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'Miss Me Yet?' Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick

Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth -- nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web. But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he's seen it with his own eyes

A Little "love" On a Sunday Morning. My Newsvine "love" Letter

Yesterday I woke up and started my morning ritual of checking my Email. This is usually a futile effort because to be honest I receive very little and most mail I receive is just junk. As I looked I noticed a mail labeled "Newsvine - love".

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Why are liberals so condescending?

Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots.

School bombing exposes Obama's secret war inside Pakistan

THE discovery of three American soldiers among the dead in a suicide bombing at the opening of a girls' school in the northwestern Pakistan town of Dir last week reignited the fears of many Pakistanis that Washington was set on invading their country.

Waking Up as Rob, Going To Bed a "Right Wing Extremist"

Newsvine as a whole never ceases to amaze me. I have on so many occasions done my best to keep an even temper when it comes to commenting and writing. Yes, I admit I do dabble at times in the controversial but I also try to at least keep the debate reasonable.

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Patrick Kennedy: Scott Brown's candidacy 'a joke'

Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) election has been shown to be "a joke," the son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said Thursday.

The Electorate vs. Obama's Agenda :: Charles Krauthammer

"I am not an ideologue," protested President Obama at a gathering with Republican House members last week. Perhaps, but he does have a tenacious commitment to a set of political convictions.

McCain Feeling Primary Heat From His Right Flank

Arizona Sen. John McCain, the Republicans' standard-bearer in 2008, is facing a surprisingly strong primary challenge from the right, evidence that even party leaders aren't safe from the swell of conservative activism heading into the 2010 midterm elections.

Obama picks campaigning over leading :: Nolan Finley

There's always been a disconnect between what Barack Obama says and what he does, but for the last few weeks, the president's rhetoric has been wholly detached from reality.

The war on Toyota :: Terence Corcoran

There can be little doubt that Toyota, the world's greatest automaker in recent years, has become the victim of much more than another typical out-of-control All-American media frenzy. When top-line political gamesman such as U.S.

Forget Polls, Here's Tangible Proof the Obama Honeymoon is Over :: Doug Heye

One sign that Washington, D.C., had been home to Obama Mania was the number of independent retailers selling all sorts of Obama merchandise. Every street corner, it seemed, had Obama wares (or Obama wear) for sale .

Haitian Parents willingly gave children to US Baptists

Parents in this struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries who showed up in a bus promising to give them a better life—contradicting claims by the Baptist group's leader that the children came from orpha …

Huffington: Fox News Viewers Use "Lizard Brains" to Absorb Beck's "Paranoid Statements"

Arianna Huffington February 10, 2006: Deep in the brain lies the amygdala, an almond-sized region that generates fear. When this fear state is activated, the amygdala springs into action.

Sen.-elect Brown demands to be seated

Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown on Wednesday demanded to be seated immediately, saying that while he is scheduled to be sworn in Feb. 11, "there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date."

Turning abortion into an online game show :: Kathleen Parker

At first glance, bump-the-show sounds like a reasonable response to "Bump," the show -- a new, faux-reality Web-based docudrama featuring actors trying to decide whether to have an abortion.

Obama's Ideology Problem :: Jonah Goldberg

"I am not an ideologue," President Obama insisted at his truly refreshing confab with the Republican caucus in Baltimore last Friday.

Still Rolling: Fox News Has Its Best January Ever

Fox News had its best January in the history of the network, and was the only cable news network to grow year-to-year.

New Yorkers unite against hosting 9/11 trials

U.S. President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder had hoped to orchestrate a grand gesture by trying suspected mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants in federal court in downtown Manhattan.

Air passengers who refuse a full body scan to be barred from their flights

Air passengers who refuse to submit to controversial full body scans will be barred from boarding their flights. The technology - which has been strongly condemned by civil liberties campaigners - began operating at Heathrow and Manchester airports yesterday.

The Death of Global Warming :: Walter Russell Mead

The global warming movement as we have known it is dead. Its health had been in steady decline during the last year as the once robust hopes for a strong and legally binding treaty to be agreed upon at the Copenhagen Summit faded away.

Family link is found between Obama and Scott Brown

Reporting from Washington - President Obama has found another long-lost cousin: Scott Brown, the Republican state senator from Massachusetts who won the Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Dem. senators spent weekend with bank, energy, tobacco lobbyists

Twelve Democratic Senators spent last weekend in Miami Beach raising money from top lobbyists for oil, drug, and other corporate interests that they often decry, according to a guest list for the event obtained by POLITICO.

Obama won't connect terror dots

When a man is apprehended with a cache of weapons, body armor, a map of a military installation and jihadist personal effects, the natural response of most Americans is to assume the situation is terrorist-related. The Obama administration says otherwise.

US raises stakes on Iran by sending in ships and missiles

Tension between the US and Iran heightened dramatically today with the disclosure that Barack Obama is deploying a missile shield to protect American allies in the Gulf from attack by Tehran.

Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen

The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.

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