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Today’s Shared Items – October 31, 2010

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Same as It Ever Was October 31, 2010 – I like to think that we would have evolved in 200 years. I’m a lumberjackkitteh October 31, 2010 – Ha! I’m a lumberjackkitteh October 31, 2010 – Ha! After the Election, Gerrymandering October 30, 2010 Transportation and Equality October 31, 2010 Lenore Skenazy: 'Stranger Danger' and the Decline of Halloween – WSJ.com October 31, 2010

Today’s Shared Items – October 30, 2010

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Booze News: First ARTHUR, Now THE THIN MAN? October 30, 2010 – RIDICULOUS T.I.'s wife charged with drug possession in L.A. October 29, 2010 – “T.I’.s Wife” sounds like a Gothic novel, or a Sam Shepard play. Just sayin. Gawker's nonstory about Christine O'Donnell reveals the public's role in making a "sex scandal." October 29, 2010 – Dear Media Gods, Thank you so much for giving us Christine O’Donnell. She probably isn’t going to the Senate, but her weirdness, plus other people’s reactions to her weirdness, plus gossip Web site excess, plus outrage at gossip Web site excess is oodles…

Today’s Shared Items – October 15, 2010

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NewsHour interviews with Justices Breyer and O’Connor October 15, 2010 – Oh, happiness for a Supreme Court geek like me. Murkowski to air ads with Ted Stevens October 15, 2010 – Is this gonna be like when Natalie Cole sang duets with her deceased dad through the miracle of split-screen and editing? Your right to personal privacy is shrinking even as Corporate America’s is growing. October 14, 2010 Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's aim has been to move on October 14, 2010 Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg fail with Bill O'Reilly October 14, 2010 – Dude (used in…

Today’s Shared Items – October 14, 2010

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The 8 Tech Gadgets That Saved the Chilean Miners October 14, 2010 A Defense of Jonathan Capehart October 14, 2010 – I am sometimes sensitive to uneducated word choice. But even as someone who cringes when words like “touching” and “courage” are used in connection with disabled people, I have to say the author is right. Over-parsing of words, especially when the substance of the comments is honorable, has a lot to do with what’s wrong with political discourse. Please Don't Ever Photograph These Seven Things Again October 14, 2010 – Um, they don’t mention cats, so I guess I’m…