Ben Folds, proving that a man with a piano can still make a name for himself in this business:

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Jeralyn posted this first in honor of Karl Rove’s last day at the White House (check out those Eighties threads!):

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I never would have guessed that South North Carolina Republicans led such interesting and varied lives. Remember, it’s not the sex, it’s the love triangle murder suicide, sexual blackmail, escort services and porn…or something.
UPDATE from Susie: This story links that recent murder-suicide of three Republican consultants in Orlando to a gay escort service […]

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Ray McGovern:
Air strikes on Iran seem inevitable, unless grassroots America can arrange a backbone transplant for Congress. The House needs to begin impeachment proceedings without delay. Why? Well, there’s the Constitution of the United States, for one thing. For another, the initiation of impeachment proceedings might well give our senior military leaders pause. Do they […]

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So those of us who don’t live along the coast are screwed, too:
WASHINGTON - As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests.
While other research has warned of broad weather changes on a large scale, […]

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Oh dear God, won’t someone pound some sense into the heads of our so-called Democratic “leaders”?
Loosheadprop over at FDL highlights this comment from Paul Kane yesterday in the Wapo, that made me want to hold my head in my hands and moan:
Very interestingly, Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein told myself and Jonathan Weisman in separate […]

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A world with cheap, high-speed broadband that’s sparking all kinds of innovation…. but you’ll have to go to Japan first.

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So what do you guys have on the calendar this weekend? Anything fun?

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When they can spare a few bucks to prosecute it…

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While unemployed and uninsured, my doctor started nagging me because it’s been at least ten years since I had a mammogram. She said there were free programs.
“And suppose it shows something?” I said. “Are there free programs for that, too?
“You know as well as I do that any treatment I’d get without insurance would […]

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From Health and Human Services to Corporate Client Services:
In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of insulin syringes and […]

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These people are truly disgusting. They’re using this man’s personal problems as an excuse to throw some red meat to the base:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday.
A GOP source with knowledge […]

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Harry Reid folds.
Do these Democrats not understand what they were elected to do? How many more FUs does BushCo get?

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Oprah’s doing a “Sicko”-style roundup of health insurance horror stories. Got one?

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Kevin Drum (via Duncan):
So let’s take stock. Pretty much everyone has lost confidence in Nouri al-Maliki, though there’s no replacement in sight who seems like a better bet. The police force is so corrupt that the best advice the Jones commission can offer is to disband it completely and start over from scratch. And the […]

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And this is why you don’t go to war without a very, very good reason:
CAMP PENDLETON, California (AFP) - A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of terrified Iraqi women and children during an alleged massacre in Haditha that left 24 people dead, a military court heard Thursday.
The testimony came in the […]

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George in the Concert for Bangladesh:

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I just want to point out to all you Phillies fans that I have very conscientiously avoided watching any of their recent games, and I will continue to do so until/unless they make it to the championship series.
I’m a bodhisattva. It’s what I do.

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Barnett Rubin over at Juan Coles’ Informed Comment:
Today I received a message from a friend who has excellent connections in Washington and whose information has often been prescient. According to this report, as in 2002, the rollout will start after Labor Day, with a big kickoff on September 11. My friend had spoken to someone […]

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Very moving moment with a cancer survivor at a John Edwards event. Do watch it:

And you know, even Sandra Day O’Connor’s worried about healthcare now. Seems her grandchild has a pre-existing condition.

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My baby brother, who happens to be gay, celebrated his birthday today. He’s been out of the closet for about ten years and he’s a lot happier because of it.
Even when we were kids, we kind of suspected. But as the years went by, and we never saw him with a woman, he always insisted […]

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Henry Rollins talks about visiting wounded Iraq war veterans in the hospital:

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On violence statistics in Iraq. Of course, we’ve grown to expect these things. Wonder what the Democrats plan to do about it?

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Remember what Al Gore was doing two years ago? I do.

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I feel so bad for the people caught in this economic trap:
New York - Millions of homeowners around the nation are now getting the news in the mail: The interest rate on their home loans is going up, possibly to double-digit levels.
The hardest hit are expected to be people who have less-than-stellar credit and […]

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