Loved this bit:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5TPY7j4Pc

Scott Adams, who has a made a career out of being marginally more humorous than the drone in the next cubicle, decided March 7 that it was time to deliver his own very special take on the War Between the Sexes, a topic you might remember as wonderfully fresh before you were born, because you either read Thurber or watched William Windom play Thurber on TV.

(NBC, Mondays at 7:30, right before Laugh-In. But we digress.)

What Scott Adams actually wrote is lost to history, because Scott Adams subsequently deleted the post. But just like one of those hilarious moments in his comic strip that proves talent is irrelevant in America, it turns out somebody helpfully preserved the text. So let’s dip our toes:

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JNOV put a link to this video in comments – as if I needed something else to push me over the emotional edge on this anniversary:

When Pete Seeger goes, if he goes before I do, I will fall apart. He is a treasure.

Do we care? “The second minority government of Stephen Harper has fallen. Early Friday afternoon, 156 opposition MPs — all of the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloquistes present in the House of Commons — rose to support a motion of no-confidence.” Actually, we don’t. [Toronto Globe and Mail]

This is what it looks like:

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. It was an important event in the rise of the modern American labor movement.

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“Gov. Sean Parnell’s appointee for the panel that nominates state judges testified Wednesday that he would like to see Alaskans prosecuted for having sex outside of marriage.” [Anchorage Daily News]

Our guest columnist this morning was a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Indiana, until moments before this email was published Thursday.

From: Carlos Lam
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:39 AM
To: Governor Scott Walker
Subject: stay strong!

Dear Gov. Walker:

This Hoosier public employee is asking that you stay strong and NOT to cave to union demands! The way that government works has to change, and — by all appearances — that must begin in WI. We cannot have the public unions hold the taxpayer hostage with their outrageous demands.

As an aside, I’ve been involved in GOP politics here in Indiana for 18 years, and I think that the situation in WI presents a good opportunity for what’s called a “false flag” operation. If you could employ an associate who pretends to be sympathetic to the unions’ cause to physically attack you (or even use a firearm against you), you could discredit the public unions. Currently, the media is painting the union protest as a democratic uprising and failing to mention the role of the DNC and umbrella union organizations in the protest. Employing a false flag operation would assist in undercutting any support that the media may be creating in favor of the unions.

God bless,

Carlos F. Lam

Reached Tuesday prior to publication, Mr. Lam claimed his email account had been hacked, saying “I am flabbergasted and would never advocate for something like this, and would like everyone to be sure that that’s just not me.” And then he fessed up Thursday and quit.

Indiana prosecutor resigns over Walker email [WisconsinWatch]