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We can call waterboarding torture now, right ? Even the dictionary has failed us . How stupid becomes a political issue in five easy steps . The Michael Steele post (#3) is classic . "Judge-as-umpire" fail . Sometimes, dying young and at the top of your game is a blessing . Strangely silent .

He may just end up saving your life .

Former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan opts for the more established Philadelphia 76ers .

All of our serious debates should be put in comic book form .

And in doing so, all but guaranteed a better Spider-Man movie than the last : CANNES, France (AP) — Like other superhero fans, Sam Raimi agrees that "The Dark Knight" raised the bar for every comic-book movie to come. Raimi figures it can only benefit the next chapter in his "Spider-Man" franchise, the first installment of which had been the top-grossing superhero flick until "The Dark Knight" blew it out of the record books last year. "`The Dark Knight' was brilliant, and the audience seemed to love it, and I think it rightfully raises expectations for the other superhero pictures," Raimi said in an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, where his horror tale "Drag Me to Hell" played. "Which is a great thing for everybody. For the filmmakers, for the audience." Raimi said he expects to have the script for "Spider-Man 4" in hand within a few weeks. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is writing...

Just what our enforcement institutions need: more potential sex scandals : The FBI is investigating allegations that female cadets in a widely used, MBTA-run police academy were coerced into having sex with superior officers, according to a law enforcement official and a lawyer representing T police unions. FBI agents have questioned several female and male officers about sexual misconduct allegations dating back to 2002, according to the union lawyer, Douglas I. Louison. The span of years, combined with what one official described as unusual after-hours fraternization between female recruits and male superiors, raises concerns about a culture of impropriety at the academy. The FBI, which started contacting the officers a couple of months ago, asked "just generally about allegations of inappropriate conduct at the academy, and none of the individuals interviewed were advised they were subjects of the investigation," said Louison, who represents the MBTA Patrolman's Associ...

The Wizards' website has a list of all of the #5s ever picked in the NBA Draft . I think it's safe to say that while you can get someone decent every now and then, finding a All-Star Player isn't an annual occurrence.

Michelle Bachmann is six shades of crazy .

What does former President G.W. Bush miss most about being the Chief Executive ? BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Flying on Air Force One, eating meals prepared by the White House kitchen staff and drawing inspiration from his encounters with U.S. military personnel were among things former President George W. Bush missed since leaving office, he said Thursday. The often-tearful meetings he had with relatives of fallen soldiers were "in some ways... very hard and in some ways, it was very uplifting," the Texas Republican said in a speech to The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan at Lake Michigan College. So let me get this straight: in a job where you get to travel the world, make judges politically immortal and learn the greatest secrets this country has ever kept, the things Bush misses the most are: Flying on an airplane; Eating food; and Hanging around military personell. Hell, he could have done that by staying in the military! Even after becoming a CO, he would be able...

When you have a president who believes in science and technology you get things like this . North Korea's getting testy . Just a reminder: Iran has their share of attacks as well . You may want to reserve your vaccine now . When cornered, you'll do anything to survive . Sen. Kennedy is not giving up on health care reform . But, but...Al Gore exaggerates !

Apparently the latest talking point emerging from the anti-Sotomayor crowd is her association with the National Council of La Raza. As the TP goes, this organization is a front for Latinos who to destroy White America, or something. Of course, I can't think why a supposedly radical organization would host an awards show (Salma Hayek's looking good in that pic). But more politically, why would such an organization carry favor with the 2008 Republican Candidate for President? As in, Let's debate in their venue, Barack ! As in, If Obama visits them, so can I ! As in, When I did visit them, I didn't call the group racist or accuse them of having any radical intentions ! Can't wait to see if John McCain weighs in, and gives everyone an impression of his vote. Also can't wait to see people who work at FoxNews and CNN start talking about La Raza like they did ACORN, because those last two links show that each news organization was at least aware of it's existence, ...

Why was criticism of Sarah Palin's ability to be Vice President of the United States sexist, yet criticism of Sonia Sotomayor's ability to be a Supreme Court Justice fair game?

She has diabetes . Oh noes! She could be swayed buy a packet of sugar, or a lollipop!

Yahoo Finance (just saying that makes me laugh) has this headline: Initial jobless claims drop unexpectedly The story tries to say that the "unexpectedly" part comes from the Labor Department's projections, but seriously, when has any department gotten a projection exactly right? Oh, and the projection was a little more than 2% off.

