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Micheal Jackson is dead. I am having serious trouble processing that. I expected to hear this when I myself was much older. Not now. I wasn’t ready for now. Damn. *sigh* His songs were always there… I liked most of them, but these were my favs Stranger in Moscow and Dirty Diana May he RIP. …</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2009-06-27T06:09:33-07:00"> 7 hours ago</abbr> </div> </li> <li> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/posts/cXCtOTgby19GpayEeMJ7dj_Xcup5RInh6cA_l4dDDOE%3D">America Chooses Tyranny</a></h3> <a class="external url" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929/http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/06/27/america-chooses-tyranny/">http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/06/27/americ...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Of course, by “Tyranny,” I mean we passed a fairly weak cap-and-trade carbon emission bill through the House of Representatives that will, hopefully, mitigate the damage from what could be the worst environmental catastrophe since the last ice age. …</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2009-06-27T00:07:49-07:00"> 14 hours ago</abbr> </div> </li> <li> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/posts/bbJbWrR92bHGrzdcEC9uTT6F352s3cW29z20LaEAwRw%3D">How Can We Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?</a></h3> <a class="external url" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929/http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/06/26/how-can-we-miss-you-if-you-wont-go-away/">http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2009/06/26/how-ca...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Ah, “Joe” the “Plumber,” we just can’t quit you, much as we might want to. I know you like to spend your time in quiet contemplation, but I understand you have some things to say ? “Obama right now is talking about, he can generate more revenue by taxing the top 2 to 3 percent of Americans,” Wurzelbacher said. …</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2009-06-26T13:49:32-07:00"> 1 day ago</abbr> </div> </li> </ol> </div></div> <div class="module"><div class="module-inner"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div></div> <div id="reactions" class="module"><div class="module-inner"> <h2>2,210 blog reactions</h2> <span class="more"><a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.amptoons.com%2Fblog?reactions">View all</a> »</span> <div class="help"><div class="inner collapsed"> <h3>What are reactions? <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929/http://support.technorati.com/faq/topic/74">(more)</a></h3> <p>Blog Reactions are the number of links to the blog's home page or its posts from other blogs in the Technorati index. 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I could have kept finding posts to link and fill in that linktastic sentence above, but I</p> </div> <div class="details"> <span class="published"> 1 day ago</span> in <a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/blogs/bobhayesonline.com">Bob Hayes Online</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/blogs/bobhayesonline.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 1</a> </div> </li> <li> <img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929im_/http://scm-l3.technorati.com/x/static/img/user/icn-emptyuser-24x24.png?1217125054" width="24" height="24" alt="Author unknown"/> <h3><a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/posts/KnF8nItCnumZ0hT9TPMRjoxLXmaM7aahYWJPPzh5uTI%3D">Reproductive Freedom Wrap-up</a></h3> <a class="external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929/http://www.canow.org/canoworg/2009/06/reproductive-freedom-wrapup.html">http://www.canow.org/canoworg/2009/06/reproductive-free...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>version of Plan B emergency contraception, which will be available over-the-counter to those 18 and older. An anonymous Republican Senator placed a hold on a resolution condemning violence against abortion providers. A baby in Mississippi was <em class="subject">taken from her mother</em> because the mother doesn't speak English. A pregnant woman in Maine was imprisoned for being HIV-positive. A breastfeeding mother in North Dakota had her child taken from her and faces 5 years in prison because she was drinking. An action to help breastfeeding mom</p> </div> <div class="details"> <span class="published"> 1 day ago</span> in <a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.canow.org%2Fcanoworg">California NOW</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.canow.org%2Fcanoworg?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 32</a> </div> </li> <li> <img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929im_/http://scm-l3.technorati.com/x/static/img/user/icn-emptyuser-24x24.png?1217125054" width="24" height="24" alt="Author unknown"/> <h3><a href="/web/20090627210929/http://technorati.com/posts/4a4HjazH2JqyZ6uZwiOmhqBPNBnHKU7mCY05%2BNZFVLg%3D">Body Searches of Children, Up Close and Personal</a></h3> <a class="external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090627210929/http://kittywampus.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/body-searches-of-children-up-close-and-personal/">http://kittywampus.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/body-search...</a> <div class="entry-content"> <p>217;s gloss on this: Thomas only restates what high school girls everywhere have always known: Your panties are the safest place to secrete. 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