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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Question of the Day...

Yes or no?

Posted by Bradda at 6/10/2008 02:22:00 PM

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some light reading....

In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming
BY AARON SORKIN -- Huffington Post

IT'S TRUE!!!

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