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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] The flag is up! #AmericaF___Yeah
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Things I’ve learned in the last 15 hours
• Americans’ visceral anger about 9/11 may have receded somewhat into the background over the last 10 years, but it is still absolutely there. There’s no need, yet, to say “Never Forget.” We haven’t forgotten. Not even close. • Osama Bin Laden was very much the personal focal point of that visceral anger. I confess I was surprised by the… Read more »
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Got up early to buy newspapers covering Bin Laden’s death. Walked into King Soopers literally as newspaper delivery guy was filling news rack. Still hunting for New York Times.
Anchors Aweigh, my boys
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Driving to work this morning, I wanted to hear my 9/11 anthem, so I put my iPhone on my patriotic playlist and listened to it. After that song ended, I let it shuffle through other songs on the list. The third or fourth one that came on was “Anchors Aweigh,” the Navy song. Given that Bin Laden was just killed… Read more »
OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!
About f***in’ time. We got him before the tenth anniversary of 9/11, thank goodness. I really hope there’s a Hell, if only so that evil motherf***er can burn in it. UPDATE: It’s official. Obama just announced it. Operation was authorized last week; Osama was killed in a firefight today. The U.S. soldiers in that firefight must never pay for their… Read more »
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Butter & the fish. You can tell she thinks this is all very undignified.
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] One of Wednesday’s tornadoes, an EF-5, “reportedly sucked fire hydrants out of the ground,” according to Dr. Jeff Masters. Uh, wow. (Also: “Some well-built modern 2-story homes that were bolted to their foundations were completely destroyed, leaving only the foundation.”)
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Paul Hewitt, recently of Georgia Tech, has taken the George Mason job that came open when Jim Larranaga left for Miami, which had a vacancy because Frank Haith left for Missouri, which needed a coach because Mike Anderson went back to Arkansas, which started all this by firing John Pelphrey… Read more »
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Mommy, did the Prince and Princess fall in love? Loyette, watching royal wedding news coverage
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Via Alabama Weather Blog, some more amazing storm pictures.