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60th anniversary hangover

Go here now for one of my favorite blogger’s take on yesterday’s extravaganza and the following hangover. If comments aren’t open there, you can leave them here. Now, I’m not saying I agree with everything Jeremiah says,... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Fri, Oct 02 2009

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