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July 4th, 2008 by Damianmann
We interrupt your Fourth of July with some Breaking News: Jesse Helms was apparently still alive, and now he’s dead, hooray! He was a sour troll and a bigot, and it’s a testament to every rotten thing about this country that for a quarter century, he was one of the most powerful people in American politics.
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July 4th, 2008 by Damianmann
Former N.C. Senator and conservative firebrand Jesse Helms dies on Independence Day. He was 86. :: W
July 4th, 2008 by Damianmann
Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
"I thought he died years ago".
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July 4th, 2008 by DamianmannOur world would be so dull without its delicious ironies and ever fascinating double standards. Who could have ever thought that having condemned North Korea as part of the "Axis of evil" - the other two being Iran and Iraq of course - in September 2001, Bush would rush his top diplomats to welcome "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-il to the fold of civilized world.
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Under this compromise legislation, an important tool in the fight against terrorism will continue, but the President’s illegal program of warrantless surveillance will be over.
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July 2nd, 2008 by Damianmann
A Palestinian man has driven a bulldozer into a bus and several cars in Jerusalem, killing three people, before being shot dead.
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