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A little snow from Michigan

Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:50 PM EST

  We left Thursday afternoon to head north to our cottage. It was raining lightly but steadily and kept raining for the next 100 miles or so. We knew there were predictions of a pretty good snowfall and we were moving quickly to beat it.

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Obamacare & Romneycare Are 'The Same @!$%#ing Bill' Says Former Romney Adviser

Seeded on Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:28 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

He credited Mitt Romney for not totally disavowing the Massachusetts bill during his presidential campaign, but said Romney’s attempt to distinguish between Obama’s bill and his own is disingenuous. “The problem is there is no way to say that,” Gruber sai …

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Herman Cain Warns China Is Seeking Nuclear Capability

Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 1:08 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Herman Cain may have some surprises at his first national security briefings should he win the presidency. In an interview with PBS, Cain appears to suggest that Americans should consider China dangerous in part because they’re pursuing “nuclear capability.” In …

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Image of the Day: Caves of the Moon

Seeded on Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:41 AM EDT ()

In 2009, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lunar orbiter, Kaguya, spotted a big hole in the moon - sixty five meters across and at least eighty meters deep shown above, and potentially part of a much larger "lava tube."  These hark back to the moon's youth whe …

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GM Crops Promote Superweeds, Food Insecurity and Pesticides, say NGOs | Common Dreams

Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:52 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds", according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions  …

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MIT: "New Universes are Being Constantly Created" (Today's Most Popular)

Seeded on Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:39 AM EDT (dailygalaxy)

Modern cosmology theory holds that our universe may be just one in a vast collection of universes known as the multiverse.

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'Real Life Superhero' Phoenix Jones Arrested For Allegedly Pepper-Spraying Clubgoers | TPMMuckraker

Seeded on Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:34 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Phoenix Jones, the self-described Guardian of Seattle and "Real Life Superhero," was arrested last weekend for allegedly pepper-spraying four people outside of a nightclub, which he says was an attempt to break up a fight. According to the police report, early Sunday morning Jon …

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Reflections of Indian Summer

Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:09 PM EDT

Living in Michigan, I've come to expect the weather to be different from day to day. Last week, there was ice in the bird bath, this week, it got to 80.

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U.S. Economy Tipping into Recession

Seeded on Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:41 PM EDT (ECRI)

Early last week, ECRI notified clients that the U.S. economy is indeed tipping into a new recession. And there’s nothing that policy makers can do to head it off.

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'Birther' Orly Taitz Mulling Senate Run Because She Speaks Spanish And Hebrew | TPMMuckraker

Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:09 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

So-called "birther queen" Orly Taitz is considering running for Sen.

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'Toddlers and Tiaras' and sexualizing 3-year-olds - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:59 PM EDT (CNN)

TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras" has been mired in controversy since it debuted in 2009, and much of the distaste for the series stemmed from concerns about whether we were feeding the stage mothers' desire for attention, or about the insensitivity in taping and televising children in …

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Firefighters balk at new digital radios, as failures risk lives | McClatchy

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:19 AM EDT (McClatchy)

Many of the nation's biggest fire departments, spooked by allegations that Motorola's digital radio failures contributed to the deaths of at least five firefighters, the disabling of a sixth and scores of close calls, have limited use of the glitzy gadgets acquired in a post-Sept.

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Woman wants county to cover $1K hospital bill for cavity search - Las Cruces Sun-News

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 1:07 AM EDT ()

 A Las Cruces woman has been charged $1,122 by a local hospital for a forcible body cavity search ordered by the Metro Narcotics Agency that did not turn up any illegal substances. She is now asking the county to pay her hospital bill. The woman, who is not being named becau …

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Leaked Cable: John McCain Pushed to Arm Qadhafi | Common Dreams

Seeded on Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:49 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable shows that Arizona Republican Senator John McCain promised to help Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi obtain U.S. military hardware in 2009. In a meeting, McCain said the U.S.

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Cantor Spox: If There's Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts | TPMDC

Seeded on Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:57 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Looks like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene. "We aren't going to speculate on damage before it happens, period," his spokesperson Laena Fall …

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KBR Wants Former Employee Who Sued Over Rape To Pay Them $2M | TPMMuckraker

Seeded on Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:46 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Military contractor KBR is trying to get a woman who said she was raped while working for them in Iraq to pay them $2 million to cover their court fees, claiming her $145 million lawsuit against them was frivolous and fabricated. A jury rejected Jamie Leigh Jones' claim against t …

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is Most Beautiful Place in America - AOL Travel News

Seeded on Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:28 PM EDT (AOL)

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a relatively unknown national treasure located on the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, earned the title of "Most Beautiful Place in America," according to Good Morning America.   What was once a heap of glaciers that mel …

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One and a Half Years After Killing a 6-Year Highway Construction Bill, Obama Calls for a Highway Construction Bill | Common Dreams

Seeded on Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:17 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

“It is noteworthy that while the President now accuses Congress of dragging its feet on a Transportation Appropriations bill, it was just one and a half years ago that the White House prevented Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), the then-Chairman of the House Transportation …

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After Triggering Downgrade, Debt Default Skeptics Try To Run From Their Records -- But They Can't | TPMDC

Seeded on Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:59 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Standard & Poors has a specific justification for downgrading the U.S. bond rating, and it's deadly for Republicans. It wasn't just that Congress showed itself to be reckless and dysfunctional, or that the GOP shows no sign of ever ending their anti-tax jihad.

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FARK Founder Escapes 'Patent Troll' Suit | TPM Idea Lab

Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:52 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

FARK.com Founder Drew Curtis on Wednesday disclosed that he's managed to escape the threats of a patent holding firm called "Gooseberry Natural Resources" -- without having to pay a cent. "Their patent had nothing to do with Fark," wrote Curtis in a Wednesday blog post on the sub …

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"Super Congress" Designed for One Purpose

Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:15 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

There are no good choices for this commission. It is designed to protect members of Congress from the electoral repercussions of cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits, something that 82% of the country vehemently opposes.

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Layoffs Surge As Recovery Shows Little Sign Of Momentum

Seeded on Wed Aug 3, 2011 1:22 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The early days of the recession were characterized by massive layoffs across industries, and while economists caution that the labor market isn't there yet, a surge of private sector layoffs in July may indicate that the American recovery is stalling out. This week has been a wor …

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James O'Keefe's Latest 'Terrorist' Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law | TPMMuckraker

Seeded on Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:08 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Stop me if you've heard this one. A man goes into a public assistance office in Charleston, South Carolina in a kilt, tells them he's a member of the Irish Republican Army and asks for help for 25 fellow Irishmen in a hospital who need Medicaid.

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Michigan GOP, Gov. Rick Snyder have raised taxes on most residents

Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:50 PM EDT (washington independent)

Though most of the Republicans elected to the state legislature ran on a platform of completely rejecting tax increases as a means of balancing the Michigan budget, the reality is that they and Gov. Rick Snyder have raised taxes significantly on most residents of the state.

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Justice In America: A Tale Of Two Crimes | Common Dreams

Seeded on Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:45 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

Consider Paul Allen, 55, a former mortgage CEO who defrauded lenders of over $3 billion. This week, prosecutors celebrated the fact they got him a 40-month prison sentence.

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