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POLITE POLITICS

By Richard Day on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:41pm |
                                              BECKERHEAD, RUSH AND BILLOHere I am, minding my own business, attempting to look for a nonpolitical slant on things for a change and I find this gem at Mediamatters:   Beck praised constitutional provision...
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STRANGE NEWS THAT WAS EXPECTED

By Richard Day on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:10am |
Global file usage    THE 2010 GRAND MASTER OF THE NEW ORLEANS GAY PRIDE PARADEKen Mehlman, who headed the Republican National Committee between 2005 and 2007, has come out in an interview with the Atlantic's Marc Ambinder: Mehlman arrived at this...
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HEY CHINA: WELCOME TO HELL

By Richard Day on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:26pm |
Global file usage                       LEFT HAND TURN ISSUES IN MOSCOWVirginia, Minnesota claims 22,000 residents.  It is partially enclosed by a deep, deep pit on the west and north sides. On the south side it runs into a freeway that brings 80%...
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BRER RABBIT REVISITED

By Richard Day on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 6:10am |
global file usage                 Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Ladenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqowmHgxVJQ Well now, that wascal Brer Fox hated Brer Rabbit on account of the fact that Brer Rabbit always seemed to win. Meanwhile Brer Rabbit was receiving accolades and victorious...
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THE HOSTEL

By Richard Day on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 9:39pm |
                                                          THE HOSTELUnder the Poor Law systems of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, a workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest reference...
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THE THEOGONY

By Richard Day on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 10:19pm |
File links                   GREAT THEOLOGIANS AT WORKCuriouser and curiouser!I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But...
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THE WEIGHT

By Richard Day on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 10:41pm |
ile usage                                 Eli Eli lama sabachthani?My friend Ken died. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/p/s/pseudocyants/2010/08... I am crushed. One song I cannot get out of my mind: I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead; I just need some place where I can lay...
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THE INCREDIBLE, INEDIBLE EGG

By Richard Day on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 5:48pm |
File links        MANAGER OF MAJOR EGG PRODUCTION FACTORYThe huge recall of 380 million eggs is causing some to question of whether American poultry farms should adopt new practices to keep salmonella out of food. Hundreds of people have fallen...
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JOHN BOLTON: SEVEN MORE DAYS

By Richard Day on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 5:08pm |
Global file usage           JOHN BOLTON IN HAPPIER DAYSFormer UN envoy John Bolton said Israel has just "eight days" to launch a military strike to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions before such an attack would be too risky. With Iran's first...
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

By Richard Day on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 5:19am |
File links                  SHAWN BELL AT EASEBehind Closed Doors:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyoPaVxMyWY Cast of Characters: Brian Nieves: GOP nominee for some State Senator's position that nobody cares about. (Some seat in Missouri where they are still fighting the Civil War) Welcome to our...

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