If the Dharma Initiative turns out to be run by Jenna Elfman, I will be pissed.

Sometimes I forget AOL is still around ; they aren't mailing all those free Internet CDs anymore. Major League Baseball is safe once more . Yeah: Pakistan's still being bombed . Virginia may be for lovers, but not for smiles . Like they had a choice .

And it's not Kobe, Phil Jackson, Gasol, Odom or Bynum. It's not the bench or the defense. It's Tex Winter . The man who made the Triangle Offense a household name. For the Shaq/Kobe Lakers (and the Jordan/Pippen Bulls before them) Winter not only made sure that the offense was run, but run effectively (see: Tim Floyd ). After the 2004 Finals, when the Detroit Pistons beat on the Lakers to win in what is now known as the first "Five-Game Sweep," the were grumbles that the Triangle was to blame: it was too hard for Karl Malone to learn; Jackson should have had Kobe and Gary Payton run up and down the court more; Shaq was too old and big to be effective in it. What the critics forgot is that the TO is one of those sets that (again, used properly) can get you a basket in a crucial juncture of the game. Sure, MJ, Pippen, Shaq and Kobe were great players and closers in their own right, but having an offensive set that gets you a high-percentage shot made them even bett...

Here's Sen. Lindsey Graham, trying to preemptively remove any suspicion that now-Justice Alito may have bigoted feelings: And here's Graham's fellow GOP congressman, Tom Tancredo, on President Obama's nominee for SCOTUS , Sonia Sotomayor: TANCREDO: I’m telling you she appears to be a racist. She said things that are racist in any other context. That’s exactly how we would portray it and there’s no one who would get on the Supreme Court saying a thing like that except for a Hispanic woman and you’re going to say it doesn’t matter! Wonder if Graham will use the same logic he used for Alito, or the one that Tancredo is using. UPDATE : And the hits just keep on coming.

R.I.P., Exodus Tyson . Ah; Mandy Moore . Whoa; KG's 33. He's needs more than the surgery , then. Chrysler's comeback . He's one to judge .

The logistics of secession seem to have escaped some people . When will Michael Vick learn ? Excellent question . It ain't easy being Jessica Biel . Wait; did torture work on Jesus ? Glad I'm not this obsessed .

How can someone as famous (and powerful) as Wonder Woman have such a sucky rogue's gallery ? Makes me appreciate the Bruce Tim Universe so much more.

Jesse Ventura makes Brian Kilmeade look like a little kid , and Barney Frank educates Michele Bachmann . Funny moments: Kilmeade acting like he'd actually serve in the military if that would get Ventura to change his POV on torture and Lou Dobbs acting like he some kind of neutral bystander (in light of learning from Frank that the Bush Administration gave money to ACORN).

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Michael Savage vs. Rush Limbaugh . Oh yeah.

Jeepers : LONDON - A gory video meant to shock teenagers into avoiding pregnancy by showing a girl giving birth on a school field while ogling children taunt her is capturing plenty of attention from Web users. Public health officials in the city of Leicester, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London, produced the video and posted it on social networking and video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Facebook. Organizers said Wednesday that the video, filmed to look as if it were shot on another student's cell phone, had received more than 250,000 hits. While I think this is more effective then plastering pictures of aborted babies or even bombing abortion clinics, something tells me that Pro-Lifers won't exactly copy this idea.

It's like getting a date with a rocket scientist who moonlights as a supermodel, only to watch her get seduced by the waiter and leave you with the $100.00 bill. It's like finding out that "LOST" has just been Walt's dream the whole damn time. It's like Superman learning that Lois Lane prefers Kryptonite jewelry because it brings out her eyes. It's like going to the zoo to show your kids cute animals then being attacked by a cyborg-gorilla hybrid that's hopped up on PCP. Sure, there are more things going on in the world, but as far as sports are concerned, I can't shake the feeling that this is it. The final curtain call. I can't remember an NBA team who has been screwed as many times as the Wizards. I don't care what any of the execs say; they did not want the fifth pick. Trying to make lemonade out of rotten bananas isn't fooling anyone. How can I count the hurts? We lose to a franchise who's notorious for either losing good pic...

Damn, damn, DAMN . He'll be back... with another budget . At least some one's winning . Another winner not connected to Washington sports. Still not making it easy . If the Democrats loose the Senate in 2010, this will be one reason why .

