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Burger King Ad Promotes Something Besides Its Products: Empathy

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It's rare when we at BSAlert call attention to a corporate ad campaign on a positive note, but the latest commercial from the most unlikely of sources, Burger King, actually tugs on the heartstrings as well as the mind of consumers in a very creative way, and it's worth sharing...

It's also amusing to note that this is from the same company that several years ago launched an ad campaign that stated, "un-friend 10 people on Facebook and get a free whopper" at which point Burger King contacted each of the un-friended friends letting them know their friendship wasn't stronger than a free Whopper... so while we're not apt to completely forgive Burger King, we can appreciate their new turn... for now.

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Carlos Mencia Kicked Off Mardi Gras Parade

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[Tourism]
The Krewe of Orpheus reneigned on their invitation to have Carlos Mencia reign as celebrity grand marshall in their 2009 Mardi Gras parade, when, within 24 hours of making the announcement they were made aware of the racist and obnoxious jokes he made about Katrina survivors in 2005, where among other things he said, "I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim."

No word yet if Joe Rogan will fill in. Let's hope so.

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Secret Memo Made Public In Torture Case

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A secret memo authored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) asserting that President Bush has unlimited power to order brutal interrogations to extract information from detainees was declassified today as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The memo, written by John Yoo, then a deputy at the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), was sent to the Defense Department in March 2003.

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Church Cleaning Leads To Christian Fistfight

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The cradle of Christianity was rocked by an unholy punch-up when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.

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Sports Fan Pays For Team Spirit With Testicles

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Some people take college football rivalries pretty seriously. Aggressive trash talking or some mild vandalism are not uncommon when some see the colors of their school's hated rival. Some folks, however, are so serious they'll literally tear your balls off.

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Columbus Dispatch Cartoon Portrays Iranians As Cockroaches

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[News Media]
So how far is too far in demonstrating how profoundly insensitive and mean-spirited a publisher can be? I think the editors of Ohio's Columbus Dispatch may have found a new low.

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Ted Nugent Threatens Obama & Clinton With Machine Guns

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Ted Nugent, current poster child for tobacco-spittin', underage girl-seducing, vegetarian-hatin',gun-totin' neocon Republican rednecks has created yet another controversy as he waves around "machine guns" during his concert threatening the current crop of presidential candidates. See if you think this tirade he goes off on might be just a tad extreme and ask yourself who's a terrorist?

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Christian Boot Camp Officials Drag 15yo Girl Behind Van

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Arrest warrants have been issued for two officials at a Christian boot camp, Love Demonstrated Ministries, accused of dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind the group during a morning run, authorities said.

Charles Eugene Flowers and Stephanie Bassitt of San Antonio-based Love Demonstrated Ministries, a 32-day boot camp, are facing aggravated assault charges for the alleged June 12 incident.

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Announcing Falafel Day! A Celebration Of Bill O'Reilly

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Today is officially "Falafel Day" where we celebrate the legacy of Fox News' keeper of the moral high ground: Bill O'Reilly.

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US Troops Leave Wounded Aussie To Die In Iraq

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An Australian private security operator was left for dead by American forces after he was seriously wounded during an ambush in southern Iraq.

The US refused to provide a helicopter to evacuate the wounded man after being told he was Australian, News Limited reports.

The Queensland man, who suffered severe leg and abdominal injuries, was delivered to Basra air base by a British road convoy more than seven hours after the attack.

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Dry Grass And It's Your Ass

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A 70-year-old Utah woman has been released from jail after being arrested for failing to water her lawn and refusing to give a police officer her name. A police officer enforcing Orem, Utah's nuisance ordinance against neglected yards (it's unclear which ordinance might cover the roughing-up of little old ladies) knocked on Betty Perry's door a couple of day's ago and she opened up to see what was going on. Big mistake.

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Elizabeth Edwards PWNS Ann Coulter

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The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards found out Ann Coulter was going to appear on Chris Matthews' show and decided she wanted to call in and confront the queen of partisan slime herself. Watch the festivities.

