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    Need help with SQL query

    I am trying to query WebTrends database tables. Currently, when pulling active profiles names from one table and datasources from another, I get a list of each profile associated with each datasource parameter. That is not quite what I need though. What I need is to compare those results...
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    New evidence: CIA and MI6 were told before invasion that Iraq had no active WMD

    File this under "I'm so shocked I could just shit!". Or not. Not meaning to beat this horse again. But for those that are still hanging on to any fantasy that the leaders of two of the most powerful countries the world has known were still justified in killing tens of thousands of Iraqis along...
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    Since when did the......

    U.S. constitution get changed to allow the president the power to raise and cut taxes at will? It seems that the fear mongers on both sides seem to believe that Congress no longer hold this power and that, even though there is a Republican majority in the House, it will be the president that...
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    When it comes to America.....

    I wish that I could lay claim to this, but I "borrowed" it from someone who posted it at Reddit.
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    Oh the humanity!!!

    I've been tortured to death by the red-herring that is "47% of Americans don't pay taxes!" I'm trying to figure out why this bullshit is taking on a life of its own but then I remembered that the average IQ for an American is usually considered to be 100 (98 if you go by the "Wealth of...
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    Houston PD officer given 3 days admin leave...

    After shooting and killing a wheelchair bound paraplegic. http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/us/texas-amputee-shooting/index.html If the story is reported accurately by the HPD spokeman, couldn't the cop that shot him just as easily come up from behind the guy, taken hold of his wheelchair...
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    I propose that any politician...

    That votes against free, basic healthcare for everyone should automatically have their free, basic healthcare paid for by the people that they are denying the same benefit revoked. And with it, all of the free clinics (appropriately called the Office of the Attending Physician) that are in...
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    Lobbying firm takes on OWS

    A lobbying firm with very strong ties to John Boehner has divulged an $850,000 plan to attempt to undermine OWS protest and any politician that might support and/or show sympathy towards the protests. They are also claiming that the ABA (American Banker's Association) must help fund races...
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    Need a good news feed

    I used to have a site book marked that would allow me to choose the news category and the sources that I would like to get updates from but it is long gone. Does anyone use something similar and, if so, what are you using? My primary desire is for European business news. Sent from my...
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    Unlike Congress.....

    My wife came up with an idea to preempt a potential bubble that doesn't actually cost the taxpayers a penny and even sent it to the White House email address! In a nutshell, here's the concept: 1. Create the equivilant of a pre-tax FSA account that is used solely for student loan debt...
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    Canada refuses to extradict al Qaida suspect to US

    The decision was based on the US's repeated violation of human rights in connection with his and his family's arrests and detainment in Pakistan and in Gitmo. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/987331--rights-abuses-by-u-s-grounds-for-denying-extradition-court-rules Looks like we...
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    Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

    Here's an interesting article that kind of gives a look into how the wealth concentration is warping the country. For all of those on the right wing that are going to attempt to duh-vert from the actual topic to bash what is admittedly left leaning wording of the article, please try to keep...
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    My solution to the broken American tax system

    The whiners and apologists of the left claim that a progressive tax structure is the only fair way to make sure that the rich are paying their share while the whiners and apologists of the right claim that a flat tax structure is the only fair way to make sure that the rich are aren't paying...
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    FDA recommends that doctors supervise genetic testing

    This is just stupid. I have had this done via a company called 23 And Me (www.23andme.com) and the results are provided in a very easy to understand and very easy to interpret manner. The fact that the FDA is recommending that a doctor be required to do this is pure stupidity and another case...
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    Let the pandering to the fringe.....BEGIN!

    Stop me if you've heard this one before. Five GOP hopefuls walk into a forum in Iowa and try to one up the other. The first one says: "It means that power comes from God to each one of you personally, you loan power to the government. The government does not loan power to you." The next...
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    Comcrap situation has be stumped

    I can't figure this out and it is kind of baffling me so I thought that someone here might have experienced something similar and would be able to point me in a direction that I haven't tried yet. Config: Wall -> splitter -> TV & modem Scenario: Above config worked fine for 4+ months...
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    Clarence Thomas at it again

    Why is this guy still no the bench? He and Scalia should have been impeached many years ago. And before the righties go off on a tangent, so should some of the liberal judges. I don't mind and actually think that it is good for the health of the country to have different views and...
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    Pfizer: We'll kill kids to make a profit!

    Yeah, let's go after Asante instead of the criminals that he is exposing! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/11/AR2010121102884.html
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    Rangel censured....and my idea to fix the problem!

