On One Congressman Worse Than the Nudie-Twitter Pic Dude
@boyofdestiny And Jefferson has been out of congress for four years. Who the fuck cares anymore? About as relevant as AbScam.
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On "The Bush resurgence is happening sooner than any of us would have imagined."
"Fat budget surpluses were 'disappearing.'"
After the Bush tax cuts in 2001. I'd forgotten until recently how Bush's argument in the State of the Union (paraphrasing) that the government hoarding all the money by paying off the deficit.
"'considerable signs of strain' in Latin American democracy'"
Venezuela kept re-electing their left wing creep, the same way Colombia kept re-electing their right wing creep(s).
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On Right-wing Dictators Are Good For Earthquake Safety
They also ignore that Chile stabilized its economy, experienced relatively broad growth, and was hardly affected by the financial crisis under the leadership and policies of its Socialist/center-left government.
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On British People Still Love The Strokes
Correction: Top 6!
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On British People Still Love The Strokes
Nobody who is at all familiar with the NME should be surprised with anything on the list or its placement. Except that PJ Harvey made it into the top 5 as she is female.
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On Berlusconi's Naked Parties! (Includes No Berlusconi Nakedness, Thank God)
Real NYT correction from last week, 5/28/2009:
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of girls younger than 18 who were allegedly invited to a villa by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. Mr. Berlusconi is alleged to have invited about 40 women to the villa, but only some of them were allegedly younger than 18 at the time, not all of them.
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On The Seven Annoying Friends You Meet At Trivia Night
8 - The team who work at a education/encyclopedia/archives/photo-news organization who spend all day, every day, learning the answers to every freaking question. I had co-workers(a news photo archive) banned from trivia nights for this, between geography, science, history, sports, and pop culture they had every area covered.