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Run Sestak Run IFRL-Plague-Steampunk

Run Sestak Run

Chris Dierkes May 27, 2009
He says he’s in against Specter.  Good for him. Pennsylvania is going deep blue.  And the Penn...
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Thoughts on the Champions League Final IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Little_robbers

Thoughts on the Champions League Final

Will May 27, 2009
After an unbearably over-hyped build-up, Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United was pretty darn anti-climactic. Adding insult...
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Stop the attacks? IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-tretyakov.princess-reverie-193

Stop the attacks?

Erik Kain May 27, 2009
Matthew Schmitz wants counter-conservatives to stop attacking the right-wing talk radio pundits: If the goal of Conor...
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a quote for the end of the afternoon

Erik Kain May 27, 2009
“A series of cataclysmic events leads to the annihilation of a war-mongering elite. All that remains is...
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The Relevance of Experience IFRL-Mindiv-Society-3g12092v

The Relevance of Experience

Mark of New Jersey May 27, 2009
Commenter Mike Farmer expresses an objection to my and Mr. Larison’s defenses of Judge Sotomayor’s “wise Latina...
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Larison on Sotomayor IFRL-TLC-Scenery-steve-halama-388088-unsplash

Larison on Sotomayor

Mark of New Jersey May 27, 2009
Daniel Larison has put together some excellent thoughts on the current leading objections to Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination...
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Baby all I need is a shot in the arm IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.glacier-of-rosenlaui-74

Baby all I need is a shot in the arm

Will May 27, 2009
Jay Bennett passed away yesterday. He’ll be missed. Wilco hit a rough patch after he left the...
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weird fact I just realized IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426222

weird fact I just realized

Freddie May 27, 2009
The Magic, Nuggets and Cavaliers are all led by stars whose last names are usually first names....
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goodbye, cruel league IFRL-TLC-Scenery-steven-wright-1284425-unsplash

goodbye, cruel league

Freddie May 26, 2009
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Comment of the Day IFRL-Plague-Steampunk

Comment of the Day

Chris Dierkes May 26, 2009
“If you were defining “God” as “Jaybird”, allow me to back up and say that I absolutely...
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a judicious quote IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-77281

a judicious quote

Erik Kain May 26, 2009
“I’ve only seen the headlines, but I expect all the clowns put on their clown suits this...
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when wars ended IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.nocturne-6

when wars ended

Erik Kain May 26, 2009
I was watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with my wife this weekend (it always takes...
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Mark Levin, Asshole IFRL-NaPP-Retro-36625257244_34a7dab5bf_b

Mark Levin, Asshole

Will May 26, 2009
Levin forcefully rebuts validates his critics.
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Yesterday IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.the-interior-of-the-palm-house

Yesterday

Erik Kain May 26, 2009
I was cold turkey on blogging all weekend for a much needed respite from the internet, and...
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atheist mythos (not “the myth of atheism”) IFRL-NaPP-Retro-30599219720_a4e7fcd6ea_b

atheist mythos (not “the myth of atheism”)

Chris Dierkes May 25, 2009
Mark’s sharp post the other day on PZ Myers (building off a similarly sharp post by Br....
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Please join me IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jared-rice-751465-unsplash

Please join me

Freddie May 25, 2009
in congratulating Ms. Dara Lind and Mr. Will Wilson on their graduating college. Now go get ’em.
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Monday Evening Humor IFRL-NaPP-Retro-14345382535_299bd344f5_b

Monday Evening Humor

Chris Dierkes May 25, 2009
For Br. Will:
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Thank You Jesus, Subway, and NBC IFRL-Mindiv-vlah-dumitru-519775-unsplash

Thank You Jesus, Subway, and NBC

Chris Dierkes May 25, 2009
Chuck got a Third Season.  Even if it doesn’t start until after the Winter Olympics here in...
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The Difficult Cloudy Middle of Abortion IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-322213-unsplash

The Difficult Cloudy Middle of Abortion

Guest Authors May 25, 2009
By Dan Summers — I enjoyed Chris’s recent post about Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame.  With...
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AQFTD

Chris Dierkes May 25, 2009
At a minimum, Obama seemed alive to the moral and legal ambiguities implied by the issue. Not...
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