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I meant to ramble about this last week, when Drudge<\/a> had an en fuego<\/em> afternoon, posting links to the Cybill Shepard bad-hair day, the Iranian woman who asked a judge to make her husband only beat her once a week, and the guy who was clocked at 205 mph on his motorcycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now CNN has followed up the story<\/a>, replete with doubts that a motorcycle can reach 205. My favorite detail–even more than the “going a quarter-mile in 4.39 seconds” part–is that it all took place out on Highway 61.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I meant to ramble about this last week, when Drudge had an en fuego afternoon, posting links to the Cybill Shepard bad-hair day, the Iranian woman who asked a judge to make her husband only beat her once a week, and the guy who was clocked at 205 mph on his motorcycle. Now CNN has … <\/p>\n

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