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Millions of Americans take to their vehicles to attend protest march over high gas prices

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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 28, 2006 11:13 AM | Comments (0)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (4/28)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Best Cranky Norwegian Blogger Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Come Back To Camden - Morrissey
2. St. Louise Is Listening - Soul Coughing
3. Where Is My Soul - The Finn Brothers
4. Georgia On My Mind - Willie Nelson
5. You Rise And Meet The Day - Dar Williams
6. Respectable - Nellie McKay
7. Redemption Song - Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer
8. When You're Young - The Jam
9. Eskimo - Damien Rice
10. Future Boys - Electric Six

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 28, 2006 6:42 AM | Comments (0)

 

Vice President Cheney leads the prayer during the Tuesday morning staff meeting

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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 25, 2006 6:33 PM | Comments (0)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (4/21)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Kenny's Dead - Master P
2. You Shook Me All Night Long - Hayseed Dixie
3. I May Not Can See - The Blind Boys of Alabama
4. Mine's Not a High Horse - The Shins
5. Let's Get Together - Paul Brady
6. White Girl - Soul Coughing
7. Start! - Beastie Boys featuring Miho Hatori
8. Our Story - The Judybats
9. Help Save the Youth of America - Billy Bragg
10. Good To Be Alive - DJ Rap

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 21, 2006 6:54 AM | Comments (0)

 

Ace Young voted off American Idol sends oil prices soaring

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Ace Young, who'd performed the retro standard "That's All" during Tuesday night's American Songbook-themed episode became the latest "Idol" wannabe to be ousted, sending oil prices soaring to a record $74 a barrel. "The market had been worried about Ace," Deborah White of SG SIB Commodities in Paris noted. "An underwhelming Kellie Pickler performance next week just might send it over $80."

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 20, 2006 3:24 PM | Comments (1)

 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demands Iranian compliance, braaaaaaaains

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday called for Iran's compliance with current UN nuclear production treaties and brains with which to feast upon. As a follow-up, Rice demanded even more brains.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 19, 2006 5:12 PM | Comments (1)

 

Yes, Mr. President, Easter was yesterday... why do you ask?

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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 17, 2006 5:03 PM | Comments (0)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (4/14)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Monday Movie Quiz winner Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Think For A Minute - The Housemartins
2. Who Got My Natural Comb? - Ted Hawkins
3. The Sanity Assassin - Bauhaus
4. Moon Love - Chet Baker
5. Musette and Drums - Cocteau Twins
6. The Celibate Life - The Shins
7. Glad Tidings - Van Morrison
8. Synthesizer - Electric Six
9. Empire - Dar Williams
10. Golden Lights - The Smiths

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 14, 2006 6:27 AM | Comments (0)

 

House janitor harbors secret aspiration to clean Senate toilets

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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 13, 2006 4:13 PM | Comments (0)

 

Doyle always had a jar of lollipops on his desk for special visitors

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The House Homeland Security Committee will investigate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hiring policies after Deputy Press Secretary Brian J. Doyle was arrested on charges that he used the Internet to seduce an undercover officer who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Doyle, in speaking over the Internet with an undercover cop pretending to be a 14-year old Florida girl, revealed that he worked for the DHS, later disclosing numbers for his office phone and government-issued cell phone and using those lines, police said.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 10, 2006 9:34 AM | Comments (0)

 

Sadly, even the chainsaw juggling now fails to woo the American populace

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President George W. Bush speaks about the war in Iraq and the global war on terror during a visit to Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina April 6, 2006. Even after a breathless round of juggling, using a chainsaw, bowling ball, and his microphone, the crowd appeared nonplussed by the president.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 10, 2006 9:08 AM | Comments (0)

 

Saturday cat blogging

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Fifteen pounds of fur and fat: It's Saturday cat blogging starring Chlöe, the Queen of Portland Avenue. Have to settle for a break-in-cleaning shot versus an action-packed montage.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 8, 2006 10:31 AM | Comments (2)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (4/7)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson, as seen in the Star Tribune, FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. I Want You - Elvis Costello
2. Someone Like Me - Julian Cope
3. Anyone Can Fill Your Shoes - X
4. Steal My Sunshine - Len
5. Uptown - Prince
6. Sorry You're Sick - Ted Hawkins
7. Queen of the Slipstream - Brian Kennedy
8. 365 Days - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9. America Is Not The World - Morrissey
10. Equator - Strawpeople

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 7, 2006 7:02 AM | Comments (0)

 

The White House shuts down Sesame Street on bird flu rumors involving outspoken feathered cast member

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"Kids can learn their ABCs and WMDs on Fox," said one inside source.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 6, 2006 3:40 PM | Comments (0)

 

Addressing the senior staff

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress. Berlusconi received a standing ovation from everyone in the chamber, and two from the Vice President.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 5, 2006 3:43 PM | Comments (0)

 

Internal DHS memo reveals al Qaeda possibly hiding in teenage girls's underpants

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Department of Homeland Security deputy press secretary Brian Doyle, a U.S. government spokesman, has been arrested for trying to seduce a 14-year-old girl online, police said.

Posted by Corey Anderson at April 5, 2006 10:55 AM | Comments (0)

 

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