Although Elizabeth Edwards is also teh awesome. However, she [Obama] has become the latest target in the media as an “agressive, outspoken, forceful” woman. Her rise to this prominence after Clinton’s exodus from the misogynist spotlight can be taken to be indicative of the fact that one of the major draws [for the media] of [...]

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Last Thursday, the Supreme Court voted to protect the habeas corpus rights of non-citizen prisoners held by the United States government.   I think it was a solid decision–they’ve got seven centuries of political and legal history backing up that supporting basic due process = good and democratic. John “Maverick” McCain not only disagreed with the [...]

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More lolReligion. If offended by poor grammar or cute cats, do not read on:

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Why are you voting Republican? [wp_youtube]FiQJ9Xp0xxU[/wp_youtube] hat tip

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So…my father is dying (stop me if you’ve heard this one). And some days this cripples me to the point where I can’t get out of bed. But most days, I go to the movies, I surf the ‘net, I hang out with friends, and just generally live my life. Like normal. And it is [...]

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I checked out this survey on a prompt from Pharyngula. I recommend that you do the same. We may indeed be giving the creator of the survey food for thought, but what I found was that it was a good, concrete way to think about my own beliefs, hang-ups, and tendencies. I think it’s a [...]

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Darn you, Steve Jobs, darn you and your cheap 3G iPhone to heck: How can you say that you are Buddhist when you are so good at spawning desire and attachment in this world? Our only hope is that you will be crushed on stage by a giant iPhone. xJane, I may have to stop [...]

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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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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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