Month: August 2008

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man, hillary’s speech was good.

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Man. I dig the AwesomeBar. I typed in paneer, and was immediately taken to http://is.gd/1WDc (thanks @rstanek, @erykoff)

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According to stories told by Kearse’s family, Madison fathered a child named Jim with her great-great-great-great-grandmother, a slave cook named Coreen.

Trying to Prove Family Link To a Noted Founding Father – washingtonpost.com

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I brought R to its knees by computing averages! My compiler for a map/reduce cluster!

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unfortunately named article: http://is.gd/1W9L

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Shared by V I haven’t read this article. I would just like to point out that it is unfortunately titled. For years, Democrats struggled to find credible candidates willing to challenge the…

Who are the Democrats who want to beat Alaska's Young?

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Shared by V I’m picturing a lightning-thumbed staffer poised over a cell phone. Sen. Barack Obama planned to name Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate by text message at 8 a.m. ET Saturday morning,…

CNN Forced Obama to Send Early Text Message

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Shared by V I find this strangely compelling Filed under: Television/Film, Stores & Shopping Remember that YouTube clip of the upcoming Iron Chef America game for the Wii that Shayna…

Batali and Morimoto Gear Up to Battle Your Wii Miis

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Shared by V Hey, here’s a great idea. Let’s redefine “police work” to mean “Investigation of people we don’t like. Quick, get me Merriam Webster on the phone.” Attorney General Michael Mukasey has…

Proposed FBI guidelines allow investigation sans suspicion

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