A shouting match of ignorance. Why can no one talk about health care reform like an adult? Why does every discussion deteriorate into a fist fight within 2 minutes? I’m tired of baseless propaganda from both sides. The way I see it you have 2 options: You can just let Capitalism do its thing — [...]

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I wasn’t alive to see Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I wasn’t born yet when The Beatles toured. And I probably won’t ever get out to see that Japanese dude eat all them hot dogs. But goddamn, history has been made here in the US, and it feels good.

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Best part is near the end: Palin: If I ran as a Democrat you would have seen a completely different Sarah Palin. Stewart: And all you would have to do is change everything you think.

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One of C’s favorite authors is David Sedaris. She’s read his books (read aloud to me the good bits) and I’ve listened to them a few times as an audio book, and let me tell you they are always good for an awkward I-can-relate-to-that laugh. So when I read his piece in the New Yorker [...]

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Watch CBS Videos Online This video is only about a minute and a half, but it perfectly illustrates why Palin scares the living fuck out of me. Wonder why the Republicans aren’t letting her out to play outside of her protective sound-byte enhanced teleprompter speeches? This is absolutely cringe-worthy to watch. I’d like to see [...]

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Normally I don’t even try to talk politics to conservative friends and family, or try to bring the subject on my blog. Not because I don’t value intelligent discussion, but because it usually takes all of 5 minutes for me to get so angry at people who refuse to see the other side of the [...]

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If you missed Obama’s speech last night at the DNC, you missed one of those where-were-you-when-history-happened moments. Go ahead, watch it. I guarantee you’ll walk away feeling like you’ve just completed a 3 day health retreat that your kids bought you for your wedding anniversary and at first you were like ‘No way this is [...]

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From CNN.com this morning: As the five-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, nearly three-fourths of those responding to a CNN poll said they believe Osama bin Laden is planning another significant attack against the United States. It must be mid-term election time! Let the fear mongering begin….

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Tuesday, Google announced that they will be opening a facility in Ann Arbor. The facility will deal primarily with Google’s revenue-making Adsense and Adwords. It is projected that Google’s move will hire about 1000 people directly and create about 1200 jobs indirectly. Google’s reason for choosing Michigan? Larry Page, U of M alum and Google [...]

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Largely ignored by the media here in the states, Canada has elected a Conservative majority government. Stephen Harper has promised to radically alter the relationship between Ottawa and all of the provinces. … Harper is also being urged to consider naming a Western Canadian to the post [Ottawa’s envoy to the US] in Washington. The [...]

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