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Ellen Page (L) in the hit film “Juno,” Bristol Palin with her baby brother Trig and Jamie Lynn Spears a few months back when she was pregnant at 16. Jamie Lynn Spears sends gift to Bristol Palin: If there’s one person who gets a pregnant teen, it’s Jamie Lynn Spears. Britney Spears’ little sis is…
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Conservative critics Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy bemoan the Palin Pick off-camera as “cynical” and “political bullshit” on MSNBC. Beware of the hot mike! They’re not just getting Jesse this year! The clip is making the rounds all over the internet including Huffington Post and Politico. The following is from Ben Smith’s Blog at Politico:…
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Wednesday Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin will speak in front of a jazzed up and enthusiastic Republican audience. Hopefully she will avoid Dan Quayle’s famous “deer-in-the-headlights” moment and give the barn-burning speech of her (and John McCain’s) maverick-lovin’ dreams. Palin, the first female Republican vice presidential nominee, has stayed out of the public eye in Minnesota…
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A John Legend cover of the ultimate “Doomed Romance” song, Lauryn Hill’s “Ex Factor” As part of my series “Doomed Romance,” I’ve been sharing journal entries and short stories by myself about my failed, but brief and emotionally brutal marriage. The following is a series of vignettes about the emotional turmoil of the relationship before…
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“There were some pretty vile and hurtful things said during the South Carolina primary. It’s a really nasty side of politics. We tried to ignore it and I think we shielded her from it. It’s just unfortunate that that sort of thing still exists. As you know she’s Bengali, and very dark skinned. A lot…
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A few people have sent me this video of Cornell West and Julianne Malveaux discussing Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. In this interview with Tavis Smiley, the duo express disappointment, felling Obama dismissed the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by not “saying his name.” But their cries are really…
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The criticism keeps coming about John McCain picking Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president. And no matter how the talking heads spin it, most presidential candidates — Democrat or Republican — would not have tapped a woman under investigation for some duplicitous firing situation, who was dealing with the sensitive family drama of teen…
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