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Not precisely. but ones containing oral sex will get pullquotes.

I can only speak from my perspective, but I think there was a lot of self-censorship in journalism, with the notable exception of some work some Knight-Ridder guys did, during the runup to Iraq. Obviously, 9/11 had a lot to do with that.

Of the many lenses through which one can get a view into someone else's life, one of the least flattering is divorce papers. I have the evil idea of going to the county courthouse, picking out the most piquant divorce papers and printing them in our newspapers, with the names blacked out.

It makes the ivy grow.

That dream would send me straight to the shrink.

I think that was "Kids in America," actually.

Today I wore a Cherokee headdress, a T-shirt that read "White People Are Teh Suck," and a tie-dyed loincloth.

Yeah no shit. Even at our pissant little paper, nobody wanted to stand in front of the war train and be accused of being the type of person who spit on Vietnam vets when they came home.

I thought I was cool with my hat with the red star on it, but I see I have fallen behind. It will look especially good if I don't shave for a few days and accessorize with a Humpty Hump nose.

Now I want one of these kaffiyeh things.

I saw that. A shame to go so young.

Of course I am down, so I may add to the greater glory of the Monkey Joe Roasting Co.

That was the double-strength brewed coffee, mixed with condensed milk and refrigerated, right?

When I heard that story for the first time, I had a vision of Hillary taking off her mask to reveal she was one of those V aliens, and then eating a live puppy.

Gore would be all right, I think. Kerry, maybe not.

Bonne anniversaire!

Eliot Spitzer sighting, as related by a friend of the witness. As we may recall, the disgraced ex-governor retreated to his home near the small northwestern Dutchess County burg of Pine Plains. Our witness spotted Eliot in the local Stewart's (an ice cream/convenience store type of operation common in the area in proximity to Albany, N.Y.) and teh guv was reading a story about Hillary's RFK quip. Spitzer said to our witness, "I can't believe she would say something so stupid." Our witness says something to the effect of how she must have misspoke and that she couldn't be that bad of a person.

The key is,

None of the above. Once I got a French press, it was revealed to me that I make the best coffee in the world.

And the employees are a mix of teenagers of varying races and Mexicans of varying ages.

The DD owners of the one in my town are Chinese, and the ones who own the DDs in the town I work in are Brazilian.

Not only am I not going to buy it, I am not going to steal it or even read it.

Oy. Jihadists like doughnuts too, y'know.

Mets surpass Knicks at doctoring attendance figures BY FILIP BONDY DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 12:01 PM Torrie/News There has been a lot more orange lately at Shea than the Mets seem willing to report. Congratulations to the Mets, who successfully have taken over the lead in New York for fabricating attendance figures. This was no easy accomplishment, because the Knicks have been piping numbers for several years now, pretending they had a string of sellouts when there were tickets available at the window and empty seats galore. The James Dolan era has produced