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Via Mad Priest: Of course, I could be wrong…: we have these in England
- we call them discos
Jill Jeppesen sways and swirls her body in the dim light of the open room, inspiring dozens of other dancers to dance their prayers. With her husband, Michael, she started Dance Church in May and have been hosting [...]

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A sharp-eyed clerk at a Salt Lake golf course pro shop noticed a man wearing underwear on his head and wielding a big knife. After a struggle, the brief-or-boxer wearing thief fled. Exciting golf-cart chase and capture ensued, with golfers no doubt brandishing 9-irons and mashie niblicks or whatever.
Prosecutors charge alleged robber who wore underwear [...]

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Being part of the family here in Chicagoland (actually, Northwest Burblcavia) means that I get to partake of some seasonal delights and occasionally take a stab at cooking them.
Take latkes. Please! Take another! I like them a lot. But they can be really greasy and high in calories. A few years back, I had [...]

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After the Election, Rebooting the Right - TIME
When a party suffers the kind of beating the Republicans have taken in the past two elections, the public has not rejected one of its factions. It has rejected the party as a whole. Voters have turned on pro-choice as well as pro-life Republicans, on Senators who favored [...]

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jail terms for Israeli neo-Nazis
Eight teenagers have been sentenced to time in jail by a court in Israel for carrying out a series of neo-Nazi attacks that shocked the nation.
That’s what I thought you said. Some male teens will do anything to work off those crazy hormones…

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