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Less than two months after he left CBS' The Late Show, Letterman appeared onstage in San Antonio, Texas, Friday with Steve Martin and Martin Short, who are touring with their stage show, A Very Stupid Conversation…With Music. "Back in Hollywood, we met at a Scientology mixer," Letterman, 68, told the crowd, "and they have been so kind and so generous to invite me here to this beautiful city." "I am so happy to be out of the house," a bearded Letterman admitted. "I retired and I had no regrets—none. I was happy. I was complacent. I was satisfied. I was...

Some things are more important than retirement. David Letterman was called back into action this weekend with a brand-new Top Ten List inspired by the recent presidential candidacy of Donald Trump. Although he’s been content since retiring as host of “Late Show” in May, Letterman called missing out on lampooning Trump’s White House bid “the biggest mistake of my life.”

10) In six short years as president, Obama has taken the Democratic Party from the One to done. While it’s way too early to write off the party even for 2014, the wounds created by supporting this colossal bozo will be even longer to heal than the wounds inflicted by Jimmy Carter. Obama said way more then he knows when he admitted that the problem is he’s president not emperor. 9) Remember when the Fawning News Media said that comedians would have a tough time making fun of Obama because he was so serious, so perfect, so black? Well the...

Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 80,000 in June, slightly worse than expected and the third straight month of sub-100,000 job growth. The jobless rate held at 8.2%. The employment report was disappointing. Here are 10 reasons why the jobs market is even worse than the headline figures. 1. Unemployment has topped 8% for 41 straight months. Last time above 8% - December 1983. 2. The jobless rate actually makes the labor market look better than it actually is. The rate only counts people who want a job but don't have one. But the labor force participation rate was 63.8% in...

06 July 2010 "TOP TEN LIST 2010-07-06" SNIPPET: "The temporal context in which this list was generated is important, and will likely be forgotten over time. So for future reference, see the posts at Internet Haganah which immediately preceded the making of this list."

Top 10 worst Irish accents on film Julia Roberts and Sean Connery may have won Academy Awards, but that does not mean that they can pull off a believable Irish accent on screen. See who else made the list of worst movie attempts at an Irish accent, including two more Oscar winners. By Conn Corrigan , IrishCentral.com Staff Writer Published Monday, March 16, 2009, 7:14 PM Updated Monday, March 9, 2009, 10:00 PM Julia Roberts as Mary Reilly  The Irish accent, judging from some of Hollywood's attempts at it over the years, must surely be one of the most...

Tongue in Cheek List Will Make Your Day May be Contrary to What is Recommended – But it’s Christmas! Holiday Season, Everywhere, 2006 – 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. If you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door; they're serving rum balls over there. holidays.jpg 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can – quickly; like fine single-malt scotch, it's rare. In fact, it's even rarer than single-malt scotch. You can't find it any other time of year. So drink up! Who cares that it has...

JOHN KERRY AND THE DEBATES: TOP TEN LIST OF THE SENATOR'S CURIOUS STATEMENTS 10. “Osama bin Laden uses the invasion of Iraq in order to go out to people and say that America has declared war on Islam.” -Reminiscent of Christmas in Cambodia, has Lieutenant Jg Kerry gone behind enemy lines again? Kerry knows more about bin Laden’s daily routine than top U.S. military personnel, many of whom believe bin Laden may be dead. 9. Recommendations for coalition-building, “…sit down with those world leaders, say ‘What do you need, what do you need now, how much more will it take...

Canada has fallen to eighth place from third on the United Nations list of the most desirable places to live in the world, leaving an embarrassing legacy for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who came to power when Canada ranked No. 1, the Citizen has learned. Senior government officials confirmed yesterday that the annual ranking of nations by the UN Development Program, a measure of the overall quality of life in 175 nations, will place Canada behind Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Australia and even the U.S., which Canada has consistently led in the past. Canada had been No. 1 for seven years...

Top Ten Ways That Democrats Act Like Spoiled Children * #1 They repeatedly want to change the rules in the middle of the game if they are losing. #2 Their main arguments consist of name-calling, and a stragetgy of the-highest-volume-wins. #3 They won't answer direct questions when they have done something wrong. #4 Winning means more to them than honesty. #5 They are absolutely shocked when they get caught doing something wrong. #6 They are unaccustomed to getting punished when they do something wrong (Chang is in jail for giving illegal donations, but the Torch is free despite accepting illegal...