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OH POO! Gus Didn’t Win The Blooker Prize

April 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Books

The 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize for Blooks

Bummer, the Whale-Killing Journal didn’t win the fiction prize. Bummer.
However, it looks like Gus’s stooge Keith will be coming to Wisconsin on a book tour, making a stop at the Port Washington Pirate Festival the weekend of June 3rd. That could be kind of fun to check out [...]

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Paul Krugman: John And Jerry, Happy Friends Again

April 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics, Schmolitics

Via Nevada Thunder, a link to the full text of Paul Krugman’s piece on John McCain and Jerry Falwell, who are making up their old spat so John can get Jerry’s endorsement for all the sheeple in the Christian Right.
Nevada Thunder � Blog Archive � John and Jerry.
He concludes:
But if you choose to make common [...]

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All Our Enduring Base Belong To Us

April 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

Middle East” href=”http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article355178.ece”>Independent Online Edition > Middle East
The Pentagon has revealed that coalition forces are spending millions of dollars establishing at least six “enduring” bases in Iraq - raising the prospect that US and UK forces could be involved in a long-term deployment in the country. It said it assumed British troops would [...]

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