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Lost Details of the VacationI’ve told you about our vacation that the family took back in April, back when gas was cheaper, but there were a couple of details I left out. One is that if you’re ever driving anywhere near Baltimore, and you see a road sign saying "Travel plaza ahead," it is NOT one of the places where you can stop, get coffee and gas, and rest.

Debate Background Hofstra University is hosting a Presidential Debate on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.  The debate is sponsored by the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates.  Hofstra mistakenly calls this commission “nonpartisan” when it is actually bi-partisan–entirely controlled by the Democratic

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From Time we hear that as a newly-elected Mayor of Wasilla, Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin tried to ban books from the town library: One thing all sides agree on is that the valley was in flux. The old libertarian pioneer ethos was giving way to a rising Christian conservatism.

Salon reported that well known journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now was arrested on the street in St. Paul, MN as she was attempting to cover the Republican convention, and charged with "conspiracy to riot." See the YouTube video below.

Oh, it’s only a little dirty, sure.  With but with Democrats like the PUMAs, sometimes you wonder why we need Karl Rove.  With Hillary supporters like a few of the PUMAs, who needs Monica Lewinsky? At the Confluence, anything that displeases the board moderators gets edited to say something completely

In a 2006 questionnaire sent to Alaskan gubernatorial candidates, Sarah Palin answered a question concerning the phrase, “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in a way that intimated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to read more Town Called Dobson Yes, all those Greek Columns the Red Staters have been masturbating over, it seems to be Thomas Jefferson's fault. Cause you know, there are NO Greco-Roman inspirations in Monticello.

Yes, all those Greek Columns the Red Staters have been masturbating over, it seems to be Thomas Jefferson’s fault. Cause you know, there are NO Greco-Roman inspirations in Monticello. From Wikipedia: Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the first volume of The Antiquities of Athens, and though he

The Book of Secrets, Back Home Again Posted on: August 27th, 2008 by Matt Raymond Time was, the most common question we would get at the Library of Congress was, “Where are all the books?” (The answer is here.) But a new question has begun to rival that query in frequency: “Where is the ‘Book of