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253 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 15:12:38 by Spindig | 195 comments
A bipartisan coalition in favor of net neutrality has lost a key conservative supporter amid signs
that the issue is becoming more divisive. The Gun Owners of America (GOA) severed ties with the
net-neutrality coalition Save the Internet after a conservative blog questioned the association with
liberal organizations such as ACORN and the ACLU.
200 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 01:35:07 by mobedda | 91 comments
A blogger at Maine Refounders has taken it upon himself to offer repost a DC visitors guide to
anyone coming to the Rally For Glenn Beck's Material Wealth, scheduled for August 28th.
344 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 13:36:31 by Blinker1315 | 88 comments
Obama's approval rating is fine, but his party's fear of the Republicans means they'll suffer at the
polls
218 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 06:11:12 by crea8iveart | 44 comments
Sen. John McCain took no chances in his primary fight with former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a talk radio
host mounting a challenge from the right against the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.
2376 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 15:44:27 by mobedda | 545 comments
Jon Stewart continued his coverage of the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate last night, focusing on Fox
News' incongruities harder than he ever has. In a segment called "The Parent Company Trap," Stewart
shared with his viewers how Fox News' plan to "follow the money" from mosque builder Imam Rauf to
terrorists will be
327 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 16:03:27 by msaleem | 153 comments
Wikileaks leader Julian Assange implied that the rape and molestation charges against him in Sweden
were part of a global conspiracy.
127 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 14:39:37 by robwil24 | 113 comments
AUGUST 23--The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor,
translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics
investigations, according to federal records.
353 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 20:50:28 by JoeParanoid | 126 comments
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough told Republicans Monday that they should "speak out against Newt Gingrich
and the voices of hate." While he was at it, Scarborough threatened to leave the GOP for a party
"that actually believes in small government."
189 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 07:08:28 by gmarie624 | 295 comments
President Obama’s firm stance with Israel and his courting of the Muslim world has caused many
Jews to switch their allegiances from Democrats to Republicans.
315 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 02:21:20 by TheEngineer2008 | 90 comments
The choices he's made could make for a complicated final chapter in his political biography.
86 votes | submitted 2010-08-21 00:54:35 by gbudavid | 88 comments
"Inside Edition" says it will air an interview today with Miss USA Rima Fakih, a Lebanon-born
Muslim, who says she thinks it's a bad idea to build a Muslim center so close to Ground Zero.
2665 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 22:21:28 by toyotabedzrock | 1203 comments
A man walks through the crowd at the Ground Zero protest and is mistaken as a Muslim. The crowd
turns on him and confronts him. The man in the blue hard hat ...
477 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 20:50:40 by internetisscary | 284 comments
America was built on the notion of religious freedom; that’s why it’s such an important part of
the Constitution. But that principle faces a huge test today.
1030 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 01:09:58 by SolidUncertain | 172 comments
The second largest shareholder in News Corp. -- the parent company of Fox News -- has donated
hundreds of thousands of dollars to causes linked to the imam planning to build a Muslim community
center and mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan.
304 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 18:07:45 by Blinker1315 | 174 comments
Few Americans consider themselves bigger than the presidency but Obama might be one of them. The man
in the Oval Office may already be preparing for a role as a post-president in a post-American world.
256 votes | submitted 2010-08-21 22:01:43 by gbudavid | 120 comments
Two failed bomb attempts by the Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab killed 11Islamic Terrorists around
Mogadishu, Somalia's transitional government said Saturday.
678 votes | submitted 2010-08-20 18:33:11 by MrBabyMan | 90 comments
A group of law professors has filed a brief with the Supreme Court, arguing that it's patently
ridiculous for copyright notices on compact discs--which P2P users never see--to count as
"knowledge" of infringement.