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December 22, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal No, seriously. One of the former moonshiners said he was surprised by the pardon but that he's looking forward to voting and buying a gun. The other said he could "almost be a Republican" after receiving the pardon from Bush.

December 22, 2005 - Posted by the Faux News Corp. under contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Informations WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT...

December 22, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal The Senate approved $29 billion in hurricane relief funds:

December 21, 2005 - In case you missed it, one of the more astounding moments in last week's Congressional hearings about Hurricane Katrina was seeing a series of Republican lawmakers claim that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco was personally responsible for the 1,086 known to have died in the storm.

December 20, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Here's a great article in this week's Rolling Stone:

December 20, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal The local paper asked readers to vote for the top ten East Tennesseans. They came up with a pretty impressive list. Here are the results: 1. Dolly Parton: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap!"

December 20, 2005 - I missed the "unofficial" announcement last Friday -- but now it's official: one of my favorite bloggers (and my Durham homey) Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend ("always steamin'") has won a 2005 Weblog Award for &q