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The Fun Thread For 8/23/10: (Final Edition): The Life Of A Blogger

From this wonderful duo of Citizen Radio, a near true representation for those in the political circle: And also, a traguc story indeed : This has got to be the saddest statistic I've heard in a long time. Just think of it--seventy-five thousand teddy bears wondering why they got left behind. Seventy-five thousand distraught owners. Seventy-five thousand hotel owners frantically calling Teddy Bear Protection Services to get the bears emotional support. It gets worse. It sure does get worse. Your fun thread for the day.

TIME Magazine's Sad Advocacy For Afghan Nation Building

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Just take a look at the cover that brought Richard Stengel great glee to introduce on Mo(u)rning Jo(k)e the other morning: Gnarling on any rational person's teeth must have been their reaction to this nauseating cover, made even more pathetic by TIME's persistence to indicate how the Taliban will slaughter and annihilate every women in Afghanistan if the United States were to leave soon. Furthermore, as the terrific Allison Kilkenny indicates , Rangel took umbrage with Joe Biden's opinion on how we are not in the business of nation building, making sure to draw attention to their "oh so powerful" cover. What Stangel and his corporate propaganda magazine love to indicate is how " They are neutral, they aren't pro or anti war, but wanted to show the reality of the situation. " The much publicized release of classified documents by WikiLeaks has already ratcheted up the debate about the war. Our story and the haunting cover image by the disting...