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Far out! So the far-right lunatics weren’t completely crazy?

HANG ON HERE! Are you telling me that those rightwing crazies were NOT completely out of their minds for wringing their hands, renting their garments, and loudly protesting an end-of-life provision in Obama’s health plan? This news story is in The Hill, an altogether sober publication, and featured at the top of the page at Memeorandum. I was so stunned that I took a screenshot of Memeorandum’s page:

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Can one of you get word to Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow?

What are the odds that this story will be above the fold on A1 of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times?

Yeah, I agree. There’s NO chance.

So, while we wait for hell to freeze over in the New York Times building, take a look at this photo that appeared with a page A1 story — “Nearly 3,000 show up for health-care forum in Everett” — published in Thursday’s Seattle Times:

Nearly 3,000 people attended Rep. Rick Larsen's town-hall meeting on health care Wednesday at Everett Memorial Stadium.

Nearly 3,000 people attended Rep. Rick Larsen's town-hall meeting on health care Wednesday at Everett Memorial Stadium.