Hey kids, things will be a little screwy today as we’re finally making the data trek to the new site. If all goes well, you’ll see a link here to the new place in the next day or two.
Moving on upTo the East SideTo a deluxe apartmentIn the sky….

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Yep:
As the full dimensions of President Bush’s Social Security plan come into view, so too does a broader vision of reducing most Americans’ reliance on government programs that long have helped see them through economic difficulties.
Although Bush devoted most of his prime-time news conference Thursday to describing how he would expand Social Security protections, virtually […]

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Some cannon fodder is more equal than others:
A new policy is poised to go in place that could change the face of West Point athletics, allowing Army athletes in any sport who sign a pro contract to serve two years active duty and six in the reserves upon graduation. The proposal is expected to be […]

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It never ceases to amaze me - the lengths to which people will go instead of simply telling each other the truth:
(CNN) — A Georgia woman, who was found in New Mexico early Saturday and who said she had been abducted, admitted today she had made up the story because she was nervous about her […]

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Great speech from “Jersey Girl” 9/11 widow Kristin Breitweiser as she accepts an award for “achievement in truth-telling. It’s no wonder people are talking her up for Jon Corzine’s seat:
How can we trust a Congress that holds hearings on steroids in baseball and yet does not want to find out why our FAA received 52 […]

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Billmon looks at the economic news and it ain’t good.

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View of the Delaware River from Penn’s Landing yesterday. Everyone’s still looking for that dumb whale. 

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WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: “Shine,” Safe In Sound, Jim Boggia, Bluhammock Records.
If you’re a longtime reader, you know I’m a huge fan of Philadelphia powerpopster Jim Boggia. If you have a really good memory, you may also remember me raving last year about L.A. performer Julian Coryell, whose style I compared favorably to Boggia after […]

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Via the Gadflyer, more good clean Christian living at the Air Force Academy:
The report’s authors were told that cadets who refused to attend chapel after dinner were marched by upperclassmen back to their dorms in a ritual called “heathen flight.” They found that teachers introduced themselves as “born again” Christians and invited students to be […]

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How about an Evil Clown generator?

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I meant to do this on Monday, but I got distracted. Then I saw the same sentiment over at Digby’s place:
I’d just like to make a plug for the advertiser over to your left — BagNewsNotes. I happen to love the ever-changing news photos when I see them on other blogs and I really like […]

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Duncan:
As Think Progress points out, Bush is now defining people who are “better off” as anyone earning over $20,000/year. When selling his tax cuts, he defined people who were the “lowest income taxpayers” as anyone earning under $100,000.Look, this is important. Our media is running around talking about how “rich people” are going to have […]

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Will goes on about one of those activist judges, and it’s a good one.

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Media whore bites the dust - Judy Woodruff is leaving CNN.

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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
Depleted uranium:
Doctors in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have reported a significant increase in deformities among newborn babies.
Health officials and scientists said this could be due to radiation passed through mothers following years of conflict in the country.
The most affected regions are in the south of the country, particularly Basra and […]

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CHANGE OF HEART
Good news:
LINTHICUM, Md. - The United Methodist Church reversed itself Friday, deciding to reinstate a lesbian minister who was defrocked after revealing her relationship with another woman.
A church panel voted 8 to 1 to set aside an earlier decision to defrock Irene “Beth” Stroud for violating the church’s ban on openly gay […]

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TRADE SCHOOLS
Why, oh why does Tom Friedman have a column gig - and I don’t?
One of America’s most important entrepreneurs recently gave a remarkable speech at a summit meeting of our nation’s governors. Bill Gates minced no words. “American high schools are obsolete,” he told the governors. “By obsolete, I don’t just mean that our […]

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KNEED
On Monday night, I decided I’d use this exercise band thingy to strengthen my knees. Well, I just couldn’t leave well enough alone, could I? My knees haven’t bothered me in a long time, so why did I get this stupid fucking idea in my head?
The answer, I guess, is that I’m nuts.
Anyway, the exercises […]

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Salon asked readers what questions they’d ask at Bubble Boy’s press conference:
Let’s begin with Jessica White of Kansas City, a veritable one-woman Washington press corps. “Yes or no, Mr. President: Have you ever used cocaine? What really happened to your National Guard records? Did you purposefully lie about the WMDs in Iraq, or are you […]

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THAT LIBRUL MEDIA
I didn’t catch Nightline last night, but after reading this Daily Kos post, I wish I had:
For those of you on the west coast, there was an interesting segment on NIGHTLINE. Ted Koppel is analyzing the press conference & had on Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, John Harwood of the Wall Street […]

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FUNNY
I saw this cartoon a few weeks ago, and every single time I think about it, I laugh. It’s a shady-looking guy in an interrogation room, and two ducks are sitting on stools. The caption reads, “Oh, okay, I see what this is… good duck, bad duck.”
Quacks me up.

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RIGHT-WING EINSTEIN
E.J. Dionne says Bush is an egghead. After reading his argument, I have to agree. Go figure.

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WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, YOU HIDE NOTHING
A small victory:
From a row of silhouetted hearses on a rain-drenched tarmac to a convoy of olive-green trucks each bearing a casket, hundreds of images of flag-draped coffins of American service members killed at war were released by the Pentagon this week in response to a lawsuit.
The […]

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THE GAMBLER
WashPo analysis:
For months, Bush had resisted giving specifics about his plan other than saying it should include personal accounts. But declining to offer specifics became untenable. GOP pollster David Winston said Bush succeeded in convincing Americans there’s a problem that needs fixing, but “there’s a frustration” in the public because “there’s a time delay […]

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WATCH WHAT HE DOES, NOT WHAT HE SAYS
You already understand, I trust, that the thrust of Bush’s Social Security proposal is simple: Divide and conquer. The more marginalized recipients are, the easier it will be to destroy Social Security completely.
It was designed the way it is for broad-based support. They know that. That’s why they’re […]

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