Category: General
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The Return of Patrick (St. Patrick vs. Danica Patrick)
He was kidnapped from his homeland at age 16 and taken to the north as a slave. At 22 he escaped from his captors and made his way back to his family in Britain. After being ordained as a bishop by the church, Patrick returned to Ireland as a missionary and devoted his life to teach the gospel to the very country where he spent six long years of slavery.
Source: http://www.pitgrit.com/articles/the-return-of-patrick.html
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Deadly Magnitude 7.2 Quake Shakes U.S., Mexico
Quake centered just south of the U.S. border near Mexicali was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit region in decades, killing two people and blacking out cities.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/04/magnitude-earthquake...
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PARODY VIDEO: Obama Caught Lip-Syncing Speech
PARODY VIDEO: After Obama slips up during an address on health care, White House officials are forced to admit the president occasionally uses a backing track for important speeches.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCyPAaubENE&feature=popt00us0...
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Political Humor via Olympics and Obama
Political Humor: The International Olympic Committee announced Monday that it has taken back the gold medal previously awarded to American skier Lindsey Vonn and given it to U.S. President Barack Obama. Olympic officials said Obama deserved the medal more than Vonn because no one has ever gone downhill faster than he has.
Source: http://community.marketwatch.com/groups/us-politics/topics/i...
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PARODY VIDEO: Is Obama really Osama bin Laden
Ok, we at Patriot Update know this is of course some clever video editing, but this is just too darn funny not to share with our all loyal readers. So, please take this with a grain of salt and enjoy a good laugh.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcxhcMyn8rU
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Leading House Dem on military policy opposes repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'...
The leading House Democrat on military policy said Friday that he opposes repealing the law that bans openly gay people from serving in the military.
Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/76427-skelton-opposes-repe...
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Network Flaw Causes Scary Web Error
A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private information.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/16/network-flaw-cause...
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California considers Nation's First Statewide Green Building Code
California, long a trendsetter for eco-friendly living, is breaking ground again this week. It's set, as early as today, to adopt the nation's first statewide green building code, which environmentalists say is not tough enough, and is also considering paying residents to cut their energy use.
Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010...
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Beck Interviews Palin on God, Politics, Future
PALIN: There is nothing more important in my life than my relationship with God and my faith and in this past year especially -- past year and a half -- I have been so driven to my knees to pray for His guidance, for His wisdom, for His grace and for His Strength. And I'm never going to tell anybody else how to live, I'm never going to preach to anybody else and tell them you must do that. But I sure would like to see more Americans give it a try...
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/13/beck-interviews-pa...
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Glenn Beck: Global warming out, climate change in
REPORTER: Considering, considering the continuing reports on the record worldwide cold, how does the president believe that there was justification for the millions spent on that conference to try to promote acceptance of global warming?
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