12/18   "NRA member Sen. Manchin says Newtown shooting should open assault
        weapons debate" http://www.csua.org/u/ypo
        '"The massacre of so many innocent children has changed -- has changed
        America. We've never seen this happen,"'  Was this guy in a cave during
        the Columbine High massacre?
        \_ Don't keep your hopes high, though.  It'll just be same-o same-o.
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10/16   Cheat sheet for those who plan to watch tonight's debate:
        "What Romney and Obama will say at the debate, and what's the truth"
        http://www.csua.org/u/xz8 (news.yahoo.com)
        \_ http://bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com
           Pretty much all you need to know.
        \_ http://www.bonkersworld.net/top-donors
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11/5    "Tax Policy Center in Spotlight for Its Romney Study":
        http://www.csua.org/u/y7m (finance.yahoo.com)
        'A small nonpartisan research center operated by professed "geeks" ...
        found, in short, that Mr. Romney could not keep all of the promises he
        had made on individual tax reform ....  It concluded that Mr. Romney's
        plan, on its face, would cut taxes for rich families and raise them
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8/1     What the Tea Party looks like from overseas:
        http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/07/debt-ceiling-debate-seen-abroad
       \_ the best part is when the baby throws the poo in his diaper at
          boehner
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7/26    Oregon Congressman David Wu says he's resigning - Yahoo! News:
        http://www.csua.org/u/tvq
        "Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon has announced that he is resigning
        in the wake of allegations that he had a sexual encounter with an
        18-year-old woman."
        Given that:
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11/2    Do the Native Americans in Indian reservations (nations) get to vote
        in the US presidential election?
        \_ http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Do+the+Native+Americans+in+Indian+reservations+(nations)+get+to+vote+in+the+US+presidential+election
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1/19    I hate my newspaper.  The Obama inaguration has been on the front page
        for four days so far.  WTF? How is that even news, let alone front
        page news?  Let alone 4 days worth of front page news?
        \_ Presidential inaugurations are always front page news, aren't they?
        \_ didn't you get the memo? racism is over, we can now tell them
           what we really think of Rap and R&B!!
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10/27   Esquire has a decent summary of why I am voting for Obama:
        http://esquire.com/features/esquire-endorsements-2008/esquire-endorses-barack-obama
        "Bushism must be ripped out, root and branch, everywhere it has been
        established, or else the presidential election of 2008 is a worthless
        exercise in futility. Barack Obama may not be the man to do it, but
        John McCain, for all his laudable qualities, clearly is neither
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10/9    "McCain changes homeowner plan"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081009/pl_politico/14414
        "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an overnight change in the homeowner
        bailout he proposed at Tuesday.s presidential debate, making it more
        generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers."
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10/9    In a campaign with plenty of gaffes to go around, John McCain added
        one to the mix Wednesday. The Republican vice-presidential candidate
        addressed a crowd in Pennsylvania as “my fellow prisoners.”
        McCain made the slip while discussing his plans for the economy,
        including health care and energy policies. “Across this country, this
        is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners,” he said. The
	...

9/26    McCain is going to be our next president. I didn't know how bad
        Obama was in the debate until this very moment. It is a dark dark
        realization. Sad. Depressed.                            -liberal
        \ You want to make a bet on that?  -aspo
           \_ It's all about how you say it and how you look. It's clear
              the old man is calm and looks better. He irritates the hell
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9/18    Obama's lies.  How can you trust anything Obama says?
        http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/from-the-fact-1.html
        \_ Sorry, this isn't even the same as the crap McCain/Palin are
           pulling.  It is an ugly attack ad.  And ugly attack ads are sad.
           But it isn't anywhere nearly as mendacious as McCain has been.
           Oh and I'm sorry, the Republican party can't try to run away
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6/6     Wow, NSA rocks. Who would have thought they had access to major
        data exchangers? I have much more respect for government workers,
        crypto experts, mathematicans now than ever.
        \_ flea to Hong Kong --> best dim-sum in the world
           \_ "flee"
        \_ The dumb ones work for DMV, the smart ones for the NSA. If you
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2/5     http://www.csua.org/u/z5u (news.yahoo.com)
        "I hope no one uses the term 'illegal immigrants' here today," said
        Committee Ranking Member John Conyers of Michigan. "Our citizens are
        not illeg -- the people in this country are not illegal. They are out
        of status."
        How did this guy get himself on the House Judiciary Committee?  Is it
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11/6    Four more years!
        \_ Yay! I look forward to 4 more years of doing absolutely nothing.
           It's a much better outcome than the alternative, which is 4 years
           of regress.
           \_ Can't argue with that.
        \_ Massachusetts went for Obama even though Mitt Romney was its
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12/5    Romney is right after all -- our military does need more horses and
        bayonets!  http://www.csua.org/u/y3j  Romney for 2012!
        \_ I'd never considered Romney's campaign as an ad for Revolution,
           but I guess that makes as much sense anything else.
        \_ The tax cut removal is ill timed.
        \_ holy crap. This is scary. US troops are most vulnerable as it is
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7/21    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cold_War_pilot_defections
        This week's food for thought, brought to you by People's
        Republic of Berkeley: Did you know that many US pilots defected to
        communist Cuba?  South Korea pilots defected to communist
        North Korea? Iran<->Iraq pilots defected to each other?
        W Germany pilots defected to E Germany? Taiwan/ROC pilots
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5/16    Can anyone tell me what Greece is hoping for by rejecting austerity?
        From here it seems like the austerity is a pretty generous attempt
        to keep Greece from imploding entirely.   Are they hoping the
        Germans will put them on eternal state welfare, or what?
        Also, why would an outright default mean they must leave the Euro?
        Is it just that they won't be able to pay basic gvmt services
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4/12    USA! USA! USA! We ranked #11!
        http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-the-best-all-come-from-one-country-2012-4
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2/26    I have dual citizenship. If I leave US and enter country Z, is
        there a way I can make the immigration booth "stamp" both passports
        (not necessarily stamp, but electronically record) such that both
        countries know that I left US for country Z. Then, when I depart
        country Z and head back to US, only provide the US passport? I'd
        like to do this so country Z thinks that I am permanently residing
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