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News from September 2008

ABC's Version of the BBC's Life on Mars Sucks Big Time

What were they thinking, setting the series in Los Angeles?

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Palin's Churches, Thomas Muthee, Witchcraft and The Third Wave

Governor Sarah Palin's Churches and The Third Wave movement, a video that was censored from the YouTube website after more than 160,000 views.

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Wordle Provides a Textual Analysis for Any Prose

Metadata parses like this are the tools that will take the Internets to the next level

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The Great Schlep

The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor.

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Is the Series The Sons of Anarchy Worth My Time?

I was quite upset when Clay moved in and made off with Half Sack's girl, just to spite him for saying that Gemma gave him a MILF chubby. Bastard.

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Carta de una mujer perfumada

por Marjorie Agosín.

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Trickle Down Economics

Lalo Alcaraz es la hóstia, un genio, pero es practicamente un desconocido en Estados Unidos entre la pública no latina.

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Can You Help out an American Who's Down on His Luck?

Satire worthy of Bugs Bunny and friends, from an email making its way around the Interwebs

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Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Was Our National Anthem

As a kid, Saturday morning meant one thing: cartoons. Remember that quiet time just after sunrise, when your parents were still asleep? You'd wake up early, maybe pour yourself a bowl of cereal, turn on the tube, and get lost in a universe of the implausible. From an interview with poet Billy Collins on American Public Media's Weekend America. Before he was twice appointed U.S. Poet Laureate, before he'd won awards and written volumes of poetry, Billy Collins was just a boy sitting in front of a black-and-white TV.

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The Original Meaning of MILF

Most people know the slang definition of MILF, but how many have heard of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front?

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Tina Fay on SNL Playing Sarah Palin

Holy cow, I thought that Tina Fey was hot before, especially on "30 Rock", but now that I have seen her play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for the premiere of the Saturday Night Live's new season, I am delirious with visions of the two of them dancing in my head.

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A Discussion about Bush Administration War Crimes in Doonesbury

Finally, we have a high profile, although admittedly low profile in the grand scheme of things, discussion about the war crimes committed by Bush administration officials.

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Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip

A short animated film about the feedback loops likely to lead to catastrophic climate change, by Leo Murray.

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I Remember What You Said to Me So Long Ago Every Time I Ignite a Light

What Mark Pendl told me so very long ago

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I'm calling the organization of the United Brotherhood of It's None of Your Damn Business

Aaron Sorkin wrote some poignant prose for the film "The American President", the sentiment of which rings ever so true in this election year.

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The Big Bang Machine: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

The BBC4 tells the story of the LHC at CERN through the narration of one of its research scientist and particle physicist, Brian Cox

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