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Today's winner for best use of unintentional irony in a contrasting statement is: Although he was dismissed as a buffoon and a scoundrel by some of the military people he met, others suggested that he was extremely astute, with a keen insight into the thinking of leading Nazis.

And it's news to me that Hitler didn't believe in astrology. I'd always heard that he did.

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I should be astonished, but I'm not. The Democratic candidate starts to unravel exactly as the party nominates him. There has never been a party, in all the history of American politics, that so excelled at self-destructing.

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Today's primary day here. McCain only needs 177 more delegates to put him over the top. Today's stake is Texas 140, Ohio 88, Rhode Island 20, and Vermont 17. He could technically lose Ohio, and still win exactly, which would be kind of oddly cool, but unlikely.

I wonder if anyone's ever won the primary race by the exact amount?

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Most of the polls for Ohio are showing Hillary ahead by anywhere from 2 to 6 percent. Conquerin' John is up by some 30% over Huck, so I feel safe crossing over.

Update: And now I've voted for Mighty Hillary. If the Democrats fail to have an exciting brokered convention, it won't be my fault.

Further update: ACK! I did what Rush Limbaugh wanted! :(

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An avalanche on Mars.

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From foxmajik

Edit: The IP address belongs to ARIN, if anyone wondered.

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I'm not sure how many people have been following the story about the Haut de la Garenne orphanage on Jersey. It's going past the point of being appalling, to the point of becoming eerie: "Iv been bad 4 years & years"


There had apparently been clues to what was going on for years, but they weren't followed up.