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Viktor Yanukovych dies from heart attack, unconfirmed reports say. 52305.png Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has died tonight, Ukrainian media report citing Facebook oppositionist Mikhail Lebed. According to him, he received the information about the death of the ousted Ukrainian leader from a friend of his, who works at the heart center in the city of Rostov, Russia. "Yanykovych was brought there at around 11 PM on March 3 after suffering a heart attack, and an hour later he died," Lebed said.

This is a link to a free viewing of a very interesting documentary about a doctor in Texas who seems to have discovered an amazingly effective tool to fight cancer. I am in the middle of watching it, but just watched an undeniable Atlas Shrugged moment that moved me to post it here.... It will only be free to view until midnight tonight. Thought provoking stuff here, and I will be interested to hear what ya'll think.

A young woman in Colorado named Ann Barnhardt watched Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holding forth on television yesterday about the necessity for rolling back the First Amendment in order not to anger Muslims. This did not sit well with her, and she made a two-part video for YouTube expressing her outrage, and vigorously affirming her right to patriotic dissent.

33-65-3. (a) There is established the Georgia Health Exchange Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public corporation; and by that name the authority may contract and be contracted with and bring and defend actions. The authority shall have perpetual existence.

A bi-partisan Senate working group which includes Republican Senators Tom Coburn (Oklahoma), Mike Crapo (Idaho), and Saxby Chambliss (Georgia) is considering back door, automatically triggered tax increases as a way to bring down the budget deficit. The Wall Street Journal reports that the plan which is under consideration would provide for “tax reform” that would generate $180 billion over ten years. “Tax reform” is the new word for tax hikes just as “investment” is the new word for more spending. While the Senators are understandably vague about what tax increases they are contemplating, they reportedly want to eliminate various tax...

Mitch McConnell has struck while the iron is hot. One day after federal District Judge Rodger Vinson ruled that the entire Democratic health care law is unconstitutional, McConnell told his GOP colleagues that he will force a vote on repealing it, bringing it up as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill

An elementary school music teacher in Virginia writes an awesome song for the children to sing.

This is an email sent to me by a friend,but I did not know how to post it without a URL : / I did find a site with a similar idea, I hope it doesn't break any rules to post the email, or the similar site : | THIS IS REALLY A GOOD IDEA... Here's a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports: All we need to do is develop a booth that you can step into that will NOT X-ray you, but WILL detonate any explosive device you may have hidden on or in...

"The FDA took many swabs of their cheese plant and tank room and all samples came back negative for any pathogens. Nothing found and yet they still must destroy their cheese. They are now able to sell milk into the commercial pasteurized chain, and that will allow them to keep the cows, but that’s about it."

"Churches forced to hire homosexuals and transsexuals against the tenets of their faith when employing staff under planned Labour equality laws." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1316837/Employers-face-equality-law-nightmare-Coalition-pushes-ahead-Harriet-Harmans-Act.html#ixzz1185ZWU3o

"Mr. Obama told Rolling Stone that the tea party movement is financed and directed by "powerful, special-interest lobbies.""

Florida coach Urban Meyer, who announced Saturday night that he would step down after coaching the Gators in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, is having second thoughts about retirement and will instead take an indefinite leave of absence following the bowl game, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN on Sunday.

His fiscal conservatism and conscience-guiding principles bother some. On the surface, it might seem like Jacksonville City Councilman Clay Yarborough is a real-life Grinch. He votes "nay" more often than his 18 other council colleagues, opposing public funding for feel-good initiatives like after-school programs, affordable housing and historic preservation. Most of the time, he's the sole dissenter. Yarborough doesn't think the programs are bad. He just doesn't want them supported with taxpayer dollars.

For years, the Bush administration was criticized for not cleaning up enough of the nation's most contaminated waste sites. The Obama administration plans to do even less.

"The jolt the program delivered to an ailing auto industry even made a believer of U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-1, who voted Friday to pump more money into it after opposing all other economic stimulus programs, including the initial Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS."

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (KCBS) -- Once a darling of the Marin County good life, high-end garden retailer Smith and Hawken will go out of business by the end of the year. Liquidation is already underway at the company's six Bay Area stores.

This thread, is the result an offhand prompt from Rummy Chick, in a post about 10 days ago. If it has been posted before, I shall happily request it's removal : P I actually signed on over there, to support the freedom to buy and consume whatever kind of food I want to... Sad, ain’t it, that we have come to this? And I figured the termites in the woodwork angle, wasn’t a bad idea either. The old, hold your friends close, and your enemies closer ; ) It is definitely worth a look, although, the site is slower than...

Hello all! Did you see www.teamsarah.org? There are supposed to be 1 million women supporting Sarah Palin today starting at 11:00am EST. The instructions should be on the teamsarah website. Feel free to share this with any ladies you know who are glad Sarah is here!

Ga. Lawmakers Mull Smoking-In-Cars Law ATLANTA (AP)--Georgia lawmakers are considering a first-in-the-nation law that would require drivers who smoke to roll down the windows before lighting up with children in the car. The measure, approved 9-0 Wednesday by a state House committee, would impose a $15 fine. Supporters say toddlers need legal protection from secondhand smoke. Opponents consider the measure intrusive. The House narrowly approved the measure last year, but the Senate rejected the idea. The bill will not get a better reception this year, said Sen. Eric Johnson, a Senate leader. ``That's not to say that smoking in a...