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			<title><![CDATA[Republicans Stalling Obama's Agenda]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:50:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I have been saying this for years,  finally there is video proof,   well worth the watch....


http://www.theonion.com/video/republicans-stalling-obamas-agenda-by-speaking-mov,28234/</description>
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<div>I have been saying this for years,  finally there is video proof,   well worth the watch....<br />
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			<title>Greetings from Nor Cal</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:21:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Good evening everyone. I am a married guy with 2 kids looking to meet someone in my same situation. Basically there is no fire in the bedroom. No matter what I do, it's just the same. It would be great to meet someone who would like to chat and flirt.]]></description>
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<div>Good evening everyone. I am a married guy with 2 kids looking to meet someone in my same situation. Basically there is no fire in the bedroom. No matter what I do, it's just the same. It would be great to meet someone who would like to chat and flirt.</div>


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			<title>Dumb (but Actual) Laws</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of really stupid laws out there...so let's post them here. These need to be _ACTUAL_ laws not made up ones (although sometimes the two seem to merge).

Okay, here is one from my state (yes, this is an actual law):

It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors]]></description>
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<div>There are a lot of really stupid laws out there...so let's post them here. These need to be <u>ACTUAL</u> laws not made up ones (although sometimes the two seem to merge).<br />
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Okay, here is one from my state (yes, this is an actual law):<br />
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It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors</div>


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			<title>married in michigan</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:57:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>just saying hi</description>
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			<title>A Cool Heat Chart Of The Most Common Birthdays</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:22:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-the-most-common-birthdays-2012-5
 
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			<title>Donna Summer Dies</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:49:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>We should all get up and do a dance -- a last dance -- in her honor.
AP reports that the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, died this morning in Florida at age 63 following a battle with breast cancer.
Her family issued a statement saying confirming the death (first reported by TMZ) and adding that they...</description>
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<div>We should all get up and do a dance -- a last dance -- in her honor.<br />
AP reports that the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, died this morning in Florida at age 63 following a battle with breast cancer.<br />
Her family issued a statement saying confirming the death (first reported by TMZ) and adding that they &quot;are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continue legacy.&quot;<br />
Summer was a five-time Grammy winner who shot to superstardom in the '70s with iconic hits including <i>Last Dance, Hot Stuff</i> and <i>Bad Girls</i>.<br />
She is survived by her husband, singer and producer Bruce Sudano; their daughters, Brooklyn and Amanda; and Summer's daughter, Mimi, from a previous marriage.<br />
<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/05/donna-summer-dies-after-cancer-battle-/1" target="_blank">http://content.usatoday.com/communit...ncer-battle-/1</a></div>


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			<dc:creator>Just A Girl</dc:creator>
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			<title>It failed the first time, but what the heck</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[:lmao
 
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/super-pac-plans-attack-obama-ties-rev-jeremiah-132518668.html
 

*Super PAC plans to attack Obama’s ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright*

 
A conservative super PAC is considering an advertising plan to attack President Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright ...]]></description>
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<div>:lmao<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/super-pac-plans-attack-obama-ties-rev-jeremiah-132518668.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/s...132518668.html</a><br />
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<b>Super PAC plans to attack Obama’s ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright</b><br />
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<i>A conservative super PAC is considering </i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/politics/gop-super-pac-weighs-hard-line-attack-on-obama.html?_r=2&#38;hp&#38;pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i>an advertising plan to attack President Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright  Jr., his controversial former spiritual advisor,</i></font></a><i> and &quot;do what what John McCain would not let us do&quot; during the 2008 presidential campaign.</i><br />
<i>Chicago Cubs billionaire owner Joe Ricketts commissioned the $10 million plan, know as &quot;</i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/17/us/politics/super-pac-storyboard.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i>The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good</i></font></a><i>.&quot; The strategy is one of several being considered by the Ending Spending Action Fund super PAC.</i><br />
<i>According to a copy of the plan </i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/politics/gop-super-pac-weighs-hard-line-attack-on-obama.html?_r=2&#38;hp&#38;pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i>obtained by the New York Times</i></font></a><i>, the group wants to expose the ties between President Obama--who is referred to as a &quot;metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln&quot;--and Wright's &quot;black liberation theology.&quot;</i><br />
<i>&quot;The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way,&quot; the 54-page proposal says, according to the Times.</i><br />
<i>The proposed assault, including television commercials and full-page newspaper ads featuring Wright, along with &quot;aerial banners&quot; in the sky, would be timed to the Democratic National Convention in September.</i><br />
<i>Ricketts' plan includes &quot;preparations for how to respond to the charges of race-baiting,&quot; according to the paper and goes as far as suggesting the hiring of an &quot;extremely literate conservative African-American&quot; spokesman.</i></div>


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			<title>Happy Birthday Katy--May 21</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok.  I hope I have the date right.  What can I say to my lovely friend.  

