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Meet your new Poet Laureate
That’s right, we got us a new Poet Laureate, or Poetry Czar, if you prefer. His name is W.S. Merwin, he’s got two Pulitzers to his credit, and he lives in Hawaii. (No word on the status of his birth certificate, but I’m sure Nathan Deal is feverishly researching, even as we speak.)
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Jackass Saxby
On June 18th, Saxby Chambliss said the following in his weekly newsletter: “During a time of economic hardship, I don’t believe we should allow provisions such as the extension of emergency unemployment benefits to expire. But I do believe that Congress should find a way to pay for those extensions.” On June 25th, he repeated […]
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It’s July 1st, Get Off Your Phone
The “texting while driving” law goes into effect today. No reading, sending or writing any texts, emails or tweets while sitting at a red light or it’s a $150 ticket. Whether this includes using a Google Maps app on your iPhone is anyone’s guess. It’s certainly internet data, but is it a communication? Can’t wait […]
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And the begging continues.
It’s not as if I need a reminder that it’s the end of the quarter. But, if I did, I would be all set. Has your email box and voicemail exploded like mine the past few days? Here are a couple examples that got me to unsubscribe: The state-wide campaign that utilizes a Constant Contact […]
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John Edwards: Keepin’ it classy
Well, at least semi-classy. White wine instead of say, body shots, while he’s running around and partying. From TNR: He drank white wine and light beer [at a party for Duke public policy students], according to multiple attendees. After a while, Edwards made his way to the dance floor. “He was kind of uncomfortably dancing,” […]
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SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing
AboveTheLaw brings a little humor to Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing by providing her top five quotes of day two. My favorite part? Lindsey Graham wanted to know how Elena Kagan felt about the war on terror (or “terra,” in his heavy Southern accent). He asked her where she was on Christmas day, when a would-be […]
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