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Satire or not satire?

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Or: "Swiftian or not-so-swiftian"?

You decide. Read below the fold...

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Cute overload

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There's no love like pony love! Read below the fold...

Obama: Birth Of Hope Doll

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That's the title of an entry at Collectibles Today's site. And yes, it's adorable:

The ad continues:

Price: $149.99 US s&s: $16.99 US
Available in 5 installments of $30.00 US

Those new to installments can click on a link that reads

*How do Installments work?

Which opens the following pop-up:

About Installments

Installments make shopping affordable!

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Happy Birthday Blub

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Blub, with a side of special birther sauce.

Personally, I want a pony for my birthday. Read below the fold...

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Too bad it's not appropriate to look back at the 2008 campaign...

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... otherwise, we could watch dissectin' Danny Schechter tell the story they* didn't want you to know about: Barack Obama's historically historic historicism.

Ain't it grand? He's the "People's** PresidentTM"!

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* Other than the entire media and blogosphere, and nearly every Democratic insider Read below the fold...

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"Defines Cool"

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He's so cool, he doesn't even watch the news:

"“When you hear he likes ‘Entourage,’ you have to go, ‘That figures,’” said Robert Thompson, a professor of pop culture at Syracuse University. “Anything Obama does is cool by definition. He’s the Internet president, he’s the BlackBerry president, and now, I suppose, he could be called the HBO president.” Obama likes “Entourage” so much he even rearranged his campaign schedule not to miss an episode."

Via BTD at Talkleft.

Personally, I think Blackberries suck, But I have no strong feelings about Obama's tv habits*. Read below the fold...

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Arms sales

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From the "Title Nine" activewear catalog, about the bearer of the world's most famous bare arms:

She does all of us post-Title IXer's proud, but Michelle Obama is not singular, just the most visible of a whole generation of fit, powerful, post-Title IX women. When we celebrate her, we are, in fact, celebrating our own strength, our own true selves. And, ...

We've only just begun.

Michelle Obama does represent a healthy symbolic shift in people's perceptions of a First Lady (as a certain Mr. Clinton would have, as well). And if someone can make a buck on athletic-grrrl power in this economy, more power to them. Read below the fold...

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Rushmore can't wait

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The man about whom everyone tells us "wait until he's done something" now has a school named after him.

In an emotional ceremony, a plaque commemorating President-elect Obama's future accomplishments was unveiled in the lobby, before the students went to their homerooms and voted "present." Read below the fold...

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Change of diapers you can believe in

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In 8-1/2 months, there may be a mini-Baby Boom:
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75 days to the inauguration, and I already have diabetes

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Screencap from HuffPo:

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