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I have probably listened to Abbott and Costello’s brilliant comedy classic “Who’s on First” a zillion times, and it still brings a huge smile to my face. It was awarded the title “Routine of the Millenium” by Time Magazine.

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Western Oregon softball player Sara Tucholsky, a senior, hits her first career home run, in an important game that would would help determine whether Western Oregon or their opponent Central Washington advance the NCAA Division II Playoffs. But Tucholsky’s knee gave out between first and second base and she couldn’t continue. If her teammates helped her, she would be declared out, so her coach

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Let the whining by Republicans begin about how unfair it is to point out John McCain’s actual words.

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Mark Nickolas goes looking for John McCain’s flag lapel pin, and finds that: Since at least March 4th -- when McCain secured the Republican presidential nomination -- through the present, he has not worn an American flag lapel pin on any of those days. Not one photo shows him doing so. How can John McCain call himself patriotic?

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… set to a possibly recognizable song (and then animated).

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John McCain, more of the same George W. Bush policies.

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From Glenn Greenwald, interviewed by Paul Rosenberg: Like most right-wing leaders, the life of John McCain is chock full of dishonorable, ugly behavior. Huge numbers of female voters would be disgusted by the details of how and why he dumped his first wife, after she was in a disfiguring car accident that caused her to gain much weight and lose several inches of height, in order to marry his

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BBC reports on a tent-city that has sprung up near Los Angeles, made up of citizens who have lost their homes in the current banking crisis. It’s name is Dubyaville, in honor of our President W. (via) As Bob Cesca points out, when will American news media cover this story?

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Ten reasons why Spitzer’s case is different than Vitter’s. Larry Flynt wasn't tipped off first. IOKIYAR Spitzer lost his job, while Vitter has moved on with (risky) business as usual. The Republican leadership was outraged by Spitzer's behavior. Vitter? Not so much. In fact, they appear to be relieved that Vitter's prostitue was at least over the age of consent. A nice change for their

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Blogwhoring, I give you Tom Engelhardt: Recently, an ARG poll put George W. Bush’s job approval rating at an almost inconceivable low of 19%, giving “lame” a new meaning in the last lame-duck year of his presidency. Finally, recognizing a genuine opening, the Democratic Congress has been moving; in fact, the whole government seems to be lurching into action. Congressional hearings were held that

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Officially, Tennessee center Nicky Anosike was fouled by Rutgers’ Kia Vaughn with 0.2 seconds left in the game and Tennessee trailing by 1. Anosike made both free throws, and Tennessee won the game. But ... the clock appeared to have stopped at 0.2 seconds, and stayed there for a short period of time, before running down to zero. What happened? ESPN, to its credit, does an analysis of the video

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Now that I have had time to clear my mind about what happened in the Superbowl, let me throw out a few comments: This was the most exciting Super Bowl in a long long time. The excitement was magnified by the Patriots’ attempt to go undefeated. There are not many sporting events where I can feel my heart pounding at the end, but I felt it at the end of this game.Eli Manning: he certainly has

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Yesterday, I voted. It was an unusual experience for me — not because I don’t normally vote (I do normally vote), but because this was the first time in a long time that I had seen a line ahead of me. And for the first time in a long time, I was going to vote for a candidate that I wasn’t very comfortable voting for — that would be Senator Hillary Clinton. There are a lot of reasons why I don’t

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Flickr Photo. I thought this dilapidated old house was sad. This run-down monstrosity is located in Dann Corner, NY.

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The House Democratic Caucus has put together a table of key indicators of America’s strength financially and economically, as well as how America is viewed by the rest of the world. Some examples: Gas cost $1.39 when Bush took office versus $3.07 todayPrivate sector jobs grew at a rate of 1.76 million jobs per year over the 8 years before Bush took office; under Bush, it has grown at a rate of

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I have never shopped at Whole Foods, because there are none in my area, however I have always heard good things about them. In fact, they have been a relatively influential firm in the world of grocery stores, according to this article. Whole Foods has announced that they will eliminate the use of plastic bags, because they are environmentally unsound. The logo on their website says “Bring Your

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Here is a pair of pictures I took, one handheld and one using the $1 Image Stabilizer. Pretty dramatic improvement! No need to lug a tripod around!

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I won’t be considering voting for Barack Obama any further in the Democratic primary. He has raised far too many red flags, sounding like a conservative, for me to consider him any more. It started when he began talking about the social security crisis (there is no crisis, Senator) and it just kept on going and going and going, like the Energizer Bunny powering a tape recording of Rethuglican

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Blue Texan at Firedoglake: Consumer prices rose in 2007 at the fastest pace in 17 years as motorists paid a lot more for gasoline and grocery shoppers paid higher food bills.Both energy and food prices jumped by the largest amount since 1990.Prices were also up sharply for health care, housing and education.Workers’ wages failed to keep up with the higher inflation. Average weekly earnings, after

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I wrote about why the so-called “Fair Tax” proposed by several Conservative presidential candidates is actually unfair. But wait — it’s even more unfair than that! If the so-called “Fair Tax” is enacted, your savings are worth 30% less than before the “Fair Tax”. (via Eschaton)

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A proposal floated by some conservative candidates called “Fair Tax” turns out to be anything but fair. Analysis shows that if you’re quite poor, you will pay less tax than before. But if you are like most people, earning between $30K/yr and $200K/yr, you will pay more than under current tax law. And surprise, since conservatives are promoting this plan, who would have ever predicted that the

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What are you doing here? — man asks wife at brothel: WARSAW (Reuters) — A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.“I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming,” the

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