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BREAKING:  ALL CHARGES VS DUKE 3 DROPPED

Well, at least we’ll always have the patriarchy, eh Amanda? (via ESPN Sportscenter; story here.)

Peter Fonda comments on Dom Imus’ apology to Al Sharpton for remarks made at the expense of the Rutgers women’s basketball team

Fonda:  “When I was working on Two People, I pinched a handful of Lindsay Wagner’s 714s from her trailer without asking—only to have her rat me out to Bob Wise, then lecture me on what she called my ‘drug problem.’ Which really harshed my mellow, because she was zoomed on blond hash at the time—and when I asked her for a taste, the little princess just slammed the trailer door

Another moment of unabashed pragmatism

This post could have been a lot longer.  But it’s not like there’s a law or anything.

Governmental Hugs

From Jacob Sullum’s fantastic “An Epidemic of Meddling,” May 2007 Reason (subscribers only): What do these four “public health” problems—smoking, playing violent video games, overeating, and gambling [framed as such by, respectively, Henry Waxman, Hillary Clinton, Surgeon General Richard Carmona, and Thom White Wolf Fassett (general secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society(] have in common?  They’re all things that some people enjoy and other people

The Thing that Wouldn’t Die

If you can believe John McCain—and let’s face it, why wouldn’t you?  He is, after all, a plain speaker and a political maverick™ — then his comments to Sean Hannity seem to back both Drudge and the AFP report in the Michael Ware Hecklegate “scandal”.  —Or, as I like to call it, “the time that one Aussie adrenaline junkie got his load on and disrupted a John McCain presser with

Ocular Regeneration

Anybody out there had Lasik surgery or some other corrective eye surgery?  I want to get back to playing baseball in an adult league, but as a former outfielder, I always relied on being able to pick the ball up off the bat. Now—even with glasses—I’d probably have trouble tracking the flight of an aggressive hawk with designs on plucking out my eyes. I’m interested to hear your experiences so

“Gays feel uneasy at black colleges”

From the AP: So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus. A lesbian who is open about her sexual orientation, she arrived eager to join the extended Hampton family. Instead, “I felt like I was the only gay person on campus _ it

a CITIZEN JOURNALIST asks a pointed question of a local “Tancredo for President” supporter while visiting an area Safeway store

CITIZEN JOURNALIST: “Let me ask you this.  Were we to close the southern border, would the price of Spanish fly go up significantly, do you think?” Tancredo supporter:  “Well, I haven’t the slightest idea, to be honest.  Spanish flies, did you say?” CITIZEN JOURNALIST: “Don’t play coy with me.  I suppose next you’re going to tell me that I won’t be artificially forced to overpay for Tijuana hookers, too.” CITIZEN

“Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings”

From the Telegraph (UK): Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity. The bullish reaction from Teheran will reinforce the fears of western diplomats and military officials that more kidnap attempts may be planned. The British handling of the crisis has been regarded with some concern

Beware the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy, which is armed, crazed, and, like, TOTALLY dangerous

Reader John D sends along this interesting bit from the Charlotte Observer:  “Elizabeth Edwards afraid of neighbor”: Elizabeth Edwards says she is scared of the “rabid, rabid Republican” who owns property across the street from her Orange County home—and she doesn’t want her kids going near the gun-toting neighbor. Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, particularly recalls the time neighbor Monty Johnson brought out a gun while