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Matt Welch pretty much summed it up: After four years of a crappy economy, bipartisan dissatisfaction with bailout economics, and populous revolts on the right and the left, we are seeing basically the exact same government we had on November 6th. The status quo, which has never been less popular, h...

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Hey, married people. As the holidays are coming around, or have already started to come around, I was wondering if any of you started new traditions after you got married; things that you did with your own immediate families that you wanted to continue in your "new" married life or things...

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I finally finished Ready Player One last week. Sooooo good!

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Let me tell you how it will be: there's one for you, nineteen for me. 'Cause I'm the taxman. Yeah, I'm the taxman.

Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all. 'Cause I'm the taxman. Yeah, I'm the taxman

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How else do you teach kids about taxes?

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Commando pajamas, for sure. Unless there are guests.

Even if there are guests... Especially if there are guests.

Okay, fine. Unless there are guests.

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Boxer briefs. In high school/college, I used to alternate between boxers during the off-season and boxer briefs during the season. Eventually I just stuck with the boxer briefs year-round.

Unless it's pajamas time. In which case: commando.

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I think Syphon has a hard-core man-crush on Brian's mustache.

Duh.

I assume he eats raw onions to help it grow.

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For elf:

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The mustache is back!

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I don't see these movies not sucking. This is the reaction I'm hearing from most of my friends. Given the fact that they brought Joss Whedon on board not just to make Avengers 2, but to help oversee the entire Marvel property, and how they've generally treated that property since they acquired the ...

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Irrational irritation: Every time a major storm occurs, I hear pundits commit the broken window fallacy. Ugh.

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Well. Either a grumpy old man or a baby in diapers. Same difference, really.

Definitely the same thing. Can I be a grumpy old-man baby in diapers?

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Time where the fact-checkers themselves are blatantly wrong? Other than the example I gave above that started that part of the discussion? ETA: I thought I was being clear about this, earlier, but I guess I should add that I'm not saying they're always wrong. Just that I have seen them be wrong on ...

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It's not really a matter of whether they're "biased." They're just wrong . (When they're not trying to spin their opinions as facts, that is.) Who's fact-checking the fact checkers? They're little better than the campaigns themselves. Indeed, they often use the very same language of the ca...

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I have this thing where I believe everyone is the same age as I am.

This happens to me all the time, though sometimes it goes the other way and I forgot how old I am.

ETA: And Mich... you're an 88er? I thought you were part of our 1987 Club! For shame.

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I just read that post. I'm with you in your disgust. Ugh.

Ditto. I think it's even worse that the reason it was only "almost cheating" was that the guy lost interest in her.

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I think it would be a much more informative practice for the news channels to go through the political programs of the parties, comparing and fact-checking each point. I have absolutely no faith in "fact checkers" in the media. Example: treatment of the Lily Ledbetter case. Here's how Pol...

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Whaaaat? It's not like you're Walter in To Kill a Mockingbird and are asking for molasses to put on your meat and vegetables. Just tell them that's how the po' folk eat their porridge and make them feel super uncomfortable for commenting on it! Make them feel like the weirdos! (Plus, brown sugar has...

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It's early voting and absentee voting. These make up about 25-30 percent of all votes, which are counted with everyone else's votes after Election Day.

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What is a grit, anyways?

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I appreciate your use of brown sugar in your oatmeal. I'm just going to keep track of all the people who do this and present the information to zero's mom as evidence that I'm not as weird as she thinks.

Hey! Didn't I tell you to try this?!

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I just started Ready Player One and, so far, it's the first book to keep my attention in awhile. Yay!

Oooh, we're reading buddies!

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3. Be part of a dance flash mob

I like to imagine this will happen:

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The winning streak of post-season elimination games had to end sometime, right?

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So, we got Hulu Plus so we could catch up on Season 2 of Once Upon a Time before the new episode last Sunday. But I'd almost forgotten what it was like to have to wait a week to watch a new episode. ( How I Met Your Mother is pretty much the only show I watch live.) So now I keep wanting to go to Ne...

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Size doesn't matter

Are you trying to reassure Hancock?

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Who knew!

Anyone who's met a Chicago politician!

Seriously, though: the city has a pretty strong wind (though it's much calmer in the summer months). Like Alea said, that probably has a lot to do with the urban wind tunnels (and the fact that most of the major roads seem to run east-west).

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Have you seen the Hancock?

Sears is bigger.

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It's really hard to take Obama seriously talking about Iraq when he negotiated for us to stay longer and got kicked out by the Iraqi government. And then lied about trying to negotiate a new status of forces agreement to leave 8,500 to 10,000 troops beyond the 2011 deadline negotiated by the Bush a...

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I've never been to Disneyland, but I've been to Disney World many, many times. touringplans.com has an app that was perfect for our last trip. (They have one for both Disneyland and Disney World, I believe.) They also help you get an idea of the best way to maximize your day and minimize your wait t...

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Build an ark!

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