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[b]Suicide bomber kills 13 in western Afghanistan[/b]
By AMIR SHAH (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
November 20, 2009 3:17 AM EST

KABUL - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Fri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7310 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:14:52 http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/The_26_Percent_Solution.html

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
[b]The 26 Percent Solution[/b]

Today's magic number must be 26 -- as in 26 percent.

Because as if you ever needed proof that 26 percent of America -- that would be one out of every four pe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7309 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:53 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/playing-the-healthcare-lottery

November 18, 2009, 10:40 AM
[b]Playing the Health Care Lottery[/b]

By THERESA BROWN, R.N.

In the short story “The Lottery,” the author Shirley Jackson describes a small farming community in 1940s America, as picturesqu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7308 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:54:41 http://www.truthout.org/topstories111809sg01
[b]
DOJ Report on Yoo, Bybee's Legal Work on Torture to Be Released by Month's End[/b]
Thursday 19 November 2009
by: Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | Report

A long-awaited Justice Department watchdog report that is said to be highly critical of the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7307 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:35:12 http://rawstory.com/2009/11/newspaper-threatened-fort-hood

[b]Newspaper threatened with ‘another Fort Hood’ for criticizing Tea Party protest[/b]

By Daniel Tencer
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 -- 4:06 pm

Police in Michigan are investigating after an irate reader of the Port Huron Times-... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7306 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:27:38 http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/11/12-year-old-without-arm-insurance-has-run-out

[b]For 12-Year-Old Without an Arm, Insurance Has Run Out
State Rules Vary Widely on Prosthetics and Other Health Needs[/b]

By Danielle Ivory
Huffington Post Investigative Fund
5:31 pm | 16 Nov 2009
Benjam... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7305 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:20 Source: [b]CNN[/b]

[b]U.S. ship thwarts second pirate attack[/b]
November 18, 2009 6:20 a.m. EST

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Maersk Alabama guards drive off pirates with gunfire
Ship was at center of bloody hijack drama in April

(CNN) -- The U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama, which played a central role in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7304 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:30:27 MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show - 17 November 2009.

Rachel Maddow reports on the latest racist and disturbing attacks on President Obama, including the merchandising of Psalm 109:8 on T-shirts and teddy bears. The Biblical verses are threatening when taken out of context as they do and applied to th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7303 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:54:27 MSNBC Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN - 17 November 2009:

A Two-Fer for Bill O'Lielly in Worst Persons In The World.

BRONZE: Rep. John Shadeqq (R-Arizona) uses children to create fear over NYC terrorist trial.

SILVER: Billo The Clown talks to analyst Andrew Napolitano... NAPOLITANO: 'There was... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7302 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:25:10 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/17/805406/-Imagine-if-the-Todays-Right-Wing-Were-Around-for-Nuremberg

[b]Imagine If Today's Right-Wing Were Around for Nuremberg [/b]
by Cenk Uygur

Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 04:40:06 PM EST

I was talking to Frank Mankiewicz recently (he was the press secret... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7301 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:54:22 [b]Study: Injured Uninsured More Likely to Die in ER[/b]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/16/health/AP-US-MED-Injured-and-Uninsured.html

CHICAGO (AP) -- Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7300 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:49:37 [i]If you missed it, Keith Olbermann read this entire column on tonight's Countdown written by one of the show's producers in his response to what he saw at the free health clinic held in New Orleans this weekend past after Olbermann called for a fundraising to hold the clinics. Please read it if yo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7299 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:26:45 Hmm... Could be interesting.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/greenzone

In theaters: March 12, 2010

Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7298 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:06:37 Interviewed by Rachel. I am paraphrasing.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7297 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:33 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/11/16/tea-party-leader-liberal-blogs-messed-up-plans-for-effigy-burning-over-health-care-reform/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CampaignSilo+%28Jane+Hamsher+Campaign+Silo%29

[b]Tea Party Leader: “Liberal blogs” Messed Up Plans for ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7296 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:37:26 http://www.mormonproposition.com Trailer #1 to the documentary film "8: The Mormon Proposition". Obviously, it's about Proposition 8 and the banning of gay marriage in California. Even more, it's about the Mormons that dumped millions of dollars into taking away peoples' rights. We just submitted to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7295 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:07:01 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWb2jBk5xw

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jPwQn8L6ZENNCfQr0NKSeoXPvU0QD9C04PJ00

[b]Film documents Mormon role in gay marriage debate[/b]

By JENNIFER DOBNER (AP) – 15 hours ago

SALT LAKE CITY — Reed Cowan's reasons for making a film about... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7294 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:57:02 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ap/after-years-of-waiting-dozens-of-guantanamo-detainees-are-getting-their-day-in-court-70140672.html

[b]Dozens of Guantanamo detainees are getting their day in court[/b]
By: PETE YOST
Associated Press
11/15/09 10:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON — In courtro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7293 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:33:28 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2009/11/top-10-best-comments-obama-bow-to-japan-emperor-akihito.html

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[b]Top 10 reader comments about President Obama's bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito[/b]

No... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7292 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:53:00 MSNBC The Ed Show w/ ED SCHULTZ - 12 November 2009:

VIRG BERNERO, MAYOR, LANSING, MICHIGAN: "These mortgage companies, these mortgage folks got away with murder and a lot of these companies got bailed out. And they're still screwing the homeowners. So we need a moratorium. There's no question abo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7291 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:19:21 Source: [b]Birmingham News[/b]

[b]Federal prosecutors oppose former Gov. Don Siegelman's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court[/b]
By Mary Orndorff -- The Birmingham News
November 14, 2009, 9:54AM

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court does not need to hear the appeal of former Gov. Don Siegelman bec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7290 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:28:45 Source: [b]Raw Story / New York Times[/b]

[b]New estimate for Afghan war: $1 million per soldier[/b]

By Joe Byrne
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 -- 8:54 pm

Senior administration officials reported to the New York Times today that budget projections for the war in Afghanistan will cost U.S... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7289 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:02:14 "Jon Stewart heard that Sean Hannity was going to offer an apology for showing fake Tea Party protest footage, so he sat down to watch the show and hear Hannity say he was sorry"

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/14/804219/-Stewart-reacts-to-Hannitys-apology... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7288 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:46:14 CNN - 14 November 2009: Veteran Col. Norbert Schmidt Ashes Stolen Before Burial At Arlington National Cemetery. The urn containing Schmidt's remains was stolen from the family's rented van while it was parked in front of one of the Smithsonian museums in D.C. The family has offered a $1,000 reward f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/7287 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:44:23