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look: Matthew Yglesias is...Serpico!  

Bokonon: Jim invokes the Powell Doctrine in the war against Alzheimer's. 

look: What do Bob and Byron have in common? 

rcocean: Cats LOL. 

ledocs: Bob’s use of praeteritio here could have been more subtle. 

Bokonon: I think this little snippet shows just how much Bob has grown since he read my post. 

listener: I’ll be here all week, folks. And don’t forget to tip your waitress! 

Bokonon: We’ve been suspecting this for quite a while now. 

graz: Hey … preach it if you feel so inclined! 

sapeye: Apparently John doesn’t completely agree with Maureen Dowd. 

Bokonon: The Self-Reflexive Scandal. 

uncle ebeneezer: New Talking Mickey Kaus Doll! Just pull the string and it says.... 

Simon Willard: My big chance to engage Bob in a substantive discussion, and this is what I get. 

chamblee54: The acronym for this is wiz. 

Bokonon: Bob throws down the gauntlet with a very techie euphemism in the wankfest war. 

graz: The video equivalent of the godfather kiss of death. 

Ocean: I couldn’t refute Michelle G’s description of parenthood. 

propagandhi: The ev psych dissection of Chris Bosh. 

Bokonon: The origin of Norman Bates. 

T.G.G.P : Methinks she doth protest too much. Did that laugh sound forced to anyone else? 

uncle ebeneezer: McChrystal ... or Phil Jackson? 

uncle ebeneezer: No wonder we’ve all been acting so impulsively since Bob asked us not to use sarcasm! 

bjkeefe: Censorship! or, the new BhTV tagline? 

graz: A telling slip. 

listener: FDR: The real Miracle Worker.