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DVDs: I Heart "Firefly"

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Dollhouse, Firefly, Joss Whedon, Movies, Dvds, Route 66, Paul Rudd, Bluray, The X-Files, Chris Isaak, Pushing Daisies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Maverick, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Kristen-Chenoweth, Wentworth-Miller, Ang Lee, Dr. Who, Andy Samberg, January Jones, Torchwood, I Love You Man, Alec Baldwin, Jason Segel, Entertainment News

Firefly is quirky, with the offbeat and clever dialogue we expect from Whedon. But it's also wholly satisfying and fun from episode one

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Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card

Michael Maslansky | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lists, Experience, Political Language, Words, Propoganda, Volt, Maverick, Political Persuasion, Buzzwords, Change, Drill, Surge, Bailout, Public Relations, 2008 Campaign, Subprime, Communications, Year in Review, Politics News

The following is our admittedly subjective ranking of the top ten words of 2008 and how well people used them.

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List Of Words To Be Banished Released: See What's On It

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 01.31.2009 | Style

Read More: Lake Superior State University's List of Words to Be Banished From the Queen's English for Mis-Use Over-Use and General Uselessness, List of Words to Be Banished, List of Words to Be Banned, Banned Words List, Maverick, Bailout, Wall Street to Main Street, Style News

DETROIT — A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing"...

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Sarah we hardly knew ye

Dave Winer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Auto Industry, Lipstick, Hocky Mom, Obama, Texas, Pennsylvania, Pit Bull, Red States, Punchline, Palin, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, New Hampshire, Georgia, Katie Couric, Expensive Clothes, Maverick, Republican Party, North Carolina, Detroit, Politics News

Cleaning up some loose ends. Obama won Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, two states that were on McCain's slim path to a win. Once those were decided, ...

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Palin Says Something Smart

R.W. Sanders | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: McCain Maverick, Palin Lipstick, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin 2012, Maverick, Elizabeth Vargas, Election 2008, Lipstick on a Pig, Palin 2012, Election 2012, Lipstick on a Pig Sarah Palin, John McCain, Home News

I finally heard Sarah Palin say something intelligent. This proves that no matter how much lipstick you smear on a blind pig, he (or she) can find an acorn now and then.

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An Obama Victory Is a Lesson for McCain

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Michelle Obama, Cindy Mccain Style, Obama, John McCain Campaign, Health, Voting, Moderate Republicans, McCain Maverick, Barack Obama Michelle Obama, Maverick, Media, Cindy McCain, Cindy McCain John McCain, Mainstream Republicans, Home News

While McCain may bill himself as a maverick, he allowed himself to be molded, and then morphed into, a follower of what mainstream Republicans in his campaign wanted him to become for this general election.

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Out of Line: No Maverick

Mort Gerberg | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Maverick, Politics, John McCain, Political Cartoon, Humor, Political Humor, John McCain Maverick, Maverick, Voting, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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What Is a Maverick Anyway?

Sarah Moglewer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: McCain Maverick, Hanoi Hilton, John McCain, Obama McCain, McCain Obama, Maverick, Election 2008, Arizona, Campaign 2008, Home News

According to Webster's Dictionary, maverick means "unbranded calf." In the case of McCain, could it mean someone who goes out against the pack? Well, in this case, that definition doesn't apply.

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Foreign Journalist Translation Woes: "Maverick" Is "Dog Without A Leash"

NYCity News Service | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Foreign Coverage Election 2008, Al Jazeera McCain, McCain-Palin Maverick, Maverick, McCain-Palin 2008, Joe Sixpack, Election 2008 Words, Hockey Mom, Home News

by Rima Abdelkader at NYCity News Service Joe Sixpack. Hockey Mom. Maverick. Even for those passionately following the presidential election, the ...

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Dear Sarah Palin, Please leave - we don't need your sort in Ohio!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

In the old days of the West, when someone did irreparable harm to a community, the Sheriff took the culprit to the edge of town. He told that person ...

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McCain Brings Out NFL Two Minute Offense

Christopher Ingram | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Government, Fat Lady Sings, John McCain, Bib Schiefer, Arizona Cardinals, Third Debate, George W. Bush, Real Mccain, Maverick, Chris Ingram, Nfl, Dallas Cowboys, Tom "Snooze" Brokaw, Barack Obama, Hail Mary, Presidential Debates, Politics News

The third and final debate was hands down the best of the three. Last week's "town hall" hosted by Tom "Snooze" Brokaw being the worst. This debate was actually a debate.

