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Earlier this evening I read this amazing letter from a former slave to his former master. This line is a highlight from the correspondence, I recommend reading the rest of it here.

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thedailywhat:

Photo of the Day: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (then Jon Leibowitz) as a young College of William & Mary student moshing at a Dead Kennedys show at Casablanca in Richmond, VA, c. 1982.

Photo by Irish Willis Peele.

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I read an article this morning about a girl who has only eaten chicken nuggets (mostly) for the past fifteen years. To make matters worse, they usually came from McDonalds. After horrified doctors told her that this would kill her she said “I am starting to realize this is really bad for me.”

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I actually did that one a couple years ago! :)

http://www.doodlersanonymous.com/entry.php?entryID=1396

Thank you so much!

I’m shooting for late March.

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During one of the many recent Republican debates Mitt Romney offered to bet Rick Perry $10,000 that he didn’t edit text in a new addition of his book. This a perfect example of how out of touch he is with the average American.

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thedailywhat:

In Case You Missed It of the Day: Stephen Colbert sits down with Where the Wild Things Are author and affable crank Maurice Sendak to discuss a potential Where the Wild Things sequel among other penises.

Part 2 airs tonight.

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“I recognize that people watching tonight have differing views about taxes and debt; energy and health care. But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right now: Nothing will get done this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken.

Can you blame them for feeling a little cynical?

The greatest blow to confidence in our economy last year didn’t come from events beyond our control. It came from a debate in Washington over whether the United States would pay its bills or not. Who benefited from that fiasco?

I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and the rest of the country is at least as bad- and it seems to get worse every year.

Some of this has to do with the corrosive influence of money in politics. So together, let’s take some steps to fix that. Send me a bill that bans insider trading by Members of Congress, and I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit any elected official from owning stocks in industries they impact. Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa – an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington.”

President Obama, State of the Union, January 24, 2011