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Boing Boing: Screams kill chickens

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Toddlers Temper Ousts Family From Plane | Chicago Tribune
ATA airlines removed a screaming toddler and her parents before a recent Florida flight because she was having a complete and total meltdown. Rather than take her seat, she crawled under it, hitting and screaming when parents and flight crew attempted to get her out. No word [...]

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Barbara Boxer should apologize for nothing | TPMCafe
How did I find out that Sen. Barbara Boxer is this week's right-wingnut pundit punching bag over her challenge to Condoleeza Rice's Iraq testimony? Because the scrolling underline on FOXNews in the health club yesterday was "BOXER ATTACKS RICE."
As TPM notes, Boxer was attempting to imply that neither [...]

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Father Jake Stops the World
NYT: How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country?
KJS: About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for [...]

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Bush Choice for Family-Planning Post Criticized - washingtonpost.com
No, I'm not happy about this choice - I don't think someone whose stance appears to be not just anti-choice, but anti-contraception, for everyone, and repeats the canard that since condoms can't protect against all STD's ("the infected area is often not covered by a condom&quot, sex should [...]

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