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As I travel around the country, my feeling about the lack of true candidates is validated by those I talk with: They are not excited about the candidates seeking their party's nomination. The Democratic and Republican Parties have become merely opposite wings of the same bird, and it's the American people who are getting the bird as our elected officials serve their corporate masters and the special interest groups that dominate both parties. tags politics candidates war money corporate greed*This is a very insightful, non-partisan look at what is going on. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago |
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Click on the "Facts and Figures" chart for a comparison across nations. 7 comments edit related share politicsMakes it easy to understand why America, excuse me--most Americans--are having money problems. Yeah, it's the unions, guys. picked by fugazi 13 hours ago |
![Passport files of [ALL] candidates breached](http://rookery1.plime.com/storage/437000/437453_4bb2_90x90.jpg) |
Records of Clinton, McCain, Obama inappropriately accessed, officials say. 2 comments edit related share politics**And suddenly, this story gets much less interesting. One candidate getting singled out, is a story. One political party getting singled out, is a story. All candidates getting "violated," fades away. picked by ImNotBlue 8 months ago |
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A best of craigslist look at the candidates in the upcoming election. This is very clever and very funny. picked by mahler87 9 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
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See a bird and have no clue what it is? This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird! 5 comments edit related share scienceI find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province. "That Bird is a Liar!" picked by chinook 7 months ago |
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The new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China. It therefore represents an early stage in bird evolution. Confuciusornithids lived from 120-131 million years ago and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Find out which candidates receive the most money from big oil companies. picked by mahler87 10 months ago 10 comments edit related share politics |
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A wild bird is little worse for wear after being hit by a car while crossing a road, then spending two days trapped behind the car's grille. Connie Ankli said she unknowingly drove around with the bird, believed to be a quail, inside her vehicle's front end. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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The photographs you are about to see show how a very determined male bird tries to save his female mate that has been seriously injured. picked by AutumnLotus 6 days ago 22 comments edit related share plime.com |
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"The irony is, the only people McCain can count on to vote for him are the very Republicans he despises — at least those of us who can get drunk enough on Election Day to pull the lever for him. In fact, we should organize parties around the country where Republicans can get drunk so they can vote for McCain." 10 comments edit related share politicsA 'humorous' look at why people might vote for McCain. picked by ImNotBlue 3 months ago |
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Fears of bird flu thwarted the flight, and the vulture was freed in northern Thailand on Thursday, thousands of miles from home. China and South Korea refused to let the bird be flown through their capitals, despite tests showing it did not have bird flu. picked by suebe 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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When Ronald Reagan began courting the religious right in his bid to win the Presidency, I doubt he knew he was spelling death to the lean tenets of Goldwater conservatism. Yet soon afterward, under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with hypocrisy, greed, and anti-intellectualism. In 2008, the price is being paid through lost elections and a loss ... read full post picked by muppet 1 week ago 19 comments edit related share politics |