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Wingnuts Outraged That Millions Saw The Most Famous Hand Gesture In The World

The Parents Television Council is outraged that nobody will take responsibility for M.I.A.’s flipping the bird during the Super Bowl. Because children saw it. Explanations and apologies by both the league and the network ring hollow, says Dan Isett of the Parents Television Council, seeing that both are essentially blaming each other. “NBC is blaming the NFL for having hired …

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Gingrich Staffer Scrubs Wikipedia Page

Newt Gingrich’s communications director thinks there’s nothing wrong with his removal of embarrassing items from his boss’ Wikipedia page. As recently as last week, Newt Gingrich’s communications director has been criticized by editors on Wikipedia for dozens of edits he has made and requested in defense of his candidate. While some of the changes were minor, Joe DeSantis has removed …

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AIDS Petition: Record Their Names

Whichever design is selected for NYC’s proposed AIDS Memorial, it appears that no individual names will be included. There’s a petition to change that. I’m not sure how this could be accomplished, considering that the number of AIDS-related deaths in NYC already far exceeds the number of names on the Vietnam Memorial.

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Gingrich Gives Up On VA Ballot

Newt Gingrich is dropping his lawsuit to have his name placed on the Virginia primary ballot. Gingrich gave no explanation for throwing the in the towel on the legal battle for a spot on the March 6 ballot. However, recent rulings in the dispute have not gone his way. On Jan 13, U.S. District Court Judge John Gibney ruled that …

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