The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?

I've wondered about Rodin's famous sculpture. Is he engaged in deep thought or sitting around wasting time? And why isn't he wearing pants? I ask the same of myself. Here we comment on well, mostly politics. Or we may just sit! If you like it, tell a friend. If not, tell us, but please read the GROUND RULES before you do.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Don't go away mad

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Just go away, Senator Clinton. Stop it with the random attacks on Senator Obama - you've tried everything, and you look pathetic and de...
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Just Think of the Possibilities!!

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Yes, this is a real Playmobil item. It is so popular that Amazon.com is completely out of stock . I'm not sure if I'm more frightene...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

How does he hide this on his resume?

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We here in Chicago are used to signing high-priced free agents who fail to deliver between the lines, but were any of our many failures bigg...
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Quote of the day

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The "before the opening credits quote" from tonight's "The Wire": "A lie ain't a side of a story. It's...

From "The Hill"

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Hillary Clinton Should Withdraw ( Brent Budowsky ) The most likely outcome is that on March 5 Hillary Clinton withdraws from the president...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Completely off topic

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If anyone is interested in watching tonight's lunar eclipse, we've got clear skies, and our students are streaming live video here: ...

A tale of two headlines

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The Chicago Tribune, historically a country-club Republican paper, described last night in their headline by saying: Wisconsin to Obama, Dec...

Does this robe make my butt look big?

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There isn't much I can add to this .

At the Electoro-Plex

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NOW SHOWING! Theater One: No Country for Old Men Theater Two: The Hottie and the Nottie Theater One: There Will Be Blood Be sure and vis...

The primary by the numbers

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Note: Some of the numbers here may be off a few delegates, but it shouldn't be many. We're far enough into the process where the var...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Expect the ugly to continue

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After Obama's win in Wisconsin tonight, the "inside information" (via MSNBC) from Hillary Clinton's campaign: "If you...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Like this is good news...

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Israel Readies Missiles in North By AP/STEVE WEIZMAN (JERUSALEM) — Israel has deployed U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles near the nort...

RIP WSJ

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The demise of the paper formerly known as the Wall Street Journal in the Rupert Murdoch Era is official. The WSJ was never an exciting read,...

Thank God for the Constitution!

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I'm sure Thomas Jefferson would be proud (or at least Ben Franklin!) From the 5th, a bedrock conservative circuit. Federal Appeals Court...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Things Hillary's campiagn is doing that piss me off

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General caveat - do I think that Hillary Clinton would be an awful president? No. She might even be good. But her campaign is based on so...
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Wow, am I a slacker

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I apologize for not writing as much as I should here. That will change soon. As an interim, I was struck by these consecutive headlines on...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

From the "well duh" file

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War strains U.S. military in tackling new crises Admiral: Risk to capabilities remains significant, 15-month tours too long ( full story ) I...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

We've lost our Mittens...

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Hair Dye Futures Plummet After Romney Withdraws (AP) Stocks of several makers of men's hair coloring products plummeted in the wake of M...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

The S.S. Mittens

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Ah, the S.S. Mittens sinks to a watery grave, darker than even Willard's hair coloring. As Alex Koppelman reported in Salon this mornin...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Great moments in political oratory

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From Mittens Romney: "All of us on this stage are Republican. But the question is, who will be able to build the house that Ronald Reag...
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