The politics of fear is finally dead.

Something Awful Apologizes for Making Sarah Palin Resign

Sarah Palin resigned from her Alaska governor's job with an eight minute long basketball metaphor delivered to a raft of loudly quacking ducks. It was a fitting end to a grotesque political career that will stumble on for a while like a mortally wounded moose.

Dog eats baby goats, survives on island

Australian cattle dog Sophie Tucker spent her life as a pampered house pet, but when the going got rough, showed mettle that could put her human counterparts on “Survivor” to shame.

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POLL: Limbaugh New Yorker Cover: Funny or Frightening

Personally, I enjoy any opportunity to poke fun of Rush Limbaugh. The cover art of the new issue of The New Yorker is a good example.

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Blago's Revenge

How Barack and Rahm could have missed what the guy was all about seems like a mystery now — the gnomish Blagojevich, with his wiglike bob of purplish pimp hair, flat-out looks like a slimeball, or an escapee from a movie about sexually deviant mobsters.

On the Incompatibility of Fundamentalism and American Ideals

To proponents of the separation between Church and State, the virulence of opposition voiced by the Christian Right seems surprising, if not misguided.

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Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal

Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.

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Dad charged after girl, 11, dies walking in snow

The father of an 11-year-old girl who died, likely of hypothermia, after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.

Attack on Gaza - Boycott Israel Now!

Israel has once again viciously and indiscriminately killed dozens of innocent Palestinian women and children in another terrorizing show of force in Gaza.

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Carter calls Gaza blockade a 'crime and atrocity'

This article was first published in April '08, I believe that recent events in Gaza would be better understood by giving this article renewed exposure. Please be civil in your posts.

My new Obama hat and my awakening from political apathy.

I've always been apolitical most of my life. I've never seen the point – I'm 43 years old and have always viewed politics with distant apathy. This year everything changed – I saw the polarization and divisive rhetoric which shook me from my lethargy.

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Obama promises rescue plan for middle class in ad

In a campaign ad aired at a cost of millions, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a rescue plan for the middle class in tough times Wednesday night as he reached for victory in his 21-month quest for the presidency. "I will not be a perfect president," Obama said in the commercial. "But I can promise you this — I will always tell you what I think and where I stand."

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Video: SNL Amy Pohler steps in to rap for Gov. Palin

SNL Amy Pohler represents - boooyaaah. Lyrics: One two three

Biden lashes out at Palin's 'pro-America' comment

It looks like Caribou Barbie is implying that some parts of the country are more "patriotic" than others. Way to go to encourage unity.

Precocious Youngster Sells Cookies To Buy Attack Ad

This is a great video clip from the onion that really hits home with all the attack ads being seen today.

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