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News – Several years into a pair of wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to cope with a task for which it was tragically unready: the care of soldiers who left Afghanistan and Iraq with an extra burden of brain injury and psychic anguish. The last thing they need is the toxic blend of secrecy, arrogance and heedlessness that helped to se
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Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
News – Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come Ã;¢ââ;;¬" even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
Do No Evil – After 9/11, our highest government officials sanctioned a culture of cruelty that put our troops, our Constitution, and our own standing in the world at risk. The administration has been fighting to stop a public accounting of the internal decisions behind that policy. They fear they could one day face prosecution if their actions have been illegal
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(pbs.org)
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Money – The US has less control over the dollar than it ever has and its future can now be determined by countries like China and Saudi Arabia
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(telegraph.co.uk)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
Health & Fitness – Let's consider a hypothetical cardiac patient: Male, 67 years old, high-stress job, and a history of serious heart problems, about to change jobs. He's had 4 major heart attacks. He's had a quadruple bypass. He would be uninsurable for having a preexisting condition. But this case isn't hypothetical: The patient is Dick Cheney.
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(pbs.org)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
News – At least 107 people were killed and 34 injured in southwest China after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan province on Monday, Xinhua news agency said. It said around 900 students had been buried in a high school in Juyuan Township, Dujiangyan City, but did not say if any of the students were thought to be alive.
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(msnbc.msn.com)
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Humor – Two parents take their son on a vacation and go to a nude beach. The father goes for a walk on the beach and the son goes and plays in the water. The son comes running up to his mom and says "Mommy, I saw ladies with....
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(humor-world.blogspot.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
Humor – Little Johnny came home early from school and started calling his mother with no answer. He finally went up stairs and saw the bedroom door was open a little. When he peered in, he saw his dad on the bed with the maid so he quietly went outside and waited for his mother.
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(humor-world.blogspot.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
News – THE PRESIDENTIAL candidate who promises to change Washington raced into Washington's arms right after the media crowned him as the presumptive Democratic nominee. more stories like this During a Thursday visit to the nation's Capitol, Barack Obama was fawned over by those he critiqued two days earlier: "Washington didn't give us much of a
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(boston.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:35am
Humor – A man came home from work early one day, and found his wife naked and panting on the bed.
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(humor-world.blogspot.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:34am
Music – Nice song.
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(youtube.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:34am
Music – PG&E was one of the best,and most underrated bands of the sixty's and early seventy's.They could do soul,r&b,rock,funk and everything they did seemed to have a bit of gospel thrown in for good measure.Turn it up and have some fun.
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Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:34am
Music – If you would like to hear a good metal band then here they are.Evergrey are another of the great bands to come out of Sweden.Melodic and with no cookie monster vocals,great guitars,good keyboards,good song!!This a studio/staged video so i thought i would put up the link for one of there live songs also.It is very good,a little mellower but good.The
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(youtube.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:34am
Music – All i will say is these guys rock,they are metal,they are heavy,and i love it.
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(youtube.com)
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Music – One of the new disturbed songs.This is a great band,love these guys..nice people.Saw them three years ago when they played here in Cedar Rapids at our infamous,lol,"Rockstock",blew me away with their live show.This is a song with serious subject matter,suicide,so there is a message at the beginning that is about 30 seconds long so please
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(youtube.com)
Voted for on May 13, 2008 05:34am