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An oldie but goodie from John and Stephen

Friday, August 31, 2007

The Singin Senators, featuring former Senator Larry Craig in better days (for him): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1Mpp0HZVI[/youtube] Which, but the way, was added to youtube by Myleftnutmegger. This may not stay up long, considering Comedy Central’s scorched earth policy re: youtube.

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Portrait of a Decider

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Maybe I’ve missed something, but it appears not a single Republican hypocrite has been exposed today. What’s the world coming to? Perhaps it’s the calm before another storm. Ah well, it’s probably be best if the next person to crash and burn waits until after the holiday. There’s really not much grist for the mill, […]

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Seasons changing

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Fall starts in a little less than a month, according to the astronomers, but most people would agree that, like summer, autumn starts emotionally about a month ahead of its technical arrival. Like it or not, fall is busting out all over. On the whole, I like it. The only problem with autumn is that […]

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Internet mystery

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Now that I am using WordPress, I can view something called “Incoming Links” in the control panel (Dashboard) that is the first window I see after I log on. Is there anyone out there who knows how this works, or what it means? I thought it had something to do with folks linking to me, […]

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My escape from New York

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Just a little over a week ago I was on the losing end of an encounter with a turtle in the relative wilds of Vermont. I would have faced a thousand turtles to avoid my experiences today, when I voluntarily undertook the task of driving my son and half his worldly possessions to his new […]

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John Edwards in New Hampshire

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Via Susie: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmz4XX-Q5aw[/youtube] If he means it, he’ll get my vote. If he keeps talking like this, and he starts to catch on, he’ll probably be shot. Is there any wonder, by the way, why “a healthy chunk of the national political press corps doesn’t like John Edwards”.

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Hoist by our own petard

Thursday, August 23, 2007

The tiny country of Antigua, egged on by an American lawyer, has beaten the United States at it’s own game, at least for the moment. It has won a ruling from the U.S. dominated World Trade Organization, which found that the U.S. could not prohibit the on-line gaming industry from soaking up excess American wealth. […]

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First, do maximum harm

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Look for more stories like this as the Bush Administration enters the homestretch. It’s already won the prize for worst in history going away, but it will sprint to the finish to make sure its record is never exceeded: The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on Friday that would enshrine the coal […]

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No more Friedman Units?

Sunday, August 19, 2007

More than a year ago Atrios coined the term Friedman Unit, which refers to the successive 6 month periods that Tom Friedman announced we should wait before declaring the war in Iraq a failure. it appears from today’s very silly column that Tom might be covertly declaring that he has, for himself, decided that the […]

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No good deed goes unpunished

Friday, August 17, 2007

This was the last day of my vacation, and I celebrated in fine fashion. Often, when I am out bike riding, I come upon a turtle crossing the road, and I alway stop and carry it to the other side, so as to avoid squashed turtle. I have always done this without mishap, but those […]

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