SonOfTheMask

"I often wish that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."
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Attributed to Bliss Carman; in "On Having Known a Poet," "The Atlantic Monthly," p. 712, May 1906."

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• A Case for McCain

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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  While you have denounced John McCain's campaign tactics as " sh!tty," you've generally ignored some of the more vicious misrepresentations on the part ...

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• Candidates Paint Each Other as 'Celebrity' Obama and 'More of the Same' McCain

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  An analysis of recent ads by the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns.

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• Obama Oil Plan May Weaken Stockpile

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve may lower crude and gasoline prices in the ...

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• Op-Ed - The Pope vs. The Pill

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  FORTY years ago last week, Pope Paul VI provoked the greatest uproar against a papal edict in the long history of the Roman Catholic Church ...

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• Shiite Militia in Baghdad Sees Its Power Ebb

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  BAGHDAD - The militia that was once the biggest defender of poor Shiites in Iraq , the Mahdi Army , has been profoundly weakened in a number of ...

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• Obama Considers GOP Running Mate

  Posted by: TimALoftis 1 month ago

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  Barack Obama\'s vice presidential search team has floated the name of a member of President Bush\'s first-term Cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, as ...

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• Brady Holds Court As Patriots Open Camp

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  Patriots veterans reported to camp today and quarterback Tom Brady held court. The transcript of Brady meeting the media was provided by the team

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• Peyton Manning being patient after surgery

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  TERRE HAUTE - Peyton Manning's voice resonated through the Colts training camp Thursday - from 90 miles away.

  The NFL's two-time MVP spent reporting day ...

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• Expectations high for Cowboys as they arrive at camp

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  OXNARD, Calif -- Cowboys Pro Bowl tight end Jason Witten had a different feeling when he landed in Oxnard for the start of training camp.

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• Coach says Hardy's test was from 'inadvertent consumption'

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  World champion swimmer Jessica Hardy is one of at least seven members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team who are listed as endorsers of ...

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• Favre rumors don't rattle Vikings' Jackson

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson headed onto the practice field Friday at Mankato, the first day of preseason workouts. His goal this preseason is to establish ...

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• France arrests Basque ETA suspects

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- French police arrested two suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA, just days after Spanish Civil Guards arrested nine suspects, Spain ...

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• Aid Arrives for Greek Fires

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  Italy, France and Cyprus have donated planes to help fight forest fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.

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• Oil Exports From Northern Iraq Rise Sharply

  Posted by: Artofid 1 month ago

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  An American agency monitoring reconstruction in Iraq said Friday that oil exports through Iraq's northern pipeline rose more than tenfold over the past year ...

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• The New 'Forgotten War'

  Posted by: SonOfTheMask 1 month ago

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  There's nothing like a presidential race for getting the big issues wrong. While John McCain and Barack Obama engage in a pseudodebate about Iraq ...

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