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...election went straight to the heart of Tester's candidacy: his haircut. It features a barber who says, "Fella comes in for a trim on his flattop because he's running for U.S. Senate. Guess he didn't want anybody to know he opposes a gay-marriage ban. Thinks flag burning is a right. And supports higher taxes. So I told him, 'You're gonna need a lot more than a haircut to cover up all that' ... Didn't leave much of a tip either...
...tribute to her alma mater, Wilson plans to carry a DEAS flag with her into space and deliver it back to Harvard after the mission, fellow NASA Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus said...
...zealot, not too far removed from the Nazi hyper-nationalism that reduced Europe to debris in WWII. This week, stepping out of the Munich central station revealed a completely different country. Black, red, and gold were everywhere; every single balcony and awning had its own flag. What made German national pride acceptable again? The answer: the FIFA World Cup, which Germany is hosting. And tonight, their national team will face Argentina for a place in the semi-finals. For any Harvard student, this phenomenon should sound familiar. On the streets of Cambridge, one is almost as likely to see Yale...
...Arkansas, Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Maria Cantwell of Washington ? flipped. Even if they could have gotten one of them to change his or her position, it might not have mattered. Senate Republican aides believe that as many as a dozen self-proclaimed amendment supporters privately opposed the flag burning amendment and were only supporting it for political gain. If the Amendment were to have actually passed, the aides predicted, those same politicians would have voted their conscience, dooming the flag-burning amendment on the Senate floor...
...That won't be the last you hear of the flag burning amendment, however. Democrats expect Republicans to use the issue as a mobilizing tool in mid-term elections this fall. And with close to a dozen Senators considering a run for the White House in 2008, they'll all have reasons to use their votes to burnish their credentials with the base. One place you may not see the amendment again for a few years, however, is on the floor of the Senate. Frist is stepping down as majority leader after the mid-terms and McConnell is unchallenged...