The troops are getting restless.via my friends at The Agonist The latest lunacy from conservative blogs: Qana was staged. Ho-boy. Hezbollywood? Frankly, I simply don't know what to say about this, this or this. The conservative blogs have taken to calling it “death porn.” They're also pointing to this article, which states the bombing happened [...]
Archive | July, 2006
What’s So Funny, Joe?
What's So Funny, Joe? UPDATE (1:50 p.m.): Here's a copy of Joe's flyers. UPDATE II (2:01 p.m.): Steve Gilliard's got a must read post: How low will you go? He nails it. Shameless Joe, I say. UPDATE III (5:05 p.m.): Joe stoops to vote buying! Via Atrios. Wait for it; it's at 1:06 on the [...]
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Would Joe Lieberman Sign this Letter?
Would Joe Lieberman Sign this Letter? –updated– UPDATED: This story just got picked up by AP. I don't mean to harp… okay, yes I do. But does anyone really think that Joe Lieberman would sign on to the letter Senator Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi sent to George W. Bush today? Of course, we [...]
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Investigation of Qana Pauses Bombing
Sunday snark alert, sorry, but this is just madness. The UN Security Council just expressed “extreme shock and distress” over the Qana slaughter. A 48-hour pause has been agreed upon. However, if Hezbollah lobs another rocket, all bets are off. There is also distinct tension between Prime Minister Olmert and Secretary Rice, according to John [...]
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Hugo And Vladimir Make A Deal
guest post by Mash In the age of terrorism, the international arms bazaar is alive and well. While George W Bush myopically marches forward in his War on Terror, the rest of the world is quietly arming themselves and taking sides. Last week, America\’s "strategic partner" and George W Bush\’s soul mate Vladimir Putin inked [...]
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Sunday Slaughter
Sunday Slaughter –updated– The Lebanese are breaking the U.S. embassy windows in Beirut. They are marching in the streets. The bodies amass, mostly children and women. Yet on “Meet the Press” Ambassador Dan Gillerman said no cease fire, no cease fire, no cease fire. (h/t reader John) The only reaction can be disgust. Dropping leaflets [...]
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Rockets, Lebanon, and Tom Friedman
First, some very big and exciting news. Congratulations to Ned Lamont and everyone working so hard on his campaign. As Joh mentioned yesterday, the New York Times has endorsed him. Needless to say, this is huge, not because it's an editorial endorsement. It's huge because the Times has always backed Lieberman. Not even Bill Clinton [...]
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What Goes On In Harry Reid’s Backyard
GUEST POST: What Goes On In Harry Reid's Backyard Guest post by Myrna the Minx at Reno and Its Discontents As a Nevada resident and loyal Democrat, I keep trying to find reasons not to be frustrated with Harry Reid. The problem is, my beloved Senator has become like a dictatorial host at a staid [...]
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Blogging 24 Hours Against Torture
Blogging 24 Hours Against Torture guest post by Mash In addition to being a guest blogger here, I am a member of an alliance of bloggers called Bloggers Against Torture. We are a group of bloggers dedicated to stopping the inhumane practice of torture here in the United States and in the rest of the [...]
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THE WAR COMES HOME: Hate Crime of Terrorism?
The war came home today in the form of a hate crime, pure and simple. Or is it? If a Palestinian walked into a Jewish center in Israel would the Israeli's call it a hate crime or would they call it terrorism? What do you think? The gunman, who employees said claimed to be a [...]
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Bush Caught Babbling While Bombs Keep Falling
Bush Caught Babbling While Bombs Keep Falling –updated– Breaking news, so to speak. Hezbollah has finally unveiled one of their “surprises.” They've got a new missile that just hit Israel. I talked about the Zilzal missile earlier. According to CNN, the new missile — I can't even find the correct spelling right now — is [...]
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Making Allies Out of Thugs
Making Allies Out of Thugs –updated– It's not exactly what President Bush and his administration do best. In fact, they ostracize our enemies as if we are in this world alone. Evidently, the conservatives haven't been paying much attention to Iraq, or what happens when you leave potential allies, no matter how smarmy, on the [...]
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THE MEDIA: From Wingnuts to War
We start with a break away from war-war-war to give us all, well, a break. At least at the top. Frankly, we need a laugh. We need to let go for a moment, if just one. Ann Coulter was on “Hardball” again today, this time talking to Chris Matthews; last time Norah O'Donnell had the [...]
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Bill Clinton Backs Cease Fire
Joe Lieberman's idea of foreign policy.SUPPORT NED LAMONT Don't look now, but former President Bill Clinton just pushed back. Meanwhile, Israel just blinked. It's bad, but we told you so. This article in Haaretz says it brilliantly. But after showing up for Joe, Clinton just threw a significant challenge to the Lieberman line. Seriously, what [...]
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TM Must Reads
THE 21st century world offers ways to tweak your appearance, or alter it altogether, with women finally able to combat directly the comparison that’s always been around. Men look distinguished as they age, while women look old, unattractive, or to use Rush Limbaugh’s favorite comment, who wants to look at a woman with wrinkles? The 2012 plastic surgery statistics are out and the American Society of Plastic Surgery tells the story.
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been going on.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.
“Norma Rae is a survivor and for the first time in her life she’s got a chance to become something more… a winner.” – Promo for “Norma Rae” CRITICS like Anne-Marie Slaughter, but especially Maureen I-Love-My-Pearls Dowd, and others [most of whom didn't read the book or do their homework] who are blaming Sheryl Sandberg for being a billionaire Ivy League graduate, while accusing her of letting corporations and government off the hook, are missing a major point.
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle or two, and queue up a sexy playlist on your iPod.
“You Don’t Own Me” PSA -Official from You Don't Own Me on Vimeo. WHO DOESN’T know the song “You Don’t Own Me,” sung by Leslie Gore? The movie First Wives Club helped to reignite the relevancy of the song.
“Last night I interviewed Jill Stein the presidential candidate for the Green Party on this show. And I confess right now, I should have asked her to just get out of the race.” – Jennifer Granholm, “The War Room” [Current TV] THE ARGUMENT Jennifer Granholm makes above is a tactic that no longer fits the times.
“With that drum magazine, he could have gotten off 50, 60 rounds, even if it was semiautomatic, within one minute,” Chief Oates said. [New York Times] IN THE GAPING MAW of our leadership vacuum stands Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, whose resolve, vulnerability and humility inside the vortex of a man made hell revealed what nobody in Congress or either political party has shown in decades. Leadership without regard to anything but his own duty to the people, which included the cops in the eye of volcanic carnage.
“Rick Doblin has done a lot for the field, but he is more of a populist,” Grob says. “We need careful and controlled scientific studies showing the efficacy of these drugs so funding can continue.” Broader awareness of these sorts of end-of-life psychedelic studies could be good for everyone, the researchers say.
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature.
**UPDATED** Would we be any worse off with Stephen Colbert as president? I doubt it. Politifact has watched the video “(repeatedly!
Despite rising public concern about the federal budget deficit, Americans favor keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are rather than taking steps to reduce the budget deficit (by 60% vs. 32%). – Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits This is starting early, so it’s time to revisit the facts.
“If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” – Sect. Hillary Clinton Women can do it, too.
The interview with Obama by George Stephanopoulos wasn’t nearly as contentious as the interview with the Edwardses. No Republican talking points from Stephanopoulos yesterday, like when he accused Edwards of abandoning the troops with this beauty: “Do you think the Democrats should be saddled with the idea of completely cutting off funding for the troops?” Or this one: “You know, a lot of Democrats still in the Senate think that your position here is cynical political theater.
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