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Russ September 26, 2008 Things To Vote On In The Next Election

This thread is about the things we as Americans are going to be given the chance to vote on this November. I'll be posting the propositions, candidates, etc on this topic and I'll be leaving it open until November's elections are over. UPDATED OCTOBER 3rd: (Decided to add the details of the actua......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 26, 2008 New Feature

I added a new feature today to our blog - now topics can be held open beyond the current month! There isn't a way for our guests to make this happen yet (I haven't written the code to allow users to promote topics to "keep open" status yet but that's coming soon).......Continued...>>>

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Sonya September 24, 2008 Another Way The Little Guy Gets Screwed...

I now see how Bush is comfortable in saying that he wants to help out small businesses succeed, because many are actually in the Fortune 500.Here the American Small Business League states how the Bush Administration has been helping larger businesses sneak by under the guise of small businesses to i......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 21, 2008 Introducing Baby Munz!

So last night, on our way home from our cousin Randy's birthday party I got a picture message on my cell phone. Our friends Hans and Molly sent me the picture of their newly born child:Born: 9/20/2008Time: 4:25pm7lbs 6oz......Continued...>>>

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Izaak September 21, 2008 What Do You Think Of The Great Bailout Of 2008?

So, the government is bailing out a number of financial institutions to the tune of $700 billion. Obviously, this increases the deficit and devalues the dollar further kind of fucking our economy a bit. But...would it fuck our economy more if we just let Fannie Mae and the others just...fail? Wou......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 19, 2008 4 Years!

Today is our 4 year anniversary. Happy anniversary my wonderful wife Sonya!I am proud to have such a wonderful little wife and I can say with confidence that I am as happy now as I was the day we got married!......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 18, 2008 Funny Political Stuff

Obama Promises To Stop America's Shitty Jobs From Going Overseas......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 17, 2008 My Tooth!!!

It started yesterday evening... Ok, well, it actually started a while before then, but my immediate problem started yesterday as I was leaving work... I've got a wisdom tooth that needs to be pulled - NOW.Several months back, during my contract work with Save Mart Supermarkets and Tolt Service Group......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 15, 2008 Alaskans Reject Sarah Palin

So I think it's funny that Governor Sarah Palin had a larger crowd at her rejection rally than her welcoming rally in Alaska.I first caught word from this article: www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/alaskan-women-reject-pali_b_126315.htmlThere's an official site with all the pictures from the 1400+ ......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 9, 2008 End Of The World? (About The Large Hadron Collider)

This is another article I found about the Large Hadron Collider which is scheduled to be activated tonight... www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09collide.html?_r=1&oref=slogiNIn a few hours, life as we know it might cease to exist!At least in this article it says:For now, the beams will only be cir......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 8, 2008 Man Attacked Farmworkers With Sausage

Hans emailed me this article: www.kcra.com/news/17415260/detail.htmlPolice: Man Attacked Farmworkers With SausageDog Ate Sausage After Man Fled Scene, Police Say FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno County authorities have arrested a man they said broke into the home of two farmworkers, rubbed one with spices a......Continued...>>>

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Munkey September 6, 2008 Datura

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura"Common names include Jimson Weed, Moonflower, Hell's Bells, Devil's Weed, Devil's Cucumber, Thorn-Apple (from the spiny fruit), Pricklyburr (similarly), and Devil's Trumpet, (from their large trumpet-shaped flowers), or as Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to it in the the Sca......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 3, 2008 Total Division In The Land Of The Free

So as I sip my morning coffee and look over the web, I can't help but notice that the Republican National Convention has already started.The Republican party has been married to the current war in such a way that over 10,000 protesters were at the convention and 283 arrests, with 129 for felony char......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 2, 2008 Burningman Video For Those Of Us Who Couldn't Go This Year...

Here it is: www.current.com/burningman......Continued...>>>

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Russ September 2, 2008 Amy Goodman Gets Wrongly Arrested At The Republican National Convention

So I wake up this morning to find out that Amy Goodman (the host of the radio show "Democracy Now!" www.democracynow.org/ ) has been illegally arrested while attempting to report at the Republican National Convention. "During Goodman's coverage of the 2008 Republican National Convention, she and sev......Continued...>>>

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