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Obama as Mother?

June 8th, 2008 · by John · 1 Comment

The Huffington Post has an interesting end game analysis for why Clinton lost the primary. One provocative point was that Hillary played 2. The political environment of this race was much different than 2004 or 2000. In those elections, strength was the key attribute the country was looking for. The country desired more of a [...]

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Spark: Religulous Trailer.

June 8th, 2008 · by John · 4 Comments

I’m not very familiar with Bill Maher, but this looks interesting: [wp_youtube]IMlnmuKk_1o[/wp_youtube] What do you all think? hat tip to my Uncouth friend

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China withdraws from Tibet, with Apologies.

June 8th, 2008 · by John · 1 Comment

Someone took John Lennon’s advice and imagined “all the people, livin’ life in peace:” It’s a simple exercise (and don’t follow any of the links, as it will burst the bubble by leading you to the real news), but it brought tears, shivers, smiles. It’s a glimpse of the world as it could be, and [...]

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