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Study Reveals Bill O'Reilly Calls People Names Every 6.8 Seconds

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Bill O'Reilly may proclaim at the beginning of his program that viewers are entering the "No Spin Zone," but a new study by Indiana University media researchers found that the Fox News personality consistently paints certain people and groups as villains and others as victims to present the world, as he sees it, through political rhetoric.

The IU researchers found that O'Reilly called a person or a group a derogatory name once every 6.8 seconds, on average, or nearly nine times every minute during the editorials that open his program each night.

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World of Warcraft Player Gets Griefed For Griefing

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What happens when you play online computer games and harass someone else's character? Well, you find out quickly if you make the mistake of telling them where you live and that you dare them to do anything about it.

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US Airways Doesn't Like To Be Criticized

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Let's say you're sitting in your seat on U.S. Airways and the flight attendant goes into the obligatory safety speech prior to takeoff. Only this one does the whole thing so fast you can hardly understand what is said. The guy next to you comments about the hasty demonstration, and the next thing you know you're in police custody and being investigated by the FBI... wait, what?

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O'Reilly Loses His Falafel on Geraldo

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Geraldo has all but lost his credibility these days, but this week he showed up on the O'Reilly factor and debated Mr. Bill over an issue involving a drunk driver committing manslaughter. Watch has Geraldo actually appears to be the voice of reason on this issue, which drives Bill O'Reilly completely nuts.

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Violent Scripture Increases Violence

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So much for the Good Book, it seems...or at least the bloody parts of it.

According to a study done concurrently by Brigham Young University in Utah and Vrije University in the Netherlands, exposure to violent Bible passages (and presumably, similar passages in other holy books) increases aggression in those exposed to it. In particular, religious believers were more willing to commit aggressive acts when they knew the violent passage had come from the Bible.

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Former USSR Political Prisoner No Match For Jesus' Friend

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Police said a motorist beat a former Soviet political prisoner to death with a rock Thursday at a New Jersey highway rest stop after the victim declined to buy his religious CDs.

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Michael Savage Dumped By Agent After Remarks

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[Radio]
Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency has reportedly dropped its representation of radio host Michael Savage two days after announcing that it had signed him as a client. CAA's dumping of Savage followed a rant on February 26, over singer Melissa Etheridge's Academy Awards acceptance speech, in which she thanked her wife. Savage said, "I don't like a woman married to a woman. It makes me want to puke. ... I want to vomit when I hear it. I think it's child abuse."

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Pacifist Arrested For "Threatening" Action

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Here's a word to the wise: If you're in Connecticut and you heckle a gubernatorial candidate during their campaign, and they ultimately get elected, don't be surprised if they put you on some sort of "threat list" at which point, doing something as innocuous as taking a photograph or dismounting a bicycle may land you in jail. And being a pacifist apparently doesn't help.

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Tampa Rape Victim Locked Up In Jail For Two Days

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Note to self: If you plan to get raped, avoid Tampa like the plague. Especially if you want to take a morning after pill and some religious nutjob at the jail keeps you from doing so.

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Daughter-Framing Scumbag Gets Life

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Brad Reay, a South Dakota (Motto: At least we're not West Virginia) man, has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for the brutal stabbing of his estranged wife. At the time of the murder, Reay tried to frame his wife's lover, and then went for the next logical target--his twelve-year-old daughter.

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Fox Displays Family-Style Sportsmanship During Saints Game

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[Television]
During the NFL playoff game last Saturday FOX producers choose to show a poignant shot of a passionate Saints fan. Most of us were really puzzled as to why the network would do such a thing. This isn't exactly an accident... a camera was positioned and someone switched to that camera. A self-righteous network like Fox has some 'splainin' to do.

UPDATE: Maxim is now looking for Heather to do a photo shoot!

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Olbermann On Geraldo Riveras' Fight Proposal

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Watch the video as Keith Olbermann responds to Geraldo Revera's childish taunts about wanting to "turn Keith Olbermann into pizza." Keith has a few things to say about that.

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Anti-Muslim Hate Site Shut Down

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A local blogger who bills himself as the “right wing howler” has apparently been silenced by his Internet service provider after a Muslim advocacy group complained about content that encouraged the killing of Muslim children.

