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JIMMY FALLON: The Democrats are working overtime to get 216 votes to pass health care on Sunday, which means Rahm Emanuel is prowling the showers like the head of a prison gang.

They Know Pinot! Looking for the heartland of American wine? Thinking Napa Valley? Maybe, but try a little further to the northwest: Sonoma County [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_County_wine]. That's where you find the dark Pinot. You can read about it at Forbes [http://www.

Cutting Into Soft Cheese There's a cheese crisis in France! Well, kinda. Cheese consumption increased during last year's recession, but not the right kind of cheese. Consumption of hard cheeses increased, due largely to the rise of pizza (Domino's Pizza increased sales by 31%

Who Is Gerard Casey? If you like podcasts, take a serious look (listen) to Mises Institute Media [http://feeds.mises.org/MisesMedia]. They're spitting out podcasts like the Beltway spitting out dollars, except many of 'em are high quality. I came home from work early last night

Stream of Consciousness TDE readers encouraged me. Blame them. Besides, I have to mention: CBS sucks. If you watched the Selection Show Sunday night, you know what I mean. It's a tradition for CBS to show teams celebrating when they hear that they've made the tournament.

Stream of Consciousness Bracketology, bracketology, bracketology. I love the NCAA Tournament, but they need to ditch that term. It's gotten so bad, I don't even like the word "bracket" anymore. And what's with NCAA women's basketball? Talk about a project

It's my birthday . . . and I'm working on taxes this weekend . . . and I'm busy at the office. So I'm taking a day off from blogging. If you want something fairly interesting, try this: How Greece's Debt Crisis Affects America [http://www.