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It Took 84,000 Pennies, But Mom's Giant Coin Really Makes Cents
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsMake a penny, leave a penny. That's how one cash-strapped Michigan woman obtained the 84,000 pennies she used to construct a gigantic replica of a 1-cent coin, which won her artistic acclaim and allowed her to share her inspirational story. Wander Martich says she only started building her massive coin after she was forced to pinch pennies when she went through a divorce, lost her home to foreclosure and lost her job in 2006. ...
'South Sudan' Could Be Latest Change to Map of Africa
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsWith initial results showing that nearly 99 percent of southern Sudanese have voted to secede from their country's Arab north, officials readying for the birth of their new nation have a dilemma on their hands: What to call it? A steering committee of southern officials -- many of them from former rebel groups vying for power in a new era of independence -- has been formed to juggle all the issues associated with forming a new country, including choosing a name, flag and national anthem. One of those officials, information minister Benjamin Marial, told The New York Times that more than a ...
Opinion: Welcome to the Future, Whether You Like It or Not
By Alan Colmes - AOL News(July 13) -- I saw a great play that just won Best Musical at the Tony Awards. It's called "Memphis," and it's a period piece about a white Memphis DJ who goes against convention and plays the "music of his soul," which happens to be black music. He upsets his boss, his mother and everyone else who is stuck in a mentality that we now look upon as arcane, to be benign, and racist, to be less kind. We've seen this formula before: A rebel against society stands up for what he or she believes. Society doesn't want to listen. However, the confluence of events overtakes the naysayers, even ...
Petraeus Prepared to 'Modify Rules of Engagement' in Afghanistan
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailySince General David Petraeus was abruptly appointed to take over the War in Afghanistan on Wednesday, speculation has swirled around how his approach to the increasingly dire conflict would differ from that of his predecessor, disgraced former commander General Stanley McChrystal. Today, we have an answer. An anonymous military source "close to Petraeus" says that "one of the first things the general will do when he takes over in Afghanistan is to modify the controversial rules of engagement to make it easier for U.S. troops to engage in combat with the enemy," reports Fox News. If ...
Hippies Use the Back Door
By Dave - Politics DailyAn excellent video from Redstate: Hilarious. Yes we would have all had awesome hopey-changiness right now, but for that darned economy that was Bush's fault which is the reason we wanted the change but won't get it. Good luck untwisting the logic. Apparently the big Bush-Badness trumped the hopey-changey. Oh Well.Oh and you hippies? Time to go away now. ...
New President Can't Afford To Do Anything
By Ken Layne - Politics DailyHello, comrades! How does it feel to live in a fading country under an all-powerful totalitarian leader who runs our sickly nationalized economy?Pretty good, right? You know what's so special about communism? There's none of this pretending you're in charge of your financial fate. You're not, at all! It was pretty exhausting, being a full-time consumer. But now you can just relax and try to keep up with which state-run grocery has bread or toilet paper this week. Simple.But the best news for people afraid of "change" is that the new president will have about twenty bucks to run the federal ...
'Chicago Machine' - New McCain Ad
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyJohn McCain's campaign is airing a new ad in battleground states titled "Chicago Machine" It's :30 seconds. ...
Obama Off His Game
By Dave - Politics DailyObama on tax cuts for the rich APWhat about increasing taxes on the wealthy?"I think we've got to take a look and see where the economy is. I mean, the economy is weak right now," Obama said on "This Week" on ABC. "The news with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, I think, along with the unemployment numbers, indicates that we're fragile."Obama (Obama!) on personality vs. issues in politics: The Democratic nominee, whose presidential campaign has often been dominated by his compelling life story, has now discovered a distate for personality politics. "You know, this whole résumé contest is not what ...
McCain/Palin a Reform Ticket
By Dave - Politics DailyAndrea Mitchell, From MTP yesterday: The interesting thing is that John McCain has--as Mike has said--has returned to the original John McCain, the maverick. We are told that he wanted to pick Joe Lieberman. They tested it. He wanted to throw that long ball, and having tried that and having been shot down by the conservative base, he still wanted to fight Washington, to choose someone who took on Ted Stevens, and to take on the public corruption issue, and to say, Washington is broken. They decided they've reached a ceiling. The experienced argument was not working. They had to adapt and take ...
Hillary Won't be VP Because of Bill?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThat's the thesis put forth today in the Wall Street Journal. You may recall that Bill has been a big proponent of the "Dream Ticket" for some time, so what could be the problem? According to The Journal, the former president would not be prepared to go through Obama's formal vetting process:Some in the Clinton camp also notes a possible deal-breaker for a party-unity ticket: Bill Clinton may balk at releasing records of his business dealings and big donors to his presidential library......For Sen. Clinton to be considered, she would have to undergo an invasive vetting of both Clinton's ...
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