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Archive for: October, 2007
Published October 31st, 2007 - 10:12 pm
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Art Tatum
“She’s Funny That Way”
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 9:19 pm
As if anyone’s surprised.
I had prostate cancer, five, six years ago. My chance of surviving prostate cancer, and thank God I was cured of it, in the United States, 82%. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44% under socialized medicine.
-Republican residential candidate, Rudy Giuliani
Steve Benen at The CarpetBagger Report has the full [...]
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 4:59 pm
If I had a child that died in war and these assholes showed up at the funeral, somebody would get hurt and it wouldn’t be me.
A grieving father won a $2.9 million verdict today against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a [...]
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 9:41 am
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he would lobby to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago if he is elected.
And if not elected, he won’t. So, there!
(Jesus Freakin’ Christ!)
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 9:20 am
Shout! (Tears for Fears)
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 8:47 am
Or, in this case, “pump-tapping” would be more fitting. The man was wearing a dress, after all.
That’s it. We now have to come up with a way for normal, hetero men to affirm that they are not sexually interested in other men. Republicans have made the phrase, “I’m not gay!” meaningless.
Balloon Juice commenter, r€nato
Hypocritical Republican [...]
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 8:09 am
I remain very concerned that Judge Mukasey finds himself unable to state unequivocally that waterboarding is illegal and below the standards and values of the United States.
-Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
‘Repugnant’, but legal, eh Michael? Not really sure where to stand, Michael? Why not test it out on yourself! Go ahead, give it a whirl… [...]
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Published October 31st, 2007 - 7:53 am
Published October 31st, 2007 - 7:41 am
How does the U.S. stack up against other countries in high-speed internet? Not very well, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The inventory wouldn’t cover other countries, but a cursory look shows the U.S. lagging behind at least some of them. In South Korea, for instance, the average apartment can get an [...]
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Published October 30th, 2007 - 10:12 pm
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Barrelhouse Chuck and the Dead Presidents
“Rendez vous de l’erdre”
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Published October 30th, 2007 - 8:18 pm
Congress is not getting its work done. We’re near the end of the year, and there really isn’t much to show for it.
-President Bush
The idiocy is astounding. How can anything get done when it’s met with a Bush veto?
You know what though? I don’t care. Bush, his administration, republican congressmen and right-wing pundits have spent [...]
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Published October 30th, 2007 - 10:50 am
Well, no, not really.
Cheney hunting trip under fire for Confederate flag
UNION VALE, New York (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney spent about eight hours hunting Monday at a secluded Hudson Valley gun club where well-heeled enthusiasts shoot ducks and pheasants.
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Although a heavy police presence kept the media and curious local residents at a distance, Cheney’s [...]
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