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Monday Open Thread | 52 comments (52 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

The story is anything but arcane. It is profanity of the highest order. Blair should be so fortunate.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 12:43:58 PM EST
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OK I get it - I just wanted more of the 'going to hell' speaker. I had no idea that was the NE's story.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 02:28:56 PM EST
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goodness, gracious salacious!

It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym's shower over his vote against President Obama's budget left Washington watchers wondering how much business politicians conduct while naked.
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 02:43:19 PM EST
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For a Finn, this raises no eyebrows.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 03:13:56 PM EST
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But Americans are not Finnish.
They are the world.
They are the children.
They are the ones who make a brighter day.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 03:18:46 PM EST
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I note that Bill Hicks, on return from doing stand up in England, said that doing his stand-up in the States was like presenting card tricks for dogs.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 03:24:32 PM EST
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