Your birthday is just the first day of another 365 day journey.  

Abraham Lincoln quoted:  "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

And you dear girl are full of...]]></description>
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<div>Ok.  I hope I have the date right.  What can I say to my lovely friend.  <br />
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Your birthday is just the first day of another 365 day journey.  <br />
<br />
Abraham Lincoln quoted:  &quot;And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.&quot;<br />
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And you dear girl are full of life.<br />
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Have the <i>&quot;happiest of birthdays&quot;</i><br />
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ps:  If I don't have the date right, you can spank my ass.  :ok</div>


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			<title>‘Big brother’ lamp posts can hear, see and bark ‘Obey!’ at you</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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				America welcomes a new brand of smart street lightning systems: energy-efficient, long-lasting, complete with LED screens to show ads. They can also spy on citizens in a way George Orwell would not have imagined in his worst nightmare.<br />
*With a price tag of $3,000+ apiece, according to an ABC report, the street lights are now being rolled out in Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh, and may soon mushroom all across the country.<br />
Part of the Intellistreets systems made by the company Illuminating Concepts, they have a number of <i>&#8220;homeland security applications&#8221; </i>attached.<br />
Each has a microprocessor <i>&#8220;essentially similar to an iPhone,&#8221;</i> capable of wireless communication. Each can capture images and count people for the police through a digital camera, record conversations of passers-by and even give voice commands thanks to a built-in speaker<br />
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Ron Harwood, president and founder of Illuminating Concepts, says he eyed the creation of such a system after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Hurricane Katrina disaster. He is &#8220;working with Homeland Security&#8221; to deliver his dream of making people <i>&#8220;more informed and safer.&#8221;</i><br />
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			<title>Hello from Illinois</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:34:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Good morning. Brand spanking new here.

Thanks for the boost Lena.</description>
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<div>Good morning. Brand spanking new here.<br />
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Thanks for the boost Lena.</div>


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			<title>Bad Mothers Day Gift Got Him Dead</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:08:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Texas woman repeatedly stabbed her fiancé after receiving only a card and flowers from Walmart for Mother's Day, investigators say.

Paige Parkerson, 20, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of Clifton "JR" Barkin, the 22-year-old father of her two children, according to the...]]></description>
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<div>A Texas woman repeatedly stabbed her fiancé after receiving only a card and flowers from Walmart for Mother's Day, investigators say.<br />
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Paige Parkerson, 20, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of Clifton &quot;JR&quot; Barkin, the 22-year-old father of her two children, according to the Daily Mail.<br />
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Barkin's mother, Evetta Wright, received a call from Parkerson early Monday morning informing her that Barkin was dead. &quot;Paige told me that she killed JR,&quot; Wright told the Beaumont Enterprise. &quot;That he was dead.&quot;<br />
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Wright last saw her son at 11:30 p.m. the previous night, when she dropped him off at the home he shared with Parkerson, according to the Enterprise. Just before that, Wright had driven Clifton to Walmart so he could purchase flowers and a Mother's Day card for Parkerson. Wright believes that her son's fiancée attacked him because she expected a more lavish gift.<br />
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Parkerson, whose Facebook page lists her favorite quotation as, &quot;if looks could kill i would be da murder of all my haters,&quot; was arrested shortly after her phone call to the victim's mother, the Houston Chronicle reported. She is currently being held at Jefferson County Jail on $75,000 bond.<br />
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The couple's children are now staying with relatives.</div>


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			<title>Man Dies During Lap Dance</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Robert Gene White, a 67-year-old man, received several lap dances at a Texas strip club Friday night, and when it came time to pay, workers found him unresponsive, KVIA reported.

A manager of the Red Parrot in El Paso says employees tried to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful.

KTSM...</description>
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<div>Robert Gene White, a 67-year-old man, received several lap dances at a Texas strip club Friday night, and when it came time to pay, workers found him unresponsive, KVIA reported.<br />
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A manager of the Red Parrot in El Paso says employees tried to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful.<br />
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KTSM reported that White suffered a heart attack while being entertained by the dancers.<br />
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El Paso Sheriff's deputies told the station that there were no immediate signs of foul play, but the investigation is still open.</div>


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			<title>Not bad for government work</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:02:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A new in-depth database of federal worker salaries shows the government paid out a whopping $105 billion in salaries last year for most of its civilian workforce -- to boot, the workers got $439 million in bonuses. 

