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Watch out for falling debris.*

• The Florida connection to the Northern Illinois University shooting? The gunman’s dad lives in Lakeland.
• M&M Twins: Mitt endorses McCain.
• The Supers are starting to shift to Barack, as are the giant labor unions. Plus, he’s got the lead in a new poll out of Texas.
• More prognostications of Hillary’s demise, this time from Peggy Noonan in the WSJ.
• Will Obama’s Chicago ties derail his electoral chances?
• Today’s friend of torture: Joe Leiberman.
• Hot Rumor: Al Pacino’s on board for a cameo as the head baddie in the next Bond flick. Hoo-Ah!
• Alicia Keys = Prince?

*Satellite depicted is not the one being blown out of the sky by the Pentagon. Photo credit: PRNewsFoto/Space Systems/Loral.

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Hey, 941 blog peeps, will you be our valentine?

• America loves Obama!
• But Ohio still loves Hillary!
• Huckabee loves the Cayman Islands!
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson love the economy in ‘08!
• Space station astronauts love their firearms!
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia loves torture!
• Jane Fonda loves the C-word!
• Developers, Apple fanboys and me love the upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch developer’s kit!

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“You stay away from me!”

• Tampa is mentioned on the Today show! Too bad the subject was a Hillsborough County Sheriff caught on tape dumping a disabled man out of his wheelchair and onto the floor.
• Obama and McCain pile up the wins.
• A reporter asks Hillary why she hasn’t released her tax returns and she responds: “Sen. Obama has some questions to answer about his dealings with one of his largest contributors Exelon, a big nuclear power company; apparently he cut some deals behind closed doors to protect them from full disclosure of the nuclear industry.” Does this answer mean that a) Hillary believes that if she released her tax returns any questionable dealings Obama has had will pale in comparison; b) It’s nothing but negative attacks from from here on out; c) the reporter took the quote out of context, or d) this is the sound of the Clinton campaign imploding?
• Poetic justice? Secretary of Defense Robert Gates slips, falls, breaks his shoulder and is taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
• Roger Clemens goes before congress, probably lying his injected ass off in the process.
• Spielberg quits his gig as artistic adviser to the 2008 Beijing Olympics after complaints about China by human rights groups.
• From blow-hard to blowback: Rush Limbaugh battles the right.
• The Force is strong with these animators.

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The latest scourge on college campuses: Google addiction.

• Glad that 2007 is behind us: GM.
• The Senate completely ignores the rights of American citizens and passes telecom immunity.
• The Oracle of Omaha to the rescue.
• Two CBS reporters are missing and believed kidnapped in Iraq.
• Now that the writers strike is over, what about the viewers?
• Even Jesus pisses off his parents every now and again.
• Is America addicted to porn? If you’re reading this page after spankin’ it to PornTube.com, you already know.
• Stop the presses! “Healthy Lifestyle is Secret to Longer Life.” So, no more mainlining lard while on a crack binge?

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Once Chief Brody, always Chief Brody.

• Obama wins Maine and Nebraska and Washington and Louisiana. Hell, he even won a Grammy.
• Clinton dumps her campaign manager and looks ahead to March. Is it too late?
• Amy Winehouse takes time off from rehab to win a few Grammys.
• Yahoo to Microsoft: Drop dead!
• Netflix jumps on the Blu-ray bandwagon.
• Hollywood scribes look to pen an ending to the writers strike.
• R.I.P. Roy “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” Scheider.
• R.I.P. Congressman Tom Lantos.

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“I know you don’t love me now, but what if I gave you this giant check?“

• You can’t fight city hall, but if you’re batshit crazy you can shoot it up, killing 5 people before being shot dead by police.
• JFK’s speech writer puts the Camelot touch on Obama’s oratory.
• Colossal Balls: “‘Everything I have said has been factually accurate, but I think the mistake I made was to think I was a spouse just like any other spouse who could defend his candidate,’ Bill Clinton told Portland television station WCSH.”
• Al Zimmerman, until recently the spokesman for Florida’s Department of Children and Families, listed Gov. Charlie as a reference in 2005. No big deal until you realize Al got busted for distributing kiddie-porn last week.
• I always knew sugar was bad for you, but this is ridiculous.
• Environmental head-smack of the week: Biofuels produce more greenhouse gases than traditional gasoline.
• Yahoo continues to hunt for a way to thwart Microsoft’s buyout.
• Can the FBI really be teaming with private businesses to prep for martial law? The Progressive says yes.

(Photo Credit: Whitehouse.gov.)

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“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?!!?”

• Clinton loans herself $5 mil, her staff is working for free and the next few primaries set up well for Obama. Panic time?
• McCain calls for calm, Rush continues to piss on his head anyway.
• If cash was votes, Obama would be running away with this thing.
• As the count goes on in New Mexico, the Brad Blog smells foul play.
• When the nation’s realtors say home prices are going to fall this year you know we’re in trouble.
• Point: How many undersea Internet cables servicing the Middle East have to be cut before we decide someone is actively cutting them? Will five do?
• Counterpoint: Wired claims this whole thing is an overblown conspiracy theory and some of the cables are failing for other reasons. Oh.
• A USF students being held on terrorism charges hires Al-Arian’s lawyer. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

(Photo by: Swaters)

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The count goes on …

• NBC News has Obama taking the lead.
• Raw Story has Hill up by 80 delegates, and McCain running away with it.
• ABC has Huckabee surging as Romney fades.
• AP has the democratic race as a split decision.
• MSNBC’s first thoughts: This is going to get nasty.
• Slate is desperately trying to figure out who won.
• Time Magazine has five lessons from Super Tuesday.
  
• Need a copy of the key to ALL Diebold voting machines? Good news: They posted a picture of it on their website.

In other news:

• Tornadoes killed at least 48 people across the south last night.
• The writers strike will continue — at least through this weekend.
• Heath Ledger’s autopsy is in. Cause of death: oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.
• Is Al-Qaeda about to strike?
• Apple updates the iPhone: Let the bitchin’ commence …

(Photo by Idcross.)

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What’s worse than dressing up like a Smurf in a bid to help break a world record? Trying and failing. [Daily Mail]

+ The Clinton/Obama debate goes Hollywood. [USA Today]

+ The wisdom of Bill Clinton: “We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions ’cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.” [ABC News]

+ Who do the tech-heads favor for president? Turns out Bill Gates and Steve Jobs actually agree on something. [Gizmodo]

+ Fund-raising update: Obama is a juggernaut. [NY Times]

+ Scam alert: Beware people using the promise of proposed government rebate checks to trick you into giving up secret bank account information. [CNN Money]

+ Yes, there’s a Heath Ledger drug tape, and no, you won’t see it on Entertainment Tonight. [Orlando Sentinel]

+ Lost returns tonight. Here’s a little primer. [Newsweek]

+ Britney goes to the hospital. Again. [TMZ]

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Our turn.

+ McCain and Romney battle to the finish. [St. Pete Times]

+ Goodnight Rudy. [Reuters]

+ How goes the vote? [Sun-Sentinel]

+ Way to go Dems! Love your electoral strategy of screwing Florida’s voters. [Time]

+ And how long is this whole primary season going to continue, anyway? [Time too]

+ Facing an uprising by its rank-and-file members, California’s teachers union holds off endorsing Hillary. [CA Majority Report]

+ Break out the party hats! Bush gave his final State of the Union address last night. Too bad it was so overshadowed by the race to replace him. [Slate, CNN]

+ The best political writing anywhere: The Onion. [Duh!]

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