Democrat Wins House Seat in Mississippi – New York Times They sent Cheney. They sent Barbour. They sent Huckabee. They had Bush and McCain record robocalls. And still the Republicans lost the Mississippi special election, the third “bellweather” election they’ve lost this year. It appears the vaunted Republican “rally base!!1!” button must be broken.
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Pastor who endorsed McCain apologizes for remarks about Catholics – Los Angeles Times Commenters on liberal-Christian, Episcopalian blogs I read have been complaining for weeks about John Hagee’s apparent invisibility on the media radar, while Rev. Wright was in the crosshairs of the right wing, hoping to pick off Obama from a tangent. Well, what goes around comes around; McCain’s pet pastor, whose support he needs in order to gain grudging favor from the religious right, finally gains albatross status.
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Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet | Oddly Enough | Reuters But Mutlu was allowed to board after a JetBlue flight attendant agreed to give up her seat and travel in an airline employee “jump seat.” It was not clear in the lawsuit whether the flight attendant was working. However 90 minutes into the flight, the pilot told Mutlu the flight attendant was uncomfortable and he would have to give up his seat and “hang out” in the bathroom for the remainder of the flight, the lawsuit said.
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allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Police Beat Up And Evict Anglican Parishioners Page 1 of 1 State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare. At the St Francis parish in Waterfalls riot police interrupted the service during holy communion and told parishioners to leave. Witnesses said the parishioners assumed it was the usual police over-zealousness and some of them remained seated. The police then began beating up people, including women, in the church. Bishop Bakare, who…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Sunshine car By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 12 May ’08, 9.41am CDT PST Ginny I can has iPhone?
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My husband David took this picture of the ginormous bowl of steaming hot mussels we had before lunch yesterday. The broth was to die for – rich, savory, and totally worth sopping up with the hot herb bread. The waitress taught us this trick, bless her. The mussels were delicious and so was the lunch, and at this little shoreline restaurant we could watch the tide creep slowly in. It was fascinating to watch. It was in Cape Neddick, I think, and it was just a little place along an inlet well inland from the ocean. Via: Flickr Title: Lunch!…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Mainely Lunch By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 11 May ’08, 1.25pm CDT PST Ginny I can has iPhone?
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It’s hard to tell here, but the Episcopal church in Boothbay Harbor is brand new, and made in a very clean and updated “shingle” style on the outside. On the inside it’s a clean, fresh, open plan space with a sanctuary that has a high wooden ceiling supported by big, nautical-looking timbers along the sides. The people were really open and welcoming, too. I had a number of great conversations with people and did my best to wave the big alto flag. They didn’t have a choir, but I had introduced myself to the organized, Eleanor, who became my buddy…
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I need to show this article to someone when we get back from vacation… Trapped by Web loan with the 842% interest rate — — chicagotribune.com
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Bucky the hyper-reactionary Siamese cat upbraids his monkey Rob for speaking pig Latin. The object is tot get Satchel to ide-hay the ball of ing-stray, but naturally it goes somewhat a-stray. Get Fuzzy