But in the meantime, let's be glad O'Malley is doing something newsworthy : ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 19, 2009) - Governor Martin O’Malley today joined Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch to sign a number of public safety measures into law, including legislation that takes firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers and legislation enacting stricter penalties for drunk drivers and establishing speed cameras in highway work zones to protect drivers and road workers. In addition, Governor O’Malley signed into law today a provision that positions Maryland as the nation’s leader in developing Health Information Technology, enhancing the safety and efficiency of our health care system. “One of our most solemn obligations as public servants is the safety of the citizens we serve, whether in our homes, throughout our neighborhoods, or on our roadways,” said Governor O’Malley. “The legislation signed today enhances public safety by improving safety...

...why is the press so eagerly using the " Nancy Pelosi lied " meme now yet were hesitant to even hint that then-US President George W. Bush might have done or participated in something equally as deceptive ?

Irony : using statistical information in a story about how teachers are failing at math . Slow and steady . Obama takes California's lead on auto emissions . No comment . Netanyahu and Obama discuss Mid-East peace.

Monday Night Football makes a much-needed change .

...but Steele said, " No, no, no... "

...he realized that he was being replaced by a beauty queen .

If you're writing a suicide note and you're not thinking about killing yourself, it's an autobiography. -- Dane Cook, being more "A-ha" funny than "Ha-ha" funny.

Obama's economic plan is about as honest as the marketers for Cheerios . P.S. " Please ignore the fact that while I'm attacking Obama for having no job growth since he came into office five months ago, job growth under both of President Bush's terms was the worse it's been since Eisenhower. Also ignore that I'm attacking his Administration for not posting data they don't have yet ."

Doh . WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft can't face a lawsuit from a former Sept. 11 detainee who argued they were responsible for his restrictive confinement because of his religious beliefs. The court on Monday overturned a lower court decision that let Javaid Iqbal's (Ick-ball) lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed. Iqbal is a Pakistani Muslim who spent nearly six months in solitary confinement in New York in 2002. He had argued that while Ashcroft and Mueller did not single him out for mistreatment, they were responsible for a policy of confining detainees in highly restrictive conditions because of their religious beliefs or race. But the government argued that there was nothing linking Mueller and Ashcroft to the abuses that happened to Iqbal at a Brooklyn, N.Y., prison's Administrative Maximum Special Housing Unit, and the court agreed. "The complaint ...

A new approach to fighting AIDS. Common Ground ? What a novel idea! And along came Pakistan . Magic and Lakers win their game sevens convincingly . Glad someone was thinking about the baby ducks . Natural selection, the automobile version . One last look at Hubble .

Heh . Heh ^2 . Don't you realize we don't have that much time ? Cha-chunk! Cha-chunk! I think I'll grow and hunt my own food from now on .

My question is, " Why didn't Pelosi mention the CIA when she was first asked ?" This is getting into "changing rationales for going into Iraq" territory. They're getting tired . D.C. mayor wants crime bill passed, like now . Shorter Mexico: don't blame us for your immigration issues, America . In their prime, Shaq and MJ would never have allowed this . Finally: someone makes the Carlyle Group pay .

My, my, my . Former top White House official Karl Rove will be interviewed tomorrow as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the firing of U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration, according to two sources familiar with the appointment. Rove has remained in the news as a commentator and political analyst since departing the White House. In an essay in today's Wall Street Journal, he criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), arguing that she may have misled the public about her knowledge of detainee interrogation tactics that critics assert are torture. Rove is either really brave or really dumb. We''l find out which very soon.

...why is Barack Obama called an "elitist" yet rapper Jay-Z is still considered "street?"

All good things ... Good luck keeping student enrollment up if this goes through. And all it took was a murder or two . Seeing is (dis)believing . Guess I am going to get a Nintendo Wii .

...or, "Rose And Bernard Are The Lucky Ones" On that note, how cool was it to learn that Rose, Bernard and Vincent have been living like an interracial hippie couple all this time? And how equally disturbing that none of the other background survivors are anyway to be found (guess the Tail Section people who were kidnapped came out on top in that regard, huh)? And in regards to Jacob, how cool would it have been if we saw that Jacob had visited all the major characters from Flight 815? Observations/Theories ('cause when you talk season finale, they're almost the same): When I realized that Juliet was the only character with a non-Jacob flashback, I thought, "She is so dead." I hate being right. When I saw Frank's "Aww, Fuck Me!" reaction to Ilana's crate, I thought, "If that's John Locke's corpse, than the Fake John Locke is probably the Guy In Black who wanted to kill Jacob in disguise (maybe even the Monster?). Again: I hate ...

