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Democrats Trying to Force Through a New $1.1 Trillion 1,924 Page Omnibus Spending Bill

This is a step beyond going down with the ship. This is putting extra holes in it to make sure it sinks faster...

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/14/reid-threatens-keep-congress-next-year

"The omnibus spending bill is likely to get the most attention, spanning 1,924 pages and spending an average of $575.13 million per page.

It stands in contrast to the House, which last week passed a streamlined bill freezing fiscal 2011 government spending at 2010's level. The Senate bill, though, boosts spending by $16 billion — a tough sell at a time when deficits and debt already are dominating the policy debate in Washington.

In some cases the spending bill not only rejects President Obama's proposed cuts, it actually boosts spending. For example, Mr. Obama earlier this year told Congress to cut funding for the health and welfare package targeting Mississippi's Delta region, which in 2010 received about $26 million. But the Senate bill includes funding and actually increases it to nearly $35 million in 2011."

Scarborough (MSNBC) Blasts MSNBC’s Bias

This is an example of something could be a neutral story line, but the way in which it is applied shows bias. It is the same with political scandals. Both parties have bad apples, but when a Republican is caught the fact that they are Republican is prominently displayed. When it is a Democrat that gets caught the person magically becomes some party-less official.

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Snowman Gets Hit by a Bus

It looks like the bus swerved to hit the snowman. Not sure if this was an elaborate prank set up; but it is mildly amusing.

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Obama Thanks "Mike" McConnell [Meant Mitch McConnell (R)]

Is this a big deal; not really. Bigger I would think than Palin's North/South Korean slip where she originally made the correct identification and quickly corrected herself following the mistake (Palin's response). Obama did not correct himself. Again, not really that big a deal. Everyone makes mistakes and when everything you say is recorded on camera and combed through the mistakes are visible for anyone interested in looking. It is just interesting to note that while Palin's mistake 'proved' her foreign policy ineptitude, Obama's mistake is apparently not proof of his domestic policy ineptitude.

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Email Delegation: Granting Access to Your Gmail Account

This will make it much easier to manage multiple Gmail accounts.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/email-delegation-granting-access-to.html

"I use two Gmail accounts: one is my personal account and the other I share with my family (we use it to subscribe to groups like my children's classroom mailing list). Checking these two different accounts used to mean I had to sign out and back in to Gmail all the time. Not anymore. Instead, I can grant my personal account access to my shared family account and view, organize and send mail on behalf of our shared account.
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The account you add will get a verification email with links to accept or deny access. Once the account accepts, a small down arrow will appear beside the email address at the top right corner of Gmail which can be used to toggle between accounts ...

Each account will open in a different browser tab or window so you can view both accounts simultaneously, all while signed into your primary account."