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9 Reasons Why "Going Rogue" Goes Rogue →

PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking “only” for reasonably priced rooms and not “often” going for the “high-end, robe-and-slippers” hotels.

THE FACTS: Although travel records indicate she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while governor, Palin and daughter Bristol stayed five days and four nights at the $707.29-per-night Essex House luxury hotel (robes and slippers come standard) overlooking New York City’s Central Park for a five-hour women’s leadership conference in October 2007. With air fare, the cost to Alaska was well over $3,000. Event organizers said Palin asked if she could bring her daughter. The governor billed her state more than $20,000 for her children’s travel, including to events where they had not been invited, and in some cases later amended expense reports to specify that they had been on official business.

/// Posted Nov 18 2009 @ 9:45 pm

Somali woman stoned for adultery →

Link: Somali woman stoned for adultery

A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people.

A judge working for the militant group al-Shabab said she had had an affair with an unmarried 29-year-old man.

He said she gave birth to a still-born baby and was found guilty of adultery. Her boyfriend was given 100 lashes.

/// Posted Nov 18 2009 @ 9:40 pm

Eggs benedict gone poutine! →

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Eggs Benedict Poutine

French fries, brown gravy and cheese curds topped with a poached egg, bacon, Hollandaise sauce.

If you dont know what poutine is, get on that!

/// Posted Nov 18 2009 @ 9:38 pm

AP Reports Palin’s Book Innacurate →

Link: AP Reports Palin’s Book Innacurate

Former Alaska Governor lashed out at the Associated Press Sunday for doing a fact-check on her memoir, “Going Rogue.”

“Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “They’re now erroneously reporting on the book’s contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We’ve heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, “fact checking” research!”

The AP reported that Palin’s account often contradicted her record as well as current events. Her depiction of the McCain campaign is also frequently at odds with internal campaign emails.

/// Posted Nov 16 2009 @ 4:00 pm

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The Steakinator

2 8oz Prime Angus steaks with braised short rib, cheddar cheese, bacon and a fried egg on a toasted cheese and garlic sourdough bun.

(Submitted by seanwatier)

/// Posted Nov 14 2009 @ 4:55 pm

Carrie Prejean →

Miss Carrie Prejean—Please, shut the fuck up.

Carrie Prejean is just carrying out God’s plan, she tells Christianity Today in an interview that fails to address her solo sex tape—the topic that nearly caused her to walk off ‘Larry King Live’ Wednesday night.

She also answers a question about her topless photos by discussing a need for Christians to unite against the Enemy and says she can’t be homophobic because she lives in California and has gay hairdressers. Then she breaks down her conversion time line in a way that refutes her ex-boyfriend’s claim that she sent him the masturbation tape when she was 20, not 17 as she has stated. Here are some highlights:

On when she traded her depraved teenage behavior for Christianity:
I went to Santa Barbara and I found out that it was a big party school, and I just didn’t seem to fit in. So after I came back, I started going to San Diego Christian College, and that’s where I felt at home…I think that was at a Christian school where it’s cool to study on Friday nights, and you don’t have the pressure of going out and drinking, and you are surrounded by people who have the same interests as you. That was a big turning point in my life, when I started going to the Rock, when I was about 18.

On finding forgiveness for Perez Hilton:
Oh yeah. I actually feel really sorry for him. I really do. If you look at his website, it’s kind of scary what he does.

On reconciling her breast implants with her Christian faith:
No, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with getting breast implants as a Christian. I think it’s a personal decision. I don’t see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn’t get breast implants.

Also:

One last thing….

YOURE A FUCKING IDIOT

/// Posted Nov 12 2009 @ 9:18 pm

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“Superbowl of freedom!”

“Crown jewel of socialism!”

/// Posted Nov 5 2009 @ 10:56 pm

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What if we shrink our presence in Afghanistan? Won’t Al Qaeda return, the Taliban be energized and Pakistan collapse? Maybe. Maybe not. This gets to my second principle: In the Middle East, all politics — everything that matters — happens the morning after the morning after. Be patient. Yes, the morning after we shrink down in Afghanistan, the Taliban will celebrate, Pakistan will quake and bin Laden will issue an exultant video.

And the morning after the morning after, the Taliban factions will start fighting each other, the Pakistani Army will have to destroy their Taliban, or be destroyed by them, Afghanistan’s warlords will carve up the country, and, if bin Laden comes out of his cave, he’ll get zapped by a drone.

Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Columnist

/// Posted Oct 28 2009 @ 4:34 pm

9 Signs of America in Decline →

#3: Poverty

The U.S. poverty rate, about 17 percent, is third worst among the advanced nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In that sample, only Turkey and Mexico are worse.

/// Posted Oct 28 2009 @ 4:26 pm

Brother of Afghan Leader On C.I.A. Payroll →

Link: Brother of Afghan Leader On C.I.A. Payroll

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials.

The agency pays Mr. Karzai for a variety of services, including helping to recruit an Afghan paramilitary force that operates at the C.I.A.’s direction in and around the southern city of Kandahar, Mr. Karzai’s home.

Awful hard to rid the country of a lucritive drug trade that finances world-wide terrorism if you’re financing a major player who’s involved with it.

FAIL

/// Posted Oct 28 2009 @ 4:23 pm

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Deep Fried Chocolate Cake

Battered and deep fried slices of chocolate cake served with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.

(Submitted by Southern Comfort)

/// Posted Oct 28 2009 @ 4:20 pm

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stuffaboutminneapolis:

sablerichard:

Really Minneapolis, really?

If Ron Schara tells us Raven I is in heaven, we take that for gospel truth up here.

/// Posted Oct 27 2009 @ 4:33 pm

9 Signs of America in Decline →

#2: Economic growth

The IMF also predicts that the U.S. economy will grow 1.9 percent in 2010. That’s a tad better than the average for all advanced economies, but at least 10 developed nations will grow faster. Woo-hoo. Three cheers for mediocrity.

/// Posted Oct 27 2009 @ 4:32 pm

9 Signs of America in Decline →

#1: Jobs

The International Monetary Fund predicts that the U.S. unemployment rate will be 9.3 percent for all of 2010. That’s lower than in some European nations, but it’s higher than in Canada and a lot worse than most countries in Scandinavia and Asia. Overall, the U.S. unemployment rate is about average for advanced economies and likely to stay that way. It could be worse, but middling job creation isn’t a sign of global leadership.