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You would think that John Edwards would have more respect for the nation’s second highest office. After all, he himself was once elected vice president, before Ken Blackwell and voter suppression in Ohio robbed him of the chance to serve as #2 in John Kerry’s Thwarted Reign of Glory. However, after all the vice presidency has done for him, John Edwards has pulled down his pants and pissed all over the notion that he’d run as second fiddle to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. MORE »

* Gay firefighter incensed by accusations of gayness. [DCist]
* “Another suspicious sign that we might be in the South is the way a lot of people talk.” [Used Wigs]
* “This is the most mean-spirited piece of legislation I have seen in my 30 years down here.” — Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax. [Below the Beltway]
* Customer, value, service? Care, volunteer, safety? [Eavesdrop DC]
* “Urban heat has been implicated in increased summer thunderstorm activity, but in the case of today’s snow, it means that we get less accumulation here downtown, as more of it tends to melt as it falls or after hitting the ground.” [Metroblogging DC]

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* Web neocons horrified to discover entire subspecies of ultra-conservative American Jew hates Israel as much as Ahmadinejad. [Ace of Spades]
* In Nigeria, Blood for Oil isn’t just a slogan — it’s a way of life. [Cryptogon]
* Less anti-drug propaganda = Less drug use. More for us! [Reason Hit & Run]
* “HIS BLOATED EYES POPPED FROM HIS HEAD … AND WERE STOLEN BY A THIEF!” [Achewood]
* U.S. southerners breeding rapidly, frightening rest of country. [RedState]
* Apple retail stores outperform Tiffany & Best Buy this Xmas … Amazon’s three best-selling computers are MacBooks … is it happening? [Mac Insider, Amazon]