January 2011
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BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
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From the story: “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications.”
Sickening.
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces results of... →
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the results of a New York City undercover investigation of gun sales at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix, Arizona. The investigation proves on video how easy it is to obtain firearms with high capacity magazines at gun shows, even for those who tell sellers that they probably couldn’t pass a background check. A Glock ...
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Who's driving the Egyptian revolution? →
A look at key players in the uprising:
Internet-savvy 20-somethings The April 6 Youth Movement, made up of Internet-fluent Egyptians under 30, organized the first mass protest on Jan. 25 via social media sites. “The public here mocked those young people who had taken to Twitter and Facebook to post calls for protest,” says Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin in The New York Times....
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“We need to cut these things that aren’t constitutionally mandated, that are kind...”
– —Sarah Palin, on President Obama’s State of the Union address, to Fox News’ Greta von Susteren, Jan. 26, 2011.
(via technipol)
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Who's not running in 2012 (and why) →
As the 2012 speculation game begins in earnest, here are some GOP stars — and a couple of Democrats — who deny that they’ll be vying for the presidential nod (full list here):
Mike Pence Over the past year, Pence, a six-term Indiana congressman, has developed a loyal following among influential conservatives like former house majority leader Dick Armey. They admire Pence him...
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Utah wants to make a handgun its state symbol →
just weeks after Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the with a similar weapon.
The measure to honor the semiautomatic M1911 handgun was passed by the state House this week, where its sponsor called the gun “an implement of freedom that has defended America for 100 years.”
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“I was giggling a bit as I was reading about exfoliation, calming, and blush for...”
– Fashionista’s Cheryl Wischhover reacts to the news that Walmart is marketing “anti-aging” products to 8-year-old girls.
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Rupe's iPad newspaper... →
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Party time with Rupe!
News Corp.’s iPad-exclusive newspaper, The Daily, will be launching next Wednesday here in Manhattan. The launch was pushed back, so the rumors say, because Apple ran into some tech issues with a new publication subscription service that will debut along with The…
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State of the Union petty controversies →
In last night’s State of the Union address, the president spent more than an hour addressing hefty issues, from America’s failing education system to the deficit, and critics have zealously dissected his every syllable. But a number of less weighty issues received critical scrutiny, too — from Rep. Paul Ryan’s aggressively gleaming hair to Michelle Obama’s dress. Here...
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“How can the NYPD just confiscate property, lose it, then arrest you for...”
– Jamieson Prince, 43-year-old man from the Bronx, who was arrested for stealing his own car.
Jared Lee Loughner researched lethal injection... →
In the weeks and days before the shooting rampage in Tucson, suspect Jared Lee Loughner surfed the Internet on his computer in what investigators believe was an effort to prepare for his alleged assassination attempt, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said.
Loughner pulled up several Web sites about lethal injections and solitary confinement in prison, said the sources,...
Soup: Puppy Bowl 2011 Is Here! Forget Football And... →
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quoted from Puppy Bowl 2011 Is Here! Forget Football And Breakdown The Rosters
On Sunday, we found out that the Steelers and Packers would be playing in Super Bowl 45. On Tuesday, Animal Planet released the lineup for Puppy Bowl VII. And you may be interested in breaking…
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“My fear is that something like this fuels the 1950s idea that pregnant women are...”
– Amy Graff, in the San Francisco Chronicle, expresses her concerns over a NYC proposal that would grant special parking placards to pregnant women with medical approval, letting them park for free in no-parking or no-standing zones until 30 days after their due dates. Many women cheered the news,...
Colombia Fears 20 Killed in Coal Mine Blast →
Colombian authorities feared at least 20 miners were killed and possibly 10 more were injured Wednesday in a deadly blast in an underground coal mine, continuing a string of fatal accidents in small coal mines geared at producing coal for domestic consumption.
Colombia ranks as one of the world’s top coal exporters, and its production destined for abroad is controlled by foreign companies...
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While Denver tries to overturn a ban on pit bulls,... →
A Texas couple whose 10-year-old son was killed by a pit bull is calling on lawmakers to make it a third-degree felony to own a pit bull in the state. At the same time, a group of activists in Denver is raising money in an attempt to overturn the city’s ban on pit bulls — adopted in 1989 after a highly publicized attack — saying the animals have been unfairly labeled as vicious. Are pit...
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President Obama only knocked the Super Bowl because he’s still angry at Cutler.
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Text of Obama's State of the Union address →
Um…spoiler alert!