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We should not get used to this.  It is nice to see corporate mutualism for a change and, who knows, maybe a handful of tired hearts will go vote only because they need caffeine.  But this Starbucks commercial poses a  problem beyond the fact that it resurrects the rumor of a shady association between Obama [...]

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In Game 5, Major League Baseball committed the worst single-game organizational mistake in baseball history by allowing the game go on through the fifth (the magic inning that means that an official game has occurred) despite the sheets of cold cold rain.  The score was 2-1 in the top of the sixth when the Rays [...]

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It is hard to fathom the reason why undecided voters have been unable to make up their minds. Is it because they have concluded it is a tie after getting out their spreadsheets and combing through each candidate’s economic plan, or sitting down with their physicians and insurance companies to round table the health care [...]

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Apparently, hockey moms and dads don’t consider Sarah Palin their flag-bearer after all.  At least not in Philly.  You have to listen hard, but the crowd responds to her introduction with an unmistakeable jeer.
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“Bankrupt? No problem! Financing for Everyone!”
—Used Car Ad, MARTA Station, Atlanta GA
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. . . one to go . . .
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Wearing Eddie’s shirt.  Mr. Eddie to you.
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“We’re here to make a difference. We believe all lives are special,” pleads the aid-worker Sarah Miller to John Rambo. John, who has been living in Mae Sot, Thailand responds: “Some lives… some no.” Sarah continues, “If everyone lived like you nothing would change.” John sighs, “Nothing does change.” “Go home” he repeatedly tells [...]

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