    Well, it seems as if Congress has once again, investigated one of its own, found them guilty and slapped them on the wrist. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120301911.html Personally, this is bullshit and I'm tired of it. Both sides play the same...
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    Amazon caves to pressure from federal govt - shuts down wikileaks site

    The Guardian is reporting that Amazon hosting services was coerced by the US government to shutdown the wikileaks site that it was hosting on its servers. Apparently, ol' Joe Lieberman had a press release congratulating Amazon for doing so even before the site went offline. I didn't know that...
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    So I wondered into P&N yesterday....

    And I can't believe what I was reading. It was so bad, that I went back today expecting things to be a little tamer so that I could actually talk politics again with people cause it's been since the last presidential election cycle since I've been on. Boy, what a freaking mistake. I...
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    Brian Kilmeade of Fox and Friends AM show...

    I think that I can smell an apology being issued within the next day or two... http://www.salon.com/politics/.../07/08/qotd/index.html
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    Ferris' day off

    http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19977237/detail.html The only way this story gets any better is if they guy's car would have been a 61 Ferrari.
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    I got a new toy and it is AT nirvana

    24" of pure portrait browsing pleasure. HP w2408 I walked into Best Buy and they had it in the clearance/open box/display item section and I was able to get it for $162 out the door. It is geek heaven!!
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    Let's all protect the sanctity of mariage

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw
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    Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) talks about the Spector defection and the Republican party

    I was watching this live the other day but couldn't get around to posting it until this morning. The only links I could find to the video are rabid lefties lapping it up....but I thought it was post-worthy anyway. Enjoy Sen. DeMint's "Big tent of freedom".
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    Yankees being sued....

    Gotta love forced patriotism. It's almost as effect as forced democracy.
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    Wal-Mart to cut 650 jobs at optical plant near Columbus

    If there is one bit of good news in this economic downturn, it's that state and local government is now standing up to big business and making them either hold true to their word and keep jobs in their local area as promised or return the millions in tax breaks that they were given to them to...
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    Only in Texas....

    So, our A/C was on the fritz yesterday and driving us nuts. We started combing through the lease looking for the emergency maintenance phone number and my wife came across this little tidbit: Not only is the stupidity of the clause ridiculous, they can't even make it grammatically correct...
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    Dems bouncing around ideas to "help" AIG w/their contractual obligations

    There is talk of letting the honor the contracts....and tax the proceeds at 98%. Muuuhhhhaaaaaa Silly white collar corporate thieves. They brought a contract lawyer to a gunfight. They should have realized that no one steals like the federal government...
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    YAAIGT -- Bonus update...add another $300M to the total

    As if this story couldn't get any worse.... Original source If these pricks even think of asking for another penny from the taxpayers, they need to do it in a public forum with the general public being allowed to watch and pelt them with tomatoes and other forms of civil treatments so...
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    Germans use stem cells to cure man's AIDS and leukemia

    I posted this in P&N also but wanted to make sure that it got maximum AT exposure. Bloomberg article
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    Stems cells used to cure man's AIDS and Leukemia

    Good thing that the GOP held back research into the use and applications of stem cells for almost a decade. Those darned immoral Germans didn't hold back though. Bloomberg article
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    A-Rod was hittin' the juice as hard as he is Madonna

    I guess Barry wasn't the only really big name to be cheating the records of baseball's greats....A-Rod test positive too. Source
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    Guy donates playground for park he was tasered in....

    For fwapping one out in public.
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    BoA to get additional TARP money....

    C'mon "Free-marketers".... Please explain how this is even close to being a part of a free market system when the largest bank in the country makes a purchase and then looks to the taxpayers to offset the losses associated with it. And the bankers wonder how the prevalent mindset of screw...
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    Crazy motorcycle stunt last night from Vegas

    Did a quick search and didn't find any matches so don't skewer me if this is a R Robbie Madison video
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    What the hell is Microsoft thinking?

    The worst part about this is that the rest of us are going to end up paying for the stupidity of the masses!! MS patents "Pay as you go" PC model There's more at the link...but it was pretty long and extremely disgusting. Just think....for those that can't afford a new computer, they...
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    Goodbye ATPN

    Oh and Dave, please don't think that you are immune from this. When you are in Club Fed....don't call for the turndown service. It isn't what it sounds like or what you are accustomed to. Sorry for the video link....they don't have a printed version Locked for the unwarranted and...
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    Suspected arson at Palin's Wasilla church

    If it is arson and it is even remotely related to anything political, whomever did it should be committed to a psych ward before their trial. I don't like Palin in the slightest and I am incredibly happy that she is back where she belongs and nowhere near the national scene. But for someone...