Ruffini Taking Over the World [Ars Technica] DC Kids Walk to School [gas prices] Inconspicuous Consumption [bling] Next Dream Team [Kobe-Lebron] Jill, Unmasked [Cheryl Contee] George Carlin on Baseball [RIP] Depressing [Spinning]

Andrew Noyes: McCain ‘Google Bomb’ Project Announced Computerworld reports that liberal blogger Chris Bowers has launched a ‘Google bomb’ project aimed at boosting Google search results for nine news articles showing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain in a negative light. Bowers, managing editor of the blog OpenLeft, is …

Can You Google This Answer? [stoopid] Are You Coming to Bed? [chaliceblog] Obama Is Your New Bicycle [refresh] Tiger Woods is a Beast [eavesdrop] History of the Internet [great read] Things I Did Last Night [classic] GREAT Headline [Awakening]

10 Dumbest People in the NFL [yardbarker] Can I Borrow a Dollar Convention?[CIBDC] Best. Post. Title. Eva. [DC Teacher Chic] Welcome to Jack’s House [stimeyland] DC Cooler Than NYC [D.C. Universe] No Kickball in Fairfax [communist] Facebook > Myspace [social wars] Put Away the Groceries [vacuum] Law Schools Growing [no …

Could You Pass a Written Drivers Test Now? [GMAC] See You at the Mayflower [Clintobama] Andrew Sullivan Makes a Point [rehab] Her Husband Must Be Pissed [dogg] Happy 100th Birthday [teabag] Let’s Get Serious [election] Got Inspiration? [miracle] Too Far? [moveon] Bring It [Bruno]

Tiger and My GM Candidacy Even when he’s not trying to, Tiger dominates the headlines. His Monday playoff against Rocco Mediate slowed traffic on Wall Street faster than Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren would while walking down Fifth Avenue. Trading volume on Wall Street was off 9.2% versus the past 30 …

Sports Illustrated’s soccer hater, Chris Mannix, spent five days with hard core soccer fans to address the usual complaints against soccer. He walked away a believer. His first outing was with DC United’s La Barra Brava. Chris Mannix: Are You Like Me? (I bet you are) I Bet You Hate …

Wrong TMZ, Denver is packed for the convention and those rooms will be snapped up.

Heck, give it a go.

Nas and Jay Z Predicted [Black Republican] I’m Keeping My Stage Name [richard] Come Together, Right Now [Over Me] GF Leaving for Obama [dc outsider] Looking for a House? [sweet digs] When in Rome [oddly enough] New Energy Plan [Pay Less] Key to the City [Ovechkin]

Ward Connerly: Obama Is No ‘Post Racial’ Candidate With all my heart – and for the betterment of my country – I desperately wanted to believe that Sen. Barack Obama was not one of the same tired voices who peddle arguments about “institutional racism.” … I have heard him say …

SO SAYETH ANDREW SULLIVAN

INTERNITY: It is intern season.

The Atlantic’s Mark Bowden goes behind the scenes of Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of the Wall Street Journal and the analyzes the future of media as we know it. Print this out and read it on the metro ride home today. Mark Bowden: Mr. Murdoch Goes to War (a few highlights): …

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