The information, which was obtained and number-crunched by The Asbury Park Press...</description>
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<div>A new in-depth database of federal worker salaries shows the government paid out a whopping $105 billion in salaries last year for most of its civilian workforce -- to boot, the workers got $439 million in bonuses. <br />
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The information, which was obtained and number-crunched by The Asbury Park Press through a Freedom of Information Act request, challenges the old notion that government workers trade high salaries for job security and benefits. <br />
<br />
In fact, many workers get all those things. <br />
<br />
&quot;They get better pay and they especially get better benefits,&quot; said James Sherk, senior policy analyst with the conservative Heritage Foundation. <br />
<br />
The database, which is now online, allows users to enter a federal worker's name and their department, and then look up their salary information. The trove covers about 70 percent of federal workers, with some eye-opening results. <br />
<br />
The average salary, for instance, for New Jersey's federal employees was $83,749. Many senior executives throughout the federal government make a six-figure salary. <br />
<br />
Attorney General Eric Holder makes $199,700 - like other Cabinet-level officials. And Jeff Neely, the suspended General Services Administration employee at the heart of the Las Vegas convention scandal, was pulling in $172,000. <br />
<br />
The database also shows the government has been liberally handing out bonuses, with many in the ten-of-thousands-of-dollars range. The top bonus in the Justice Department was $37,505. <br />
<br />
In the Agriculture Department, it was $62,895. Some of the biggest bonuses, though, were the product of a special presidential award program. <br />
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Moira Mack, a spokeswoman for the Office of Management and Budget, told the Asbury Park Press that the administration has &quot;eliminated bonuses for all political appointees.&quot; The administration, she said, has also &quot;directed agencies to adopt more rigorous personnel management processes, and set a cap to reduce spending on awards for career staff, saving taxpayers an estimated $200 million this year alone.&quot; <br />
<br />
In addition, the Office of Personnel Management says that it continues to improve its pay-for-performance systems. <br />
<br />
But Sherk said that while some of these bonuses and pay raises are being handed out on merit, the &quot;vast majority&quot; are automatic, &quot;just for sitting in their seat.&quot; <br />
<br />
&quot;They could be playing solitaire all day and still get the same pay increase as the best and most productive workers,&quot; he said. <br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/16/federal-workers-raking-in-millions-in-bonuses-new-database-shows/#ixzz1v6GyuWwE" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz1v6GyuWwE</a></div>


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			<title>College Drops Health Care Because of Obamacare</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:29:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>(CNN) – A Catholic college in Ohio has apparently become the nation’s first to drop its health care plan because it opposes parts of the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama.

The Franciscan University of Steubenville posted on its website last week that it is discontinuing its...</description>
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<div>(CNN) – A Catholic college in Ohio has apparently become the nation’s first to drop its health care plan because it opposes parts of the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama.<br />
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The Franciscan University of Steubenville posted on its website last week that it is discontinuing its health care plan.<br />
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“The Obama Administration has mandated that all health insurance plans must cover ‘women’s health services’ including contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing medications as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” the university says.<br />
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“We will not participate in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life,” the statement says.<br />
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The coverage includes emergency contraceptives such as Plan B, which can prevent implantation of a fertilized egg, but not drugs like RU-486, which can end an early pregnancy.<br />
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The school is also dropping its health insurance plan for students because the new health care law requires employers to provide more robust coverage, making it more expensive, said Tom Sofio, a spokesman for the Franciscan University of Steubenville.<br />
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“It was our own moral reasons and then the rising cost of health care because of the act,” Sofio said, explaining the university’s decision.<br />
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Sofio said school officials are not aware of another college that has dropped its health insurance plan out of disagreements with the federal health care law.<br />
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A spokeswoman for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing three religious schools that are challenging the health care law, said that she was also unaware of another college that had taken such action.<br />
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A spokeswoman with the Health and Human Services Department, charged with implementing the new health care law, said Wednesday that the department had no comment on the school’s decision and that it does not keep track of changes to college health insurance plans.<br />
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The Obama administration faced a firestorm of controversy from many religious groups this year over a proposed rule that would require employers to provide no-cost contraception coverage to their employees.<br />
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In what it called a compromise, the White House revised the rule to require health insurance companies – not employers – to provide contraception coverage, mollifying some Catholic critics. Other Catholic groups, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, are not satisfied by the revised rule.<br />
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The Roman Catholic Church opposes the use of contraception.<br />
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“We’re paying the health insurance company, and if they provide abortion-causing drugs, that’s against our religious beliefs,” Sofio said Wednesday.<br />
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About 200 of the Franciscan University of Steubenville's 2,500 students rely on the university health care plan, which costs about $50 a month, Sofio said. He said the school is retaining its health care plan for employees because it is hopeful that legal challenges to the health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect.<br />
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Sofio said that the school sent letters about its decision to students and parents in April and that it has received overwhelming support from both constituencies. Ninety-five percent of students at the university are Catholic, he said.</div>


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I for one, pick for catcher the player who gives 110% every game...he is a great catcher and hitting really well this season...the one and only <font size="5"><font color="DarkRed">CHOOCH</font></font>!!!! (PHILLES)</div>


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