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NEWS ABOUT: lefties

lefties stories: 10 news summaries

 Lefties Finally Get Their Undies 

Thanks to one genius store in Britain, left-handed men will no longer suffer at the urinal

Sep 23, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Male lefties of the world have long suffered inconvenience and embarrassment at the urinal, thanks to their underwear. One British store is making up for the indignity with a new line of undies featuring a horizontal, rather than vertical, opening—giving Britain’s lefties an alternative to boxer shorts, Reuters... More »

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lefties • left handed • Britain • underwear • underpants • left-handedness • men's underwear • Jay-ZTV

After Beck Flap, Advertisers Leery of Politics

Boycott may go beyond Fox host to other 'inflammatory' shows

Aug 24, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s antics could just kill the entire political talk show genre, Advertising Age reports. Beck will return to the air tonight 33 advertisers lighter, after calling President Obama a “racist." But the fallout could spread to other talk shows, too—Clorox has already announced... More »

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advertising • lefties • Fox News • Glenn Beck • pundits • TV industry • right wingers • punditry

Lefty Talking Heads Fan 'Birther' Flames

Debunked rumor gets far more play on MSNBC than on Fox

Aug 10, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - When CNN correspondent Candy Crowley mentioned birthers on Lou Dobbs’ show last week, the host panicked. “Don’t say ‘birthers,’ whatever you do,” he said. “Not on this broadcast.” Dobbs has become a much-ridiculed face of the birther movement, but he's discussed the issue... More »

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media • MSNBC • lefties • Keith Olbermann • CNN • Lou Dobbs • Obama administration • liberal media • Candy Crowley • President Obama • conservative media • birther

Obama Stokes Lefty Pride In More Ways Than You Think

Democrat is sixth southpaw among postwar presidents

Jan 22, 09 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s inauguration continues the lefty domination of the White House—after all, five other postwar presidents have been southpaws, too, MSNBC reports. Only about a tenth of the population is left-handed, but that includes a disproportionate number of politicians, athletes, and artists. “From a statistical standpoint, it... More »

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Barack Obama • lefties • left handed • lefty • leadership • success

OPINION

 Hey Sean, 
 Put Down 
 Your Pen 



Adoration of Cuban dictator is misguided, dangerous

Jan 5, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn may be “the finest character actor around,” but he's “no journalist,” writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times. Penn’s recent “fawning tributes” to Cuban president Raúl Castro show the actor has “delusional, dangerous” beliefs about the dictator—a fact... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • lefties • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Communism • Sean Penn • Roger Cohen

(Newser) - Barack Obama's cabinet picks may have elicited howls from the left, but he won't sell out his progressive supporters, E.J. Dionne, Jr. writes in The New Republic. For starters, Obama never was a true economic lefty—that was John Edwards' role. Like John F. Kennedy 45 years ago, Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • lefties • Barack Obama supporters • liberal

ANALYSIS

'Rightosphere' Hopes to Reshape GOP

Bloggers hope to catch GOP up to Democrats on harnessing the internet

Nov 18, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The election of Barack Obama has energized conservative bloggers, who see a spell in opposition as an opportunity ideal for reshaping the party, writes Walter Alarkon for the Hill. Conservatives in the “rightosphere” are eying the progress the left’s “netroots” made during the Bush years, when sites... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • Republican • GOP • conservative • lefties • Daily Kos • right wingers • right-wing media • Huffington Post • rightosphere

OPINION

Obama Raises $30M in June, Below Expecations

It's still more than McCain's $22M, but far below record months

Jul 11, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Insiders say that Barack Obama raised about $30 million in June, which, by the campaign's own lofty standards, is a bit lackluster, reports the Wall Street Journal. Obama hopes to have raised $300 million by mid-October, with an additional $180 million for the DNC, bringing his record budget to nearly... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • lefties • campaign fundraising • DNC

OPINION

 A Lefty Will Be President 

Dissecting 'handedness' in politics

Jul 4, 08 8:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what happens in November, a left-hander will take the White House. In fact, five of the last seven presidents have been southpaws. While left-handedness has been taken as a sign of everything from artistic talent to brain damage, ambidexterity may be a desirable quality in a leader. Left-handedness... More »

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John McCain • psychology • lefties • Obama 2008 • left handed • McCain 2008

Lefty Women Die Younger

Stunner Dutch study shows 70% higher risk
of dying from cancer

May 2, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Left-handed women have a dramatically higher risk of mortality from just about every disease, a new study reported in the Telegraph shows. Dutch researchers who followed more than 12,000 women for nearly 13 years found lefties had a 40% greater chance of dying from any cause, 70% higher from... More »

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medicine • health • women's health • disease • women • lefties

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