Monthly Archives: December 2009

44-D’s Twenty-Five Days of Christmas Music Videos (Dec 16th)

Jingle Bells Performed by Bebe and Cece Winans “Jingle Bells” is one of the best known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and copyrighted under the title “One Horse Open … Continue reading

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The GOP Refuses to Read a Bill it Opposes

Posted by: LibbyShaw What is it with Republican Party? Does it utterly despise hard working and desperate Americans? Is the GOP too stubborn, lazy or too dumb to wrap its head around a very complex bill? Or maybe reading is … Continue reading

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2 in one week: DNA testing clears wrongly convicted

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who spent 28 years behind bars for a rape and murder he said he didn’t commit walked out of a federal prison in Arizona on Tuesday with $75 and a bus ticket to Ohio after … Continue reading

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President Obama and Warren Buffett share ancestral roots

Genealogists announced on Tuesday that President Obama and billionaire Warren Buffett are related through a 17th century Frenchman named Mareen Duvall Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire investor who supported Barack Obama during the presidential campaign, might be more than just … Continue reading

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“Supermax” in Illinois to house Gitmo prisoners

LiveStream of announcement scheduled for: December 15, 2009 3:15 PM EST See below U.S. to buy state prison in Thomson, Ill. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, … Continue reading

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Why Progressives Are Batsh*t Crazy to Oppose the Senate Bill

Op-ed by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com Pick your sub-headline: a) It’s time to stop being polite and start getting real. b) Here’s hoping a picture is worth 1,000 words. Any questions? OK, I imagine that there will be a few. … Continue reading

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TNT’s 11th Annual Christmas in Washington Airs on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 8/7c

Just click here for updated videos and photos from Christmas in Washington TNT is going to ring in the holidays in musical style with its annual presentation of the 11th annual presentation of Christmas in Washington, premiering Sunday, Dec. 20, … Continue reading

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44-D’s Twenty-five Days of Christmas Music Videos (Dec 15th)

Let It Snow Performed by Boys II Men Boyz II Men are a Grammy Award-winning American group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Initiated during 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with … Continue reading

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44-D Video Feature “Inside the White House: The Cabinet”

posted by: GeoT President Obama and Cabinet members share their perspectives on their bimonthly meetings in this exclusive, behind-the-scenes video. more about "Inside the White House: The Cabinet |…", posted with vodpod

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Stephen King to Pay for Troops’ Holiday Trip Home

Associated Press—Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays. King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost … Continue reading

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