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If this really is Nathan Fillion on twitter, then apparently he's quite funny. God knows, the only reason I'd join a cult is if I could be the Pope ( Read more... )

Obama directs the EPA to reconsider the Bush administration’s past rejection of the California's application to place stricter limits greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. While he stopped short of flatly ordering the reversal of the Bush decision, the agency’s regulators are now widely expected to do so after completing a formal review process. ( Read more... )

I read, as everyone did, the Newsweek story on the Obama and McCain campaigns (if you haven't read these yet, what are you waiting for? it's all the really good gossip in one place). My favorite bit is this quote from Obama "when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I ( Read more... )

I love BBC News.
[Regarding the US 2008 Democratic Primary] "After it dragged on through the spring, we began to look for athletic analogies that conveyed more of the spirit of grinding attrition that characterised Campaign 2008. ... After years of preparation and months of campaigning we are left with only one possible comparison.

The race ( Read more... )

This is the California Assembly's HR 36 ( Read more... )

Reasons I will never be an intern (even though everyone always tells me I should ( Read more... )

Gore and U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize! \o/

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Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians as they tried to drive away from a Baghdad square on Sept. 16, according to a report complied by the first U.S. soldiers to arrive at the sceneI'm not going to talk about the privatization of defense, because that would just lead to a ( Read more... )

The dubbed version of Bleach does not suck, much to my surprise. Of course I've only seen one dubbed episode and it happened to be my favorite episode so it's entirely possible I'm a bit biased ( Read more... )