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Coal, Oil and Now… Nuclear
Radioactive water in New Jersey: LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Radioactive water that leaked from the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant has now reached a major underground aquifer that supplies drinking...
The Dome Didn't Work
Bad news. Officials for BP on Saturday encountered a significant setback in their efforts to attach a containment dome over a leaking well on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico, forcing them to move...
The Terrorists Win Again
From Jake Tapper on Twitter: Breaking; AG Holder tells ABC News he will ask Congress to modify Miranda warnings, to expand public-safety exception The public safety exception seems acceptable enough...
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The New Pornographers - "Your Hands (Together)" Official Video NINJAS!
Why Does The AP Hate America?
The AP wrote an extensive review of the Obama administration's response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster and guess what? Competent, responsive, aggressive. The AP review found that the...
Lies and Lying Liars
The latest tea party meme on the Arizona law is that, somehow, Hispanics support the legislation. Marco Rubio: Polling has shown that Americans of Hispanic descent in Arizona support this bill just...
Another Reason Why the Body Scanners Suck
Screeners tested a body scanner on themselves, and, of course, all of the co-workers were able to see the scans -- naughty bits and all. A Miami International Airport federal security screener has...
Ebert's New Face
Between his fight with cancer and his blogging/tweeting, Roger Ebert, of all people, has become an inspiring national figure. This is an outstanding blog entry about his struggles to come to terms...
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MST3K Saturday - "Devil Fish"
And She Was Almost Vice President
The level of stupid in the following remark by Sarah Palin on last night's O'Reilly Factor is immeasurable. "[O]ur Constitution, of course, essentially acknowledging that our unalienable rights don't...
Why the Daily Show Rules
This segment for example:
Benen's Job Growth Chart
290,000 jobs added in April. Highest manufacturing job growth since 1998 (44,000 jobs). And Steve Benen's job growth chart:
Shocker! White People Love the Arizona Law
Sometimes, in my more idealistic and optimistic moments, I like to believe that people are opposed to injustice regardless of whether or not the injustice directly effects them. This Research 2000...
Clinton, Pelosi Support Lieberman Bill
What the hell is going on? Several major Democratic officials spoke positively about the proposal, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Noting that the State Department already had...
Oh Those Screwy Republicans
Sargent makes with the poll numbers on this ridiculous "Obama's Katrina" meme: Fox polls "Obama's Katrina," gets wrong answer: Despite the right's ongoing attacks, the new Fox poll finds that 50%...
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The Star Wars Trilogy told in two minutes with LEGOs.
Oil? Meet Louisiana.
From NOLA.com: Orange-colored oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has washed up on the western side of North Island, the northenmost sliver of the Chandeleur and Breton Island chain. The island...
Market Drop Gives Limbaugh A Boner
This is funny. As close to a medically unassisted erection Limbaugh has had in years. We later learned that it was an electronic trading glitch and not Greece or wherever. But okay -- let's take...
The Machines Went Crazy
Oh. This is nice. CNBC is reporting that a Citigroup trading error was the trigger that sent the stock market plunging today. The Dow Jones Industrials fell by nearly 10 percent, before rebounding...