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07.21.14 | 5:06 pm
Gangsta

New Yorker taking its own look at the Legend of Joe Biden

After the speech, just before Biden ducked back inside, a young man cupped his hands and yelled, “Stay gangster, Joe! I dig you, man.” Biden looked up, pleased but perplexed by an image he doesn’t control or entirely recognize. He waved and kept walking.

07.21.14 | 4:19 pm
Times Change

Florida Gov. Rick Scott keeping his opposition to same sex marriage on the down low.

07.21.14 | 4:17 pm
States Rights, Rick Perry Edition

Gov. Perry to deploy state national guard troops to the border – wants feds to reimburse Texas.

07.21.14 | 3:48 pm
Stoned, Drunk Guys Planned “Jackass” Like Stunt. Succeeded.

I mentioned a little earlier this crazy case of two friends trying to “test” a bullet proof vest in their basement – a genius idea that left one of them dead and the other in jail facing murder charges. We now have a bit more information on what went down – much of which could be summarized under the heading: leave testing out bullet proof vests to the professionals. If you must go DIY, make sure the shooter isn’t stoned.

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07.21.14 | 3:19 pm
Boom!

New England Journal of Medicine: 20 million Americans now covered through Obamacare.

07.21.14 | 12:56 pm
Shortcoming of NRA Logic

The NRA’s logic missed the tripartite reality: good people with guns, bad people with guns and stupid people with guns.

Man charged with killing friend in botched test of bulletproof vest.

07.21.14 | 12:10 pm
Stealth

How McConnell hides his position on 3 critical issues in his reelection fight.

07.21.14 | 11:01 am
More or Less

McConnell: “Every crazy liberal” is spending money to defeat me. Watch.

07.21.14 | 9:29 am
Today’s Most Tendentious Lead

Bloomberg (emphasis added): “Hillary Clinton has earned at least $12 million in 16 months since leaving the State Department, a windfall at odds with her party’s call to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor.”

07.20.14 | 11:27 am
Becoming a Festival of the Macabre

Separatist rebels this morning ordered recovery workers at gunpoint to hand over the bodies of the dead from the Malaysian jetliner, and packed them on a train headed for parts unknown.