all-encompassingly

maybe not gay:

definitely gay:

the title of this post alludes to the SNL classic ambiguously gay duo.

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In the current peace negotiations between the Arab states and Israel there is [...]

“recent polls have shown a fifth of americans can’t find the US on a world map. why do you think this is?”
things you could have said in response to the ridiculous claim that one out of five americans cannot find his own nation on a map:

“is it a blank map or a [...]

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In the on-again/off-again Mid-East Peace negotiations the Arabs expect that, in exchange [...]

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For the last few months the media have been reporting about Israel’s [...]

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There are strident requests by the Arab countries, by the Palestinians, and [...]

i never liked her that much. then my wife convinced me that she was great. now, we have decided together that she had lost her touch. i don’t know what it is. if you caught her appearance on ellen degeneres’ show, you know exactly what i am talking about. she [...]

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After over fifty years of the bizarre notion of not recognizing the [...]

please check your pocket. then vote, at right.

so reads a sign taped to an overpass in los angeles, equating the current fight in iraq with the vietnam war.
the statement must not refer to the number of american deaths (see exhibit A) but, rather, other stuff, like the anti-american drift of left-wing politics (see exhibit B).
exhibit A: iraq is not vietnam

exhibit [...]

what is your ratio of keys to doodads?
before you go grab your keys, please review the following definitions:
key: a usually metal instrument by which the bolt of a lock is turned.
doodad: item for which there is no functional use. for example, dice hanging from a rear-view mirror have no functional [...]

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Several months ago there was much discussion whether loan guarantees in the [...]

A great article on Hugo Chavez from Andres Oppenheimer.
A couple money quotes:
A new poll by the Venezuelan firm Hinterlaces says that 54 percent of Venezuelans disapprove of Chávez’s proposal to change the constitution, while only 26 percent support it. Interestingly, 48 percent of respondents in the same poll described themselves as Chávez sympathizers, which suggests [...]

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The Israelis wanted the second phase of the Mideast Peace conference to [...]

A great piece by a left-leaning author.
For a long time, I’ve defended Hugo Chavez. I thought that he was fighting a worthy battle against greed and corruption, against years of foreign domination and cronyism. I thought he was trying to improve the lives of poor people, while establishing a strong economy, an independent and self-respecting [...]