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Adam Sandler’s original Chanukah song

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Report: Obama team sought no “quid pro quo” with Blago regarding Senate seat

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A report released today by Barack Obama’s transition team SAYS there was no inappropriate contact between the president-elect’s staff and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office regarding Obama’s vacated Senate seat.

Relative responsibility for the mortgage crisis

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(Hat-tip to SadlyNo.com)

How feds launched Blago probe five years ago

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It all began in 2003 when a grandmother WORE A WIRE to a meeting with suspected grafters.

Today is Festivus (for the rest of us)!

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The origins of Festivus are explained in THIS ARTICLE and in the video below:

POSTSCRIPT: There’s more about Festivus HERE.

Should parents perpetuate the Santa myth?

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As a big fan of Santa Claus and the whole Christmas culture, I disagree with most of THIS PIECE, but I offer it here for the sake of argument.

Obama report on Blago likely no big deal

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Barack Obama’s transition team is expected to release a report this afternoon on contacts between aides to the president-elect and the office of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

One presumably knowledgeable Democratic official SAYS the report is “a lot about nothing.”

POSTSCRIPT: More HERE. 

Is that lump in your Christmas stocking “clean”?

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Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection and the “Reality” coalition have a new ad out on the myth of “clean coal”:

POSTSCRIPT: More stuff on the coal controversy HERE.