Newman Passes Away at 83

"NEVER BEFORE and probably never again will so much pure, human cool and decency walk around in one package."
A commenter at Defamer.com offers a description of actor Paul Newman, who died Friday after a long bout with lung cancer. Newman gave more than $250M to charity in his life.

» "WHY SHOULD PEOPLE pay attention to the no-food-on-Metro rule? There is no one holding people accountable."
Districtchatter.com understands why people flout the no-food-on-metro law, after seeing a man eat a full plate of takeout food on the train on Friday.

» "I HAVE BUT a simple request: Please include in the bailout legislation a federal moratorium on using the words 'Main Street' and 'Wall Street' in the same sentence."
Gavelinyourpants.blogspot.com is tired of hearing talking heads use those two phrases together on TV.

» "THE REALLY SAD PART is that the opening few minutes of the bit were not very different at all from the actual interview that they were parodying. I walked into the room after it had just started, and it took me a second to realize that it [was] 'SNL.'"
Herbofdc.blogspot.com was dismayed by the similarities between parody and reality in a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch about Sarah Palin's CBS interview.

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