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14 Jul 2009 21:22

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World: Today is the 220th Bastille Day. That’s a lot.

The French national holiday commemorates the storming of Bastille in 1789. But for some it’s kind of just like a huge party, which we think is pretty awesome too. source
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14 Jul 2009 20:46

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U.S.: How to avoid active duty: Claim Obama isn’t a U.S. citizen

  • Yeah, that’s gonna work. U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook is trying to avoid getting sent to Afghanistan by questioning the legitimacy of whether President Barack Obama can send him using the F(&(^((# B(#&S#(^ claims that Barack Obama isn’t a U.S. citizen and therefore shouldn’t be president. His lawyer, Orly Taitz, has a history of bringing these kind of cases to court. O RLY? source
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14 Jul 2009 20:38

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U.S.: The bruised and battered corpse of California’s budget beaten again

  • -2,000 jobs size of the job cuts for state employees Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today
  • 4,600 people already got pink slip notices earlier this year, though it’s unlikely all of them will lose their jobs source
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14 Jul 2009 20:31

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U.S.: Sonia Sotomayor: Running through hoops like Sonic the Hedgehog

  • When I worked hard at trying to convince my colleagues of something after listening to them, they’ll often try it for a while. I mean, we’ll have to talk together. We’ll have to figure out that issue together.
  • Supreme Court justice candidate Sonia Sotomayor • On dealing with her potential fellow justices on issues of politics and hashing out disagreements. Sotomayor’s been putting on quite a show during her Senate hearings the last two days with the wording of her answers. She’s willing to be a critic of herself, correcting things she’d said that have been turned back on her, and overall keeping her composure in a situation that would knock others flat. No matter your political persuasion, she’ll probably be a good justice for these aspects alone. • source
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14 Jul 2009 20:19

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Culture: My, TMZ, what an … uplifting … gallery of celebrities you have

All of these stars have had work done on their faces. Julius has been considering a facelift too. Too bad he’s made of metal. source
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14 Jul 2009 20:06

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U.S.: Obama pulls a rabbit out of the community college hat

  • $12 billion amount of money Obama wants to throw into community colleges, including money for technology and curriculum improvements
  • five million number of people Obama wants to help earn degrees and certificates by 2020 – and this includes unemployed workers source
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14 Jul 2009 19:49

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Biz, U.S.: Ex-GM CEO Rick Wagoner says “ka-ching!” during a bankruptcy

  • $10 million retirement package, while his old company restructures source
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14 Jul 2009 19:25

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U.S., World: According to some fancy math, Iran’s election was likely a fraud

  • His data is highly, highly, highly suggestive that something odd was going on.
  • Political Scientist Henry Brady • On American statistician Walter Mebane’s findings. Don’t ask us to explain all the math ShortForm style, but he dissected some of the numbers from the election in Iran and, in short, things smelled a bit fishy.  • source
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14 Jul 2009 18:41

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U.S.: Now you can have a jet-settin’ dog too, just in case you wanted one

An all-pet airline launched in New York today, with regular service to Washington, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles. Doggy daycare was so 2008. source
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14 Jul 2009 17:54

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U.S.: That whole man-landing-on-the-moon thing bred a lot of skeptics

  • 6% of Americans think the Apollo mission was a big hoax source
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