Whatever he may say , for Donald Trump it's all about making the pageant entertaining and profitable. Considering the issue has been in the news for over a week, I can't really qualify this as "quick." Remember Al Gore's "lockbox?" Well, it's beginning to look like a matchbox . Pope sighting . The winner and loser of the 2008 NBA Finals win their respective statement games. Not exactly part of your balanced breakfast. Obama gives the EPA something to do .

... they get burned .

...why are the network ratings of a cable show proof of their credibility yet the approval ratings of a US President worthless?

When did our generals start getting treated like professional football/basketball coaches ? Hmmm.. one possible explanation . Don't see this happening (basically because the detractors will claim that it's all about race) but I've been wrong before. Sweet Jesus . Yeah, sure ; the minute Davis made that shot I was thinking, "Whoa! Great Defense!" Soldier who killed soldiers is identified .

... celebrity mother fail .

Now that Joe the Plumber is gone , the GOP has to work overtime to promote their remaining "average American" figurines across the country and around the media. That includes trying to get Sarah Palin back in the spotlight ( aided by FoxNews, no less ), reigning in Michael Steele and Bobby Jindal trying to show his conservative stripes . I'm still not sure what this has to do with having an actual policy on anything, but whatever.

I agree with maybe six of these . Well, should be better than "Daredevil." A book about nothing . Bwah-ha-ha . Who said only the shunned geeks play video games ? Star Trek was light years ahead of the media in regards to torture. GET IT ?

Despite yet another opportunity to coach an NBA team who could get the #1 pick in the draft, the former Celtics coach will stay in college . Good move, considering that the last time this happened Pitino had to watch helplessly as The Spurs happily snatched up Tim Duncan.

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According to Michael Lee, James just misses the Wizards: You'd think that the Wizards would be long forgotten, with Washington finishing with the worst record in the Eastern Conference and hoping for some lottery luck and the Cavaliers a championship-caliber team staring down an unimpeded path to the NBA Finals. But before the Cavaliers smashed the Atlanta Hawks 105-85 -- Cleveland's sixth consecutive double-digit win this postseason -- James was asked about the suspensions the league levied on Orlando's Rafer Alston and the Los Angeles Lakers' Derek Fisher and used the opportunity to needle the Wizards. He mocked the Wizards for trying to get tough with him last postseason, a tactic that led to Cleveland Coach Mike Brown pounding tables and some amusing face scrunches, constant lip-touching and nauseating over-acting by James. The crack-the-could be-king tactics also failed to slow down James and the Cavaliers, who beat a banged up Wizards team in six games. "Wash...

Just because his first wife divorced him for cheating, his second wife divorced him for beating, his third wife died under mysterious circumstances and his fourth wife just up and disappeared doesn't mean we should be suspicious .

...how can coal, the thing Santa Claus gives to naughty children for Christmas , ever, ever be considered " clean ?" And this is just sick:

"I'm not sure what a producer does, but - I don't know, help get cool people in the cast?" -- Paris Hilton, while in court . The truth in this one is just too much to be ignored.

I'm curious as to how many people are getting messages like this. I found it in my junk mail this morning: Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.Federal Bureau Of Investigation.Seattle, Washington. Telephone Number : (206) 973-2572 ATTN: BENEFICIARY This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check. Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to e...

There are still some Congressional Democrats who don't understand the phrase "spend wisely." They are the ones who will help the GOP paint President Obama as a tax-happy liberal. Not. Surprised. At. All . Now this is something worth celebrating. Is it me, or is the Philippines always getting hit ? If every big company made the move GE just did , maybe health care wouldn't need such a brash, systematic overhaul. Then again, maybe that's what GE's trying to accomplish.

...He'd nominate a openly gay conservative judge to serve on the Supreme Court. RELATED : what Eugene Robinson said . Time to take care of these wedge issues. When we have soldiers and translators being let go simply because of their orientation, something's wrong.

