February 2012
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January 2012
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Etta James, Powerful Voice Behind ‘At Last,’ Dies... →
Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,” died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. She was 73.
Her manager, Lupe De Leon, said that the cause was complications of leukemia. Ms. James, who died at Riverside Community Hospital, had been undergoing...
Haters to the left.
Me: I'm in my 48 hour sweats.
Kurt: XL shirt over here.
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S&P to downgrade credit rating of France, other... →
Standard & Poor’s is set to downgrade the credit ratings of France and other Eurozone countries, France’s finance minister confirmed Friday.
France, which is Europe’s second-largest economy behind Germany, will be lowered one notch to AA-plus from its previous stellar AAA rating. France will then have the same credit rating as the U.S., which was downgraded by S&P in...
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Romney: Income inequality is just 'envy' →
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — According to Mitt Romney, the nation’s growing focus on income inequality is all about envy.
“You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class warfare,” the leading Republican presidential candidate said Wednesday on The Today Show.
Instead, he is talking about making America a merit-based society, rather than an entitlement...
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Burma frees high-profile dissidents in amnesty. →
Burma’s most important political dissidents have been freed - the latest of a series of prisoner amnesties.
Those freed include veterans of the 1988 student protest movement, monks involved in the 2007 demonstrations and ethnic-minority activists.
The highest profile is Min Ko Naing, a leader of the failed 1988 uprising.
State TV had announced that 651 prisoners would be freed under a...
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"I'm just so happy!"
Jackie: Ivy Blue Carter is born!!!!
Me: AHHHHHH.
Jackie: I was hoping for a better name, but it's not Apple or Tellulah.
Me: I don't know what to do with myself.
Jackie: What do we always do in times of celebration? Smoke a bowl and heat up the oven. It's Tombstone time.
Me: Peperoni or extra cheese.
Jackie: I think this calls for extra cheese. The classic choice.
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20 New Year’s Resolutions For 20-Somethings. →
6. Please stop liking the Kardashians, all of them. It’s not helping anyone, least of all the Kardashians.
Yes, I agree. No, I will not stop watching them.
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Mitt Romney wins Iowa caucus by 8 votes. →
Rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum waged a down-to-the-wire battle for the Iowa Republican caucuses Tuesday, but shortly after 1:30 a.m. today, Romney was declared the victor by eight votes.
Romney won 30,015 votes, compared with 30,007 for Santorum, out of 122,255 cast.
Each of the men won 25 percent of the vote and proclaimed victory.
Ron Paul was third, followed by Newt Gingrich, Rick...
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12 Protesters Busted at Democrats' Iowa War Room. →
On Monday afternoon, 12 Occupy Iowa Caucus protesters were arrested after staging a die-in at a Des Moines hotel where the Democratic National Committee has set up a communications “war room” in preparation for Tuesday’s caucuses. The move came after protesters delivered an invitation on Sunday asking the DNC chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, to hear their...
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Taliban to Open Qatar Office in Step Toward Peace... →
KABUL, Afghanistan — Giving its first major public sign that it may be ready for peace talks, the Taliban announced Tuesday that it had struck a deal to open a peace mission in Qatar.
The step was a sharp reversal of the Taliban’s longstanding public denials that it was involved or interested in any negotiations to end its insurgency in Afghanistan.
In a statement, Zabiullah Mujahid, a...
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'Are the Republican candidates all crazy?' →
Some will call it bias to even point out that this is a common perception, but it is real, and it is important. (Mardell, BBC News)
Entire article.
December 2011
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New Year's Eve 2012: Celebrations start. →
Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012.
Sydney heralded the new year with a 15-minute multi-million dollar firework display at midnight (13:00 GMT).
Thousands of people in Tokyo released balloons carrying hand-written wishes for the New Year.
In Hong Kong huge crowds turned out to witness the countdown to 2012, which was made in giant...