What kind of utter fucking waste of life thinks it's acceptable to shoot off fireworks in a residential area at 5 am?

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Here is something pretty hilarious.

It would not have been good if I'd died today. I imagine.

Fortunately, I vomited instead.

(thereby dislodging the snow pea I'd been choking on, eating lunch alone)

The moral of this story is, eat with company whenever possible.

Here, have a breath of fresh air.

I heard an absurd argument on CNN this morning, questioning Obama's electability given that he hasn't won any large states. Clinton supporters are actually saying this indicates he "can't win" in those states. So I went and gathered some more numbers.

These are the vote totals in the large states where Clinton won:

State
Clinton
Obama
McCain
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This morning, Hillary Clinton says her campaign has "turned a corner." If last night's primary had been held two weeks ago, she'd have won Texas and Ohio by 20 points. Instead, she won Ohio by 10 and Texas by 3 ( Read more... )

Scariest thing I've heard in weeks: In Britain, McDonald's is now authorized to hand out diplomas. The idea is job skills training, which includes math and literacy. What's frightening is the precedent this could set for alternative education systems in which corporations have free reign to set curricula that serve their own interests rather than

Gail Collins makes an interesting, if somewhat obvious observation regarding Bill Clinton's recent involvement in Hillary's campaign.

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