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FoxNews is really in a tizzy; after eight years of being the unofficial news channel for the Bush White House, they find themselves as lost as the GOP with Democrat Barack Obama at the helm. I'm not too worried about the GOP; either they'll make a honest move to appeal to mainstream America, they'll lie to get just enough voters to make a fight of things or they'll listen to people like Limbaugh and end up folding into themselves like a neutron star. But for FoxNews and their heavy hitters, it's like having a snowball fight in Miami. Every program has seemed to have devolved into, "Barack Obama Bad/Democrats Mean/Why No One Like Conservatives?" Take Sean Hannity for example. As Newshounds notes, he was desperately trying to get Bernard Goldberg to agree with him that the problem is not Republicans or the conservatives that are sucking the life force out of the party with their purity nonsense, but rather those lying Democrats and that gosh-darn socialist ...

If you were expecting the gang to get together before the season finale, you were probably disappointed. But as far as the Rules of LOST go, there must be various factions seemingly heading in the same direction before the finale. Them's the rules. Which also means that some predictable things (predictable for LOST, anyway) had to occur, like: Sayid shooting someone; Kate running away because she didn't like the situation; Hurley grabbing food; Jack being stubborn; Locke lying to people; Ben playing both sides; Sun and Jin refusing to do anything until they find each other; and Juliet saying and doing as little as possible. Of course, there were slight tweaks. Jack is all about Destiny now. Locke finally thinks he knows what he's doing (funny how when this happens, it always involves killing someone). Kate actually let herself get captured. Sayid on a mission that has little direct benefit for him. Sawyer still love Juliet. So all and all, we have some playing to type mixed...

If aliens from outer space ever wanted to confound the human race enough for a successful full-scale invasion, all they would need to do is: Attack a major city with low-tech weaponry/vehicles; Spread rumor about prominent world leaders (their sexual orientation, their religion, their patriotism); Give less than 1% of the world population the flu; Flash pictures of naked people all over the world. Case-in-point for Option #4 : In Fairfax County, a teenage boy sent out a text message asking girls to send photos of their breasts. Word got out at his high school, police said, and when authorities tracked the teen down, they discovered a cache of naked images on his phone. Thus began another investigation into "sexting" -- sending sexually explicit photos by cellphone -- and another deliberation about when adolescent impulsiveness and indiscretion become a serious criminal act. Some of the photos could qualify as child pornography, a felony in Virginia, police said... [snip] ...T...

R.I.P; Venetia Phair . Hard to get support for a war when civilians keep getting blow'd up . Strange how oil comapnies can do so well and car companies can suck so badly .It's like Major League Baseball being so strapped that they have a lock-out season, yet baseball bats are selling like hotcakes. You'll never see this story about Super Mario. ... Then the Celtics realized that outside Dwight Howard, Orlando's not that big of a team . ... Then the Lakers realized that Rick Adelman is the coach of the Rockets .

What a difference an election makes; or more to the point: what a difference a left-leaning Democratic President makes . President Barack Obama means the GOP has (temporarily, I'm sure) retired the old "Up or Down Vote" mantra in order to resurrect the old "Activist Judges" mantra. In short: when a Republican President selects a Supreme Court nominee, s/he should be approved with little-to-no fanfare or objection; but when a Democratic President does the same, their choice must be filtered less the Supreme Court becomes considerably unbalanced. Of course this blantant 180 isn't surprising, whether you're talking about conservative Republicans or the so-called-Liberal Media . For the GOP, it's a way to prove that they're still relevant. For the media, it's a story they can latch onto and drain the life out of until the next mundane, typical political event arrives to be blown out of proportion. Nevertheless, it's amusing to see the pundit...

This is just sad . On Monday we brought you news that the Chrysler bond-holding hedge funds courageously defending the U.S. Constitution by holding out for a bigger payout in bankruptcy court were appealing to have their names sealed after receiving death threats . Blaming a "hostile climate" perpetuated by the Obama administration "publicity campaign," Tom Lauria, the attorney representing the group of twenty hedge fund calling themselves the "Chrysler Non-TARP Lenders," filed a motion to seal claiming the hedge funds "targeted by the president" -- presumably Oppenheimer Funds and Stairway Capital, since those were the only funds associated with the group -- had "received various threats, including dozens of death threats directed to their employees." But today bankruptcy court Judge Arthur Gonzales denied the motion, seeing "no evidence that authorities found the threats bona fide " -- maybe because the only evidence of said...

Other than LeBron James leaving the team to become a movie star that is:

The results of the "stress test" for the banks are trickling in , and it looks like Bank of America and Citigroup will need some major capital. I wonder if either will remember this moment months later when people are in their offices asking for loans.

