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For fun, let's go back to calling the Defense Department the War Department, and then give each state one. Intrade would go nuts!

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What is up with the look Paul Ryan is giving Willard? Can't decide: creepy or just disturbing.

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Fish.

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2012 beachfront, or 2030 beachfront?

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They refused to leave a security deposit.

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Eggzactly. "We have always been at war with.... [checks teleprompter] ... "

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I would be, if were able to leave it half-full.

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Business? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU">http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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geoff nunberg, their linguist. he called it our 'patois' if i remember correctly.

he also got a little dig in at palin.

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they look like they're standing in front of a sinking ship.

(i was not actually intending that to be a metaphor...)

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My friend, femurs are bones too.

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Latest view? Maybe not. That was Wednesday night's statement - has he changed his tune an odd (anti-FEMA) or even (pro-FEMA again) number of times since then?

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If it ends up being that close, perhaps we're in opposition to forces that can't be stopped by a reality-based minority.

I mean, I'm still knocking on doors and making calls for the President daily, but we are fighting entropy here.

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I love that vote-based allegory.

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...consistent with population clusters of the time.

Moochers don't deserve air conditioning, much less seawalls.

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Where are Ryan's hands?

It's not just you; the look on his face says, "I've been in the US House of Representatives for 14 years, but this is the congress I want to be a part of."

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