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The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America, Phoenix's Joe Arpaio, who has survived six separate inmate lawsuits trying to stop him from playing Christmas music, will begin playing the tunes again this year - starting Monday with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,""Frosty the Snowman" and "Feliz Navidad." The 8,000 inmates also will hear, among others, "A Christmas Kwanzaa Solstice," "Over the Skies of Israel," "Ramadan," "Llego a La Ciudad," "Let it Snow" and "Rodolpho El Reno de la Nariz Rojita." "Maybe the holiday music can help lift the spirits of the men and women who are away from friends and family during...

I'm sure Mr. Nielsen would appreciate some well-wishes on his final takeoff.

Dan Dubrowski -- Picture this. You're settling in at the table on Thursday and in between shouts of "please pass the mashed potatoes," one of your relatives starts repeating one of Sarah Palin's lies, or some ludicrous accusation about President Obama that he heard at a tea party rally or on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. To make sure that you're ready to talk politics with all of your obnoxious Republican relatives this Thanksgiving, we're proud to bring you a special pre-Turkey Day edition of @Stake. Return of the DCCC's Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet Download the Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet You just know...

Legendary funny man Leslie Nielsen died today of complications of pneumonia in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, this according to his agent. He was 84. His agent tells TMZ Nielsen passed surrounded by his wife and friends at about 5:34 PM ET. Nielsen was best known for his roles in "Airplane" and the "Naked Gun" series. His "Airplane" co-star, Barbara Billingsley, passed away last month. Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it? Rumack: It's a big building with patients, but that's...

The former prime minister said it was true that "people commit horrific acts of evil in the name of religion". But Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism after leaving government in 2007, said it was also true that religion inspires acts of extraordinary good. Sceptic Mr Hitchens, who has terminal cancer, likened God to a "celestial dictatorship, a kind of divine North Korea". He appeared to win over the audience, which voted two-to-one in his favour following the debate, which argued the motion "be it resolved, religion is a force for good in the world".

A BURQA-CLAD mother of seven who claimed she was the victim of mistaken identity has been jailed for six months for making a false complaint against a police officer. Magistrate Robert Rabbidge dismissed Carnita Matthews' allegations that a highway patrol officer was racist after he pulled her over for a Random Breath Test and claims he forcibly tried to remove her face veil as false. In sentencing her, he described her actions as "both deliberate and malicious" saying he had no option but to sentence her to jail given the seriousness of her allegations, and to send a clear message...

No, not the ones that involve you and an illicit encounter via Craigslist -- New York's Attorney General is investigating 22 online retailers over their ties to three businesses accused of tricking consumers into paying hidden fees. Web marketing companies Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty have been the subject of thousands of complaints. ....... The companies getting subpoenas included Barnes & Noble, Orbitz, Buy.com, Ticketmaster, MovieTickets.com, FTC.com, Shutterfly, 1-800-Flowers.com, Avon, Budget, Staples, Priceline, GMAC Mortgage, Classmates.com, Travelocity, Vistaprint, Intelius, Hotwire, Expedia, Hotels.com, Columbia House, Pizza Hut and Gamestop/EB Games.

No, not the ones that involve you and an illicit encounter via Craigslist -- New York's Attorney General is investigating 22 online retailers over their ties to three businesses accused of tricking consumers into paying hidden fees. Web marketing companies Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty have been the subject of thousands of complaints. ....... The companies getting subpoenas included Barnes & Noble, Orbitz, Buy.com, Ticketmaster, MovieTickets.com, FTC.com, Shutterfly, 1-800-Flowers.com, Avon, Budget, Staples, Priceline, GMAC Mortgage, Classmates.com, Travelocity, Vistaprint, Intelius, Hotwire, Expedia, Hotels.com, Columbia House, Pizza Hut and Gamestop/EB Games.

Check out this nonsense I found: http://www.freerangelongmont.com/2010/11/28/you-might-be-a-republican-if/ Now, I've been getting some complaints about the way I'm linking stuff up, so I'll avoid inserting any commentary in this article and let all of you pick it apart. Be forewarned: There's a whole lot of distorted lies and strawmen in there. I do this because I enjoy ripping apart liberal articles as a mental exercise.

Chalk up another victory in the war against drugs. Last week our highest court ruled the use of electricity-consumption data from a Calgary power supplier obtained without a search warrant did not constitute a violation of the Charter privacy right to be free from unreasonable searches. The immediate result of this ruling is the conviction of Daniel James Gomboc of Calgary on charges of producing marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Police suspected a grow-op in Gomboc’s home after receiving an anonymous tip, speaking with neighbours, and conducting surveillance of the house. Thinking they didn’t have...

