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20 Mar 2009 01:13

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Culture, U.S.: Obama’s Leno appearance may have blown up in his face

  • The president made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to disparage the Special Olympics. He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world.
  • White House spokesman Bill Burton • Regarding an offhand remark Obama made on “The Tonight Show” comparing his bowling abilities to a Special Olympics athlete. *forehead slap* Nice damage control, Bill. • source
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19 Mar 2009 22:18

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Culture, U.S.: Obama is pretty good at pretending Jay Leno is funny

Our president went on “The Tonight Show” show to tell people he was ticked about AIG. Well, duh. source
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19 Mar 2009 21:56

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Sports, U.S.: Here’s some attempted NCAA tourney bracket-busters (so far)

  • No. 15 Cal State Northridge actually gave highly-regarded No. 2 Memphis a bit of a fight.
  • close
  • close
  • upset!
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19 Mar 2009 21:26

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Politics, U.S.: Republican strategist: Off with Timothy Geithner’s head!

  • Geithner’s only constituent is President Obama. Mr. Obama selected Mr. Geithner because his appointment was expected to calm Wall Street. But what good does it do the president to gain Wall Street and lose the rest of America?
  • John Feehery • A Republican strategist who wrote an entire article trashing on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. In the wake of the AIG bonus scandal on top of his apparent incompetency, Feehery and other Republicans – and heck, some Democrats – are calling for his resignation already. Obama hasn’t even made it through his first 100 days yet! • source
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19 Mar 2009 10:56

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Culture, U.S.: Here’s what Charles Manson looks like nowadays

The infamous mass murderer still looks pretty menacing even though he’s really old. He’s been in prison most of his life now. source
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19 Mar 2009 10:45

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Biz, U.S.: Are too many dollar bills going to get printed?

Where is George? He’s everywhere. And investors are scared that he’ll be weaker after more of him enter the market. source
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19 Mar 2009 10:10

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U.S.: Like babies? There’s a ton of them right now. Call it a mega-boom.

  • 4.3 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2007. That’s a record. source
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19 Mar 2009 00:35

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U.S.: How many soldiers were affected by the stop-loss policy?

  • 120,000+ solders have been affected by stop-loss since 2001 source
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19 Mar 2009 00:32

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U.S.: The military’s stop-loss policy is ending in 2011 (finally)

  • If we had to point to one policy that has placed the most strain on our troops and their families, and adversely affected the morale and readiness of our forces, it would be stop-loss.
  • Jon Soltz • An Iraq war veteran and the chairman of VoteVets.org, on the news that the stop-loss policy would end in 2011. The hugely unpopular policy has kept soldiers from being able to exit the military on time. It was put in place in part because the military struggled with keeping troop counts up in the wake of two large-scale wars. It also inspired a well-known film. • source
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18 Mar 2009 22:35

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U.S.: Who has no death penalty? A small (but growing) number of states

  • 15 states have no death penalty; more are considering ending it source
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