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Yech! Couldn’t they find a real actress for the part? The political left and the political right are going to meet on Fox’s “24” this coming season. Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo, an outspoken liberal, is set to co-star on the conservative-leaning real-time drama, whose co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow jokingly describes himself as a “right-wing nut job.”…

Anyone have Vista? I’ve been praying that my laptop doesn’t die so that I don’t have to get a new one with the Vista OS. I’ve been around PC’s long enough to know that you never purchase the first release of anything Microsoft puts out since that is it’s beta testing phase. It lets them…

Mattel should be offering to test these kids themselves, it shouldn’t take a lawsuit to do it: A family sued Mattel on Monday, claiming the world’s largest toy maker should pay for testing to determine if children have been exposed to lead from millions of recalled toys. I have no sympathy for a company that…

I wonder how they expect to get us to switch? Why would we want to get up control of the Internet: Japanese communications minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that Japan will start research and development on technology for a new generation of network that would replace the Internet, eyeing bringing the technology into commercial use…

Wow! This guy was originally against the war (doesn’t sound like your typical neo-con): U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Thursday that his recent trip to Iraq convinced him the military needs more time in the region, and that a hasty pullout would cause chaos that helps Iran and harms U.S. security. “I believe that the…

I wonder how the left will spin this: New military tactics in Iraq are working but the best way to honor U.S. soldiers is “by beginning to bring them home,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told war veterans Monday. […] Clinton said new tactics have brought some success against insurgents, particularly in Iraq’s Anbar province. “It’s…

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Since there was such a fuss I figured they must cost a lot but I was surprised to find out that you can get Gucci loafers for under $500 (and if you shop around you can get them for under $400). This doesn’t seem like a lot for a politician to pay for shoes especially…

Ken Shepherd sent me a link to this video:

Hey! PEOPLE with blue eyes are likely to achieve more in life than those with brown, say US scientists. Scientists who conducted the tests said brown-eyed people performed better at reaction time, but those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers, the Daily Mail reported. Brown-eyed people succeeded in activities such as football…

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