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I called a friend and asked if he wanted to liveblog the speech today. His first response?
“To be honest, I’m sick of hearing him talk.”
A little context here. We loved Obama. Sorry, that’s the weakest liberal-boy statement, but it was true. We got damn excited after Iowa. We donated. We made calls to battleground states [...]
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I’m quoting an article in full here because to do otherwise would simply involve me paraphrasing this writing and stealing logic and conclusions. I would simply say that I fully agree with this piece and hope the president considers it.
[TEHRAN BUREAU] opinion: A Russian made Tupolov aircraft belonging to the Iranian airline Caspian crashed today [...]
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Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
That famous bit of poesy commemorates Guy Fawkes’ attempt to kill King James I and most of parliament as part of a conspiracy by a few Catholics to overthrow the Protestant rulers of England in 1605. [...]
Filed under: commentary, poetry, politics | Tagged: education, Fifth of November, Gunpowder Plot, Gunpowder Treason, Guy Fawkes, mark sanford, South Carolina, stimulus, Supreme Court, V for Vendetta | 1 Comment »
Memorial Day honors those who died while in military service. However, many veterans bring home invisible scars even if they survive combat.
I had one grandfather who served in the Marines in the Pacific, a second in the Army Air Forces in Europe, and a third in the Navy in the Pacific, modern family, you know? [...]
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By now many of you have heard that Konami has decided against publishing the controversial Iraq War game Six Days in Fallujah, a title I previously discussed here. However, the creators of the game have yet to scrap its production, so it’s possible that another publisher with more of a taste for controversy could publish [...]
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CNN story hereCongrats to the US Navy for the successful rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, a true American hero. Fucking pirates…what century are we in?
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Will Saletan over at Slate has a really interesting post that engages some of the complexities in the debate over abortion. Here’s the important part:
In recent days, I’ve had a few curious exchanges with friends, readers, and bloggers who wonder why I keep writing about this stuff: abortions, pregnancies, IVF, surrogates—what some of my critics [...]
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Southern Liberals Worldwide, Tonight at 11:00
I’ve had enough of the inactivity; I have, and I’m taking over then. Catch my show here tonight at 11:00, and we’ll discuss the stimulus act, your President Obama, CPAC, aquaponics, and Scott Brown, sure’n a liar that he is.
Yours,
Euann Itedstits
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