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08 Feb 2010 22:10

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Chatter: Andy Samberg as Rahm Emanuel > Fred Armisen as Obama

  • “Poke me again and I will write #@*& on your wall so obscene, your com­puter will cry!” This clip from SNL over the week­end has been get­ting lots of buzz for Andy Samberg’s report­edly pitch-perfect par­ody of Rahm Emanuel. And the com­pletely awe­some, buzz-defusing quips against Sarah Palin.
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08 Feb 2010 21:56

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U.S.: Father of the year: Soldier accused of waterboarding young daughter

  • The daugh­ter wouldn’t recite her ABCs. Joshua Tabor, of Tacoma, Wash. was arrested Jan. 31 for the inci­dent. Know­ing that the 4-year-old was afraid of water, he threat­ened her using the tech­nique more tra­di­tion­ally – and con­tro­ver­sially – used on ter­ror sus­pects. Tabor was angry because he feels she’s men­tally behind her age; inves­ti­ga­tors noted that she seemed nor­mal. So yeah. Scary. source
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08 Feb 2010 21:39

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U.S.: Richard Shelby released those Obama nominee holds. Why?

  • shelby The Alabama sen­a­tor says that his demands were met, so he released most of the 70+ holds, bar­ring a few unnamed ones.
  • obama The president’s staff says that none of Shelby’s demands were met, so some­body is lying here. We won­der who that might be. source
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08 Feb 2010 21:30

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U.S., World: Sick Haitian kids can’t get to U.S. hospitals due to red tape

  • 15 number of Haitian children airlifted to U.S. hospitals each day before the Baptist missionaries were arrested
  • three number of children airlifted daily now; other kids are getting held back due to paperwork issues source
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08 Feb 2010 20:33

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Culture: This number should scare you out of drinking another Coke

  • 87% added risk of pancreatic cancer for pop-drinkers source
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08 Feb 2010 20:26

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Biz: Another dumpy day for the Dow: It FINISHED below 10,000 again

  • 9,908 the Dow's closing level today, due to troubles abroad and possible regulation at home
  • 11/04/09 the last time the Dow closed this low, which was just a couple of months ago, by the way source
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08 Feb 2010 20:09

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U.S.: John Murtha: A friend of the military, not a friend of the Iraq War

  • Every per­son who serves in the mil­i­tary has lost an advo­cate and a good friend.
  • Wis­con­sin Rep. David Obey • On the death of Rep. John Murtha. Murtha, one of Con­gress’ most-hard-nosed mem­bers, had served Pennsylvania’s 12th dis­trict since 1974. He was best-known for his stance on mil­i­tary issues, mainly because he had been there – he was the first Viet­nam vet­eran to serve in Con­gress. Notably, Murtha was an early critic of the Iraq War, at a time when the war was still pop­u­lar with the Amer­i­can pub­lic. He also had some notable weak­nesses, such as being noto­ri­ous for push­ing pork into his own dis­trict. Even so, his death was unex­pected – doc­tors acci­den­tally hit his intes­tine dur­ing rou­tine gall blad­der surgery, which means a mal­prac­tice law­suit is pos­si­bly in the doc­tors’ future. source
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08 Feb 2010 15:33

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U.S.: God hates D.C.: More snow promised for us heathens

  • 10"-20" we want to cry Mother Nature source
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08 Feb 2010 14:52

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U.S.: BREAKING: Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha dies at 77. Twitter tweets.



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08 Feb 2010 14:44

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Culture: Conrad Murray charged in Michael Jackson’s death. Twitter reacts



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