Tuesday, January 27, 2009

News from around the nation

At least Congressman is dialed in. Michigan's John Conyers has formally introduced universal, single-payer health insurance, and he's dragging Karl Rove back to the line of scrimmage.

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Bailed-out bank execs helpfully declare "the demise of a civilization".

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We live in an amazing technological time. This photo, comprised of 220 smaller photos, allows one to zoom all the way in on a sleeping Clarence Thomas seated behind Barack Obama at last week's inaugural.

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Know what's wrong with our campaign finance system? Individuals aren't allowed to contribute enough.

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I can't think of a recent newspaper article that better epitomizes today's out-of-step, right-wing, corporate media than this one: As part of a published series of debates humorously titled "Dust-up" in the LA Times, radical conservative Hugh Hewitt and "liberal" Susan Estrich square off today over whether or not President Obama should investigate Bush Administration officials' handling of the "war on terror." Oops, they both agree.

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Hopefully, iconic film actor Mickey Rourke won't really parlay his recent Oscar nomination into a real-life stint as a professional wrestler. If we wanted to see a guy throw an Academy nod into the toilet, they could give another one to Burt Reynolds. Snap!

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The best player in Sunday's Super Bowl was raised by a sportswriter. That sportswriter says he can still report the game objectively from the press box at Tampa Stadium.

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