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Taxpayers forced to pay for neo-Nazi’s daily makeover

John Allen Ditullio is a walking billboard for the neo-Nazi movement: a large 6-inch swastika tattooed under his right ear, barbed wire inked down the right side of his face, and an extreme and very personal vulgarity scrawled on one side of his neck. Jurors will never see any of it

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Democrates cave on public option

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled her willingness Thursday to consider a health care bill without a government-run public health insurance option. Pelosi previously has insisted the public option was necessary for House approval of a health care bill.

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American WWII veteran had Hitler’s art book

DALLAS – After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close

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Snow at highest elevations no longer pure

“The pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas. While the overall PCB levels were quite low, the results show that these long-lasting contaminants, notorious for causing myriad health problems, can end up at altitudes as high as 20,340 feet (6,200 meters), making their way through the atmosphere to these remote areas

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Kucinich plans to force vote on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

For congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that his country would need the US's military support for another 10 or 15 years seems to have been the last straw. The outspoken House representative says it was Karzai's statement that prompted him to draft a resolution calling for a House vote on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Aliens have initiated first communication with Earth

Early translations suggest that all our bases belong to them. added by: cadex 104 comments

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US President Barack Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Barack Obama, the US President, has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo but said others may be “more deserving” of the award. Obama defended the US record in Afghanistan President Obama, who earlier arrived in Norway with his wife Michelle, also defended the US record in Afghanistan and his planned surge of 30,000 military personnel as motivated by his desire to bring peace to the war-torn country. In his acceptance speech, he hit back at critics of his plan to begin withdrawing US soldiers from Afghanistan in mid-2011, saying he was “unambiguous” about the date and would debate it no further.

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Failed rocket causes spiral lightshow over Norway. Majority of the Internet still refuse to take their tinfoil hats off

Seriously, you guys are nuts.

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Two NYC teachers caught naked in classroom

Two female Romance language instructors were tossed out of their Brooklyn high school after being caught “undressed” in an empty classroom, sources told the Daily News Tuesday. read the rest here… http://forbezdvd.com/blog/2009/12/09/2-female-teachers-caught-naked-in-classroom…

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Climategate: Gates that are not gates (Commentary)

FROM THE NEWS BLOG: http://blogs.current.com/news/2009/12/09/climategate-gates-that-are-not-gates-a-… (Image: http://gawker.com/5422290/sarah-palins-washington-post-op+ed-debunked ) There are few things that make me more catatonically depressed than the partisan shouting match we call news today.

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