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11 Feb 2010 20:44

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U.S.: The incredible shrinking jobs bill: $70 billion goes *poof*

  • $85
    billion     cost of the jobs bill this morning, which had bipartisan support due to unrelated earmarks
  • $15
    billion     cost of the jobs bill right now, after Harry Reid took a chainsaw to it and pissed off GOP members source
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11 Feb 2010 20:18

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U.S.: You’re welcome: An explanation of what a freaking stent is

  • A stent is something that holds a vessel open. Ex-president Bill Clinton received two of these today when in the hospital. The ex-president is in good spirits today, but we bet he wouldn’t be without this medical wonder. He’d probably be yelling. Hopefully he can go to some other country and play our heroic diplomat again. You aren’t a doctor, are you? (graphic courtesy National Institute of Health) source
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11 Feb 2010 16:55

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U.S.: Bill Clinton hospitalized, Twitter freaks the heck out. Yikes.



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11 Feb 2010 10:56

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U.S.: Senate Democrats say screw the snow, release their jobs bill

  • Remember, it’s just a bill right now. The Democrats’ big plan for jobs? Business tax breaks and construction projects. That’s right, we have a jobs bill coming, and it’s everything you’d expect a jobs bill to be. Will it pass a harshly divided Senate? Will it actually cut that godawful unemployment rate? We’ll find out. source
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10 Feb 2010 22:01

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U.S.: Most people favor taxing smokers (again) for quick government cash

  • 60% the percentage of taxpayers who would support a $1 cigarette tax increase as a way to raise cash
  • $9 billion the amount health advocates say could be made if the tax was actually implemented source
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10 Feb 2010 21:33

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U.S.: The East Coast Snoverkill, in photos ganked from Flickr

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10 Feb 2010 21:23

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U.S.: How much snow did D.C. and Baltimore get, anyway? (02/10/10)

  • 19.5″ snow total at BWI  airport near Baltimore
  • 14.0″ snow total at American University in the Upper Northwest part of the District
  • 10.5″ snow total at Reagan National Airport, just south of the District in Arlington
  • 9.3″ snow total at Dulles International Airport, west of the District in the ‘burbs source
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10 Feb 2010 09:59

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U.S., World: Question: Is this photo from D.C. or Afghanistan?

Both have a lot of snow right now. One (Afghanistan’s avalanche) is deadlier than the other though both are annoying. We won’t tell you. So click the link. source
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10 Feb 2010 09:35

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U.S.: Unfortunate ad alert: “Every Day is a Snowday” next to D.C. snow

  • Nothing against Wintergreen Resort, but now is not the time to tell us that every day is a snowday, OK guys? All we want to do is escape from this winter, yet this resort thinks we want to replace one version of winter with another, more-professionally-done kind. We don’t care how nice the skiing is. We just want it to end, OK guys? This ad gives us snow rage. source
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10 Feb 2010 09:14

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U.S.: Dear snow: @)&# you. Sincerely, ShortFormBlog staff & D.C. residents



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