Public backs Obama in birth control fight

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Public backs Obama in birth control fight, poll suggests

It’s not even close: By a lopsided margin of 66 percent to 26 percent, Americans support President Barack Obama’s proposal to require private health insurance plans to cover the full cost of birth control for women, according to a new CBS/New York Times public opinion poll. Rephrasing the question to ask specifically about “religiously affiliated

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Ever notice most of the Fox News ads are for erectile dysfunction and constipation? Obviously can’t get it up because they’re so full of crap. – Will Durst

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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• Thailand: Iranians planned to attack Israelis
• Israel steps up protection for diplomats
• Iranian, Afghan leaders visit Pakistan for summit
• Pakistan’s Afghan border remains closed to NATO
• Senior al-Qaida leader in Yemen killed
• Yemeni security: 5 officials shot dead
• Iraqis profit from Syrian arms smuggling
• Britain, Vatican call for ‘co-operation’ in Syria

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Karzai Spills the Beans

The U.S. and Afghan governments have begun secret three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Wall Street Journal, in a move that could bolster U.S.-led efforts to convene fully fledged peace talks within months.

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The vice president of China showed up at the White House today. That’s what happens when you get behind on the rent. The landlord shows up, starts looking around. – Jay Leno

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Republican Shenanigans

• GOP pushes back against any further cuts in nukes
• Santorum’s surge: The sweater vest is back
• Santorum Made $1 Million a Year, Tax Returns Show
• Michele Bachmann will not appear on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• O’Reilly book on JFK murder coming this fall

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In an unusual strategy Rick Santorum has apparently decided to campaign like Mr. Rogers with rabies. – Will Durst

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Wow, I first thought this was a headline from “The Onion”: Megadeth singer endorses Rick Santorum, calls Newt Gingrich ‘an angry little man’

In an interview with Music Radar Tuesday, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine dished on his support for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum

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Rock-The-Voter News

• Man Who Mooned Queen Says Obama is Next
• Poll: Good economic news brightens Obama’s re-election prospects
• Obama catches Lin-sanity: ‘He is very impressed’ by Jeremy Lin, White House says
• Obama’s budget cuts bacteria testing in produce
• Medicare’s bill for artificial feet is questioned
• Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal

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Yesterday Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney all said that if elected president they would eliminate porn. In a related story, President Obama has already been re-elected. – Conan

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The Return of a Kennedy to Politics

Joseph Kennedy III is formally jumping into the race for the congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.

A member of the campaign who requested anonymity so as not to preempt the candidate’s announcement told The Associated Press that the Democrat is expected to make the announcement Thursday.

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Business News

• Oil hovers below $102 as Iran tensions bubble
• Oldest Swiss private bank is newest U.S. target
• Moody’s may cut ratings of some of biggest banks
• Markets jittery on mounting Greek uncertainty

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How Not To Get Votes: Bash Unions in a Union State
or
Do You Have to Flunk a Test to Become a Republican Candidate for President?

Campaigning in Michigan, a labor stronghold, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney bashed union leaders and their ties to the Obama White House, calling the bailout of the auto industry payback for the unions’ contributions to the president’s campaign in 2008…A day earlier; United Auto Workers President Bob King scolded Romney for spurning the auto industry. “He can try and rewrite history as much as he wants, but when we were at our darkest hour, Mitt Romney turned his back on the industry, their workers, and the people of Michigan

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The son of Hugh Hefner has been arrested on a charge of domestic violence. When he heard this, Hugh Hefner said, “Son, there’s a right way and a wrong way to disrespect women.”- Conan

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Odd News

• Man suffers heart attack while eating at Heart Attack Grill (Video)
• Dreamliner jet “draws” Boeing logo across North America
• Cognac of Napoleon’s army for sale
• Mattel to issue William and Kate dolls
• Indian woman rewarded for tough ‘toilet’ stand
• A Houdini escape: driver survives a 20-ton boulder dropping on …

Swiss scientists said Feb. 15 they plan to launch a “janitor satellite” specially designed to get rid of space junk, the orbiting debris that can do serious and costly damage to valuable satellites or even manned space ships. This image released by the Swiss Space Center shows an artist’s impression of a CleanSpace One satellite chasing a piece of debris. The Swiss Space Center at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) announced today the launch of CleanSpace One, a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris.

Peace.

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