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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cain Seen As Strongest Leader; Romney As Most Intelligent But: Who Would GOP Voters Rather Have Dinner With? The following is being released by Clarus Research Group: A new nationwide Clarus Poll finds that Republican voters rate Herman Cain as the strongest leader, the most consistent conservative, and the best on the economy and jobs of the top three polling contenders. Mitt Romney is seen as the most intelligent, experienced and electable of the GOP's top three polling contenders for president. They also think Romney best understands foreign policy. Republican voters rank...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a shiny $4.9 billion apple to his onetime rivals in the state teachers union this week -- but he still couldn't get the gold star he was hoping for. Buoyed by unexpected extra billions in state revenue, Schwarzenegger called California Teachers Association President Barbara Kerr to see whether they could work a way to repay the education money he'd borrowed from schools a couple of years back to balance the state budget. The fight over Schwarzenegger's refusal to pay back all the money led to the union's multimillion-dollar, anti-Arnold campaign on TV, which helped drive the...

A teacher's aid from Hull, Iowa, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student. 38-year-old Kelli Cuperus works at the Boyden-Hull Community School and was arrested on felony sexual abuse charges. The Sioux County Sheriff's Department believes the first incident happened in May of last year, when the boy was still 15 years old. That's where the sexual abuse charges come from, because the boy wasn't old enough to consent.

A couple of words we see frequently around the Forum are “Bushbot” and “Bushbasher.” I find them to be useless ad hominems that inevitably detract from whatever valid points the poster using them might be trying to make, or, more frequently, detract from said poster’s lack of any substantial points. By my understanding, a genuine “Bushbot” would be someone who would call the sky green if the President said so, and a true “Bushbasher” would call it purple if the President called it blue. While there are doubtless a few of each on FR, the vast, vast majority don’t fall...

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole! Where Many Paths and Errands Meet... First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit holeSecond thread: The New Hobbit HoleThird thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On... The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say....

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