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Lawrence O'Donnell Slams Liz Cheney For Criticizing O'bama's Trip To Honor Fallen Soldier
Source: The Huffington Post

Lawrence O'Donnell not only gives his opinion about Liz Cheney and her father he also provide facts. Liz and her father wouldn't know what it means to be a true patriot if it bit them on the a$$.

11 of the Worst Pickup Lines We've Ever Heard, and the One We Always Appreciate - 2 MSN Relationships - Slideshow
Source: MSN

The only thing more pathetic than the use of these so-called "pickup" lines is knowing that somewhere, someone has fallen for each one.

HuffPo's Rowe: Right-Wing Media Culpable For Holocaust Museum Shooting, Conservatives Are All Racists
Source: newsbusters.org

Michael Rowe has an article on the Huffington Post, posted today, that makes a few wild-eyed claims about right-wing extremists. For example, Ann Coulter is responsible for yesterday's tragic shooting at the Holocaust Museum.

Eunuch Gingrey Kisses Ring of Emperor Rush
Source: Politico

Did anyone actually listen to the audio of this? If I were Gingrey's kid, I'd kick him square in the sack and throw his sh*t out on the lawn. What a pathetic little man.

G-20 leaders snub Bush. It's almost sad.
Source: greatscat.com

A short video showing the g-20 leaders getting ready for a group photo. Everyone is shaking everyone elses hands, except bush's. He walks in head down. Hard to believe he is the most powerful man in he world. He sure is one of the most disliked.

McCain Buses in School Kids to fill Crowd: Joe the Plant a no-show!
Source: The Huffington Post

The most cringe-worthy political moment of the day, so far, came when Sen. John McCain called out for his new buddy Joe the Plumber to stand up at a rally in Ohio, only to be greeted with confused silence. Joe the Plumber wasn't there.

Let's define "success"

No, Sara Palin did not come across as a fool tonight. Wrong question. Did she convince anyone that she is ready to have the nuclear codes one 72 year old bout of ventricular tachycardia away? Not if you are a rational human being.

Some DISD students not ready for college | Latest News |
Source: wfaa.com

It's May, which means thousands of high school seniors across North Texas can almost taste it: their diploma. This month 7,500 DISD seniors are expected to walk across the stage and make their families proud.

Friday Diversions: Pathetic Bank Robber
Source: CBC

...his attempted robbery was foiled by locked doors. The man fled the scene, but bank employees took note of his licence plate number. A 28-year-old suspect is now is jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Boy Scout Drive to Help Soldiers Is Removed By The City Of Cambridge
Source: The Boston Herald

A troop of Boy Scouts in Cambridge set up donation boxes at 33 polling stations in that city on election day last week. Their mission was to collect amenities for troops serving overseas - those little items like snacks and lip balm that make life a little easier.

Wired: 'Winners' of the Saddest-Cubicle Contest
Source: Wired News

The winner -- if you can call it winning -- of the Wired News saddest-cubicles contest is David Gunnells, an IT guy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Where Aren't They Now?: 5 Post-Star Wars Careers Almost as Pathetic as Mark Hamill's
Source: Racked

Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill is living proof that a man only has so much good fortune coming to him in a lifetime. Hamill used up all of his by 1983, and has spent every year since voicing cartoons and being accosted by Star Wars geeks on the street.

A Study Finds Some States Lagging on Graduation Rates
Source: The New York Times

Dozens of states accept any improvement in high school graduation rates as adequate progress, and several set a goal of graduating fewer than 60 percent of their students, according to a study released yesterday by the Education Trust in Washington.

Scientific Savvy? In U.S., Not Much - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

One in 5 Americans think the sun revolves around the earth. If we're intent on being that stupid, we deserve whatever we get.

UPDATE: Rolling Stone's Hateful Jab at Jackson is Pathetic - MiniBullet #29
Source: MJEOL

The vapid and irrelevant music mag Rolling Stone reportedly has an ad with a picture of a kid holding onto a sequined-gloved hand along with the subtitle "Rolling Stone. Where music and sex coexist."

The endless nightmare: NTL's Indian call centers

I'm one of those all too rare breed of Englishman who speaks a foreign language, norwegian, fairly well - certainly well enough to be understood in polite conversation.

Disturbing Trend on Newsvine

I hope no one's day is ruined by the horrible news I must bring to your attention. Over the last couple of months or so, I have noticed a very alarming trend here on Newsvine that none of us can afford to ignore. Brace yourself...

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