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The Urban Beat - Breaking News: At Least 20 Children Shot by Gunman in...
As of 1:07pm ET 26 people confirmed dead; 18 children, 8 adults. Per CNN at 12:54pm:(CNN) -- Two school employees died in a shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school, a parent who was...
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Book Reviews-The Racketeer, Grimm Reapings, The Don is Dead, Detroit: Then...
The Racketeerby John GrishamIt's been a while since I read a John Grisham book. There were mixed reviews on The Racketeer but I'm usually willing to give a familiar writer a chance. I liked this book....
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The Office Christmas Lunch/Party
This is the time of year when many corporate offices/teams have the annual Christmas party or lunch.I hate this.It's nothing personal of course but I would just as soon not go to lunch with most of the...
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Obama: "We Can't Tolerate This Anymore" - Has America Finally Reached a...
We now know significantly more today than we did a few days ago about the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, a 20 year-old young man, shot his mother in their home multiple times...
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Who is Tim Scott?
With Tea Party favorite Jim Demint leaving the Senate for a more…lucrative… job as president of the conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation, South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley was tasked...
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Friends Don't Let Friends Use Resort Stays Vouchers
We interrupt our normally scheduled political commentary to bring you this special public service announcement. If you're thinking of doing some traveling this holiday season or perhaps maybe in the...
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Corey Booker Exploring Senate Seat (VIDEO)
Mayor Cory Booker (D) announced today that he would complete his second term as Mayor of Newark, NJ dispelling long time speculation of his plan to become Governor of New Jersey. In a video address...
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End of Days Mayan Style! (NOT)!
Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves itsown needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and thereverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, brightlight,...
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Movie Reviews-The Hobbit, Supernatural: Season Four, Lust for a Vampire,...
The Hobbit (An Unexpected Journey)directed by Peter JacksonPeter Jackson's The Hobbit is a very very very long movie. Interminable. And did I mention it was long. Look let's be honest here. If you are...
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No Radio Show Today
That's What's UP: Join us at 5PM (ET) for Our Weekly Radio Show We will be back January 6, 2013 The entire staff at The Urban Politico would like to wish all of you many Happy Holiday's. While we...
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College: Ticket For Upward Social Mobility or Widening the Gap b/w Rich & Poor?
Things are a little bit different when you have money. When you're rich...wait I almost forgot, nobody wants to admit to being quote/unquote "rich." Ok fine. Strike that. What I meant to say was...
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An Examination of "Scandal" and the 25th Amendment
Even before I received several e-mails from friends asking me to take a look at one of its latest episodes, I have been hearing good things about ABC's new hit television show "Scandal" starring Kerry...
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Movie Reviews-Django Unchained, Curse of The Golden Flower
Django Unchaineddirected by Quentin TarantinoDjango Unchained is a great movie. A black man seeking to rescue his wife is the hero. As Marv said in Sin City, this woman is worth dying for, worth...
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Fed Up's Top 12 of 2012
Well, another year has come and gone. 2012, an election year, brought a ton of stories and news. Seriously, this time last year did you even THINK the things we saw were even possible? Be honest,...
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How Much Do You Have To Make To Be "Rich"?
Last night our nation's "leaders" debated a measure on the floor of the House of Representatives aimed at ameliorating the effects of the so-called "fiscal cliff" that America went over yesterday when...
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Kansas: Who's Your Daddy???
What does it mean to be a father?http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fatherA male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.A man who adopts a child.A man who raises a...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes - THE BUDGET
I’m sure you’ve all been keeping up with the “fiscal cliff” debacle going on in our nation’s capital. Riveting stuff, I know. Taking the entire country -- and the world -- right up to the Thelma and...
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Who Were the 85 Republicans Who Voted For the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
For those of you who may be new to the blog, FED UP and I are poker players. Not necessarily "Rounders" per se but we've each won a few tournaments in our day. One of the most interesting aspects of...
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Book Reviews-The Silmarillion, The Shining
The Silmarillionby J.R.R. TolkienThe Silmarillion is Tolkien's earlier work. It was published posthumously by his son Christopher. Unlike the Lord of The Rings (LOTR), which was fixed in Tolkien's...
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