I just stumbled across this delicious little piece of nonsense. They attack Boehner for saying that Democrats are trying to "snuff out the America I grew up in." http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/little-johnny-boehners-america/ Allow me to get the ball rolling on what's wrong with this article: "…the top marginal tax rate on wealthy earners was 90%. It had gone up there during the war, and five, 10, 15 years after armistice, no sizable group, Democrat or Republican, felt any strong urge to lower it." A favorite liberal myth. The 90% tax rate under Eisenhower only existed on paper. In practice, there were lots of...

Did anyone else see the 'kiss-fest' that Fox had with Axelrod and his family? Boo Hoo session about what they are having to go through with one of their kids and her epilepsy. Of course nothing was said about Their Gold-Plated insurance .. paid for by the "Common Folk" who Axelrod and his ilk are trying their best to destroy those same "Common Folks" meager insurance! I didn't watch the whole thing .. It made me sick, just knowing that Fox was doing their little Kiss Up! I know this isn't well written .. I'm Pissed! Thanks for allowing my...

THE NEVER-ENDING BLATHER of Boston sports talk radio has been a hot topic of late as WBZ-FM‘s 98.5 station, “The Sports Hub,” has started to dominate the land of chattering idiots. For years, the king of call-in complaining in Boston was WEEI, which is on the AM dial at 850 kHz. WBZ, however, is on the FM dial, thereby making it not sound like an irritated toaster. The Sports Hub was introduced in August 2009 to great fanfare and has since started to corner the market on nannering nincompoops. Most recently, it was reported that WBZ The Sports Hub had...

FORT WORTH -- Sean Koirtyohann wasn't trying to be a hero when he dove into the river to save a life. He was just doing what he had been taught, the teen said. Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/11/26/2660746/army-honors-fort-worth-teen-for.html#ixzz16VhkZikU

Indian police said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of duping 60 women into marrying him before later selling them into prostitution. The 27-year-old suspect was arrested in a tea-growing district of the eastern state of West Bengal where he apparently charmed his victims over a five-year period by posing as a well-paid soldier in the Indian military. "He used to pose as an army man who had come home on holiday and wanted to get married before returning to work," district police chief Debendra Prasad Singh said. "He used to change bases frequently to lure girls from poor...

A team of explorers, mechanics and scientists has arrived in Antarctica ahead of an epic attempt to cross the frozen continent by land.The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition hopes to establish a new record for the crossing and will conduct a range of scientific experiments en route. These include road testing the environmental impact of biofuels in extreme environments and continuously monitoring the effects of low temperatures on their bodies. The team hopes to make a return journey across the pole between now and the end of the year.

Black Friday Insanity Toys R Us: Woman Arrested - Threatened To Shoot Shoppers (Cannot be posted per FR rules)

Photo By Mike Spencer Dave Gray, left, shares a laugh with Marines PFC Andrew Hooper, 20, PFC Brandon Mead, 20, and Private Lamar Threatt, 20, before lunch at the home of Dave and Jane Gray in River Landing's community. More than 150 single Marines from Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and New River Air Station in Jacksonville, NC, took part in the 4th Annual ÒGiving Thanks for our TroopsÓ event at River Landing, a private golf community, on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. The Marines were were able to golf, canoe or just relax before being treated to lunch...

ORLANDO, Florida -- The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will look further into allegations that two male TSA workers picked a woman for additional screening because of her breasts. Eliana Sutherland recently flew from Orlando International Airport and told our sister station WKMG Local 6 she felt the two male TSA workers were staring at her breasts and chose her for additional screening because of their size. "It was pretty obvious. One of the guys that was staring me up and down was the one who pulled me over," said Sutherland. "Not a comfortable feeling." Experiences...

One of America's most extreme communist organizations, the Workers World Party held a national convention in New York, November 13 and 14 2010. One member, Florida based Cuban-American Mike Martinez fired up the crowd with an original poem. Martinez openly condoned violence against Tea Party activists and called for armed revolution, "people's war" and firing squads for "greedy" bosses. Martinez also "rapped" that Lakota activists, armed with AK47s were preparing for war in the Dakotas and that New Black Panther Party "comrades" were ready to start "uprisings" in ghettos across America. (VIDEO) at link Some transcriptions from Martinez's poem. Emphasis...