New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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By Jefferson Flanders
With all due credit to Big Apple columnist Jimmy Cannon, nobody asked me, but…
GOVERNMENT SECRECY HARMS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, so it was heartening news that on New Year’s Eve President Bush signed into law an improved version of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The legislation should accelerate the release of millions […]

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The Associated Press is reporting that Barack Obama has received 55 percent of the vote in South Carolina versus 26 percent for Hillary Clinton. John Edwards has received 18 percent of the votes from precincts reporting.
Mr. Obama is currently making his victory speech.
Ninety-five percent of the over 2200 precincts are reporting. Almost immediately after […]

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The Blog-O-Sphere has been at least in the primary more capable of picking the winners then traditional media’s attempts at prognosticating. 
 
Senator John Edwards needs to bury Hillary Clinton in South Carolina margin wise if he wishes to remain a viable candidate for the second spot on the ticket. Miracles do happen and while I do not dismiss his bid for […]

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The truce between Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) and Sen. Barack Obama (IL) lasted just about as long your average truce between Hamas and Fatah. The two repeatedly lobbed bombs at each other during the first half of the Democrat debate in SC on Monday. For his part, Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (NC) chose to provide […]

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David Brooks, of the New York Times, complains that Conservative Leaders are Mean
Anyway, conservative voters aren’t listening to conservative leaders like Rush Limbaugh 
The NYT’s Favorite Republican, John McCain 
David Brooks of the New York Times pens a liberal Mainstream Media member’s wet dream of the opposition in today’s MSM flagship.
It’s hard to know where to begin […]

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World Wide Depression May Loom

President Clinton will need to hit the ground at a sprinters speed to get a handle on defeating the world wide depression she inherits from the Republicans eight years at the helm. 

They call it “recession” these days but really its a depression and this ones going to be second only to the Great one.
A […]

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The discussion of the politics of race typically starts and ends with the question: “Are whites ready to elect a black man as president?” The question that Barack Obama’s strategists should be asking is, “Are Hispanics willing to vote for a black man for president?”
Many pundits assumed that when Hillary Clinton played “the race card,” […]

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Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television and one of Hillary Clinton’s impolitic high-profile supporters apologized to Barack Obama for his comments in a SC campaign event on January 13th insinuating that while the Clintons were in the trenches fighting for civil rights, Obama was in the hood taking drugs (Obama admitted youthful marijuana and […]

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The man many call God’s candidate, former Arkansas’s Governor Mike Huckabee embraced a cherished symbol of southern history and pride by defending the Stars and Bars, displayed below by what one assumes is a group of like minded sons of the south.

While many a white southerner and FOX news host expresses indignant umbrage at the association of the venerable stars […]

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The Fred Thompson Campaign Picked Up a Key Endorsement
Evangelical Author, David Jeffers, Endorsed Thompson
Jeffers Not Only Offered His Endorsement, But Offered Reasons Why Thompson Was to Be Preferred by Evangelical Voters Over Rival Mike Huckabee
Thompson Good Choice For Jesusland

Fred Thompson picked up an endorsement sure to help in the battle with Mike Huckabee for conservatives, […]

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For years, Dems have promoted group identity politics, turning real or imagined grievances into votes by creating coalitions based on the solidarity of perpetual victimhood. But now, the aspirations of two groups are pitted against one another in the presidential candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and solidarity is fast giving way to polarity.
For […]

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What does Astrology Say about John McCain’s Presidential Chances?
Was McCain’s New Hampshire Victory Foretold?
Is there an Astrological Consensus on McCain’s Political Future?
We’ve been looking at what the planet and stars predict for the 2008 Presidential candidates. Today we’re going to look at what several astrologers predict for Senator McCain’s chances of getting elected our next […]

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By RB Scott
Boston, MA.
January 13, 2007
 
A respected national newspaper recently reported that Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney, “reeling from defeats in New Hampshire and Iowa,” decided to suspend advertising in South Carolina and Florida, a decision that “laid bare the dire condition of his run for the White House…”
 
Leads of newspaper stories are supposed to be […]

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Cash, Endorsement, Media Attention–both Good and Bad–for the Thompson Campaign
Five Reports on the Fortunes of Fred 
Fred Thompson Media Watch: More of the Same
What’s the Prognosis This Week for Thompson?
In the last three or four days, Fred Thompson’s campaign has received more of the same from the many of the same sources.
POSITIVE:
* The Thompson campaign another […]

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BY RB SCOTT
Boston, Massachusetts
January 12, 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this column appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune January 11; another version was scheduled to run in The Detroit Free Press January 12th.

Several months ago, W. Mitt Romney said presciently that he had only himself to fear.
Despite his millions, the picture-perfect family that really is everything it […]

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Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) have taken the lead among Iowans who say they “definitely” or “probably” will attend their respective party caucuses on January 3rd, according to The Des Moines Register’s latest poll.
This is the first time Obama has beaten Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Register’s poll (28 […]

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Rudy Giuliani vs. Ron Paul on 9/11. [video 4:34]
If you put up a Ron Paul video, you hear both sides, you read both sides–there seems to be no middle ground on Dr. Paul. No comments or emails are ever received which say “Oh, I don’t know how I feel about Ron Paul”.
So, putting up any […]

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Today on The Lunch, Fred Thompson editorializes while sliding downhill, cash picked up on the coast is spent in the heartland, Obama plays both sides of reality, and Republicans keep their wallets closed. The prix fixe special is Colbert Cutlet, served Carolina style.
Watch now!

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It all started with Mississippi. On March 27th, 2007, the state’s governor signed a law stating that all women seeking an abortion must be given an opportunity to view the ultrasound of the fetus. A conservative state, Mississippi government officials believe this decision will dissuade women from carrying through with their intended abortion.
Other “red” states […]

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I have a bad feeling about this one.Beyond the obvious bad feeling, that is.
Two toddlers were found dead in trash bags under a sink and their mother was taken to a hospital for evaluation, authorities said Tuesday.The mother took the children to work with her Monday and left them in the car all day, Berkeley […]

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Today on The Lunch, Rob and Will pretty much chuck that whole “ten stories in three minutes or your money back,” concept right out the window. (We’re not miracle workers.) John McCain decides to give his campaign the silent treatment, Mitt Romney gets downright ridiculous with sex ed, and the New York Times follows a […]

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The official seasonal drought outlook issued by the National Weather Services predicts an easing but not a break in the regional drought:

The Outlook calls for some improvement for the severe drought covering much of the Southeast, although drought should persist well into summer. The areas with the best odds for improvement include the Gulf Coast, […]

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Crews who have been searching for constable in Cameron, South Carolina since he went missing on Monday night have found a shallow grave near Interstate 26. Sixty-seven year old constable Robert Lee Bailey was last seen making a traffic stop about fifty miles from the grave. There were reports of gunfire heard down the road […]

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In 2004 the state of South Carolina gave Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards his only win of that entire primary season, but it looks like the state could have a different result in store for him in 2008.

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I suppose a lot of people are going to make the accusation that Sen. Hillary Clinton traded money for an endorsement from one of South Carolina’s most influential black politicians, but much like a lot of things that the Clinton’s have done, it might not look good, but I don’t think that any laws were broken.

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Two new bills have been proposed in South Carolina which could dramatically alter the political terrain in the War on Drugs.
 The first, Senate Bill 220, would enact statewide legal protections shielding
state-authorized patients who use marijuana therapeutically from state
criminal prosecution.  This proposal will not alter or interfere with existing state laws discouraging the non-medical, recreational use of […]

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases are […]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.”
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of […]

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