What is this world coming to when you can't freely advertise the humongous depth of your ignorance and bigotry without having your web site shut down?

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Stop "Stop Snitching"

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The rise of a "stop snitching" movement by gangbangers has led to the harassment, terrorizing, and murder of innocent civilians across the country. Edna McAbier, a neighborhood activist from Baltimore, was almost killed when her house was firebombed after snitching on drug dealers in her neighborhood. She now lives under a false name working from home "in a distant town she doesn't dare to name full of people she doesn't dare to know." A 14-year-old Washington girl was killed when police showed up at her house asking about a murder. A 35-year-old man ordered his daughter to testify in front of a judge that she did NOT know anything about a murder case and now faces persecution.

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Internet Defamation Case Awards $11M In Damages

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A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a "crook," a "con artist," and a "fraud."

Of course it didn't help her case to not show up in court to defend herself. However, the plaintiff continued the lawsuit on principle because it "hurt her feelings."

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Tattoos From Beyond The Grave

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[Sex]
This one has been around for a couple of days, but I had not heard about it so I'm submitting it here. Anthony Ray Stockelman of the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility who was convicted to life for the abduction, molestation, and killing of Katlyn "Katie" Collman, was recently the reluctant recipient of a forehead tattoo saying "Katie's Revenge."

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Amish School Shooting

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A lone gunman walked into a one-room schoolhouse and opened fire, killing four outright (a fifth and sixth have died since) and seriously injuring more, before he turned the gun on himself. This makes THREE deadly shootings in a WEEK.

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NY Post Makes Fun Of Death Threats Against MSNBC Anchor

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One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope -- at home -- which contains white powder. But that seemed to be the case at the New York Post's "Page Six" today in reporting on an alleged incident involving Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown."

Olbermann is not only a frequent critic of President Bush and the Iraq war -- he has been involved in a long feud with Fox News in general, and with Bill O'Reilly in particular. Fox News and the New York Post share an owner: Rupert Murdoch.

Olbermann has more to say on the issue, including how the New York Post may have interfered with a federal investigation. Check out his video response here where he says unequivocably, "We will not be intimidated by threats from the radical right."

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Craigslist Ad Responders Revealed

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A guy who identifies himself as Jason Fortuny, a 30 year old network administrator, posted a graphic ad on Seattle's Craigslist, pretending to be a woman wanting some BDSM sex.

Not surprisingly, many men responded, many with photos and more than a few with pics of their genitals.

Some used their work accounts, provided their real names and gave out their cellphone numbers. One looks to be a contractor for Microsoft, while another used a .mil address to reply.

Fortuny, whose MySpace profile says he likes to "push people's buttons" then posted all the photos and correspondence online.

I'm sure nothing bad will come of this...

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Congress Recognizes Wine Anniversary; Katrina Who?

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In August 2006, the U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to a House resolution introduced by Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley), passing the resolution recognizing the significance of the Napa Valley victory at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, 30 years ago. House Concurrent Resolution 399 recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of those who created the winning wines and the many successes of the California wine industry in the intervening thirty years.

A similar resolution to acknowledge the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall failed to pass the House of Representatives--perhaps because it contained language suggesting that the government was committed to rebuilding New Orleans, only a year too late for most residents and business owners. (Better late than never, right? But then again, the non-binding resolution didn't pass.)

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Bill O'Reilly Threatens His Callers

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Apparently, even the mere mention of "Keith Oberman" on the air by a caller to Bill O'Reilly will set in motion what can only be described as a psychotic rambling of events perpetrated by the falafel-meister himself. Listen as Bill threatens his viewers with home visits by "Fox Security" and "local authorities" where they will "be held accountable" for their crime of mentioning a word on his show he doesn't like.

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Ann Coulter Involved In Illegal Voting Scheme

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Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is clear on where she stands on politics. But where she votes is another matter.

Election officials in Palm Beach County, Fla., are reportedly investigating why Coulter voted in the wrong precinct in a local election in February - even though a poll worker tried to stop her.

Knowingly voting in the wrong precinct is a felony in Florida, and Coulter has hired a former U.S. attorney to defend her there.

