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Jihad on Christians! You are all bumbling malcontents that should find other outlets for your lack of education and discontent with modern capitalist excess! Blaming homosexuals for your problems is no way to go through life! Take some responsibility in life and realize that you are a product of economic misfortune and ignorance!

Jihad on your backwards beliefs! Jihad on believing in some 2000 year old Jew zombie who suffered from mental delusion! Jihad on believing in ancient fairy tales because you are too weak and stupid to grapple with reality!

[Inspiration: 70,000 Christians To Gather In San Diego To Pray Away Gay Rights and Christian Fanatics Pray Before Bull On Wall Street For Better Economic Times]

I was a step ahead (though I had actually written the post about 2 weeks ago) in writing that the United States, NATO, and Afghani government should pursue diplomatic talks with the Taliban. And lo and behold, in today’s New York Times, Afghanistan Tests Waters for Overture to Taliban:

The Afghan government and its allies in the region have begun approaching the Taliban and other insurgent groups with new intensity to test the possibilities for eventual peace talks, Western diplomats and Afghan officials here say.

The diplomatic approaches have been stepped up over the last several months by the Afghan government, as well as by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the officials said. They are part of a broad political effort to stem the downward spiral of violence in Afghanistan and the steep decline of public support for the government during a year that has proved to be the bloodiest of the past seven.

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Transparency! Government accountability! Anti-pork! $50,000 of tax payer money to shuttle your kids around America on a private plane! Oops… [via CBSNews]

Alaska Governor and Republican Vice President hopeful Sarah Palin may be facing another round of scrutiny, this time for charging the state for her children to travel with her while conducing official state business.

Bristol, Piper and Willow, Palin’s daughters, accrued $32,629 in travel expenses while Palin’s husband Todd raked up $22,174 – all billed to the state for a total of $54,803.00.

“The Governor’s office has expended $54,803.00 in Alaska state dollars for family travel since December 2006,” according to the Governor’s Administrative Services Director, Linda Perez. “The documentation related to family travel has changed and you have to keep in mind that the governor and her family are very popular,” added Perez.

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