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Where’s the ozone hole?

Remember way back when–oh, like the mid 80′s–when the ozone hole was growing over the South Pole and ready to expose all of humanity to cosmic, skin-burning, gene-smashing, life-sucking radiation from space?

Yeah, well don’t sweat that, I guess.

Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 – 25 years ago – [...]

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The world's smallest violin for Representative Hank Johnson

I’m hearing from different sources this morning that picking on Congressman Hank Johnson’s obvious confusion while speaking with Admiral Willard about relocating Navy personnel to Guam was a mean-spirited, heartless, insensitive, and downright, well… conservative thing to do.

He’s sick, don’t you know.

Rep. Hank Johnson is the Atlanta Democrat who defeated and replaced the execrable Cynthia [...]

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The Health Care Albatross and some advice for the Dems

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Old Nancy seems to be limping her way ever closer to her goal of 216.  She swears she’s got the votes to get this done, and probably by tomorrow afternoon, barring some other delay, we’ll know whether it’s still safe to get sick in this country or not. 

But with them so close to their goal, we [...]

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For those of you blatantly ignoring the recession…

I bring you PlaySeats.

They have a variety of different styles, for both racing and flying simulations. 

Please be prepared to drop about a grand on anything worthwhile. 

Oh, and here’s some video so you can see it in action.  And salivate.

I know you’re reaching for your checkbook now.  Don’t have to pretend. 

Of course, your wife will divorce [...]

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True Grit remake. Oh god, no.

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It’s coming. 

The Coen brothers have apparently decided to move on from the mostly incomprehensible Cormac McCarthy to American icons. 

I’ve heard about this for a while, but I’m just now starting to hear some names trickle out, and it’s got me in a cold sweat. 

Jeff Bridges as Rooster.  Yes, that’s right.  The Dude with an eyepatch [...]

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Give us your tired, your poor, your HIV infected....

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This has been discussed for quite a while, and it has of course been controversial ever since its implementation, but thank goodness we’ve finally gotten around to lifting the ban on HIV infected tourists. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together announced the [...]

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2009: The year the wheels came off GLOBAL WARMING

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A lot of bad things happened in 2009.  We got Obama.  The economy took a nose-dive.  The best health care system on earth is being obliterated.  The Bears missed the playoffs… again.

But if there’s one good nugget you can take from such a miserable year, it’s that finally, after decades of being the biggest naked [...]

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The Gitmo shell-game continues

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We dropped a few on Palau. 

Shipped some to New York. 

How about if you flatlanders in Illinois get ready for your share now, too? 

The Land of Lincoln may still be licking its wounds–and certain real estate transactions–over Chicago’s losing the Olympics to Rio, but the Obama Administration has delivered up a small consolation prize: the state’s [...]

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The absolute scariest thing I've seen in a very long time...

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You’ve gotta’ hand it to the libs…  they play hardball.  When they step out on to the field, it’s no-nonsense, winner-take-all.  They don’t sweat things like your freedom, or the democratic process that’s served us well for the past, oh, two hundred or so years.  At least not if any of these things are between [...]

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More stuff from Pence and Fox News Sunday

I’m going to add a little more from what Congressman Mike Pence had to say on Fox News Sunday, but I think it’s worth a separate post, as it goes off in a slightly different direction from our last entry on the health care vote. 

While Pence was telling the Dems to “stop digging,” he made [...]

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