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Archives for the ‘National’ Category


H E L L . O N . E A R T H

By M. Johnston • Jun 7th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

This video was shot from a U.S. combat helicopter in Iraq. There is some commentary at first to set the stage for the scene then a lot of video that is quite frankly mind blowing. The U.S. soldier who leaked this video

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S I C K E N I N G

By M. Johnston • Jun 3rd, 2010 | Bookmark and Share
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Disgushing

By M. Johnston • May 28th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

More logo ideas after the jump…

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Bad health bill for country with bad bill of health

By M. Johnston • Mar 21st, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“Yes we can”?  Once again, I ask who the $#%@ is “WE” Mr. President? Strange, Obama said he was going to unite Americans, yet all he does is continue to divide them as this image shows.

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War is hell War is hell War is hell

By M. Johnston • Mar 12th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

From MSNBC.com week in pictures. Check the full image here. Gut-wrenching.  I thought Obama was going to bring our troops home? I know, I know, I know..

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Arch conservatives say Ashburn has lost public trust.. ha!

By M. Johnston • Mar 9th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“His lying, cheating ways have boiled over and the public’s trust has been shattered.” -Randy Thommason, head of some outfit called “Save California” (good luck with that) calling for the resignation of Sen Roy Ashburn. LOL. Since when was lying and cheating grounds for removal from the senate??? Check it

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Quakes, tsunamis, and looters

By M. Johnston • Mar 1st, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“What the earthquake didn’t take away, the sea took away. And what the sea didn’t take, the looters did.”  – A bakery owner in the town of Constitucion in Chili, that was completely wiped out by a 33 foot tsunami that resulted from the 8.8 quake in Chili.  Check it

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Recovery? What recovery? New home sales plummet 11% in Jan!

By M. Johnston • Feb 24th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“New home sales took a stunning plunge in January, dropping 11.2% to a new record low, wiping out all the gains the housing market had made over the past year. The figure blindsided analysts, who had expected a 3.8% increase, according to a Wall Street Journal poll. The plunge came [...]

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Ohio man decides to teach bank lesson, bulldozes foreclosed home

By M. Johnston • Feb 23rd, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

A Ohio man named Terry Hoskins BULLDOZED his $350k home after the bank started foreclosure proceedings on it (and his small business failed).  According to Hoskins, he wanted to teach the bank a lesson. “When I owe $160,000 on a home valued at $350,000, and someone decides they want to

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Good news for some: vacant housing soars, pending sales flat

By M. Johnston • Feb 22nd, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

From BI: “The shadow inventory (vacant units but held off the market “for other reasons”) — rose 3.497 million units from 3.403 million. Fully 13.4% of the housing stock is currently vacant and that degree of excess capacity is very likely going to exert ongoing downward pressure on residential rents and [...]

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