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By Monica Garske - AOL NewsMany of us have given a few bucks to some alleged psychic to tell us stuff we already know, but what if you spent your entire life savings looking into the future, attempting to contact ghosts and protecting yourself from aliens? That's the premise behind filmmaker Blake Freeman's newest documentary, "Gawd Bless America," in which he travels across America with a 69-year-old "believer" named LeRoy Tessina who's gone bankrupt after years of buying into fraudulent fortune-tellers and alien-protection devices. In hopes of setting Tessina straight, the duo set out on a weird cross-country ...
Pot Plantation Found in Ugandan Nunnery: Newsworthy Only If You Don't Know Ugandan Appetites for Pot
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyUgandan police found a marijuana plantation in the garden of a convent and have questioned two nuns and two porters. The porters were arrested, but not the nuns, the BBC reported Friday. "I don't know exactly what these nuns (or their gardeners) were up to, but anyone leafing through the history books can see that dope-smoking is a venerable Ugandan tradition," Andrew Rice, author of the recent The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, tells Surge Desk. In fact, Rice says, the Catholic Church has done a better job of changing Ugandans' religious ...
Chaos Theory -- When Republicans Go Daft
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McCain is McCain
By Dave - Politics DailyWhat can you say? He is who he is. And if anyone is wondering if he can come close to soaring oratory of Obama or the directness of Sarah Palin, the answer to that is no.But first the prelims, and let me ask, what the hell the GOP is thinking? Tom Ridge? Lindsey Graham? Surely they could have spared one guy from the A squad last night to warm up the crowd for McCain: a Romney, Giuliani, or even Huckabee would have worked wonders here. With Cindy McCain's intro, let me just say it did nothing to convince me that the tradition shouldn't be shot ASAP. Unless the plan was to make McCain look good ...
Palin TV Ratings Rival Obama
By Dave - Politics DailyThe Associated Press:That audience rivaled the one for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last week. Nielsen Media Research estimated 37.2 million people watched Palin on either ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC. PBS estimated it had four million viewers for the speech.Last week Obama had 38.4 million viewers on the commercial networks, topping 40 million with PBS and C-SPAN added in.... Viewers were far more interested in Palin than Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden. Biden's speech to Democrats last week was seen by an estimated 24 million people. I ...
Sarah Palin is a Rock Star
By Dave - Politics DailyI said it about Obama and now I get to say it about governor Palin of Alaska.First let's get the prelims out of the way as quickly as we can. Huckabee and Romney were first up and did yeoman jobs, both clearly auditioning for another try in 2012 or whatever. And then instead of a vid bio, we had Lisa Lingle, governor of Hawaii introducing the Palin story. She also did a good job, but was an unspectacular speaker. A video would have been better. Perhaps there was no time?And then Giuliani. Rudy rocked the house. And the house up until that point frankly, needed some warming up. With Romney and ...
You Say You Want Revolution?
By Mark Impomeni and Denise Willliams - Politics DailyBy DeniseAnd we have one thousand strong right in Minneapolis, Minn. at the Target Center today.Texas' Rep. Ron Paul's Rally for the Republic got off to a late, but enthusiastic start with emcee Tucker Carlson welcoming the raucous crowd. Carlson, senior campaign correspondent with MSNBC, told Political Machine shortly before taking the stage that while he can't endorse a candidate, he loves Dr. Paul's message and holds Libertarian values close to his heart after growing up in a Libertarian home.The Invocation was given by Minnesota Congressional candidate Barb Davis White who rallied the ...
St. Paul In Stark Contrast With Denver
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyLast week I was walking in what I referred to as an alien landscape. Amid the Democrats, the greens, and the protesters, I observed as an outsider. I assumed that I would, naturally, be more at home here among all the Republicans in St. Paul. The settings are markedly different. From the type of facility to the placement of entrances, from the media party style to the ratio of suits and ties, it's clearly a new week. There are fewer peace vans, more chauffeured cars. There are more coffee shops, but fewer with free internet. There are more American flags and fewer recycle signs. And ...
3 A.M. Again
By Dave - Politics DailyMcCain hits the infamous 3AM ad and the devastating quote on the eve of Hillary's big night: Hmmm... I wonder if McCain is going to hit the experience theme a little hard this season. Even if it wasn't a great quote for him from Clinton, it's just too juicy to pass up. As noted yesterday, HRC is united with Barack Obama, but then she has to be to clear her way. Obviously she personally benefits of Obama goes down in flames this year, all ready for the "I told ya" tour of 2011, 2012. But in order for that to happen, there must be no fingerprints on the knife.But the truth is that both ...
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