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    2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

    By Orlando on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 3:26pm | Arts & Entertainment

    We're in the homestretch now! Only three days left and, frankly, on Sunday night, I'm going to be more concerned with whose dress is pretty than who actually wins. But for now, let's soldier on.

    The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are:

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    Michael Phelps may have been on(to) something ...

    By Deadman on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 12:24am | Politics, Business, Social Justice

    I can't stop stewing over the fact that the South Carolina sheriff decided to investigate Michael Phelps' notorious bong hit, with an eye toward possible prosecution.

    I know, I know, the sheriff dropped the investigation earlier this week after deciding there wasn't enough evidence to convict Phelps, who wisely did not admit to smoking the funny weed but merely apologized for using 'bad judgment.'

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    California Knows How To Party

    By DF on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 10:37pm | Politics

    It is with great pleasure that I take the time to comment on the running clusterfuck that is California's state government.  Here at DagBlog, we've gone back and forth a bit about the possible ramifications of expansive fiscal policy that has now been signed into law by President Obama.  If you want a real lesson in when deficits get sticky, look no further than the Golden State.

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    2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress

    By Orlando on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 7:15pm | Arts & Entertainment

     

    So we've covered Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Song. Now, it's time to turn our attention to Best Actress. And the nominees are:

     

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    The dagbuzz for 2/18/09: (Cars and Houses and Chimps, Oh My!)

    By Deadman on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 12:36pm |
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    I'm starting to feel the economy is like the chimp gone mad yesterday in Connecticut. You know, the one who ripped off the face of his owner's friend.

    "It's eating us!! Listen to me, you have to shoot it!!"

    Today's economic damage tally:

    $22 billion more for the car companies, 50,000+ expected jobs lost anyway.

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    Earth to Roland Burris: RIP THE %*$&*# BANDAID OFF!

    By Orlando on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 3:48pm | Politics

    Turns out, even I underestimated the stupidity of Roland Burris, a feat, I assure you, that is as difficult as it is unexpected, seeing as how I've been criticizing him for weeks.

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    The dagbuzz for 2/17/09: (Obama's New New Deal?)

    By Deadman on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 3:23pm | Politics, Business

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    So Obama is signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law in Denver this afternoon. I've heard several pundits calling the $787 billion stimulus package the beginning of Obama's New Deal. In today's dagbuzz, I discuss why that comparison is foolish, and why we probably couldn't even afford a new New Deal even if we desperately needed one.

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    The Essence of Dag

    By Michael Wolraich on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 8:00pm | Potpourri

    Brought to you by wordle.net. I like the big Bush falling off the bottom...

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    George Bush Not the Worst President Ever

    By Michael Wolraich on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 5:54pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    Defying expectations and confounding the critics one last time, George W. Bush is not the worst president ever according to C-Span's Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership. Bush beat out Millard Fillmore, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, Franklin D. Pierce, Andrew Johnson, and James Buchanan to place a respectable 36th out of 42.

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