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Should have called Click and Clack: Conservative activist and snappy dresser James O’Keefe released a follow-up video of his group’s encounters with officials for National Public Radio, in which O’Keefe’s representatives posed as an Islamic group dangling a $5 million contribution in front of NPR. NPR has repeatedly indicated that it never seriously considered accepting the donation because it couldn’t verify the fake organization’s credentials.
But it also would have rejected the donation because at the $100 sponsorship level, NPR would have had to give the group 50,000 tote bags.
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A dim view: Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi, R-100 Watt, is pushing a bill that would repeal the federal law that will bar the sale of inefficient light bulbs by 2012.
How many conservative senators does it take to replace a light bulb? Two: One to screw it in and the other to complain about the attack on his liberty.
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Take two cups and call me in the morning: The good news: Though they haven’t discovered why, Swedish medical researchers suggest that a daily cup of coffee may lower the risk of stroke for women.
The bad news: From now on when you go to Starbucks, you’re going to need a doctor’s prescription.
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