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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:26:42 -0800

NRA-ILA :: FBI Reports Huge Decrease In Murders As Firearm, Ammunition And “Large” Magazine Sales Soar
According to gun control supporter dogma—“more guns means more crime”—the number of privately owned firearms must have decreased 10 percent in 2009. To the contrary, however, the number rose between 1.5 and 2 percent, to an all-time high. For the...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:38:59 -0800

Associated Press says MSNBC didn’t act like a news network during airline bombing incident. They’re just noticing? | I Hate the Media - Fun with Liberal Media Bias
MSNBC’s choice was noted by Rachel Sklar, a blogger for the Mediaite Web site: “If you’re going to call yourself a news network, then cover the news,” she wrote. As a result of this actual reporting, Keith Olbermann is expected to name...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:29:07 -0800

» White House Visitors Log: ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis In Obama Residence Week Before Sting Videos Launched - Big Government
After the firestorm that erupted from O’Keefe’s reporting, President Obama was asked by Fox News for his opinion on the scandal. Despite long-standing ties to ACORN, Obama acted almost as if he’d never heard of the group.
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:51:22 -0800

Israeli police arrest nuclear whistleblower Vanunu | Reuters
A Jewish convert to Christianity, he has "said the Jewish state has no right to exist". [ He was arrested for breaking a rather strict ban on him, to not speak with foreigners. (He revealed nuclear secrets, which is a national security...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:43:06 -0800

EAA AirVenture 2010 to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Piper Cherokee @ AMTOnline.com Top News
At AirVenture 2010, a mass arrival of 50 aircraft will kick off the golden anniversary event, with other activities and programs included for Cherokee owners and enthusiasts throughout the week. All Piper Cherokee clubs and owners groups are invited to...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:59:02 -0800

Top 25 most powerful people in Central Florida: Top 10 -- OrlandoSentinel.com
7. Alan Grayson, U.S. House member. PEEEEW!
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:42:42 -0800

Editorial: Bring down aircraft tax» TCPalm.com
Taxing Floridians out of the aircraft market? Piper, Liberty, built in Florida, too. As Poppell notes, “Would you rather have 100 percent of nothing or 50 percent of something? I haven’t had anybody tell me they’d take the first...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:20:54 -0800

Businesses to Push for Modifications to Senate Bill - WSJ.com
Businesses are set to push for modifications to the Senate-approved health bill, while urging lawmakers to steer clear of the version passed by the House. The Senate bill, which passed 60-39 on Christmas Eve with no Republican backing, has drawn...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:10:08 -0800

Cherokee At 50 | AVWeb
An iconic airframe that's stood up to decades of punishment at the hands of students and new pilots and always kept a kind of jaunty air about it is celebrating its 50th birthday this year and EAA is helping celebrate. The first Piper Cherokee...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:00:51 -0800

Climategate evidence suggests release was a leak | Homeland Security News Wire
New information reveals that the now-famous break-in of the computers at the University of East Anglia— which revealed that in a few instances leading climatologists seemingly massaged data to show more global warming and discussed excluding...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:58:36 -0800

Saudi suicide bomber hid IED in his anal cavity | Homeland Security News Wire
An affiliate of al Qaeda has taken a page from the drug mule’s playbook, hiding an improvised explosive device (IED) in the anal cavity of a suicide bomber who detonated himself in late August in Saudi Arabia. (Published 9 September 2009) MY THOUGHT:...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:01:08 -0800

Not again! Giant Swedish Christmas goat statue gets torched | Reuters
Goats have special meaning in Swedish Christmas tradition. Before Santa Claus became ubiquitous at the turn of the 20th century, men would dress up as goats and hand out presents to well-behaved children. Bad children received lumps of coal.
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:48:38 -0800

AOPA: Message
A Remarkable Year in 2009 - Possible Turbulence in 2010 State Senator Mike Fasano is one such friend of General Aviation. And we need more friends like him who understand our pro-pilot, pro-general aviation, pro-U.S. economy message, because in January...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:14:25 -0800

In Flight USA
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:26:43 -0800

EAA99 Home - Vero Beach Chapter
Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 99 - the home of aviation enthusiasts in Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.A.!
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:39:38 -0800

Notable deaths in 2009 - OrlandoSentinel.com
Singer, songwriter and Alan Parsons Project co-founder, Eric Woolfson, died Dec. 4 after battling cancer. He was 64. Actor Edward Woodward, star of 80's TV show The Equalizer and the film Wicker Man among other projects, died at his home in...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:33:19 -0800

Florida slow growth: Can Florida broaden economy amid slow growth? -- OrlandoSentinel.com
"When everything collapsed, it (Flagler) had no safety net," said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida. "There was nothing to fall back on." Florida will grow again once a recovery takes root, demographers...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:17:51 -0800

Saul Alinsky. Theobamafile
Some comments on author of RULES FOR RADICALS.
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:09:53 -0800

Muslim terrorist attempts to detonate explosive aboard Detroit bound plane
“As the passengers were being prepared for final approach, the suspect successfully lit a small, crudely fashioned powder-filled device. It is believed that the device malfunctioned, although there was a relatively small popping noise heard throughout...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:23:35 -0800

Earth on track for epic die-off, scientists say
At least 50 species went extinct in North America soon after humans arrived on the continent 13,000 years ago. Among the mammals that disappeared were California tapirs, peccaries, lions and cheetahs, llamas, ox, horses, mammoths and mastodons. Some of...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:29:18 -0800

Apple's stock hits new high as gadget buzz builds - Yahoo! Finance
TABLET COMING? Apple shares hit an all-time high of $209.35 at one point on Thursday, topping the previous record of $208.71, set Oct. 21. The stock was up $6.94, or 3.4 percent, to $209.04 in afternoon trading. Apple shares have recovered from a...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:40:27 -0800

Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
LIST INCLUDES R. RUBIN, murdoch, some less familiar but fine bloats of cash :: Has picking a year’s greediest “top ten” ever been easier? We don't think so. We could, this year, fill an entire top ten just with bankers from Goldman Sachs —...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:29:34 -0800

Census: Weak economy caused dramatic slowdown in magnet states - washingtonpost.com
(Newser Summary) - The recession has turned migration patterns on their heads in the last year. So-called magnet states in the West and South aren't so magnetic anymore, with Florida and Nevada starkly illustrating the trend. Earlier this decade,...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:26:52 -0800

Q. & A. with Matt Kepnes, a k a NomadicMatt.com - Frugal Traveler Blog - NYTimes.com
HOW TO MAKE $96K WITH A BLOG (newser's headline) :: How did the blog happen? I got the idea in my head about halfway through [the 18-month backpacking trip] that I wanted to be a writer. And I thought the best way to do that would be to start a blog...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:35:40 -0800

allAfrica.com: Africa: Copenhagen Accord Politically Significant But Not Legally Binding (Page 1 of 1)
Yes, but how to do this for a many billions-years old PLANET? The accord -- finalized in the early hours of Dec 19 in a stuffy room at the Bella Center by Obama, Sarkozy , Merkel , Gordon Brown, Felipe Calderon of Mexico and 20 other national leaders...
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