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NEWS 10/8/09 5:10pm

I was wrong about Sen. Al Franken

By pendulumopinions

And I'll be the first to admit it. I was never fond of his books, his characters on SNL were amusing, but never gratuitously hilarious, and I thought that the same warmed-over smarmy attitude would be ill fit for the Senate, regardless of whether he won the election fairly or not. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx4EpMXX4M] Which he didn't, by the way, if you agree with Bill O'Riley. But Franken has done a fabulous job winning over, starting with his solid line of questioning with Justice Sonia Sotomayor (though it was a bit cheesy), continuing with his excellent filmed debate with his own constituents regarding health care, in which he only revealed his pretentious liberal side a few times, and then subsequently apologized for it while defending his viewpoint and perhaps swaying a few opponents. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNs7Zpqo98] Watch this, it's pretty enlightening.

NEWS 10/6/09 11:29pm

Amusing headlines...

By pendulumopinions

I'm sorry, but the Politico headline "ACORN: Congress cannot hurt us," amused me to no end. There's an article there somewhere, but I couldn't help but just think of this:

NEWS 10/6/09 10:27pm

Fabulous!

By pendulumopinions

Shake off those cobwebs, it's time for the blog to get back into action again. Now if only I could find that ignition switch...ah, here it is.

NEWS 9/19/09 7:56pm

Instant Replay in College Football

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

With just under five minutes to go in the first half, Wake Forest's wide receiver Devon Brown appeared to fumble the ball after a pass from quarterback Riley Skinner, but the fumble was ruled after Brown was down, meaning there would be no turnover. Before the snap, however, the official stopped play and declared, "The previous play is under review." Instant replay is a common thing in the National Football League, but it has only become common in college football in the past year. There have always been things that could be reviewed, such as the placement of a ball.

NEWS 9/19/09 7:05pm

How Elon and Wake Forest compare off the field

By The Pendulum Sports Desk

Elon Wake Size Undergraduate: 4,992 Graduate: 209 Undergraduate: 4,476 Graduate: 1,344 Freshman Student Breakdown 26% In-state 74% Out-of-state 60% Women 40% Men 33% in top 10% of graduating class 26% In-state 74% Out-of-state 52% Women 48% Men 64% in top 10% of graduating class Test Scores (Middle 50%) SAT Critical Reading: 560-650 SAT Math: 570-660 SAT Writing: 570-660 ACT Composite: 25-29 SAT Critical Reading: 610-690 SAT Math: 630-710 SAT Writing: N/A ACT Composite: 27-31 Most Popular Majors Business/Marketing (22% of students) Communications/Journalism (17% of students) Social Sciences (22% of students) Business/Marketing (18% of students) Tuition $25,489 $38,622 Sports Men’s: Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Basketball, Golf, Tennis Women’s: Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Indoor Track, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field Men’s: Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field Women’s: Basketball, Cross Counrty, Field Hockey, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball

NEWS 9/16/09 4:03pm

The ugly truth on an ugly issue

By pendulumopinions

Look, I get it. I'm racist, you're racist, the GOP is racist, Obama is racist, Twitter's racist...perhaps we're all, as Avenue Q informed us, a little bit racist. In fact, I think it's pretty safe to say that everything is racist.

NEWS 9/10/09 7:19pm

That thing I said was true? It's not. Trust me, since I'm so trustworthy...

By pendulumopinions

That he is. For example, he's made a real difference in my sleep patterns, as terrifying visions of the exploits he detailed to a chap next to him (don't actually click this, you don't want to know what Duvall does in his spare time) have kept me clutching my pillows in fear of stairway-induced leakage. But his tales of such minor indiscretions such as, say, having sexual relations with a series of lobbyists with little regard for his wife or the whole, "Hey, you might not want to have sex with people trying to persuade you to do things," tenant of government, weren't true! No sir, for as you can read on his amazing one-page website... "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling and I regret my language and choice of words.

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Valerie Epperson, residente del condado de Alamance, afirmó que no cree que estaría viva si no fuera por la Clínica Open Door del condado de Alamance, una clínica que brinda atención médica gratuita a personas sin seguro médico. “Cuando empecé a ir a la clínica, mi diabetes estaba descontrolada y comía lo que quería. Simplemente no me importaba”, dijo Epperson. “Cuando tienes a alguien que te ayuda, te mantiene alerta y te recuerda constantemente: ‘Tienes que hacer esto. Tienes que dejar de hacer aquello’”.

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Local healthcare clinic provides lifeline to uninsured Alamance County residents

Alamance County resident Valerie Epperson said she doesn’t think she would be alive right now if it were not for the Open Door Clinic of Alamance County, a clinic that provides free healthcare to people who do not have insurance. “When I first started, my diabetes were out of control, and I was just eating anything I wanted. It’s like, I just didn’t care,” Epperson said. “When you have someone there to help you, it keeps your mind open all the time about, ‘Hey, you need to do this. You need to stop doing this.’”

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