I know there's a lot going on with DADT, Wikileaks, and also the Bush tax cuts, which were thought to be dead and are now undead.  Speaking of the undead, I wanted to raise some logistical issues that have been on my mind concerning zombies.  If you've been watching AMC's The Walking Dead, you may share some of these concerns. [Read more]

Lots of talk, not much action.

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Obama to talk to Republicans: Don't expect much.  [Read more]

So, the Beatles are finally available on iTunes, goo goo goo joob. And the news has been greeted with a resounding yawn; many people claim that the move is much, much too late to be hip, and too late to be hip, in the music business, means too late to make a sale. [UPDATE: Since the Beatles sold 2 million songs and 450,000 albums on iTunes this week, I was obviously completely wrong about this. UPDATED UPDATE: Except maybe not so completely wrong, because apparently EMI has massaged those numbers in various way.] Anyway, as every music columnist has already pointed out, Beatles fans all ripped all of their CDs to iPods years ago. (Disclaimer: Dr. Cleveland is a Beatles fan with an iPod. [Read more]

The TSA got the touch. They've got the power.

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A Time of Cholera: When Cholera deaths explode in Haiti, no one will have been able to anticipate it. [Read more]

Everything's better fetusy. [Read more]

Ok, two other Chilean miners died recently. But let’s focus on the positive.

Wolfrum’s Word

One day, a saved Chilean Miner will murder someone. And it will be the most life-affirming murder ever. [Read more]

Ok, I'm back.

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Obama in India: The President wheels and deals in India, as Right-wing remains unsure if India is an enemy state or not. Oh, and while he's there, First Lady Michelle Obama is showcasing the awesome ... [Read more]

It's just a Kiss.

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Indonesia: The death toll rises.  [Read more]

I'll make a man out of you, whether you like it or not.

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Indonesia: More than 150 dead following tsunami that followed earthquake.

Arizona: Death.  [Read more]

Make Monday Manic.

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A Time of Cholera: Haiti fighting to slow spread of disease with more than 200 dead thus far. [Read more]

No touching!!!

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Boy Scouts: Firing of Gay troop leader continues a fine history of discrimination [Read more]

Sorry about that. [Read more]

Following the election of Barack Obama to the office of President of the United States, writer Michael Wolraich surveyed the political aftermath and came to a simple conclusion – the Right-Wing has gone utterly mad.

Wolrich’s new book “Blowing Smoke” (longer title: “Blowing Smoke: Why the Right Keeps Serving Up Whack-Job Fantasies about the Plot to Euthanize Grandma, Outlaw Christmas, and Turn Junior into a Raging Homosexual”) takes an in-depth look at what Wolraich calls “Persecution Politics,” and how the right-wing has worked overtime for years to create a brotherhood of victimhood for Conservatives. [Read more]

These guys are truly All About Beards. [Read more]

Lady Gaga is more powerful than Nancy Pelosi, says Forbes.

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BP Oil Disaster: Business-hating President Barack Obama really went out of his way to shield British Petroleum. [Read more]

Flipping the Bird: Maurizio Cattelan let’s the Milan Stock Market know how we feel.

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Taliban: Blowing stuff up.

Sludge: Would people in Hungary notice if their country was slathered in toxic goo? Answer: Yes! [Read more]

Love his music? Love her politics? Then Sarah Bieber may be just for you.

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Rogue French: A rogue trader – called in some circles a thief – pays the price with a whopping three years in jail for stealing billions and nearly killing the French economy.

Times Square Bombed: Faisal Shahzad to learn the price he will pay today in court. Regardless, it’s Obama’s fault. [Read more]

I feel a little Kinky.

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Travel Alert for Europe!: Screw it, I’m going anyway.

Pakistan: Death.

America’s Elite Media: Broder and Woodward Still on Lecture Circuit. [Read more]

Funny Guy.

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We Have Always Been at War with Pakistan: One day, you’ll wake up and the term “War on Pakistan” will just appear in the vernacular. [Read more]

Stephen Colbert takes on Congress about immigration and more. [Read more]