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Feel Good Friday: "Hoochie Coochie Man"

Friday, November 28, 2008 12:50 PM
Here's the legendary Muddy Waters performing his classic "Hoochie Coochie Man:" Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Global energy outlook: not so great

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:34 PM
The International Energy Agency has published an updated forecast of the world's energy consumption and the current trajectory of our changing climate, and the outlook isn't very optimistic. The usually staid organization opens its World Energy Outlook
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Robosoldiers

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:57 PM
This is pretty disturbing -- robots replacing soldiers in battle : In the heat of battle, their minds clouded by fear, anger or vengefulness, even the best-trained soldiers can act in ways that violate the Geneva Conventions or battlefield rules of engagement.
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CNN gets smackdown for union-busting

Monday, November 24, 2008 10:29 PM
This is good news, but it isn't likely to be headlined on CNN : In a decision made public today, an administrative law judge ordered the network to rehire 110 workers who were fired [five years ago] because they were union members. CNN also was ordered
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Feel Good Friday: "Superstition"

Friday, November 21, 2008 9:57 AM
For this week's Feel Good Friday, here's one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, "Superstition:" Enjoy. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:37 PM
This is priceless : Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. This proved to be a slightly absurd but ultimately unremarkable
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Bush's newest attack on air quality and national parks

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:20 PM
In one stroke, the Bush administration has launched fresh attacks on two of its favorite targets -- air quality and the national parks : The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules that would make it easier to build coal-fired
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An FDA fig leaf

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:52 PM
In the wake of numerous cases of poisonous Chinese goods making their way onto store shelves (including toxic pet food sold in the US), the FDA has decided to initiate what it hopes will be perceived as a bold step : Under fire for not having the resources
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Bailout mania: symptom of a deeper problem

Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:50 PM
Over the last couple of months, we've seen a $700 billion bailout of the financial sector, the nationalization of AIG, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, pleas for a bailout of the US auto industry, and emergency FDIC guarantees for everything from money market
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Feel Good Friday: "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"

Friday, November 14, 2008 8:02 AM
Here's a flashback to 1982: "You Dropped A Bomb On Me," by the Gap Band: This is good for gettin' your groove on at 8:00 on Friday morning. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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TVA tries to save face

Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:30 PM
When the TVA Board of Directors recently announced they were giving a half-million dollar raise to TVA's already overpaid (and completely superfluous) CEO, they also announced that they "hoped" TVA's electricity rates would decrease in the coming months.
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Bishops in retrograde

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:50 PM
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is issuing a statement which characterizes any pro-choice legislation enacted under the Obama administration as an " attack on the church ." By some bizarre twist of logic, they also assert that any such legislation
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A curious church sign

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:10 PM
On the drive home from work today, I saw a church sign that read simply, "Proverbs 29:2." That was it. There was no expository text beyond the bare citation. When I got home, I looked it up : When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but
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Ninety years ago today

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:27 PM
Ninety years ago today, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the War to End All Wars came to a close. Although its carnage was eclipsed by the global disaster that followed twenty years later, the devastation of the First World
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The enduring Palin effect

Monday, November 10, 2008 11:16 PM
Roll Call , via DailyKos : Two-thirds of voters saw the “Saturday Night Live” election parodies during the campaign season and 10 percent said the program had an influence on their vote. Asked whether they would prefer Alaska Gov. Saran Palin (R) or actress
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The situational ethics of Sen. Jon Kyl

Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:41 PM
Think back to the spring of 2005, just three and a half years ago, before this presidential campaign started. The Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. The Democrats in the Senate were more or less powerless to stop the GOP
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Feel Good Friday: "Flashlight"

Friday, November 07, 2008 9:57 AM
This week's "Feel Good Friday" is Parliament's "Flashlight:" Drop what you're doing, turn the speakers up, and get up and dance. George Clinton is without question the coolest man who ever lived. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Undoing the damage, one step at a time

Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:44 PM
No small part of Obama's mandate is driven by a desire to see the most damaging turns of the last eight years reversed, so that this country can begin restoring itself to its fundamental principles. If the Obama administration takes that mandate seriously,
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Two bets I am thrilled to lose

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:08 PM
Back in late February or early March, it was increasingly clear that McCain and Obama would be their parties' nominees. At that time, I firmly believed Obama could not beat McCain; I felt that he could have beaten any other Republican, but that McCain's
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A bright new day

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:40 PM
A bright new day has dawned in this country. Hallelujah. Congratulations, Mr. President. You have a huge job ahead of you, given that you will be faced with excising the cancer of the last eight years, but you have our support. Get to work. We'll help
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Sit, walk, run, fly

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:58 PM
This morning, a co-worker said she'd gone to vote before work and went to Starbucks afterward, before coming in to the office. Standing next to her at the counter was a young African-American man, and they struck up a conversation about the election.
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Tomorrow, in a nutshell

Monday, November 03, 2008 8:38 PM
This Twitter update from MC Hammer (yes, that MC Hammer) sums up the significance of tomorrow's vote, in fewer than 140 characters: Preparing for the most important election in history.... can't articulate what I'm feeling... It's the culmination of a
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