As you may have heard last week, Martin Bashir, who is a teevee guy on the ObaMSNBCa network, said that someone should poop and pee in shit-talkin’ word-manglin’ half-term governorin’ Sarah Palin’s mouth which is NOT A NICE THING TO SAY unless you are talking about David...
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How the Bashir stole Christmas
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U.S. prepares to mark 50th anniversary of Kennedy assassination
The United States will on Friday mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a dark turning point in the nation’s history and a day many still remember vividly. Church bells will toll. Flags will be lowered. Wreaths will be laid. Children will sing. And in...
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Greenpeace mounts towering protest in Warsaw over Arctic activists
Greenpeace activists on Thursday draped a banner over Warsaw’s highest tower to demand that Russia free fellow members jailed over an Arctic drilling protest. The three activists hoisted themselves down ropes from the observation deck to hang the huge yellow banner that read “Save the...
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Spanish King Juan Carlos gets third hip replacement
Surgeons replaced Spain’s King Juan Carlos’s left hip for the third time on Thursday, the latest in a string of operations that have raised questions about the future of his reign. The 75-year-old king, who has appeared in public on crutches and looking frail this year, could be walking...
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Pope Francis: We will not imagine ‘a Middle East without Christians’
Pope Francis on Thursday said the Catholic Church will not accept a Middle East without Christians, who often find themselves forced to flee areas of conflict and unrest in the region. “We will not resign ourselves to imagining a Middle East without Christians,” he said after meeting...
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Rare Mandela mementos to go up for auction
A collection of Nelson Mandela’s personal items, including his photograph with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, will go under the hammer in South Africa next week, in a rare auction of the peace icon’s memorabilia. The assortment of 79 signed mementos at Wednesday’s auction date from...
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Pennsylvania ‘libtard’-hating chief charging $25 a month to serve in ‘militia’
Gilberton, Pennsylvania Police Chief Mark Kessler is organizing what he calls a “professional” militia while awaiting the final decision on his job status. The Patriot News reported on Thursday that Kessler, who is still the subject of a termination hearing with local officials, has...
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Jury awards Apple $290 million in Samsung patent case
A US federal jury Thursday ordered Samsung to pay $290 million in damages to Apple in a partial retrial of the blockbuster patent case involving the two smartphone giants. The award comes instead of $450 million in damages originally awarded in the landmark suit, but thrown out by a judge. It is in...
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U.S. regulators to propose use of cell phones in flight
US telecommunications regulators will consider next month allowing people to use cell phones and other broadband services during flights, officials said Thursday. The proposal would allow people to make phone calls and surf the Internet on their phones, tablets and computers when aircraft are above...
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Antarctic ice lab sees sub-atomic particles in space
Ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos in outer space have been glimpsed from an icy observatory in Antarctica, offering a rare new view of the universe, scientists said Thursday. These high-energy particles are everywhere, and billions pass though our bodies every second, according to Kara...
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French hostage recounts escape after captor left door open
The French hostage held for 11 months by an Islamist group in Nigeria told French television on Thursday he made his audacious run for freedom after his captor left a key in the door by mistake. Francis Collomp, speaking on the TF1 channel, described how on the night of November 16 one of his...
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NY lawmaker asks for federal help as ‘knockout game’ attacks increase
A New York state lawmaker has contacted the federal government for help curbing a violent social media game that may have spread from there to California. WCBS-TV reported that state Sen. Dov Hikind (D) wrote President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder following a rash of attacks in New...
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Rescue workers among six dead in Latvian supermarket cave-in
Six people including two rescue workers were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday when the roof of a supermarket collapsed in a suburb of Latvia’s capital Riga, emergency services confirmed. “Rescue efforts will continue through the night but it’s too early to name a cause or...
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Filipino coconut farmers face ruin after Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation
The super typhoon that slammed through the central Philippines laid waste to a vast region of coconut farmland, eradicating in one fell swoop the livelihoods of tens of thousands of smallholders. “It’s all gone,” Glen Mendoza said, gesturing towards the collection of snapped and...
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Mexico vows to stop expansion of civilian ‘self-defense’ groups
Mexican authorities warned Thursday that they would not allow vigilante “self-defense” groups to take over more towns in a western state where civilians are arming themselves to combat drug gangs. Vigilantes are now providing security in six Michoacan state towns after self-defense...
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Actor Hugh Jackman reveals he was treated for skin cancer
Australian actor Hugh Jackman revealed Thursday that he had been treated for skin cancer, posting a picture of himself with a plaster on his nose. The Oscar-nominated Hollywood star warned Twitter followers to have suspicious marks checked and to use sunscreen. “Deb said to get the mark on my...
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Miami Gardens store owner films a year’s worth of outrageous behavior by local cops
A Florida convenience store owner is preparing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against local police after collecting more than two dozen videos detailing what he describes as regular harassment by officers against both customers and his employees. The Miami Herald reported that since...
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‘Black Beauty’ meteorite reveals warm, wet dawn on Mars
‘Black Beauty’ reveals warm, wet dawn on Mars (via The Christian Science Monitor) An ancient meteorite (NWA 7533, also called ‘Black Beauty’) dates back over 4 billion years. The gray interior surface, cut away with a diamond saw, shows the countless tiny pieces of broken...
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Socialist Seattle City Council member defends accusing Boeing of ‘economic terrorism’
Kshama Sawant, who earlier this month became the first self-identified Socialist to be elected to the Seattle City Council in more than a century, defended her call to Boeing workers to take over the company’s Seattle factory and accusing the company of “economic terrorism.”...
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iPhone maker Foxconn invests $40 million into boosting U.S. operations
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, is to invest $40 million in the United States to ramp up manufacturing of high-end products. The world’s largest contract electronics maker will create around 500 jobs in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as it puts...
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