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Lieberman, Republicans and Why Change Still Means Something

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, 2004, Jim Demint, George W. Bush, Democrats, Democratic Party, Greg Sargent, 2012, 2010, Change, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Republicans, Republican Party, Health Care, Jim DeMint Waterloo, 2003, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Lieberman is too egotistic (and from too blue of a state) to come out and admit that his sole purpose is to block reform from happening. But Michael Steele isn't.

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Evangelicals, Israel, and the End of the World

David Heilbroner | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Fundamentalism, Armageddon, End Times, Israel, Taliban, Waiting for Armageddon, Bible Prophecy, Evangelicals, 2012, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, The Rapture, Middle East, Pat Robertson, World News
David Heilbroner

There are some 50 million Evangelicals in the US who believe in the literal truth of Bible prophecy. All are fixated upon Israel. Because for a great many true believers, the end of the world is just the beginning.

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The True Meaning of 2012

John Perkins | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Unemployment, Wall Street, 2012 Election, Hoodwinked, John Perkins, Financial Crisis, 2012, Business News
John Perkins

Next time you pass by 2012 on a theater marquee, try to reflect on the true message symbolized by those numbers. The real message is a call to action based on the knowledge that we can transform ourselves.

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Copenhagen Meets 2012 With Purple Oceans and Green Skies

Mike Sandler | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Dividend, Tim Flannery, Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, End of the World, Roland Emmerich, 2012, Cap and Share, Green News
Mike Sandler

The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, and if we don't do something BIG to really start reducing greenhouse gas emissions after that, we are screwed in a big, Emmerich-movie-like way.

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Pawlenty Faces Questions Over Frequent Political Travel

startribune.com | Posted by Rachel E. Stassen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Pawlenty 2012 Run, 2012 Race, Pawlenty, Pawlenty Travel Questions, Pawlenty Political Travel, Pawlenty 2012, Pawlenty Travel, 2012, Politics News

At news conference on the day Minnesota economists announced a $1.2 billion state deficit over the next 19 months, which could swell to $5.4 billion i...

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Beyond 2012 Hype, A Scientist And Mayanist Faces The Evolution Question

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 12.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Charles Darwin, Spiritual Journey, Metaphysical, Fibonacci Golden Ratio, Spiritual, Science, Darwinism, Mayan Calendar, Spirituality, 2012, Evolution, Books News
Shana Ting Lipton

Laymen need not be afraid to read The Purposeful Universe even if they are not predisposed to science. As deep and challenging of a read as this book might be for the Average Joe, it's well worth the effort.

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9 Ways Hollywood Has Destroyed The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Slidepoll, Independence Day, Godzilla, Disaster Movies, Knowing, Dante's Peak, Roland Emmerich, Armageddon, Will Smith, Terminator 2, I Am Legend, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Hollywood, Comedy News

Hollywood loves to destroy the earth. Whether it comes in the form of an alien attack, a giant lizard, or just a good old fashioned asteroid, director...

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Obama Met With Journalists Before West Point Speech: 'Americans Are Right To Be Concerned'

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Afghanistan War, Congress, Afghanistan, Economy, Lunch, Re-Election, Obama, Democrats, 2011, 2012, West Point, Elections, Deficit, Barack Obama, Spending, Escalation, West Point Speech, Iraq, Republicans, Politics News

Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...

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The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)

Alex Higgins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Central America, Jared Diamond, Science, Mayans, Global Warming Denial, Roland Emmerich, Global Warming, 2012, Green News
Alex Higgins

The Maya in the 8th century had little ability to understand the climate change that was happening to them. Our civilization knows what is happening and even has the ability to prevent catastrophe.

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Lou Dobbs: 2012 Presidential Run Not 'Crazy'

Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Dobbs, 2012 Presidential Election, US Election 2012, Media News, Media, 2012, Media News

On WTOP this morning, former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs continued to fuel speculation that he will run for president in 2012. Glenn Thrush reports: When ...

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Director Roland Emmerich Give Us Something to Look Forward to in 2012

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Director, Amanda Peet, Independence Day, John Cusack, Roland Emmerich, Chiwetel Ejiofor, 2012, Woody Harrelson, Destruction, Godzilla, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Roland Emmerich doesn't seem megalomaniacal. In fact, he seems so unassuming that you just want to grab him a beer and sit in rapt attention as he tells how he destroyed the world, again.

