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Feel-good story of the week

November 12th, 2009 Aaron No comments

A sniffer dog that went missing in action after a battle in Afghanistan has been found safe and well after more than a year in the desert.

Sabi the black Labrador was with a joint Australian-Afghan army patrol when it was ambushed by Taliban militants in September 2008. Read more…

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This decade in 7 minutes

November 11th, 2009 Aaron No comments

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Utterly Staggering!!

November 1st, 2009 Aaron No comments

View the link below only if you have a strong stomach!

http://www.usdebtclock.org

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What if George W. Bush had done that?

November 1st, 2009 Aaron No comments

Now I was never a big fan of the former president but what if he had done some of the things Barry has so far?

A four-hour stop in New Orleans, on his way to a $3 million fundraiser.

Snubbing the Dalai Lama.

Signing off on a secret deal with drug makers.

Freezing out a TV network.

Doing more fundraisers than the last president. More golf, too.

President Barack Obama has done all of those things — and more.

What’s remarkable is what hasn’t happened. These episodes haven’t become metaphors for Obama’s personal and political character — or consuming controversies that sidetracked the rest of his agenda.  Read more…

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