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A Georgia morning spent cowering from the recently unfamiliar heat has left me a bit behind the curve, but here are some news treats from the freezer where I am cooling my head:
* Reuters reports Barry Diller’s IAC in control of NewsBeast combine as Harman family role declines.
* WaPo’s Cillizza reports that 80% of GOP general election ad spending (or $144 million) has come from Super-PACs.
* Per TPM’s Sahil Kapur, Rick Perry’s foot-dragging on health insurance rate increases could lead to federal takeover of rate reviews in Texas.
* CNN offers quick slideshow overview of economic conditions in seven election battleground states.
* House poised to pass expanded offshore drilling bill that is certain to die in Senate and faces presidential veto in any event.
And in non-political news:
* Chad Ochocinco officially becomes Chad Johnson again.
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Mitch on July 24, 2012 1:15 PM:
Totally not political, but I saw this article this morning and thought some of you might enjoy it.
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-gorillas-amazing-feat-intellectual-ability.html
It is an amazing look into the mental and emotional behavior of one of our closest relatives. Read it. It's nearly a tear-jerker, and certainly profound.
T2 on July 24, 2012 2:08 PM:
yeah, Chad Johnson might work a little better in the Unemployment Benefits line.
RT on July 24, 2012 2:17 PM:
When the Patriots give up on a talented pain in the ass like Chad Johnson or Albert Haynesworth or Randy Moss, that means he's officially done as a good player.
TCinLA on July 24, 2012 2:19 PM:
House poised to pass expanded offshore drilling bill that is certain to die in Senate and faces presidential veto in any event.
Every Democrat who voted in 2008 who didn't vote in 2010 need only look in the mirror the next time they want to find out who is responsible for the election of the craziest, most worthless Congress in the history of the House of Representatives.
Judge77 on July 24, 2012 3:36 PM:
$144 million to buy a President, 22 cents a day to feed a hungry child. (feed my starving children fmsc.org) That's 99,600 kids fed for life, right there.
$144 million to buy a President, $6000 for a veteran's prosthetic leg. (Given Limb Foundation) 24,000 limbs right there.
$144 million to buy a President, $5 a month to sponsor a homeless animal (Best Friends Animal Society). That's a lotta Kibble.
$144 million to buy a President, $75 to buy clean water for 1,330 people for 7 days (Drs without Borders).
$144 million to buy a President who won't fix America's infrastructure. It took $234 million to replace the I34 Minnesota bridge, which killed 13 people when it collapsed.
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