The dust has settled since yesterday's 3 hour closure of American Starbucks. Consumers and coffee pundits alike speculated as to the reason for the closure, some thought it had to do with the rollout of a new...
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Interesting article about an auction in Miami. Warning adult content."Just how dismal is the city’s condo market? Well, if last week’s Platinum Condo auction was any indication, a bloodbath is in the...
"Gen. Peter Pace has found himself on the receiving end of a lot of deserved criticism for an interview with the Chicago Tribune. In that interview, Pace explained that he thought homosexuality was 'immoral' and...
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"-Overachiever?-I guess the War on Terror is pretty much over. We've caught the guy who did everything. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has confessed to planning 9/11, the shoe-bomber, and beheading journalist Daniel Pearl....
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"Peter Stark made a statement about his religious beliefs, making him just one of many congress critters who've done so. In fact, for too many, their religious beliefs are their only real qualification for office --...
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"The Bush administration has become the Scandal of the Month Club. Some are major scandals -- Walter Reed, Hurricane Katrina, and Scooter Libby comes to mind. Some are odd and quickly forgotten -- Health and Human...
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"A british video has been making the rounds of the right wing global warming denial crowd. The UK's Channel 4-produced video, titled The Great Global Warming Swindle, is pure crackpottery -- porno for the Flat Earth...
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"Yesterday, I wrote about how President Bush's big Central and South American 'Love Me' tour wasn't going so well, what with the riots in the streets and all. It turns out that Bush, as he always has, is making a lot...
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"-An average Jerry Springer guest-Accused child molester and Racine, WI resident Mario Sims cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet to skip town for a little while. While awaiting trial for charges of child...
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"John McCain's figured out why the GOP lost big in the last election. Exit polling showed that corruption in government was the biggie in 2006, with terrorism running 2nd. According to CNN, "By a wide margin,...
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"Remember the 2007 State of the Union? You know, the one where Bush finally 'got' global warming. "America is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will enable us to live our lives less dependent on oil,"...
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"Like Generalísimo Francisco Franco, Anna Nicole Smith is still dead. Let's be honest, when you heard Smith died, you did say, "Wow, really? What happened?" Answering that question is what reporters do and the...
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"I've never understood the logic behind privatization. You look at two organizations -- one that has to turn a profit and one that doesn't -- and argue that the for-profit enterprise can not only do things cheaper,...
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"States are taking up the environmental slack from the federal government. Eleven states, including California, have passed laws restricting carbon dioxide emissions in vehicles. Not surprisingly, auto manufacturers...
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"Heads pretty much had to roll."Associated Press:WASHINGTON - The Army said Thursday that the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about...
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