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Missouri Town Seeks to Evict Unmarried Couples

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The Black Jack, MO city council has rejected a measure allowing unmarried couples with multiple children to live together, and the mayor said those who fall into that category could soon face eviction.

Olivia Shelltrack and Fondrey Loving were denied an occupancy permit after moving into a home in this St. Louis suburb because they have three children and are not married.

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Spanish Greyhounds Tortured to Death

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[Pets]
Y'know, some people do weird things with their animals. They like to dress up squirrels in little outfits, or marry a dolphin. You think, "These people are nuts."

Then you find out what owners of Spanish greyhounds do to the dogs that "humiliate" them by hunting badly, and you wish to God that all these guys did was dress their dogs up in funny outfits or marry them. Fill the world with squirrel-dressers and dolphin-brides, if we can just be rid of these other so-called people.

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New Orleans Landlords After Katrina

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Following is a letter I wrote to a landlord that I think you ALL need to read. Something has to give with these rent increases, before despair starts taking more lives. I want you all to understand that this is not meant as an attack. This is a plea to those of you who have doubled and tripled your rents since katrina to PLEASE reconsider what you're doing. Thank youfor reading the following:

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Google Comes Back To Haunt Man On Murder Trial

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Be careful what you search for...

Robert Petrick searched for the words "neck," "snap," "break" and "hold" on an Internet search engine before his wife died, according to prosecutors Wednesday.

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17 Injured in Stampede Over Cheap Laptops

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What started as a sale turned into a mob scene as thousands of people pushed their way through the Richmond International Raceway gates to buy a $50 iBook laptop computer from Henrico County Schools Tuesday morning. 5500 people stomped over old ladies, men in walkers and babies in buggies to line up to get a cheap computer.

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Protester-Protester Runs Down 'Arlington in Crawford'

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As part of Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside of Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, her group has placed hundreds of white crosses, each bearing the name of an American soldier killed in Iraq, like her own son. This moving graphic display along the side of the road has been dubbed "Arlington in Crawford."

While very little of the display has been shown by the major media, it can't be missed by anyone heading to and from Bush's ranch. However, earlier this evening someone with a pickup truck and a pipe on chains fashioned behind it, ran over the crosses intentionally.

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Online Gamer Murdered Over Theft of Virtual Sword

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You know you're taking gaming too seriously when you go out and stab someone because they snatched a sword from your fictional role-playing-game character, but that's exactly what happened in China.

Qiu Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (~ $700).

The sword, which Mr Qiu had lent to Mr Zhu, was won in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3. Qiu was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in China. I guess Zhu didn't have time to buff before the melee started.

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PETA Exposes Cruelty at Drug Company

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While most Americans' view of PETA seems to involve bored supermodels whining about mink coats, the organization has continued to address far more important issues than the mainstream media wants to call attention to.

Recently, an undercover PETA investigator worked as a technician inside a Vienna, Virginia laboratory, owned by Covance, a billion-dollar Princeton-based company. She videotaped workers who were striking, choking, taunting, and deliberately tormenting terrified monkeys. She documented small monkeys, choking, gagging and suffering from daily bloody noses after having large tubes forced up their nostrils and down into their stomachs. Other monkeys had developed painful protrusions of the intestines through the rectum resulting from constant stress and diarrhea, and monkeys with broken arms and other severe injuries were denied proper veterinary treatment. Sadly, many animals in desperate need of euthanasia were kept alive and in agony just to please drug companies.

PETA has filed a 272-page complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that asks for the Vienna laboratory to be shut down until a thorough investigation can be conducted.

There's a controversial video of the mistreatment of these animals that the Covance company is deperately trying to bury.

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How Aggressive Are You? Talk to the Hand!

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According to Canadian scientists, the length of a man's finger in proportion to other fingers is an indicator of his aggressive tendency. Personally, I think the extent to which a certain finger is prominently displayed may also indicate this. Now where's MY grant? I'll be happy to demonstrate my research.

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Democrats as victims?

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Mel Gilles, who has worked for many years as an advocate for victims of domestic abuse, draws some parallels between her work and the reaction of many Democrats to the election.

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