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Another day, another new low hit by the McCain campaign.

• Hillary Clinton, unwittingly, pitches in for the McCain campaign.

• The future of fat: 40 years and every U.S. adult will be overweight.

• The question we all want answered: Who can I sue?

• Forgotten war in Afghanistan passes tragic milesstone.

• Hillary is pressing for a floor vote at the Dem National Convention. Really.

• Shouldn’t civil liberties at least be talked about by the major candidates?

• The United States’ place in the deplorable history of killing women and children first.

• And finally, something that does not depress me (and one of the great moments in movie history):

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Coming soon to a battlefield near you: paratrooper dogs. Really. We’re not kidding, though we wish we were.

• Europeans may thrilled at the prospect of an Obama presidency, but the man himself isn’t giving much time to continental journalists.

• If they are lucky enough to still have a job, most Americans can’t afford a vacation, but Europeans are flocking to Florida.

• How will the American TV networks handle their Chinese overlords during the Olympics?

• The speculation on potential running mates for Barack Obama and John McCain continues unabated. Yes, Hillary and Mitt are still in the running.

• A Vermont librarian, all 4-foot, 10 inches of her, stood up for privacy against a large group of cops - and won.

• Want to spend a frightening afternoon on the computer. Sit down and do a search for: REX 84.

• It’s time: Send Karl Rove to jail.

• As if the bad press from the Jena 6 wasn’t bad enough, violent racism continues in Louisiana.

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• Bombing wedding ceremonies in Afghanistan is not going to help us win hearts and minds. The U.S. has bombed five weddings recently. No wonder the Taliban is experiencing a serious resurgence. But this is what we get for squandering our military and intelligence resources in Iraq.

• John McCain is still wallowing in ignorance and still fighting the Cold War.

• Despite record high oil prices, President Bush is still not calling for conservation.

• Another problem with global warming that no one anticipated: an increase in kidney stones.

• Is Barack Obama an Oreo?

• Hillary Clinton’s new stump speech: The Republicans should apologize to America.

• President Bush has given the “amber light” to Israel regarding an attack on Iran. This is one step before a “green light.”

• We need to get this shouting, criminal idiot off the television:

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Her supporters are not giving up and somehow getting Hillary Clinton the Democratic nomination for president.

• Libertarians come in from the political wilderness. Sort of.

• The Department of Homeland Security is defending its practice of searching laptop computers in customs.

• A century of controlling the masses.

• Privacy’s twilight.

• Federal judge rules that President Bush is a felon.

• John McCain: bigamist?

• And why won’t he talk about his connections to the Project for a New American Century?

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Big freaking deal! We’re SO thrilled about this!

Axl leakage? Get the Dr. Pepper ready.

Today in No Shit! Central: The Guru that he do sucks hard. Real hard. C’mon Mike, it’s time for the Sprockets movie.

We don’t know what’s worse, this new kind of dine-and-dasher, or the age thereof.

It’s been an “interesting” week for political/campaign buttons. And so…

Umm kay.

iSmut: It was only a matter of time.

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The New York Times got 13 (!) people to write why. They are all right to some degree as they break down how the inevitable became just another footnote in the history books.

• It was the money.

• It was the loss of key voting constituencies.

• It was her behind-the-times world view.

• It was her sense of entitlement and just plain hubris.

• She was too much like Hermione Grainger.

• Barack Obama was just too good a candidate.

• By having to act tough because she was a woman, she alienated key Democratic voting blocs.

• When faced with moments that called for character, Bill and Hillary all too often took the low road.

• In a year about change, Obama trumped everything Clinton could muster.

• It was her vote to go to war with Iraq.

• It was sexism.

• The shiftiness of Bill Clinton rubbed off on her.

Here’s a few more headlines for a slow Sunday evening:

• Did an accidental nuclear explosion cause the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, China? Some Chinese think so.

