–updated– This has been the most incredibly rewarding year, with next year sure to bring many opportunities. Of course, I’m still not on the air, but never say never, baby. People have often said I’m the very definition of tenacious. It’s not over until it’s over. Going from neutral observer to Hillary advocate was never [...]
Archive | December, 2008
Zbig Smiles, then Takes Joe Scarborough Out
BY TAYLOR MARSH Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy “You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it’s almost embarrassing to listen to you.” – Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski Ouch. Topic free for all. Have at it.
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Fruit Falls from The Poison Political Tree
BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated– video via ProgressIllinois Forgive me, but I find this down right hilarious. … Though he is 71, Burris has said that Obama’s replacement should be able to win re-election and he has noted that despite a string of primary losses in races ranging from Chicago mayor to governor and U.S. senator, [...]
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Israel, Cease Fire
–updated– Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy An article by David Grossman in Haaretz asks the big question: Is Israel too imprisoned in the familiar ceremony of war? I’ve got another one: When is Israel going to act like the country she has become? Someone I know and respect [...]
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‘The Wheels of the Bandwagon are Coming Off’
A New York Daily News columnist said “the wheels of the bandwagon are coming off.” – AP What a cool customer New York Governor Paterson has turned out to be. Because at the end of this, if Caroline Kennedy does not get appointed to the Senate, one big reason will be because of Gov. Paterson’s [...]
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White Red Rock
BY TAYLOR MARSH With XM’s Deep Tracks blasting Steve Winwood’s rendition of “Why can’t we all live together,” off we road. The natural splendor of Red Rock is one of the tonics that has kept me sane in the cement neon jungle out here in Nevada, after being marooned since I couldn’t get my radio [...]
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Ehud Barak: It’s ‘All Out War’
–updated– For President-elect Obama, the mantra remains “one president at a time.” Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has weighed in to urge everyone to fight against Israel. Juan Cole asks a good question. Top Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called for decisive action by Arab and Muslim states for an end to Israeli attacks [...]
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Gird Your Loins
Getting the last licks in before Bush leaves office? Check. Challenging Obama’s foreign policy to take a stand straight out on Middle East policy? Check. Joe Biden’s words ring out as loudly today as when he said them. But how many times are the Israelis going to try the same tactics expecting different results than [...]
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Israel Strikes Hamas in Gaza
–updated– Hamas press conference on the event. It really could have only ended this way after the Egypt brokered peace exploded recently. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was in Egypt on Christmas Day, warning President Hosni Mubarak that Israel wasn’t going to allow Hamas’ continuous attacks inside Israel without a response. Livni told Egyptian President [...]
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Little Blue Pill in the Land of Warlords
BY TAYLOR MARSH Make love, not war. The K.G.B. used to be the group that traded on sex. Now, according to the Washington Post, it’s the C.I.A. The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to [...]
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Most Admired Woman of 2008
This is the seventh consecutive year that Hillary Clinton has secured top billing as Americans’ Most Admired Woman — and the 13th year she has made the top ten since her first appearance on the list in 1993. The 20% naming Clinton this year is comparable to what she received in 2007 (18%), but falls [...]
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Merry Christmas
BY TAYLOR MARSH Blessings to you and yours from me and mine. …and thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this a stop on your day, during the week, or even monthly. I’m blessed to have you as readers, as well as listeners to my show, over the past year. Merry Christmas.
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Christmas Cartoons
BY TAYLOR MARSH Topic free for all, folks. Ho. Ho. Ho.
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Who Knew? The Gay Is the Rational One!
BY TAYLOR MARSH Not that he was planning to attend, but Barack Obama should know that my sister’s inauguration night party — the one for which she was preparing Obama Punch — has been canceled. The notice went out over the weekend, by e-mail and word of mouth, that Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to [...]
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A Thank You… Plus A Request
BY TAYLOR MARSH –updated and bumped– SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISMYou can also use your credit cards through PayPal! TM NOTE: Just wanted to say thank you to those who have given so far. I hope others will consider jumping in, because I can’t possibly do it without your support. Also remember that there are other ways [...]
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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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