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The most-respected futures market has Obama’s odds of winning at over 89%. His chance of winning 370 or more electoral votes is over 32% and rising fast:

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For further proof of the End of Days, The Economist officially endorses the Muslim terrorist. Just a week earlier, this ultra-left magazine wrote about some supposed “revolt of the intellectuals” — libertarians and conservatives brainwashed by The Messiah.

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My Friday tradition of bringing you one fun fact.
Today, in this day in history the United Nations was established. (1945)
Also, and more importanlty, the first telegram was sent in 1861.

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The Jews Killed Jesus

Or so says the oldest known bible — a 1500-year-old version known as the Codex Sinaiticus — which is now being digitized for the Internet:
According to the BBC:
For those who believe the Bible is the inerrant, unaltered word of God, there will be some very uncomfortable questions to answer. It shows there have [...]

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In September 1918 philosopher and future Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell was hauled off to prison for six months. His crime was speaking out against World War I.
Living through September 11 and the nationalism that swept over our country immediately afterward, pushing us into an unnecessary and disconnected war in Iraq, I remember how [...]

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Presidential Debate Schedule:
All debates start at 9 pm ET.
Friday, Sept. 26 at the University of Mississippi, moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS
Thursday, Oct. 2 at Washington University in St. Louis, moderated by Gwen Ifill of PBS (Vice Presidential)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 in Belmont University, Nashville, moderated by Tom Brokaw of NBC
Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Hofstra University, [...]

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On this day in 1957, three years after the US Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional - something earlier found to be kosher in Plessy v. Ferguson - nine African-American students were escorted by the National Guard inside an all-white high school, Little Rock Central.
However, on this day, the Nine faced grave [...]

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A Day in History

The Okeechobee hurricane hit Florida on this date in 1928. It was one of the most intense and deadliest hurricanes of all time — the only one in history that struck Puerto Rico as a Category 5. In total it claimed the lives of over 4000 people.

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