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But that's nothing new . I am so glad he'll be off the air (for now, at least).

Billy the Kid still has value . A setback for pro-choice . Today's new phrase is: " social impact bonds ." Kilpatrick to be freed soon .

A new, cool Mega Man comic ? Yes!! OH SWEET JESUS; YES. PLEASE, PEOPLE: STOP USING TEXT MESSAGING THIS WAY ! Save your money and stop paying for these things . That waitress knows more than you think . Worth 1,000 words (about the American justice system). Congress doing nothing may actually help the economy more than what they plan on doing .

This is the state of the GOP today. Every one of them in Congress fits into one of just four categories: sane but stupid (Scott Brown, Boehner), sane but scared shitless of having to trade in the power for a lucrative lobbying job (Graham, Lugar, Hatch), sociopathic (McConnell, Cantor), and out and out psychotics (DeMint, Bachmann). -- NCSteve 3.0 , commenting on a TPM atrticle regarding Sen. DeMint threat to Republicans who vote to raise the debt ceiling .

Cantor can't do it . Did your professor run a prostitution ring ? Cue the "conservative" anti-minority freakout . No more Sony ? Wow...

See, some people tend to write their own headlines to get readers to think a certain way before they even read the articles .

A (mental) physician who really did have to heal herself . Casey Anthony's trial is still going on . In this day and age, "sea monsters" stories should be treated as strictly fictional. Lohan is getting more publicity with her legal problems than she ever did with her movies. Didn't know gangsters in South Boston were that hardcore .

Because all it takes is a majority of the opposition (who will never like you), a good chunk of the middle (who are, at best, wishy-washy) and some estranged members of your own party to make you look worse than the last guy . I know, I know... We have to consider what was going on during the tail end of the Bush years . True. But politically-speaking, people have short memories and now a majority are past the "Bush got us into this" phase and are in the middle of the "Hey, Obama; how are you gonna fix this?" phase.

Here's hoping the ratings survive the first time he says something that rubs the left-leaning gatekeepers the wrong way.

Exercising myths . Roland Martin and Boris Kodjoe " discuss " Bishop Eddie Long. " The longer this dog plays, the more of us die !" Heh . Questionable address tag , but it's actually good cause (the sketches are being purchase to support a rape victim). Sebelius looks to African-American pastors for help on Health Care .