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McCain vs. Obama World -- "Memo to John McCain: You're probably kicking yourself right about now for goading Barack Obama into getting out to see the world. That's like throwing ol' Br'er Rabbit into a briar patch."

Uck.

Regular grapefruit juice is so much worse than pink grapefruit juice. Blech.

NYT opinions

Americans Move to the Middle -- interesting graphs (although I'd like to see the data extended back into the '90s & '80s as well, or even the year 2000)

Time to Regulate Big Tobacco

Charles Simic steps aside

The American poetry community welcomes Kay Ryan as the new Poet Laureate.

obtained from pnkrokhockeymom

My results for HelloQuizzy's Where in America Do You Belong Test

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As quiet_flame recently referenced the fist pump, I subsequently ran into this article: Media treat Obama like an artifact of a foreign culture

It's interesting to note that E. D. Hill, the woman at Fox News who brought all of this ridiculosity to a foment, lost her morning show. Fox claims it has nothing to do with the brouhaha.