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Tomorrow on the BPP: Poker

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While the phones are ringing and the BPP keyboards are clickety-click-clicking, I'll take a minute to tell you what we're planning for tomorrow morning's live show.

I'm shocked, shocked to tell you there'll be a conversation about gambling going on at the BPP. Hey, we're not the only ones talking about it this week.

We're also going to talk about the ethics of doing business in bad places. That's in light of the lawsuit against the company that sells Chiquita bananas, which is being accused of funding and arming a Colombian paramilitary organization. The company admitted making payments, but basically said that was protection money to keep its employees alive. So what's the budget line for that?

More of tomorrow's lineup after the jump:

We're talking about Stephon Marbury. The Knicks guard missed a game this week and got fined $180,000.

We'll also talk to political commentator Ronald Brownstein about his new book, "The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America."

We'll also check in on presidential debate #4763. Again, the Democrats. Why? Because we want to see if there's another Hillary pile-on.

And maybe Woody Allen and Diane Keaton were right to be scared: apparently lobsters do feel pain when you boil them. At least according to one study.

Plus, since it's Friday, we'll talk about the movies premiering this weekend, including my personal obsession, "Beowulf." In 3D!

Oh, yeah, and we're debuting a new series, "America's Next Top ____." We'll fill in the blank tomorrow on the show.

Tricia McKinney

2:00 PM ET | 11-15-2007 | permalink

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