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08.05.13 | 6:29 am
And 10

I don’t know if there’s something akin to the marginal value of additional accusers. But in case you’re keeping track we’ve now got our 10th Filner accuser. In this episode Bob propositions the singer at a local Church benefit, asking her to perform a ‘private song.’

08.04.13 | 5:07 pm
When Societal Maladies Collide

A Cleveland man was trying to stop a friend from driving drunk when the would-be drunk driver shot him in the chest.

08.02.13 | 6:08 am
Pass The Popcorn

The Chris Christie-Rand Paul throwdown is something to behold.

08.01.13 | 1:01 pm
The Day In 100 Seconds

Fox is amazed that the rest of the world doesn’t find the same things scandalous that they do.

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08.01.13 | 9:26 am
Shards of Memory, Revisited

Earlier this year I described how my wife, who was born in Israel but came to the US as a toddler, had stumbled on new and unsettling facts about her family’s fate during the Holocaust while at first researching my family tree. A great deal is known about the details and history of the Holocaust for reasons which I’ll shed some light on in a moment. But individual families often had only vague and incomplete information about the fate of specific individuals. Often there was no information at all other than that the people were never heard from again. Read More

08.01.13 | 6:30 am
Wow, What Happened to Free Speech

Police Chief’s angry “libtard” gun videos and threats to lead an uprising against the US government gets him a 30 day suspension.

07.31.13 | 6:03 pm
Behavior Reprehensible; Comedy Appreciated

Bob Filner has a new argument: Wait, I wasn’t allowed to do that stuff?

In his battle to avoid paying attorney’s fees and damages (as opposed to his separate battle to stay in office) embattled Mayor Bob Filner has opened a comical new front. I told you a couple days ago that Filner had demanded that the City of San Diego pay his legal fees to defend against the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former Communications Director Irene McCormack. Read More

07.31.13 | 4:08 pm
Fear and Trembling

Not everybody’s happy about Pope Francis. A fascinating look at conservative Catholics who are frightened and upset about the changes Pope Francis is making.

07.31.13 | 2:27 pm
A Day In 100 Seconds Classic

Cable news nets and their epic struggle to contend with “slutbag,” “c**t,” and “t**t” on the air:

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