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Since history is written by the winners, we can expect Democrat Party operatives and wannabes to airbrush their use of grotesque and vile use of misogyny as a political weapon in the primaries right out of the picture.* So it's good to set the record straight and think through the implications, as scary smart Anglachel does. Read the whole thing:

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Yes, oil prices went down, making the end of the world less likely. Read below the fold...

Bloomberg:

Skippy on the Menu as Australia Seeks to Fight Global Warming
The kangaroo epitomizes Australia, appearing on the coat of arms and dollar coin and starring in the TV series, ``Skippy.'' Now, a government adviser says Australians should eat more of the animals to ease global warming.

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There's a scumbag born every minute.

Some are child pornographers, while others make a buck by torching the First and Fourth Amendments:
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Health Care Now has totally revamped their website. Looks much better, check it out. Read below the fold...

What's not to love? I guess if you're allergic to horse hair you might have a problem...

This is a public service announcement to all San Franciso Bay Area bloggers and readers: post debate wrap up and discussion and drowning of ailments at Zeitgeist (Duboce & Valencia) tomorrow 10/16/08. Read below the fold...

Digby muses that "it would be nice if Democrats didn't feel the need to define their base as liberal freaks. One tends to lose interest in helping those who wipe their feet on your face after a while."

“I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls,” Obama told [Matt Bai]. “If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me, right? Read below the fold...

Until Doghouse Riley reminded me, I'd forgotten all about The Old Grey Lady's latterday Jove, little Danny Okrent, and his spat with America's Shrillest Nobel Laureate. Via the incomparable Howler: Read below the fold...

Why not? Gramm-Leach, the gift that keeps on giving:

What was a move of desperation for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley could become a strategy for a broad array of institutions hoping to weather the economic turmoil.

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It truly sickens me the way Republicans can spend a lifetime of running our country into the ground, go on Sunday morning TV, make a few nice sounds and presto, he's cabinet material.

The latest from Steve Clemons: Chuck Hagel Will Help Obama Find his "Inner Nixon".

Clemons says this like it was a good thing. Yeah, the secret bombing of Cambodia, the destruction of Chilean democracy, and so many other things were such a good idea and worked out so well for our country. Read below the fold...

Apparently so.

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Did I mention that John McCain is old? Read below the fold...

Via Suburban Guerilla, there's a link to the Dembot blog, where Andrew Baron posts an open letter to James C. Mullen, the chairman of Biogen, Inc. (the first link is just an excerpt of the second, which includes more detail).

Baron's father has multiple myeloma and is near death. Biogen Idec produces a drug called Tysabri (natalizumab) which might save Andrew's father's life.

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Third-party candidates to debate on Sunday (McClatchy)
WASHINGTON — Third-party presidential candidates finally will have their own debate: at 8 p.m. Sunday at Columbia University in New York.
For REAL change.—Caro

Gaming A New Platform For Political Ads; Obama Ad Shows Up On Xbox (Paid Content)

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