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14 Jul 2009 08:43

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U.S.: Bridge to Nowhere II: The government pays for empty flights in Alaska

  • $173 million in funds for rural small plane rides source
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14 Jul 2009 08:35

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World: Facing war crimes charges, a Liberian ex-president remains defiant

  • People have me eating human beings. How could they sink so low as to think that of me? Haven’t they had their pound of flesh yet?
  • Former President of Liberia Charles Taylor • On the 11 war crimes charges he faces for alleged conduct in Sierra Leone, including rape and murder, in pursuit of the money to be made from diamonds. For those unaware of the details of the case, Kanye West wrote a song about it. Taylor isn’t afraid to defend himself, saying in regards to the push to prosecute him, “This whole case has been — Let’s Get Taylor!”  • source
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13 Jul 2009 22:52

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U.S.: Cheney’s secret CIA operation was just like “Hot Shots! Part Deux”

  • To continue the trend of linking old movies to current events we started last week, here goes: Imagine Charlie Sheen as the U.S. military, fighting a war on terror, somewhat ineptly. Imagine Saddam Hussein to be all terrorists, especially the leaders of al-Qaeda. Imagine President Lloyd Bridges to be President Dick Cheney (’cause we all know who wore the pants in the White House). And imagine the fireplace as the drama that the CIA is facing right now because of the story we’re linking to.source
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13 Jul 2009 22:29

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U.S.: Sarah Palin’s political action committee is raising lots of cash

  • $732,867 the amount SarahPAC raised between January 1 and June 30 source
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13 Jul 2009 22:24

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Biz, U.S.: Like scary numbers? ‘Course you do. Here’s a really scary one

  • $94 billion U.S. budget deficit in June; that’s a lot of change source
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13 Jul 2009 20:46

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Music: The Pixies are touring for the 20th anniversary of “Doolittle”! Heck yes!

Here’s how excited we are about this news: “WANT TO GROW UP TO BE … BE A DEBASE … debaser … De-ba-ser … DEBASER!” source
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13 Jul 2009 18:46

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U.S.: “Jane Roe” arrested for interrupting Supreme Court hearing

  • Officers, please remove whoever is causing the disturbance.
  • Senator Patrick Leahy • In response to anti-abortion protesters Norma McCorvey and Francis Mahoney at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing today. McCorvey, best known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade, and Mahoney were arrested for yelling during the proceedings.  • source
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13 Jul 2009 16:01

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World: Captain Obvious, formerly known as the World Health Organization

  • The WHO is full of good advice these days. For example, today they announced that health-care workers should be immunized against the H1N1 virus first as they will be more prone to exposure and need to be healthy to take care of those in need. I know, right? It’s total genius. source
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13 Jul 2009 15:47

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Biz, Music: Music in a nutshell: We’re getting it online, in hoards

  • 41.5% increase in digital sales last year. Conversely, physical sales dropped 43.5% in the same time span source
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13 Jul 2009 14:42

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U.S.: Alec Baldwin expresses his desire to run for public office…in Playboy

  • I’d love to run against Joe Lieberman. I have no use for him.
  • Actor and Democrat Alec Baldwin • On who his dream opponent would be if he ever entered the political arena. In a new interview with Playboy, the 30 Rock star teased for the kajillionth time that he might run for public office – but this time he was more specific, saying he might end up somewhere in New York…if he ends up anywhere, that is.  • source
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