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  1. dbphoenix

    Jobless Americans Are The 'Most Comfortable' In 7 Years

    Whether the illegal parents can get cards in their names is irrelevant. All one needs is the card and the PIN in order to be able to use it. So to claim that one can't get "food stamps" for oneself if one's legal children qualify for them is at best disingenuous. Those who carp about your...
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    Muslim Scholars Blast "Islamic State"

    Muslims around the world have been posting sarcastic messages on social media, in a bid to counter a wave of hostility towards Islam. First came #NotInMyName, a hashtag popularised by moderate Muslims to denounce terrorist groups, and their actions. "Al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS and 9/11... do not...
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    The Cape, Not the Matador

    Execs Still Have Big Payday at Bailed Out TARP Firms BRIANNA EHLEY The Fiscal Times September 25, 2014 The Treasury Department is once again in the hot seat for relaxing federal guidelines in order for top executives at bailed-out companies like General Motors and Ally Financial to rake in...
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    Muslim Scholars Blast "Islamic State"

    http://www.religionnews.com/
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    School Daze

    Bill Clinton weighed in on the debate over charter schools this week, warning that the publicly funded yet autonomous schools must keep their “original bargain” if they want support as alternatives to traditional public schools. The Huffington Post reports that in remarks before a dinner hosted...
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    Muslim Scholars Blast "Islamic State"

    Here is the executive summary of their letter: 1. It is forbidden in Islam to issue fatwas without all the necessary learning requirements. Even then fatwas must follow Islamic legal theory as defined in the Classical texts. It is also forbidden to cite a portion of a verse from the Qur’an—or...
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    Muslim Scholars Blast "Islamic State"

    WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic of terms. Relying heavily on the Quran, the 18-page letter released Wednesday (Sept. 24) picks...
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    Climate Change

    What is driving the increasingly weird behavior of the polar jet stream? By Roxanne Palmer A big link between climate change and severe weather may be lurking 30,000 feet above your head. More and more scientists are interested in the links among the increasingly weird behavior of the polar...
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    Increases in CO2 - Causes Cooling

    So you don't bother to read what you post? You've been circling in the same closed loop for over a thousand posts. What exactly do you hope to gain by ignoring the preponderance of evidence and the conclusions reached by the vast majority of real scientists?
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    Another White Cop shoots an unarmed Black Man

    That's what we've come to over the past dozen years. And an extraordinary number of people think it's perfectly okay. The US isn't what it was. And we can never go back.
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    Close the Border you traitors - before you get us killed

    Your reply makes no sense. You want to get rid of both Democrats and Republicans. Who, again, is going to "seal the border" if there's nobody left in Congress? Why do you insist on posting nonsense?
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    Increases in CO2 - Causes Cooling

    It's two years old.
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    Close the Border you traitors - before you get us killed

    You want to get rid of Democrats and establishment Repubs. How many people does that leave to run the government? Try thinking about what you post before you post it. And try not sounding like a freshman.
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    How Gun Control Made England The 'Most Violent Country In Europe'

    Yeah. That's the smart thing to do.
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    Increases in CO2 - Causes Cooling

    . It's that damn Amazon rainforest. The sooner it's cut down, the better off we'll be.
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    Close the Border you traitors - before you get us killed

    Excellent idea. Vote everybody out of office. That'll seal the border. :rolleyes: Did you get an extra injection of rightwing nutter juice today?
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    How Gun Control Made England The 'Most Violent Country In Europe'

    Actually you're not reading the story; you're reading wikipedia. Those who are interested can read the original story re the jury verdict here. FWIW, another UK defendant in similar circumstances was just acquitted.
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    Jobless Americans Are The 'Most Comfortable' In 7 Years

    You're correct. These guys really have no idea how the welfare system works.
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    Increases in CO2 - Causes Cooling

    If you had a case, you would have been able to make it more than a thousand posts ago.
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