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Joe the Plumber's Imaginary Empire

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Debate, Tax, Economy, Middle Class, Joe the Plumber, Tax Cuts, Maverick, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

The truth about Joe is that he is not a licensed plumber and he's never made more than $40,000 dollars a year in that trade.

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Who Won the Final Debate? Drudge Votes Early...

Dan Treul | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Debate, Barack Obama, Amy Poehler, Maverick, Drudge Report, Final Debate, Debates, 2008 Election, Vote 08, John McCain, Home News

The results of Drudge's Mid-Debate Post-Debate Winner's Poll have John McCain as the overwhelming winner of the still-running face off. As of 10:22 EST, the Republican wins handily, 75 percent to 23 percent!

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McCain Didn't Report Ties To Contra Group

Politico | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Maverick, John McCain, Nicaragua, Politics News

As a freshman congressman in the early 1980s, John McCain did not disclose his connections to a controversial group that was implicated in a secretive...

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New Obama Keating Five movie

Alison Teal | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Voters in swing states -- and this, Colorado, appears to be the mother of all swing states -- are treated to a nearly endless barrage of political advertising and discussion.

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McCain/Palin No Mavericks, Say Real Mavericks

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Maverick, 2008 Campaign, John McCain, Palin, Sarah Palin, Fontaine Maverick, Politics News

Fontaine Maverick, great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Augustus Maverick, for whom the word was coined, would like John McCain and Sarah Palin to stop misusing the word.

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Defining a Maverick

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vp, Debate, Palin, Sarah Palin, Maverick, Independent, Obama, Fiscal, Bush, Voting, Politics News

If both candidates have voted overwhelmingly with their party do you want the one who voted with Bush 90% of the time or the one who voted against Bush 96% of the time?

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Friday Talking Points [50] -- Can I Call You Joe?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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I refuse to get too wrapped up in the question of who "won" the debate. In general, unless one candidate obviously self-destructs, this question is answered subjectively and personally. That's not to say I didn't think Biden did better. I did.

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10 Things We Now Look For In A Guy Because Of Barack Obama

Twisted Sisters | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Spike Lee, Maverick, Relationships, Anniversary, Smooth Talker, Lobbyists, Barack, Living News

10. He doesn't date lobbyists 9. Likes Spike Lee 8. Doesn't mind if we're taller than him in heels 7. Likes a little fist action. Bump! Bump! 6. He...

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Say It Again and Again, Joe

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mommy Card, John McCain, Biden Palin Debate, Vice Presidential Debate, Maverick, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Palin's request, "Can I call you Joe?" was an attempt to get him to refer to her as Sarah -- to establish a false familiarity that would have been beneficial to her. Biden didn't take that bait.

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I Want A VP Who Is Smarter Than Me

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Wasilla, Vice President, Debate, Middle Class, Joe Biden, Maverick, Shia, Intellectual, Nuclear, Anti-Intellectual, Intelligence, Vice President Debate, Elite, Folksy, Sarah Palin, Washington, Alaska, Sunnis, Hockey Mom, John McCain, Home News

I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?

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Regardless of Who Wins the Election, Start Teaching Your Kids Mandarin

Christopher Ingram | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Hero, Social Security, John McCain, Tom Delay, National Debt, George W. Bush, Chris Ingram, Community Organizer, Congress, Maverick, Reform, Mccain, Obama, Dukakis, Campaign, Media, China, Gas Crisis, Sarah Palin, Mortgage Crisis, Mandarin, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News

Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.

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Economy Tanking, War On Two Fronts, No Time For A Maverick

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

Read More: US Economy, McCain Maverick, U.S. Economy, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Economy, Sarah Palin, Maverick, Alan Greenspan, Home News

Yes, as far as TV shows, romance novels and motivational books, we love the maverick. But, is that what we need right now to bring our country back on track?

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Denouncing Extremists While Touting 'Mavericks'

Tina Dupuy | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Maverick, Sarah Palin Vice President, Gop, Maverick, Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Republican Convention, Politics News

You can't denounce 'extremists' and tout 'mavericks'. That's akin to denouncing hoagies while endorsing po-boys. It makes you look nuts.

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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