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2012 Supplies One More Victory for Pseudoscience

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Latinos, The X-Files, December 21, National Geographic, Pseudoscience, Godzilla, Hispanics, 2012 Apocalypse, Los Angeles, John Cusack, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Hollywood Movies, Big-Budget Films, Apocalypse, Evolution, Mayans, Roland Emmerich, September 11 Conspiracy, Entertainment News
Daniel Cubias

2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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Doom Sells, But Who's Buying?

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Box Office, John McCain, John Hagee, Doomsday Prophets, Pat Robertson CBN, Religions, Cults, Doomsday, 2012, Media News
Tina Dupuy

My mother, who has spent the past 35 years convinced the world could end at any minute, has maintained a perfect credit score. Lesson here for doomers: Don't ever sell short the short sell.

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12 Ways the World Could End in 2012 (Doug's Dozen #18)

Doug Molitor | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Doomsday, Political Satire, Disaster Movie, Ahmadinejad, Glenn Beck, Palin, 2012, Comedy News
Doug Molitor

A big disaster movie is inspired by a centuries-old Mayan prediction. Should we worry? There are a lot of ways planet Earth could end it all...

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How Sarah Palin Could Win The 2012 GOP Nomination

Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Huckabee, Gop, 2012 Elections, New Hampshire, Democrats, Straw Poll, Palin, Romney, 2012, Republican Party, Primaries, White House, Sarah Palin, Pawlenty, 2012 Election Strategy, Palin Election Strategy, Republicans, Politics News

If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...

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'2012' Breaks A Global Total Record With Weekend Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, John Cusack, Box Office, 2012, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled...

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Popol Vuh, Mayan Prophecies and 2012 -- Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum Visits Denver to Speak Ancient Wisdom

Lys Anzia | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Wisdom, Youth, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize, Events, Film, Mayan Calendar, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, 2012, Denver, Denver News
Lys Anzia

Menchú Tum’s journey has been haunted by a lifelong quest for peace for humanity and advocacy for the Maya with empowerment for all global indigenous people.

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GOP Presidential Candidates Already Jockeying For 2012 Election

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Michael Steele, White House, Gop, 2012 Elections, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2012, Mike Huckabee, ny23, New York 23, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pataki, Tim Pawlenty, Fundraising, Republican Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...

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Disaster Flick 2012 Dominates The Box Office

deadline.com | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, John Cusack, 2012, Entertainment News

Sony Pictures is saying this morning its 2012 opened as a runaway No. 1 with $23.7 million Friday, including $1M in Thursday midnights, for what's loo...

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2012, Seriously

Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Power Grid, Nasa, Solar Storms, 2012, Power Outages, Mayan Legend, Apocalypes 2012, Apocalypse, 2012 Movie, End of the World, Books News
Lawrence E. Joseph

As author of "Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization's End" (Broadway/Random House, 2007) I am frequently asked what I thought of "2012," the Columbia Pictures film directed by Roland Emmerich.

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2012: Books On Mayan Doomsday Predictions

Dallas Morning News | Douglas Brown | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Mayan Legend, December 21 2012, The 2012 Story, New Books, John Major Jenkins, Astrology, Books, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Apocalypse 2012, Daniel-Pinchbeck, Books News

Movies are pushing it, television shows are plotting it, books and Web sites have sprung from its fertile soil. The subject: Dec. 21, 2012. That's th...

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2012 Offends Catholics, Dimwits, Ex-Cons

Chris Kelly | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholics, 2012 Catholics, 2012 Film, 2012 Movie, 2012, Entertainment News
Chris Kelly

The images of disaster in 2012 have offended the usual people in the I'm Offended Industry, but not for the reason you'd think. The offense takers are offended because the film forgot to offend any Muslims.

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2012 Prophecies Sparking Real Fears, Suicide Warnings

Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Doomsday, 2012 Doomsday, 2012 Prophecies, 2012, World News

by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News It's almost the end of the world, according to purported Maya predictions, and the 2012 apocalypse bu...

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2012: NASA Crusades To Debunk 2012 Apocalypse Myths

breitbart.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: NASA 2012 Apocalypse, Nasa, NASA Debunk Apocalypse, NASA 2012 Apocalyse Myths, NASA 2012 Movie, 2012 Apocalypse, NASA 2012, 2012, 2012 Movie, Technology News

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by ...

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