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My husband David and I spent the weekend either running around in the heat shopping for materials for a couple of easily-accomplished home improvement tasks, or dragging ourselves “into the cool” of the house to have a tasty beverage and recover our energy for a bit. Also, there was napping. It was a good weekend [...]

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Damn, I laughed so hard at this, I might need a new chair. Via the ever-excellent Hullabaloo:

“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns [...]

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In addition to the Halloween and Thanksgiving Day and Christmas decorations that are going up even now in retail establishments across this great land, watch The Serious Mainstream Press for the marketing run-up for war with Iraqn:
Informed Comment Global Affairs: Post Labor Day Product Rollout: War with Iran (Cross-posted at DailyKos)!
They [the source's institution] [...]

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Chicago Police use Segways for various kinds of foot-related patrols - and now one has been used to chase down a criminal accused of shooting someone. The officer in question was rolling along, writing parking tickets, when he heard a shot and went to the nearby corner to investigate. There, he saw two men running [...]

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Economist’s View: Paul Krugman: Snow Job in the Desert
And General Petraeus’s history also suggests that he is much more … political … than his press would have you believe. In particular, six weeks before the 2004 presidential election,

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