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Althouse: " This means that 95% of all Americans who have a religious identity are Christians.""

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Val Southwick paid the LDS church over $202,000 in tithing that will be paid back - Salt Lake City Headlines | Examiner.com

Val Southwick paid the LDS church over $202,000 in tithing that will be paid back - Salt Lake City Headlines | Examiner.com: "Second District Court filings show that Val Southwick paid the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) $202,761.74 between 2001 and 2006, reported the Salt Lake Tribune. "

100-year-old letter to Santa found up chimney | Retronaut

100-year-old letter to Santa found up chimney | Retronaut: " I want a baby doll and a waterproof with a hood and a pair of gloves and a toffee apple and a gold penny and a silver sixpence and a long toffee."

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iPads and the Embarrassment Factor - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

iPads and the Embarrassment Factor - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Last year, a psychological profile of iPad owners described them as “selfish elites.” And earlier this year, a study found that those most likely to buy iPads had incomes of $100,000 or more."

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How Kim Jong Il Starved North Korea - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic

How Kim Jong Il Starved North Korea - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic: "Farm yields plummeted, and the government started a campaign urging citizens to consume less. Its cheery slogan: "Let's eat only two meals a day.""

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Althouse: 10 things wrong with the Freedom From Religion Foundation's atheist nativity scene.

Althouse: 10 things wrong with the Freedom From Religion Foundation's atheist nativity scene.: "3. The baby in the manger is huge in relation to the Venus figure, who is ostensibly the mother, so that is some scary cephalopelvic disproproportion, and yet naked Venus shows no signs of the C-section she would have needed to avoid death, unless we're to assume that baby got out of her body in some miraculous way, which is inconsistent with the theme of the display."

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The Sidney Awards, Part I - NYTimes.com

The Sidney Awards, Part I - NYTimes.com: "Every year, thousands of New York City high-school students take a test hoping to get into the superelite Stuyvesant High School. This year, 569 Asian-Americans qualified, along with 179 whites, 13 Hispanics and 12 blacks. Results like that feed the stereotype that Asians are smart, hard-working, repressed and conformist."

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The Steve Miller Band: The Joker- Bass Line - YouTube

The Steve Miller Band: The Joker- Bass Line - YouTube: "i l l like th th this video , sorry if the rythem of my words is off but i had the right letters"

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The Steve Miller Band: The Joker- Bass Line - YouTube

The Steve Miller Band: The Joker- Bass Line - YouTube: "nice lightsaber!! oh wait....thats the dislike bar"

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'We are the 99 percent' chosen as year's top quote - Washington Times

'We are the 99 percent' chosen as year's top quote - Washington Times: "4. “I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.” — Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican presidential candidate, in an Aug. 18 tweet."

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Sometimes It’s The Obvious Things That Trip Us Up - By Jonah Goldberg - The Corner - National Review Online

Sometimes It’s The Obvious Things That Trip Us Up - By Jonah Goldberg - The Corner - National Review Online: " “Damn. I could kick myself for not telling you not to rub hot sauce in your eye.”"

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Congressman on hunger strike to show solidarity with Occupy | Aubrey Whelan | Capital Land | Washington Examiner

Congressman on hunger strike to show solidarity with Occupy | Aubrey Whelan | Capital Land | Washington Examiner: "Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have gone without food since Dec. 8 to advocate for D.C. voting rights."

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Jon Huntsman: The Outsider - Magazine - Vogue

Jon Huntsman: The Outsider - Magazine - Vogue: "Sharp, who is now a doctor in Salt Lake City, says Huntsman was a practical joker who loved to douse an unsuspecting bandmate with a bucket of water or smoke a cigar in the office of someone who couldn’t stand the smell."

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Is Jon Huntsman a Jack Mormon? » GetReligion

Is Jon Huntsman a Jack Mormon? » GetReligion: "Despite Huntsman’s failure to spark interest among actual voters, if the GOP primary were decided by East Coast magazine and newspaper editors the former Utah governor would win in a walk. Huntsman has been quite favorably covered by a number of news organs that are usually either hostile or GOP politicians"

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Are Jon Huntsman’s Daughters Helping his 2012 Campaign? : The New Yorker

Are Jon Huntsman’s Daughters Helping his 2012 Campaign? : The New Yorker: "Liddy awoke in her hotel room at dawn to find a strange man hovering over her. At first, she pretended to be asleep, and he left. But when he returned with two scantily dressed women she ran out the door and down to her parents’ room. “A pimp and two hookers just broke into my room!” she said. Her dad’s response has become family legend: “Liddy, this is the most important day of my life, and you’ve ruined it!”"

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