For Caron Butler, it's about overcoming one obstacle at a time : "I want to be playing basketball now, but it starts with the baby steps. And one of the things I really wanted to do was get back on the baseball field and redeem myself," Butler said yesterday after successfully throwing the ceremonial first pitch, an accomplishment he celebrated with a cap toss most MLB pitchers reserve for a no-hitter or a World Series clincher. "Now the next step is getting in the gym and working hard on my craft and redeeming ourselves from last season." Anything it takes to motivate the team for next year.

This will be funny for a loooong time. Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

If D.C. ever got the chance to vote, maybe they wouldn't vote on things that seem to piss some people off . A temporary solution at best . Coming back to their senses . Meet Mayor Dave Bing . R.I.P., Dom DeLuise . Once more , with feeling. If Gov. Schwarzenegger wasn't so popular, the GOP would have ousted him for ideas like this long ago. Things heat up in Pakistan . It's like they say, " 13 birds on the legs is worth jailtime ." It's not the new look as much as the fact she took a dead lady's face.I mean, the dead lady had no friends or family who objected? Was it a bum's face?

The Ousted Minority Party Version .

Because straight jackets aren't addictive, I guess: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many more Americans have been using prescription drugs to treat mental illness since 1996, in part because of expanded insurance coverage and greater familiarity with the drugs among primary care doctors, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said 73 percent more adults and 50 percent more children are using drugs to treat mental illness than in 1996. Among adults over 65, use of so-called psychotropic drugs -- which include antidepressants, antipsychotics and Alzheimer's medicines -- doubled between 1996 and 2006. "What we generally find is there has been an increase in access to care for all populations," said Sherry Glied of Columbia University in New York, whose study appears in the journal Health Affairs. "Mental health has become much more a part of mainstream medical care," Glied said in a telephone interview. In 2006, they said 16 percent of adults 65 and older had some form of ...

Very subtle , Fox Nation.

A family feud in Turkey goes too far . This might help explain the flu outbreak. Another battle for the Celtics. President Obama takes a stab at the tax havens . Sorry; but this is gross . I'm not sure how dating a 20-year-old helps .

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"In many instances, we have gotten reports that they are being quarantined for the sole fact that they present a Mexican passport , whether or not they came from Mexico, whether or not they have been in contact with someone else from Mexico. It's just the fact they present a Mexican passport." "What are the Americans trying to do, micromanage our politics? This is not South Vietnam ." “We are at the beginning of a great storm that is about to sweep the country. “ It’s red alert for Pakistan .” "When you come to film in Rome, the official statement to you is that the Vatican has no influence. Everything progressed very smoothly, but unofficially a couple of days before we were to start filming in several of our locations, it was explained to us that through back channels and so forth that the Vatican had exerted some influence ." "From the moment the Times Co. purchased The Globe in 1993, it has treated New England's largest newspaper like a ch...

I only read them for the articles . The Rightwingoverse . In TV Land, the shows never die . Why didn't the media cover President Bush that much when he first came into office ? When will TV get it right ? On the path to being the next Tony Parker. "How do I oppose you? Let me count the ways ..." Some foods worth avoiding .

Osama bin Laden-hunter Michael Scheuer and conservative opinion writer Charles Krauthammer both think that torture (specifically waterboarding) is A-OK, but they use different arguments to reach their respective conclusions: Scheuer makes the " If Lex Luther's hand was about to press the button on his death ray, surely Superman would use his heat vision to lop the guy's hand off !" argument: In surprisingly good English, the captive quietly answers: 'Yes, all thanks to God, I do know when the mujaheddin will, with God's permission, detonate a nuclear weapon in the United States, and I also know how many and in which cities." Startled, the CIA interrogators quickly demand more detail. Smiling his trademark shy smile, the captive says nothing. Reporting the interrogation's results to the White House, the CIA director can only shrug when the president asks: "What can we do to make Osama bin Laden talk?" Americans should keep this worst-case sce...

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Seriously ? Well, if that's the moniker social conservatives want to take, their political counterparts need to either (a) shoot it down quick; or (b) come up with a better counter-phrase because otherwise the people who don't know any better will think that non-"Pro-Marriage" people hate marriage.

Man, the Celtics-Bulls remind me of those Knicks-Heat matchups in the 1990's. Difference being, there's a tad more drama with these guys . Minutes-wise, they've almost play the equivalent of six and a half games; which is just crazy.

We have an opening ... Not quite ready . Pakistan vs. Taliban . A Tracy McGrady team finally makes it out of the First Round of the NBA Playoffs ...and he had nothing to do with it.