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Go to the “About” page to find out why we launched this new venture (blame, or rather, credit, goes in part to Al Gore and Bill Maher for helping to inspire the company). You’ll also learn how to advertise; join us as an affiliate, stringer, or employee; and what we use to produce this site. Special thanks to The Blog Studio for the design, Cox & Forkum for the Hot Air mascot, and Mark Jaquith for his technical assistance.

“The Vault” houses archives for each of the three content sections of the site. “Gear” is our shop where we sell stuff.

“Vent” is the daily video newscast. It’s delivered in Flash (Version 8) format. Download a Flash video player here if the video doesn’t automatically play for you.

“Top Picks” are the best and hottest blog/news/video/audio/photo items of the day as determined by the Hot Air staff. We separate them out so you can find them nice and quick.

“The Blog” is, yes, the blog. From politics to culture to the War on Terror and beyond, our staff will post on what the blogosphere’s buzzing about–or should be buzzing about–24/7/365.

“Hot Links” is our eclectic list of cool and creative people, pioneers of all political stripes, and resources at the Internet/broadcasting convergence.

“Blowback” is our comments section. You can join in during our limited registration period.

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And now, on to the show…