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Best comment on the Romney VP choice:

IOWAHAWK: “Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math.”

Posted at 10:19 am by Glenn Reynolds   

why do the Republicans remind me of this?

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now the NYTimes notices Obamacare makes insurance too expensive for the working class. 

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What happens when liberal "nuns" greet their new age guru (who will teach you to evolve to a higher power if you buy her tapes for $199, (marked down from $264))?

Dancing inspired by Pricilla....

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Manila is still a mess...NOW they announce plans for fixing the infrastructure...

and we expect a few more similar storms before the monsoon season ends.

2.4 million displaced, 62 dead

Guess not enough folks died to make it into the international headlines. That's what we get for taking care of a couple million displaced folks successfully...

And no, we are high and dry, but one of the regular beggars who lives along the river said her house still has a foot of water in it.

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No, it's too cloudy to see the "tears of St Lawrence" aka Perseid meteor shower.

 AFP photo at link

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Perseid meteors streak across the sky near Rogers Spring in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada in 2008. The annual Perseid meteor shower -- dubbed "the tears of St. Lawrence" in honour of a martyred Christian saint -- reaches its peak this weekend.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-st-lawrence-meteor-shower-peak.html#jCp

Perseid meteors streak across the sky near Rogers Spring in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada in 2008. The annual Perseid meteor shower -- dubbed "the tears of St. Lawrence" in honour of a martyred Christian saint -- reaches its peak this weekend.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-st-lawrence-meteor-shower-peak.html#jCp

Perseid meteors streak across the sky near Rogers Spring in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada in 2008. The annual Perseid meteor shower -- dubbed "the tears of St. Lawrence" in honour of a martyred Christian saint -- reaches its peak this weekend.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-st-lawrence-meteor-shower-peak.html#jCp