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Ten Post Round-Up: Big News In Digestible Bits

A lot of juicy stuff in today’s Ten Post Round-Up.
But, it’s still not as hype as the debate a lot of viral young men might rather see tonight: Obama Girl vs McCain Girl Olympics.
On with today’s round-up:

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Our Minds’ Distorted Eye

There’s been a lot in the news about how (supposedly) important, looks are.
In China, during the Olympics opening ceremony, one little Chinese girl’s face/body was replaced by a “prettier” little girl, who lip-synced to the “uglier” child’s song.

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Ten Post Round-Up: Milli Vanilli Edition

They say that life sometimes imitates art, but sometimes that is too true.  Just when the former group, Milli Vanilli thought that they could slink away as the most popular lip-syncers in history, along comes the China Olympics.  Girl, you know it’s true! I wish I was making this up!  I guess the Chinese could [...]

‘Medaling’ With Free Speech at the Olympics

President Bush last week sounded just like a liberal.
Yes, you read that right. Bush. Liberal. Same sentence.
At the new U.S. embassy in Beijing on the opening day of the Olympics, he said, “All people should have the freedom to say what they think.” Without even blinking, he also told the world, while directing his comments [...]

And the Campaigns Get Smarter…

The campaigns are charged only when someone clicks on an ad. And campaigns can cap their spending, so that once the limit is reached, their ad stops appearing.”