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Town Hall meeting commercials seem to be trending. Saw this one on Fox News, not sure their target audience will find the humor in it.
Iran seizes Ebadi's Nobel Peace medal
(via asie) The symbolism is staggering. The truth is, they can never truly take it from her.
Obama follows Bush on landmines: So much for the Nobel peace laureate.
In two weeks’ time, Barack Obama will accept the Nobel peace prize in Oslo for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples” and his commitment to “disarmament and arms control negotiations”.
Yet on Tuesday, as Americans’ attentions were turning to the Thanksgiving holidays, a state department spokesman, Ian Kelly, quietly announced that the Obama administration would not sign the international antipersonnel landmine ban. He also said that the Bush-era landmine policy, a regression from Bill Clinton’s position, “remains in effect”.
I’m just saying, Beck-Palin, I’ll consider. But Palin-Beck—can you imagine, can you imagine what an administration with the two of us would be like? What? Come on! She’d be yapping or something, and I’d say, “I’m sorry, why am I hearing your voice? I’m not in the kitchen.
- Glenn Beck
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“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” George Winston, cover of Vince Guaraldi’s “Thanksgiving Theme.”
Facebook photo makes front page of New York Times as couple crashes White House party.
FRONTLINE: The Card Game
Investigating the massive consumer loan industry and what’s ahead for consumers and banks — a FRONTLINE-New York Times co-production. (Full episode online)
The Best of Susie Greene
Happy T.Hanksgiving from Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
This man, a New York City fireman, was literally run over by a bus. The bike seat cracked his pelvis, he had multiple broken bones in his leg and his shoulder. He lost his entire body’s blood supply three times over. He was expected to die.
After years of recovery, he ran a marathon and an Ironman.
Whenever you think you can’t do something, read about Matthew Long. (Photo: Watts/News)
