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Self proclaimed paleo-conservative Pat Buchanan loves him an anti-gay, bear-back ridin’, judo flippin’, ex-KGB operative named Vlad. It’s just about the most absurd thing imaginable, and it’s all under the title “Which Side is God on Now? ... Everybody in the news has been explaining how this Crimean conflict is not comparable to the last Crimean war. But is seems like Putin is dusting off some of the old propaganda, and Buchanan is buying it...

(CNSNews.com) - The American Federation of Teachers is endorsing Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president, but some rank and file members believe their union leaders have caved in to the Kerry campaign and sacrificed part of their liberal, anti-war agenda. This week's AFT convention has become heated over two lines in a resolution that is slated for a vote in the general assembly before the convention ends. It calls on the AFT to "urge the Bush administration, the Congress and the American people to reject calls for the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces" from Iraq. Andy Griggs, a California delegate...