• Ron Paul’s supporters have thrown down the gauntlet and are actively lobbying the GOP establishment to get John McCain off the ticket. Sign the petition here.

• What is the Bilderberg Group and why should we be concerned? And why were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama meeting with them last week?

Here’s a little more:

And there’s plenty more on youtube for the conspiracy obsessed…

• And finally, Obama may be the Democratic nominee, but he has already capitulated — to the Israel lobby.

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• Esquire Magazine has listed the 75 skills every man should master. Many of these are no-brainers and several are quite dubious in value. What’s missing?

• Is our violence-ridden culture altering our brains at a fundamental level? Recent research says yes.

• Republicans vote against Mom just before Mother’s Day. Ouch.

• An interesting take on why having Barack Obama as president may be a real problem in the Islamic world.

• Tired of high gas prices. Make your own fuel, right at home.

• Washington, You’re Fired.

• Fascism is alive and well in Minnesota.

• Fear our government. Or not. It’s up to you.

• Are we really being set up by the feds?

• Want tight controls on immigration? Never forget that sealed borders work both ways.

• And for you conspiracy believers, this has more than a ring of truth to it.

• And finally, this is seriously funny and kinda sad at the same time.

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• This week in the military-industrial complex — Part 1 and Part 2.

• The GOP is finally beginning to acknowledge that it’s not a good year to be a Republican and that the November election could be a bloodbath.

• Of course, being a Republican may not be such a crutch if Hillary Clinton decides to go nuclear and destroy her own party if she can’t be president. Why does it seem that Bill and Hillary just can’t let go?

• Through a combination of political interference and supression of science, the Bush administration has trashed the EPA. But hey, they only care for the air you breathe and the water you drink.

• In a survey taken in other countries, the USA ranked dead last in terms of how we are perceived as environmentalists. We were even behind China, where the air is so foul, London bookies are now taking bets on how many Olympic athletes will die this August.

• Ready to let Sarasota become the next city in the world’s police state of closed circuit television cameras? Think the 2 million cameras in London’s “Ring of Steel” prevent crime? Think again.

• Want to grow your own garden? Especially in these lean times? You need less space than you think to grow all the food you need, even in an urban environment.

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What’s your vote worth to Hillary Clinton? How about as little as $27.16?

• Curious about the decision-making (or lack thereof) in the Bush White House prior to the invasion of Iraq? You (and future historians) are not going to read any of the 10 million e-mails that were supposed to be archived. Can anyone say cover up?

• Still hankering for the truth about the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal? Still want to see some of the decision-makers held accountable? Well, you are going to be disappointed by the new film “Standard Operating Procedure.” At least that what one Army intelligence officer had to say.

• Today’s first entry in the annals of “Abuse of Police Power.” Yes, this man was arrested for failing to use his turn signal.

• The second entry. Yes, this farmer was arrested for selling milk.

• One cheeky Australian fellow has been improving his nation’s roadsides, one new traffic sign at a time.

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“Wanna buy a computer?”

+ Can Mitt Romney finally win one? [CNN]

+ Obama tries to calm the Dem’s burgeoning race war (surely angering Clinton in the process). [Fox News]

+ The current national front-runners: McCain and Clinton. [Wash. Post]

+ Florida election officials need some help with their spelling. [Local 6]

+ Couric Raw: Katie bitches about a bad mic, compares Cindy McCain to a dog and says “shit” a few times in this video shot during the breaks on the 1/8/08 CBS Evening News. [Wildspace]

+ What’s hot for Christmas 2008? A rundown of the must-have digital goodies from last week’s Consumer Electronics Show. [Gizmondo]

+ Speaking of Tech: Steve Job’s MacWorld keynote goes down today. Anyone want to buy a sub-notebook computer or rent a flick through iTunes? [CBS Marketwatch]

+ “‘People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it’s the end of times,’ said Steve Allen, a freight company owner and pilot who said the object he saw last week was a mile long and half a mile wide. ‘It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts.’” [Breitbart]

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