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Fox News falsifies video to make Republican protest against health care look bigger

Rick Rottman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:36 PST

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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A Star Wars Jawa for you garden

Rick Rottman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:26:07 PST

This Star Wars Jawa garden gnome almost makes me wish I had a yard to put this in. It’s made of solid resin and it stands nearly a foot tall. You can pre-order it now from the official Star...

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The state of Virgina is fixin to kill Muhammad

Rick Rottman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:28 PST

Tonight at 9 p.m the state of Virgina will be executing John Allen Muhammad, one of the so-called beltway snipers. Back in 2002, Muhammad and his young ward, Lee Boyd Malvo, terrorized people in...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia

Rick Rottman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:04:38 PST

The greatest basketball player to ever play the game, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has announced that he has a rare form of leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia. He’s taking an oral medication for the...

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Obama to send ‘about’ 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Rick Rottman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:21:39 PST

Look like President Obama is going to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Maybe. From CBS News: Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new...

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Rejected by attached form letter

Rick Rottman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:58:30 PST

About a month ago I applied for a job advertised in the local newspaper. It was for a job I didn’t really want, for a company I didn’t really want to work for, but I felt that I had a...

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Fort Hood shooter tried to contact al Qaeda

Rick Rottman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:50:49 PST

U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan had been attempting to reach the al Qaeda terrorist network. From ABC News: U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was...

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Sharon Osbourne is a hypocrite

Rick Rottman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:58:34 PST

Sharon Osbourne, a woman famous for being the wife of Ozzy Osbourne, got some attention last week after she went on The Opie and Anthony Show on Sirius XM Radio and made cracks about Susan Boyle, the...

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What in the world is going on with Sammy Sosa?

Rick Rottman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:21:04 PST

If you didn’t know that the man on the right was Sammy Sosa, you would think it was just some creepy looking guy with pasty skin and freaky looking eyes. It’s Sammy Sosa with pasty skin...

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Republican congressman predicts the Democratic party will be history within a year

Rick Rottman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:24:22 PST

Mike Pence, Republican representative from Indiana and the chairman of the House Republican Conference was on Fox News Sunday this morning and made the claim that last night’s vote for health...

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Once again, Navy beats Notre Dame

Rick Rottman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:35:09 PST

For the second time in three years, Navy beat Notre Dame. Like the victory from two years ago, it took place in South Bend in front of the Notre Dame faithful. How Charlie Weis is able to keep his...

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Health care reform bill passes the House

Rick Rottman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:44:49 PST

H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed the House last night, 220 for and 215 against. Every Republican except one voted against it. There were 39 Democrats that voted against...

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Just when I thought the shooting at Fort Hood could not get any worse

Rick Rottman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:14:03 PST

It turns out that some of the soldiers gunned down at Fort Hood by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan may in fact been shot by some of the military security who responded to the incident. They refer...

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I hope this man has good health insurance

Rick Rottman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:08:36 PST

Republican Teabaggers held a protest yesterday on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. to protest against government run health care and/or health care reform. Unfortunately, one of the...

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Scott Kurtz is a tastemaker with a large podium

Rick Rottman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:09:58 PST

arry Ernst, Sales Manager from Wizard Entertainment sent an email to webcomic creator Scott Kurtz asking him to attend some of Wizard’s upcoming comic book/pop culture conventions. The problem...

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Fort Hood shooter posted messages on the Internet defending suicide bombers

Rick Rottman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:10:49 PST

U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Malik Nadal Hasan, the American of Jordanian decent that brandished two handguns and opened fire on a large group of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, is still...

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U.S. Army major at Fort Hood kills 12, wounds 31 others

Rick Rottman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:56:08 PST

Malik Nadal Hasan, a 39-year old U. S. Army major opened fire with two handguns at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12 and wounding another 31. Most of those shot were U.S. soldiers processing their...

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Medicare for all

Rick Rottman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:25:09 PST

From the Physicians for a National Health Program: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is introducing a substitute amendment to the House leadership’s bill, H.R. 3200, that would delete the language of that...

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Why Creigh Deeds lost

Rick Rottman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:15:44 PST

A lot of the so-called experts are theorizing why Creigh Deeds, the Democrat nominee for Virginia governor, lost to the Republican candidate Bob McDonnell on Tuesday’s off-year election. Now...

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Maine voters say no to gay marriage

Rick Rottman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:38:50 PST

The people of Maine voted yesterday to repeal a state law that allowed two people of the same sex to marry. This leaves Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut as the only states...

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