POLITICS BUZZ – French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was among 15 hostages rescued from the FARC a ‘Marxist-inspired’ insurgency in Columbia. Betancourt, who had been held captive for six years was rescued by Columbian soldiers posing as members of the FARC. She has said she will now work tirelessly to help free other hostages.

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1. Betancourt Reunited With Family
2. Colombia Plucks Hostages From Rebels’ Grasp
3. Colombian Ex-Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt Rescued From Revolutionaries
4. Betancourt and three Americans rescued in Colombia
5. Colombia Rescues Ingrid Betancourt, Americans From FARC
6. Íngrid Betancourt
7. Farc Releases Hostage Ingrid Betancourt After Six Years

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POLITICS BUZZ – George W copies Obama and gives an ecstatic little boy a fist bump. Or should I say terrorist fist jab?

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1. George Bush Fist Bump
2. The Original: Barack and Michelle Punch It In!
3. “Terrorist Fist Jab”

POLITICS BUZZ – Mayor Gavin Newsom has taken his first public step toward seeking higher office, filing papers to form an exploratory committee for a potential gubernatorial bid in 2010. He’s kind of the Jude Law of municipal government.

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1. Super Good-Looking Liberal Mayor Is Looking to Run for Governor
2. Read His Biography and See Photos and a Video of Him
3. A Champion of Same-Sex Marriage
4. Gavin Files Papers to Get Larger Contributions

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POLITICS BUZZ – There’s an initiative in the works that could end up on the November ballot that allows for marijuana to be sold to anyone, and anywhere that already sells alcohol. More weed stores means more jobs for Californians, more taxes to be collected, and more stimulation for the fledgling economy. On the other hand, forgetting to go to work because you ate a giant pot brownie for breakfast is kind of counter-productive.

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1. California to Legalize Weed for Everyone
2. Marijuana Hotbed Mendocino County No Longer Embracing Weed
3. YouTube - the Last Interview of Dr. Tod Mikuriya
4. YouTube - News Report: Medical Marijuana in California High School

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POLITICS BUZZ – General Wesley Clark questions McCain’s Vietnam War experience, which is basically the entire basis for his presidential campaign. The McCain supporters have their panties in a bunch of the remark. But how could anyone hate such a friendly face?

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1. Young John McCain Actually Droolworthy
2. Surprise: Michelle Malkin Thinks Wesley Clark is an Idiot
3. The Nerve of That Guy!
4. Isn’t Obama The One with No Wartime Experience??
5. Watch the Interview Here
6. Why Didn’t the Democrats Lock Him Up in the Back Room?
7. McCain campaign Thinks Clark’s Comments Are the Lowest Form of Politics
8. Wesley Clark on Wikipedia
9. The Obama Veepwatch: The Wesley Clark Edition

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POLITICS BUZZ – The Iranian leader’s wife is a total babe. Or at least she might be. Rarely seen in public, the world knows next to nothing about Ahmadinejad’s wife. What she looks like, what her pet projects are, what her tax returns say about her — it’s all a mystery, and this new photo doesn’t clear up a thing.

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1. Who are the Women Behind the Men Running Iran?
2. Looking For A Hot Wife Of Your Own? Click Here!

POLITICS BUZZ – Said McCain, chuckling, “And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago.” Click here for the context. Oh man. Is that why Cindy McCain is on crutches?

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1. McCain Makes Awkward Wife-Beating Joke
2. “Ill-timed As Well As Inapppropriate”
3. Is This Some Common Phrase I’ve Never Heard Before?
4. Wife-Beating Joke - Awkward, Irrelevant, Not Funny
5. McCain Snubs Jim Gibbons
6. How Could Anyone Beat This Cute Little Trollop?

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POLITICS BUZZ – As part of Stephen Colbert’s “Make McCain Exciting” contest, one YouTube user has masterfully mashed-up sound bytes and close-ups of McCain with Madonna’s “Vogue,” making the presidential nominee not only exciting, but really, really gay. Can we finally elect into office the first liberal black president? Yes we can. Can that guy break out dance moves fiercer than a Saturday night in the Fire Island Pines? Not so sure.

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1. Make McCain Interesting!

POLITICS BUZZ – A website of user-submitted photos of women who draw messages in support of Barack Obama on their boobs. Even if Obama doesn’t win the election, he can at least look back on the past year and think to himself, “It’s been a really good campaign.”

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1. BoobsForBarack - Show your boobs, show your support! (NSFW)
2. Hey Ladies! Get Active
3. “I think Gordon Brown should set up something similar.”
4. Love Obama? Got Boobs? Do Something Creative with Them

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POLITICS BUZZ – For the first time, the Supreme Court votes to support the right of the individual citizen to own a gun. Go Second Amendment! This will have a huge effect on handgun bans around the country. Time to buy Smith & Wesson stock!

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1. A Full Rundown on the Ruling
2. Supreme Court Upholds Right To Own Guns For Self-Defense
3. Supreme Court Finds Individual Right to Own Guns
4. Court rules in favor of Second Amendment gun right

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