Men's room rant to judge leads to jail sentence

A Texas man got a 30-day jail sentence for contempt of court after criticizing a judge in the courthouse men's room.

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Owner of WNBA's Mystics unhappy with losing ways

The president of the Washington Mystics delivered a blistering assessment of her franchise Tuesday, declaring that the team hasn't "moved one ounce" in its history and that she "might as well shut down" the team if doesn't start winning.

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Okla. Pol's Screed Vs. Gays Sparks Furor

A YouTube audio clip of a state lawmaker's screed against homosexuality, which she called a bigger threat than terrorism, has outraged gay activists and brought death threats rolling in.

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Report of Alan Grayson (Dem, Florida) letting loose (again) on the floor of Congress about health care reform.

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No one in this country should be either surprised or shocked to hear the far right raise its voice in political dissent while the equally far left occupies the White House.

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Blood Pressure's Rising----RANT

There it goes. I can feel it. My blood pressure is rising, rising, rising... My nerves are shot. I'm irritable and carrying a short fuse. All is well, and nothing goes right. I haven't posted anything this week.

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Background Noise....From the Politicians

I have come across some Breaking News kind of statements in my time on this earth, but have you ever thought about these.

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say a 25-year-old former two-time "American Idol" contestant has been struck and killed by a car in a New Jersey shore town.

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In a rare show of restraint, The Juice* is going to try to refrain from comment on actor Rupert Everett's comments in the U.K.'s Mirror says Michael Jackson was better off dead. Wait, it gets better.

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In an earlier post, I promised to grapple with the way political ideas spread. The medium that's interested me most lately is talk radio. Though every host is different, I've spent some time listening to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin.

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"HI, I'm Judy Nichols. Welcome to my rant."

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My energy was suck out of me this evening, but I will recharge by morning.

Everyone knows that some people are like energy vampires, they just seem to suck out the energy from you.

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IMAX is destroying the IMAX brand

I just seeded an article here discussing why digital IMAX is a waste of money. A real IMAX screen is a 76x97 foot size screen. The digital IMAX screens popping up in theaters are 28x58 foot screens which slight larger than a standard large movie screen.

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There's Gonna Be a Fee for That

You know, there's a price for everything, but has anyone else noticed a dramatic increase in fees in recent years? There's a booking fee with the airline if you just insist on talking to a real person when you hand over hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for a ticket.

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APRIL 30--There are probably better ways to avoid jury duty than the approach recently taken by a Montana man.

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Two FBI workers are accused of using surveillance equipment to spy on teenage girls as they undressed and tried on prom gowns at a charity event at a West Virginia mall. The FBI employees have been charged with conspiracy and committing criminal invasion of privacy...

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Torture OK? Let's Ask Hasbro.

The phrase "for the children" has been used as a trump card in every debate from gun control to gay marriage.

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Maybe we should fail.

I love my country. I want to say that upfront. But more than that, I love what my country is supposed to be. I'm an idealist and I believe that the principles behind America's design to be the best foundations for a nation in the history of man.

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In what appears to be a viral video designed to promote his new film "Midgets vs. Mascots," Gary Coleman says he would rather not have starred in the movie, which producers describe as a "'Borat' meets 'Jackass' shockumentary."

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MacHeist: Of Cheap Bastards and Buttholes.

The short version: MacHeist is a steeply discounted bundle of popular Mac OS X software titles. This year's bundle is available (as of 03-26-09) for another 12 days and currently includes $627 worth of software for $39.

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We are starting to fathom that when times got iffy, we lacked the resilience of the proverbial Joads and the grit of that tough Depression-era generation, and certainly we seem different sorts from those who built and flew B-17s amid the Luftwaffe.

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Jon Stewart: Actually our guest tonight was supposed to be this guy, his name is Rick Santelli, he's an analyst from CNBC and a former derivatives trader, recently became famous for a sort of Howard Beal moment on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he'd done some cr …

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Excerpt: In hard times a man must consider new options, and right now I'm thinking about going on disability.

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Slate's Regina Schrambling explains "why the kiddie foodie movement has to go":

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Playboy.com had a fascinating article on the whole Chicago Tea Party scam. It's gone now for reasons unknown , but you can still find it here. As the authors point out, Santelli's CNBC rant sounded just a little too well thought-out to be a pure lizard-brain outburst:

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Ticked off people anonymously vent.

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Why resent "the flowerchildren"?

It is perhaps an untactful thing to say today. I have a solid resentment for the so called "flowerchildren" and the ancillary cultural spinoff (really, flowerchildren are the spinoff, but I'll ignore that for now).

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