April 5, 2006

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Kos Coming To Raleigh

Influential lefty political blogger Markos “Kos” Moulitsas Zúniga of DailyKOS fame has added a stop in Raleigh to his national book tour. Kos will visit Quail Ridge Books on Friday, May 12th at 7:30 PM to tout his new book, Crashing The Gate, which is a sober look at today’s Democratic Party and how it could be improved.

I’m out of town that weekend, but I’d be front-and-center if I was here. For a political junkie like me, it should be a very interesting talk.

It’s All True – I Found It On The Internet

OMG! This is all true LOL!

In other news, the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale on Craigslist.

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  • Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
  • The term “bank teller” originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to “tell” throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.
  • The brand name “Jelly Belly” was created in 1982 after Nancy Reagan made a much-publicized quip about her husband’s 20-pound weight gain.
  • The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
  • Scandinavian berserkers used to cut out their eyes before battle to spare themselves the sight of the carnage they invariably wrought.
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