huffintgon Post |   February 27, 2009 11:52 AM
Video of President Obama’s speech will be added soon.
Remarks of [...]

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After nearly three decades of Reaganomics in which the wealthiest two percent of Americans have grown exponentially wealthier while middle class wages have remained stagnant, a growing faction of super rich Americans is seriously pissed off — and their Wingnut Revolution is upon us.
Sure, the interests and influence of the wealthiest two percent make them [...]

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Pelosi: Bush Administration lawbreakers should face prosecution, not immunity
Raw Story- John Byrne
Published: Thursday February 26, 2009
Not so fast.
Bush administration officials who broke the law should face criminal prosecution and shouldn’t get immunity in exchange for testimony under a proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission being discussed in the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said [...]

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Bill McKibben: Why I’m Planning to Get Arrested on Monday (and You Should, Too)

By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. Posted February 24, 2009.

With thousands of big names and small gathering, the first massive protest of its kind against global warming will put the heat on DC.
It may seem odd [...]

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Exclusive Interview With Octomom (VIDEO)
Huffington Post |  Alex Leo   |   February 25, 2009 02:00 PM
At this point many of us have [...]

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Normally, on Wednesday afternoon, the House of Commons is transformed into a bickering cockpit as the Prime Minister faces Prime Minister’s Question Time. It begins with a routine question about the PM’s engagements and is followed by questions from the leader of the main opposition party (currently, David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party), and [...]

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Senate to announce investigation of torture under Bush, senators say
Raw Story- John Byrne
Published: Wednesday February 25, 2009
‘This is going to be big,’ senator says
The Senate is quietly preparing plans to investigate allegations of torture under President George W. Bush, according to comments published Wednesday by Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Sheldon [...]

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Obama’s Tuesday Speech: President Addresses Congress
Huffington Post |   February 24, 2009 09:38 AM
Check back here on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 9 PM [...]

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OEN is participating in the call for a special prosecutor for Bush and Cheney.
*GROUPS REQUEST SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR BUSH, CHENEY*
OpEdNews
For Immediate Release
February 24, 2009
Contact: David Swanson david@davidswanson.org <mailto:david@davidswanson.org

*Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials *
We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the [...]

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by Geezer Power

February 19th 2009
Brian Views Destruction in Gaza – Calls for Immediate Relief and Change in Policy
Washington, D.C. – Two members of Congress, Brian Baird (D-WA-03), and Keith Ellison, (D-MN-05), visited Gaza on Thursday to view firsthand the destruction from recent Israeli air and ground attacks and to meet with international and local [...]

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Bernanke Appears Before Senate Banking Committee (WATCH LIVE VIDEO)
The Huffington Post |   February 24, 2009 09:29 AM
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faces [...]

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Phil McCarten / Reuters
Arnold Considered Party Switch
The Daily Beast- by Joe Mathews

Feb 23, 2009

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How bad did things get between Der Governator and his fellow Republicans? Schwarzenegger’s biographer, Joe Mathews, reports that he recently considered dropping out of the party altogether. It’s the latest blast in a long-running war.
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