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Italian farmers take pigs to parliament in food imports protest
Italian farmers brought pigs to parliament on Thursday in an unusual Christmas season protest against foreign food imports used to make classic Italian products such as pasta, mozzarella cheese and...
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Rachel Maddow: Powerful right-wing lobby ALEC desperate and hurting after...
On Wednesday night’s edition of her show, Rachel Maddow revealed the contents of leaked emails by the pro-business, conservative lobbying shop, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC...
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Sarah Palin: People might be afraid to ‘start a business’ because Martin...
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday responded to Martin Bashir’s resignation from MSNBC by saying that she was used to being the victim of liberals, but she hoped that the former host’s attack...
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Morgan State suspends fraternity for rejecting student because he’s gay
A historically black college has placed a fraternity chapter on probation for discriminating against a gay student. Senior Brian Stewart filed a complaint with Morgan State in late October, saying that...
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Musings On Snark, Riffing Off A Wonderful Defense Of It
If I may direct your attention to this excellent essay by Tom Scocca on the rhetorical tones known as “snark” and “smarm”, which are, to be blunt, opposing forces. (Though people can definitely switch...
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Maine GOP gov. applauds ‘global warming’ for opening ice-free oil shipping...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Thursday encouraged people to look on the bright side of global warming. At the 64rd annual Maine Transportation Conference, the governor bucked the thinking of many...
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Republicans tutored how not to offend women but sabotage gay GOP candidates
The Republican Party is pursuing women voters in its plans for the next election cycle, while one prominent social conservative is working behind-the-scenes to sabotage LGBT Republican candidates...
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Friends hoping for ‘Christmas miracle’ to help man arrested 1,500 times get...
Friends are hoping for a “Christmas miracle” for a Kentucky man who’s been arrested at least 1,500 times. The Smoking Gun reports that 64-year-old Henry Earl may have been arrested as many as 1,600...
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Bishops support Mexican vigilantes in fight against vicious Knights Templar gang
Bells tolled from the red cathedral tower in the western Mexico town of Apatzingan, calling the faithful to hear a bishop who backs a growing vigilante movement against a cult-like drug cartel. As...
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Bystanders help topless woman chase down peeping Tom in department store
A Kansas woman said she chased a peeping Tom topless through a department store. Jeanne Ouellette said she was trying on bras Tuesday in the dressing room of a Koh’s store in Lexana, Kansas, when she...
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Does the Kardashians’ Christmas card hide a secret Illuminati message?
Self-styled celebrity super family the Kardashians love their annual Christmas card. Over the years they’ve built up a smorgasboard of festive snaps, which have become more overblown as the family has...
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Unarmed man charged with assault after NY cops shoot at him but wound...
A grand jury indicted an unarmed, emotionally disturbed man on assault charges after police opened fire on him near New York City’s Times Square and wounded two bystanders. Investigators said...
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Glenn Beck: Liberal Catholics brainwashed my daughter into thinking I was...
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck revealed this week that his own daughter accused him of being “intolerant” about same sex marriage after she left home and attended a Catholic university. In an...
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Twitter appoints first female board member
Twitter on Thursday announced the appointment of its first woman board member in a gender breakthrough at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. Twitter, which recently made a stellar...
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Elton John to speak out for LGBT rights at Moscow concert
Elton John is to play a concert in Moscow on Friday during which he has vowed to raise the issue of Russia’s legal crackdown on gay rights. The British singer told CNN last month that he was “going to...
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European storm with hurricane force winds turns deadly
A fierce storm battered northern Europe with hurricane force winds Thursday, leaving four people dead or missing, disrupting travel and forcing thousands to flee their homes over fears of the worst...
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Palestinian negotiator: Israeli settlements are the reason for the difficulties
A top Palestinian negotiator on Thursday said peace talks with Israel were “difficult and complicated”, after a meeting between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry....
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Prosecutors won’t file charges against Florida State’s Jameis Winston in rape...
Prosecutors have decided not to charge a star Florida State quarterback in connection with a rape investigation. The state attorney’s office has been investigating Jameis Winston since Nov. 13 in...
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Georgia insurance commissioner: It’s ‘your fault’ if you have a pre-existing...
Georgia’s Republican insurance commissioner Ralph Hudgens told a group of Republican women in November that having a pre-existing condition like breast cancer or asthma is like being at fault in a car...
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Nelson Mandela’s transformation ‘from terrorist to icon’
So revered is Nelson Mandela today that it is easy to forget that for decades he was considered a terrorist by many foreign governments, and some of his current supporters. The anti-apartheid hero was...
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