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in our first-ever informal idealogical poll, we received 26 votes in 8 days in answer to the question, “how do you feel about polls?” the clear-cut winner, garnering 50% of the vote, was the pope, the head of the catholic church, who is polish. i will ignore the obvious possibility that half of [...]

metafilter users have some interesting opinions about “straight pride.” check out the discussion and make sure you follow the links in the original post, too. clicking proves quite fruitful. i clicked, and read about a recent straight pride march in a press release posted on portland’s indymedia site, of all places.
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for those of us of the younger generation, it is a sad thing to learn of a public figure’s death and only then be introduced to the greatness of his or her life. such is the case for me in bob hope’s passing. i watched a touching piece about him tonight on A&E [...]

The ACLU has come out with a new ad campaign, as a recent press release attests:
“School may be out, but lessons in civil liberties are continuing in the ACLU’s two new national TV ads featuring schoolchildren who question the government’s restrictions on basic freedoms in the name of national security.”
View the “Founding Father” ad [...]

we don’t want to cause more liberal tantrums, so maybe we shouldn’t trust this information; it comes via the british, after all (see niger uranium hullaballoo), but it is a fantastic story. from fox news via times london, it is an interview with one of the hussein sons’ bodyguards. here’s an excerpt from [...]

check out the trailer(s) for this feel-good equestrian-sport drama. or, for you skeptics, here’s a balanced review.
then, get into the business. you can raise a million bucks by september, right?
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i’ve always thought that dennis miller is funny, but recently as i’ve heard his comedic rants in defense of america, i’ve come to think even more highly of him. he can make a logical argument and be funny about it. he’s one of a few in hollywood who has what the rest of [...]

all-encompassingly’s inaugural poll is at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page. so, go and make your voice heard! and please–don’t vote like a floridian. make sure you mark the right dot the first time.
BTW, speaking of polls…
UPDATE: i’ve moved the poll to just below the hallowed “daily mitch.” [...]

Check out this snapshot of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. Whoops! Did we forget how to pledge allegiance?

Ok..Ok…so the picture is a fake. All I can say is that when I learned it wasn’t real, I was…disappointed. Very deeply disappointed.

in unprecedented action–taken last week without UN approval–france’s culture ministry officially banned the use of the word “e-mail” in official government documents. instead, the word “courriel” (a hybrid of the french words, “courrier” and “electronique”) will be used.
but the ministry did not stop there. the french word, “guerre” [war] was outlawed, to be [...]