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History 101

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Ok, name the 10 most famous Americans in history. Pencils down. Did you name Oprah Winfrey? Clearly you are not an American high school student. Another win for the American educational system. Wait! Don’t you laugh English guy….
US story via Cliopatria, UK story via a paper left at reception today.

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Obscenity

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

So do you know obscenity when you see it? Is this photo obscene? It is in Virginia Beach. Pretty harsh I think. Abercrombie looks like another ‘free spirit youth’ type store like so many others. I admit the photo is risqué, but I would rate it a looooong way from obscene myself.

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America, What A Country

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

One of the headline stories on the BBC News Site today.

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