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It seems like only yesterday we were listening to the daily rantings from Bill O'Reilly about how 'the liberals have a war on Christmas'. Well, it seems Bill's dreams have come true; Walmart and the rest of the American retail market has decided that 2009 is the year that ...

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EU says Texas, Nation Should End Executions http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/63904292.html In a nationally run story the other day, the EU chastised the US and Texas for continuing to dole out capital punishment for crimes. "The EU believes that the elimination of the death penalty is fundamental to the enhancement of ...

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Measure to Expand Gun Rights Falls Short in Senate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/politics/23guns.html?_r=1&hp The Senate on Wednesday turned aside the latest attempt by gun advocates to expand the rights of gun owners, narrowly voting down a provision that would have allowed gun owners with valid permits from one state to carry concealed weapons in other ...

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In recent months, there has been a surge in the amount of 'pirate' attacks off the Somalian coast and the Horn of Africa, but we saw a change in the attitude towards the resolution of those attacks on Sunday. Navy SEALs used sniper fire to take out 3 people holding the ...

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This is a great day for those, like me, who think that the bans these states are doing on same-sex marriage is a travesty, since they don't offer any equivalent, like civil unions. The Iowa Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that a 1998 state law defining marriage as a union between ...

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