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I, for one, welcome our new robotic writing device overlords

Last night, with the Patriot Act’s surveillance and investigative measures due to expire at midnight, and Congress having just passed an extension while President Obama was on a European pub crawl (or, y’know, addressing Parliament, attending the G-8 summit, meeting with Medvedev, strategizing with world leaders about the revolutions in the Middle East… whatever, same difference), President Obama needed to… Read more »

Grand Rapids makes awesome video to prove it’s not a “dying city”

In January, dying magazine Newsweek declared Grand Rapids, Michigan to be a “dying city.” Grand Rapids decided to rebut this vile slander by, uh, doing… this: I love the guy with the Geraldo t-shirt around the 4:30 mark. Here’s how the project’s Director & Executive Producer, Rob Bliss, explains it: The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with… Read more »

Generic Republican gettin’ feisty!

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This tweet is getting a ton of attention in the conservative twittersphere right now: @BarackObama sorry to interrupt the European pub crawl, but what was your Medicare plan?Thu May 26 21:06:40 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Tim Pawlentytimpawlenty My favorite response: I really wish I was running @BarackObama‘s twitter account. I’d answer @timpawlenty‘s tweet by simply asking: “Who are you again?”Thu May… Read more »

USC appeal denied; Nikias says decision undermines fair process, leaves “little, if any, room to discipline more egregious violations”

So say rumors on the Internets. UPDATE: Here’s the story. Multiple media folks are confirming it. So, no postseason (again) for USC in 2011-12. Any seniors who wish to transfer can (again) do so and play immediately elsewhere. Only shot at a national title is (again) the AP-only version. And the inaugural Pac-12 South will have just five teams competing… Read more »

Mediscare?

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Paul Ryan says Democratic distortion and demagoguery of his Medicare plan is to blame for a special-election loss in a New York congressional district yesterday, which is being touted as a sign of a building Dem comeback from their 2010 shellacking. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, the Ryan plan is genuinely worth of criticism —… Read more »

Wanted: generic Pawlenty slogans!

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Now that the Generic Republican is officially running, I’m thinking he needs a slogan that truly reflects his exciting identity. Here are some of the ideas I’ve come up with: • Pawlenty 2012: Adequate for America • Pawlenty 2012: Less Frightening Than The Various Alternatives • Pawlenty 2012: We Are The Ones We Have Been Vaguely Waiting For, Sort Of… Read more »

Rapture rescheduled for October 21; Apocalypse to cancel USC-ND game

Harold Camping, the nutjob blasphemer fundamentalist evangelical preacher and radio host whose prediction of a May 21 Rapture launched a thousand snarky tweets, isn’t backing down in the face of the…uh…evident lack of a Rapture over the weekend. Instead, he’s doubling down! Camping says the world will still end on October 21, as he’s predicted all along. Originally, he said… Read more »