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Members of Congress Twitter during speech

By Joe Weber | Published: February 25, 2009
1. Congress twitters during Obama Address – Numerous members of Congress twitter right up to, and some DURING the Obama address.  One Texas Congressman’s twitter account tweets the following during the address: “Aggie basketball game is about to start on espn2 for those of you that aren’t going to bother watching pelosi smirk for the [...]
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The Bacon Explosion: Bacon Wrapped Around Sausage Wrapped Around Bacon

By pdo | Published: February 2, 2009
Images added 2/4 — thanks, Lisa. The Super Bowl requires super food and our friends saw this in the New York Times and had to make it.  I’ll save you the trouble of reading the original recipe: Weave a bunch of bacon together to form a bacon blanket. Cover that with a sausage blanket. Sprinkle on cooked bacon. Roll. Cook. Enjoy. We enjoyed [...]
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Pork in the Stimulus

By Joe Weber | Published: February 2, 2009
1. Stimulus gets porkified The Wall Street Journal has estimated that only 12 cents out of every $1 dollar in the stimulus would actually go towards “something that can plausibly be considered a growth stimulus.” Translation: All the “good” stuff, would set us back $90 billion. Not $825 Billion. If this crisis is so dire (which it very [...]
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There’s a Football Game on Today

By Joe Weber | Published: February 1, 2009
1. Super Bowl Sunday. - SI.com has you covered on, well… everything.  (From SI.com) - They’re called prop bets… anything and everything can be wagered upon today (from Forbes.com) - Everything you’d want to know about the commercials (From Spotbowl.com) - The President is hosting a Super Bowl party at the White House.  (Fox News) - And a prediction:  Cards [...]
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Geithner, Google maps, and EIGHT babies.

By Joe Weber | Published: January 27, 2009
1. Tim Geithner is your new Treasury Secretary. So what if he neglected to pay $34,000 in taxes, and he couldn’t figure out turbo tax. He’s now our guy. Final vote 60-34 with 10 Republicans voting yes. You think Hank Paulson is glad to be the hell out of Washington? (From Huffington [...]
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