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The big story today is Obama and Biden were sworn in today for another term to be sworn at.

The formal inauguration, parade, parties, and all of the rest are tomorrow.
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The Total Recall star totally forgot he had a fifth child.
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Nevada Sup of Instruction James Guthrie comes across as less of an ignorant ass in this piece.

He actually says nice things about the school, teachers, and principal.
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Let the lawsuits begin:

The fall-out from Lance Armstrong's interviews with Oprah Winfrey continued on Sunday after it was revealed that SCA Promotions plans to file a lawsuit against the disgraced cyclist for $12m (£7.5m).

The Texas company insured performance bonuses to Armstrong for his victories in the Tour de France in 2002, 2003 and 2004. However, Armstrong admitted in his interview with Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs, including testosterone and EPO as well as blood transfusions, for all of his seven Tour victories.

A statement released by SCA said that, even though they are happy about Armstrong's confession, they still intend to pursue their legal options for the money that was paid to him "under fraudulent circumstances".

I'm sure this is only the beginning.

Yet another observer was unimpressed with his interview with Oprah:

I ask you, how many people came to the end of the Oprah interview and found themselves crying at any time during the 2 ½ hours? What percentage among the millions shed even one tear? I venture to guess zero.

There was no heart shared. No heart shown.

The point here is not about using the drugs. A confession to that alone would have been almost par for the current sports world course. How many Marion Jones stories have we now become inured to? "Never, ever doped." Then the truth is revealed and we barely blink. And we forgive. But with Lance, the story was magnified by a thousand-fold. It was the massive cover-ups. The law suits, the grandstanding lies, the demolition of friends' careers. It was the cruel vendettas. And the bold, unwavering arrogance.

Is this the biggest sports scandal since the 1919 Chicago Black Sox threw the World Series? Oh, it's bigger than any sports story. These lies rank up there with Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal. You say that's ridiculous, to compare an athlete's nosedive to a president's impeachment? I venture to say a vastly bigger public, many millions more, were riding the inspiration of Lance than ever rode the non-myth of Richard Nixon.