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Dancing with the Stars Week 3: The Good Moves, Bad Footwork, and Ugly Form

Another week, another round of Pussycat Dolls and astronauts powerhumping at the cuticles of America’s voting/texting/judging fingers. In this go-around, the judges declared a new scoring champion while assuring us that Buzz Aldrin is never going to beat Olympic figure-skaters in the elegance department. Because he’s a lazy jackass.

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United States of Tara Multiple-Personality Smackdown: ‘The Truth Hurts’

Last time we saw Tara , she was cheering up thanks to an Air Supply jam session in her neighbor’s suicide house. She had not told her family that Buck had been hijacking her body to woo a sweet bartender named Pammy (Joey Lauren Adams), hoping her male alter would recede back into her subconscious. But as we learned in last night’s episode, “The Truth Hurts,” Pammy and Buck are not going away anytime soon, and if anyone tries to get between them, Buck, the hardened Vietnam vet who shows his affection by cutting his lady’s toenails and replacing her water jug, will throw down with anyone, including Tara. After the jump, Movieline assesses the damage from last night’s match.

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Bill Simmons vs. Keith Olbermann: The War of Words

Earlier this week, Bill Simmons (aka “The Sports Guy”) penned an online column , which argued the following thesis: The eventual comeback by Tiger Woods on the golf course will be more difficult than the in-ring return of Muhammad Ali, following his hiatus from boxing that stemmed from avoiding the Vietnam War draft. It’s a controversial stance, one meant to elicit opinions and one defended by nine well-reasoned points. So, how did MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann react? By immaturely taking to his blog and writing: If the writer can let me know when Woods is punitively drafted by the military even though he is about eight years older than almost all the other draftees, I’ll begin to take him seriously. In the interim I am again left to marvel how somebody can rise to a fairly prominent media position with no discernible insight or talent, save for an apparent ability to mix up a vast bowl of word salad very quickly. Simmons then Tweeted in response: KO, please know the feeling is mutual. You’re my worst case scenario for my career in 12 yrs: a pious, unlikable blowhard who lives alone. We love any war of words between two outspoken individuals, but must side with Simmons in this case. First, Mr. Olbermann, as long-time readers of The Sports Guy, we can tell you how he rose to his position as the top columnist at ESPN.com: By earning a Master’s in Journalism from Boston University; slogging away for years as a bartender while creating/building his own website; and being discovered by ESPN after he earned a loyal online following. Some journalists may look down on Simmons because he represents the age of new media, in which a writer can thrive on the Internet without ever speaking to an athlete or going inside a locker room for his columns. But such a niche still requires wit, knowledge and hard work. Moreover, Olbermann has risen to his level of notoriety due to a similar recent phenomenon: the opinionated, 24/7 news cycle. Finally, go ahead and disagree with Simmons’ take on Woods vs. Ali. But do it in a respectful manner. A few days ago, Simmons took part in a Podcast with fellow ESPN columnist Rick Reilly because the pair has contrasting opinions on the Tiger Woods press conference . Simmons isn’t afraid to mix it up – professionally, respectfully – with those that don’t share his points of view. But Olbermann was clearly using this Woods’ column as an excuse to bitterly rail against The Sports Guy’s overall success. That’s just petty. Choose a side in this feud:

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War Spending Surges in Obama’s Budget

President Barack Obama’s new budget, to be released Monday, forecasts two consecutive years of near $160 billion in war funding, far more than he hoped when elected and only modestly less than the last years of the Bush Administration. In 2011 alone, the revised numbers are triple what the president included in his spending plan a year ago. And the strain shows itself in new deficit projections, already hobbled by lagging revenues due to the weak economy.

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Rebecca Gayheart’s Baby Hasn’t Been Run Over By A Bitch on a Cellphone Yet of the Day

I don’t think I am allowed to called Rebecca Gayheart a muderer because she got off from running over the kid who wouldn’t have died if she hadn’t run him over, becuase being from Hollywood means good lawyers, and good lawyers make shit the kids fault for jaywalking, when every other car didn’t run the kid over because the drivers weren’t in a rush to their bullshit appointments that clearly never helped her career because she’s all self righteous, self absorbed, life she things is so important….. So I like to check in with her pregnancy every once in a while to see if Karma’s got his revenge yet, or if he’s going to wait until the kid is older and she’s more attached to it….I guess we’ll wait and see…. Pics via Fame

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Katy Price has an Awkward Body of the Day

If you’re wondering why homosexual Russell Brand is engaged to Katy Perry, its cuz her awkward lower body looks like a dude…but I think the real issue is the fact that you are wondering why Russell Brand is engaged to Katy Perry.

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Howard Zinn, "People’s" Historian, Dead At 87

Leftist activist was admired by Bruce Springsteen, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and others.

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‘American Idol’ Atlanta Auditions Turn Up The Talent

Mary J. Blige sat in with the panel on day two, as 25 golden tickets are awarded. By Gil Kaufman “American Idol” contestant Keia Johnson Photo: Fox The city that gave us Fantasia, Clay Aiken and Jennifer Hudson brought some serious soul Wednesday night (January 13), the second evening of auditions for season nine of “American Idol.” With the freak show turned down and the talent turned up, 25 singers got golden tickets, among them a number of girls who knocked it out of the park and one peace officer who surprised everyone

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Thailand deports Hmong people to Laos

I taught English to Hmong people who had come to America in the early 1980s.

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Obama Adds Troops to Afghanistan, but Maps Exit Plan

WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama announced Tuesday that he would speed 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in coming months, but he vowed to start bringing American forces home in the middle of 2011, saying the United States could not afford and should not have to shoulder an open-ended commitment. Promising that he could “bring this war to a successful conclusion,” Mr

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