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Invincible Armor: The Unreal Reality Of The Left
Stark numbers do not deter the fervent. Numbers based in reality, backed by research, can't shake the believer. Religion? No, but in a sense, yes. Missions carried out against all odds are those of legend and sometimes history. The true believer will follow to the end those that plant a' [...]


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ProgressOhio: Video: Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants
 Although Fox News legal analyst and former New Jersey district judge Andrew Napolitano is usually a reliable right-wing voice for the network, he has often criticized President Bush and his national security policies. When the law authorizing Bush’s wiretapping program expired in 2008, Napolitano railed against the [...]


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ProgressOhio: HIRE Act: Tax Exemptions Put to Work
On March 4th, the House passed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act by a vote of 217-201 to encourage employers to hire workers who were previously unemployed or only working part time. The President signed the legislation into law on March 18th. The bill provides: A [...]


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ProgressOhio: Snowe, Brown Now Yes On Financial Reform: Vote To Be This Week
Two key senators announced announced their support for the Wall Street reform bill Monday, placing Senate Democrats days away from winning the final vote to passing the most sweeping set of changes to the financial system in decades.
Top Senate Democrats say they have the 60 [...]


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Right Ohio: The Creepy, Crawly Statists of the Columbus City Council
From Robert Vitale in The Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus City Council voted last night to end tax breaks for three companies that didn’t live up to promises that they’d keep and add workers to local payrolls.
Taxpayers didn’t lose a dime on the deals, Development Director Boyce Safford III said. The [...]


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Third Base Politics: Lee went to Canada? You hoser.
When the suggestion was first made by a NRSC press release, I didn't believe Lee Fisher actually went up to Canada for a fundraiser with trial lawyers.
I mean, I know being down 9-1 in cash on hand makes one desperate, but this takes things to another level. [...]


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ColumbusUnderground.com: Columbus Breakfast Featured in PBS Documentary
 Just wanted to share that myself, Breakfast with Nick, and two Columbus restaurants will be featured in a two-part national PBS documentary “Breakfast Special”. The documentary is produced by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. Sebak is famous for his previous documentaries on hot dogs, amusement [...]


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Cincinnati Blog: West Chester Tea Party, What Say Yee?
The Enquirer is reporting that Lakota Schools is asking for a new 10 year tax levy. With West Chester, the home of Lakota Schools, being voting one of the "best" places to live in America and being a hot bed for the local Tea Party, I am wonder something. [...]


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DaytonOS: Robert Reich: Growing Inequality Is The Central Problem Of Our Age
In a interesting and lengthy (1850 words) blog, Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, warns of “deep-seated anxiety and frustration” growing in the population — particularly the middle class. He says anger is caused by the glaring inequalities in the system, and that our democracy is so corrupted [...]


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Third Base Politics: Marcy Kaptur: Trying to find a way to lose
Make no mistake, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur is a formidable incumbent this November.
But that isn't stopping her from trying to lose.
Any challenger in a difficult race against an incumbent needs both a wave election and a niche issue against their opponent.
Rich Iott, the Republican' [...]


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Have Coffee Will Write: FROM MY DAD…
From The Days Of Black And White Television… Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention. That the economy had not gone so far into the toilet from corporate greed that only one parent [...]


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BizzyBlog: Japanese Voters Reject Ruling Party and Doubling ‘VAT Tax’; AP Calls It a ‘Sales Tax,’ Ignores U.S. Implications
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 An outraged electorate has just handed Japan’s ruling party its hat in elections for half of the seats in the upper house of that country’s parliament in a direct reversal of election results from a year ago. Opposition parties made major gains.
The results constitute a resounding rejection [...]


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Have Coffee Will Write: FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
…We who are raised to shame for the moist orchard between our thighs must wish we were as certain of our beauty. p. 55 Available Light by Marge Piercy Found in my electronic chapbook. [...]


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Buckeye State Blog: David Vitter Is a "Birther"
To pile on to this storyline which I picked up over at Plunderbund, I wonder if Vitter's new primary challenger has anything to do with the fact that he's now a birther? Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he supports conservative organizations challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship in [...]


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Ohio 15th District: Kilroy Supports Our Military- ---Kasich, Not So Much
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th) has kept her promises to help our service members. ProgressOhio:
U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy today announced an easier process for Veterans seeking health care and disability compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with the publication of a final regulation in the Federal [...]


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Right Ohio: Ted Strickland Gets Outfished by Frances!
 "When it comes to fishing, size matters."
Holy carp that is embarrassing:
In the annual Governor’s Fish Ohio Day today Gov. Ted Strickland and company were outfished by an-all women team that included his wife, Frances.
Even though Strickland reeled in a walleye on his first cast his [...]


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Buckeye State Blog: Full Frontal Hypocrisy: GOPer Says Extend Bush Tax Cuts Even If It Adds to the Deficit
Millions of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits each day because the GOPers and conservative leaning Democrats in the U.S. Senate don't want to add another $30 Billion to our deficit. And yet Sen Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is perfectly willing to add $678 Billion to the deficit...by extending George W. [...]


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Brewed Fresh Daily: District of Design
Cleveland Furniture and Millwork Fair 1.0
I get more excited every day about what’s happening in Cleveland. Downtown residency rates are way up, we have downtown farmer’s markets, chefs create innovative eateries, and downtown is no longer a ghost town at night. And now [...]


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Chief Source: Wrinkled Curtains
 According to a compass, the windows in the back of my house face precisely west. The long summer days and crystal clear skies has been allowing the sun to light my home [...]


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Have Coffee Will Write: GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
While I’m in the mountains of North Carolina, I’ve gone back to take a look at some of the websites dealing with Myanmar that you may not be familiar with. This morning I offer a story from the Shan Herald Agency For News on: Junta police border outpost attacked by [...]


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