Cable news wastes my time. Time which could more profitably be spent leveling 63 troll mage to WOW endgame. I mean, if I play WOW at least I have something to show for it at the end of the day, whereas cable news can only make me stupider.
For example, instead of killing ogres in [...]

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The woman who wrote the
“women are naturally dumb” Post at the Washinton Post is not just a random contributor or Post staffer. According to No More Mister Nice Blog, she is an
established anti-feminist writer and blog editor for the anti-feminist Independent Women’s Forum. (You can tell it’s a right-wing group because it has [...]

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I’m not sure what coverage is like in the news outlets and weblogs you are reading, but I find it surprising I haven’t seen more bloggy coverage of the Alexis Debat debacle (Debatle?)
Alexis Debat was a consultant to ABC and the source of several inflammatory news stories and interviews that now appear to have been [...]

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Vacations are hard. Just this: on the subject of the “speaker vote”:http://www.thudfactor.com/wordpress/2006/11/17/politics-vacation/, see August’s “commentary”:http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchive/week_2006_11_19.html#001963 and “comic”:http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2006_11_20.html.

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Let’s just put all the self-defeatist chatter, and “oh-I-could-have-done-it-better-but-I’m-too-busy” snark about Air America aside for a moment. I am really enjoying two shows right now:
* “Rachel Maddow”:http://shows.airamericaradio.com/maddow/ (she’s on 7-9).
* “Marc Maron”:http://www.airamericaradio.com/maron/
Honestly, I didn’t care for Marc Maron’s original show much, but he’s far better solo. And although “Unfiltered” — Maddow’s original show — [...]

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