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A leopard gecko is displayed in an aquarium tank during the annual
Taiwan International Aquarium Expo at the World Trade Center in Taipei
on November 7, 2009. More then one hundred tanks of fishes from nine
asian countries can be seen during the exhibition. By Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images.
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World
Bud Day
Taiwan
A reader writes: You ask , what it is about sunlight and open debate that Palin is afraid of.
My guess is that it isn't fear. (Though she knows on some level that
she's not capable of debate with her dismal language skills.) I think
that it's because the debate isn't the point. Because she ...
White House
Sarah Palin
"Maddie knows if this bill passes, she knows her mom’s health care will go away and won’t be around for five years. If the bill passes, then no more health care for her mom, because it has to change," - moronic John Shadegg , holding up a baby, fanning unsubstantiated fears and ...
Congress
Bud Day
John Shadegg
Drum weighs in : Republicans are the party of the South these days, and sure, the GOP
will regain power eventually. But will they be able to do it if they
remain a party dominated by the culture of Dixie? Demographics suggest
pretty strongly that they can't, which means that ...
Other
Republican National Committee
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A reader writes: I just watched the video of the young girl who is surprised when her
father is home from the war. Watching the expressions on her face, I knew instantly what she
felt. I've been in her shoes. My father spent time in ...
World
Japan
Carl Hulse has an interesting report on the Republican clusterfuck that led to their losing a safe seat in an off-year election. They were outmaneuvered by the Dems:
Democrats planned to make mischief in the district from the moment Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, approached ...
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Rahm Emanuel
John M. McHugh
U.S. Army
Jonathan Martin snuck into the Palinfest in Wisconsin and reports that the crowd was not so wowed: While she drew applause during her remarks, Palin’s extemporaneous and frequently discursive style was such that she never truly roused a true-believing crowd as passionate about the issue at ...
White House
Sarah Palin
Glenn Beck
Howard Jacobson talks about offensive jokes - like the one about war amputees - and makes this observation: No great comedian is ever amused by himself. Billy Connelly could have been a great comedian had he not taken to collapsing
hysterically during his own routines. The seal on David ...
Other
Number 94 on the You Aught To Remember countdown :
Remember the good old days? The days when you could turn on prime-time
television at 9:00 or 10:00 PM and catch an arresting hour-long drama
mid-season and feel thoroughly entertained? Oh sure, maybe you didn't
know all the character's names ...
Other
In thinking through the rather good ads that eventually came out in Maine, many are arguing that future marriage campaigns need to go negative against the anti-gay forces. Steve Hildebrand tells Rex Wockner: We are fools to have spent all this money and time and not have defined
the opponents. ...
Other
Jim Windolf explores the science behind adorable animals:
“It’s part of our DNA to react to cute things,” says Meg Frost, who
founded Cute Overload in 2005. “What makes me post certain pictures is
if I have an audible reaction—a squeal—when I see the picture. I’m kind
of annoyed at ...
Other
Moshe Halbertal, a professor who helped craft the Israeli army’s ethics code, picks apart the Goldstone report and critiques its "overall biased tone." Nevertheless, he calls the siege of Gaza "morally problematic and strategically counterproductive." Money quote: Radical ...
World
Israel
Hamas
Gaza
DiA notices that the leaders of both parties are no longer overwhelmingly southern: Southerners haven't lost their country, but they have lost power—a
power they disproportionately enjoyed for nearly the entire
Clinton-Bush II era..."I want my country back," has become a ...
