Robert Novak is dead. And for that-we are that much the poorer. That Novak would hire a leg-man to go around Washington sniffing out news reflected the virtue at the heart of his work: His columns, while they resided on the op-ed pages, were built upon previously unreported facts
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Check out Japanese-Filipina and voice actress Megumi Nakajima, a hot new star in the anime scene best known for her role as Ranka Lee in the hit series Macross Frontier, just opened her own YouTube channel. She hasn’t uploaded much yet, but if the viral success of her dance clip
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We got home yesterday-barely making the connection in Charlotte. The plane arrived late and we literally were the last ones on the plane. The S.O. was not amused. Flexibility does not come easy to her-especially when traveling. She does not suffer the serving class well. We boarded the plane and
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That’s an idea I have always agreed with. Hell, if I had my way, most of Africa would still be colonies. And we would be discussing outsourcing of jobs to India with the Viceroy. Since that’s not happening anytime soon, check out what we could do.
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In Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi (literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 64th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.The Pacific War). At noon, August 15 1945 Showa (Emperor Hirohito) made the following broadcast: To our good and loyal subjects: After
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In Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi (literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 64th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.The Pacific War). At noon, August 15 1945 Showa (Emperor Hirohito) made the following broadcast: To our good and loyal subjects: After
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I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this: Final 1 2 3 4 5
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I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this: Final 1 2 3 4 5
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Long day today. Got my father a wireless router for the new laptop he bought. For some reason it is not working as consitently as I would like. It works-and I have the encryption on-but it has spent most of this evening dropping on and off. Back to troubleshooting.
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From a comment thread over at John Cole’s place: I’m sorry, I’m trying to be an adult about this, but Sarah Palin has to be the dumbest, least-competently-managed figure in politics today. At this point I can pretty much use her as a litmus test to gauge someone’s intelligence and
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