I was running some errands and stopped by the grocery for more carrot juice, and I picked up a juice named Acai, something I had never seen before. What a really odd flavor, sort of berry chocolate with a hint of something I can not place. Maybe lavender. And something cinnamony. It was really interesting …
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Hey! You! Take That Lampshade Off Your Head!
Ben Smith writes a blog that I really enjoy, but this, today, was a cry for help: Alex Burns, who can name the members of the RNC in alphabetical order as a party trick… Party. Animals.
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The “Obama effect”
Sully says this blew his mind. It doesn’t surprise me at all: In the study made public on Thursday, Dr. Friedman and his colleagues compiled a brief test, drawing 20 questions from the verbal sections of the Graduate Record Exam, and administering it four times to about 120 white and black test-takers during last year’s …
Tough Times For The Group That Is Always Your Friend In Tough Times
According to the Huffpo, the ACLU was hit hard by the Madoff scandal and has had to lay off 35 employees: The American Civil Liberties Union, impacted by the unfolding economic crisis, laid off ten percent of its national workforce this week. Thirty-six staffers lost their jobs, including five in the Washington, D.C. legislative office, …
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This Song Is Called Put Some Money In The Bucket
Barbara O’Brien, aka Mahabarbara, is the first blogger that I ever knew and one of the sharper commentators out there. If you have any change lying around consider passing it on to help keep medical bills from driving her out of her house.
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Fifty-Two Thousand Words
A really interesting photo series of members of the incoming Obama administration and key members of Congress in the NY Times magazine that is worth your time. Several things stood out to me, chief of which is just how attractive many of the people are- Reggie Love, Mona Sutphen, and Eugene Kang all look like …