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Anybody who says there's no difference between the two major parties?

This shit doesn't happen in cities hosting a Democratic convention: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/1/democracy_now_s_elizabeth_press_detained

And don't namedrop Chicago; this goes way the hell past anything that happened there.

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From Warren Ellis' LiveJournal feed:

"A one-legged hooker was killed in Brooklyn after a john hit her over the head, causing her to fall backwards out of her wheelchair and slam her skull against the wall, cops said yesterday."

At first it’s almost funny. And then it’s really not.

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Oh, btw, anybody that wants to argue that Palin has got military command cred from being the Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard?

Not so much.

Totally Nonpolitical Post

John Scalzi has a new story on the web, about a person who handles bookings for superheros:

http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/2008/09/03/a-brand-new-short-story-by-john-scalz

Great, great stuff, that.