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David Letterman and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones lend support to New York flood recovery

By On September 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Numerous municipalities throughout the Upstate New York region suffered devastating and catastrophic damage due to the rains brought by Hurricane Irene last month. Some areas, such as Scoharie and Endicott, that are struggling to reconstruct their cities and return to a sense of normalcy.

In the last few days, they’ve found common allies in the […]

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Rick Santorum, gay soldiers, and sexy sex in the military

By On September 26, 2011 · 6 Comments

A small controversy erupted at the Fox News/Google GOP debate in Florida last week when a now openly gay soldier submitted a YouTube question to the panel.

“In 2010 when I was deployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was because I’m a gay soldier and I didn’t want to lose my […]

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Troy Davis and the burden of putting a man to death

By On September 21, 2011 · 13 Comments

Georgia may have put an innocent man to death.

Troy Davis was convicted in 1991 in the shooting death of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. MacPhail was working as a security guard at a […]

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Irene and the 518 Flood: how to help

By On August 30, 2011 · 3 Comments

Don’t have any fancy words or desire to bloviate. In certain areas, it’s bad. In others, it’s the type of thing that we usually disassociate from because it’s hundreds of miles away. Except it’s not. It’s right in our back yards.

One way to help is to

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How a tennis star and a junior men’s basketball team are changing China and putting the Party’s totalitarian control in jeopardy

By On August 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

From the New York Times comes a story about the changing face of athletics in China, namely that young athletes are revolting against the totalitarian government and its stringent and abusive practices. Recently the national junior men’s basketball team issued […]

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Christine O’Donnell would prefer if you asked her questions about what’s in her book instead of questions about what’s in her book, okay?

By On August 19, 2011 · 13 Comments
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I’m largely indifferent towards CNN personality Piers Morgan and his “news” program. But he had a great moment this week in an interview with Christine O’Donnell.

In case you need a refresher: O’Donnell was the candidate for Congress that, after

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Threadless contest features local designer’s ode to Troy

By On August 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

Local artist and illustrator Owen Sherwood is competing in “Threadless Loves Your City,” with the top 10 hometown designs getting their own Threadless t-shirts. One lucky designer will even receive prizes that include $2,000 in cash.

Sherwood’s submission:

 

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Abercrombie & Fitch, The Situation, and a challenge to A&F CEO Mike Jeffries

By On August 17, 2011 · 20 Comments

Abercrombie & Fitch put everyone into a snarky tizzy today when they publicly offered to pay Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, one of the stars of MTV’s “The Jersey Shore,” to stop […]

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Revealed: plots of the first 10 episodes of ABC’s “Pan Am”

By On August 9, 2011 · 5 Comments

Myself and two others on my team are looking to rappel off the Crowne Plaza Hotel in support of the Special Olympics of New York! Have you donated yet to our cause? Your donation can get you baked goods, a portrait drawn by yours truly, […]

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ABC’s “Pan Am” puts up the “no smoking” sign and celebrates racial diversity that didn’t exist

By On August 9, 2011 · 16 Comments

Myself and two others on my team are looking to rappel off the Crowne Plaza Hotel in support of the Special Olympics of New York! Have you donated yet to our cause? Your donation can get you baked goods, a portrait drawn by yours truly, […]

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