President Obama has his first chance to shape the Supreme Court. Via NPR: … Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October. … Now, according to reliable sources, he has decided to take the [...]
Archive | April, 2009
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
There are a couple of just plain weird posts up about how Democrats could lose everything by overextending ourselves. That if we get to implement our fine ideas that are good for this country, people will grow, I don’t know, sick of them, annoyed at the progress, or something to that affect, so they’ll welcome [...]
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It’s Anyone’s Guess on Iraq
Meanwhile, Gates and Clinton ask for more money, amidst questions about Iraq violence. All of this comes as the first real test to the US-Iraq security pact becomes real. Maliki has called a recent U.S. raid a “crime,” saying he wants U.S. soldiers turned over. Immunity was a big sticking point to the security agreement [...]
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Gen. James Jones: ‘Bad News Doesn’t Improve with Age’
As if on cue, today I get an answer to my piece yesterday, with the revelations in David Ignatius scoop sure to send chills down the neoconservatives over in Netanyahu land. Jones is an activist on the Palestinian issue, which he lists as a top priority for the new administration. He wants the United States [...]
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Dem Conference Cold on Reid’s Deal
Well, there is blood in their veins, and according to The Hill, it’s boiling. After a stupendously stupid promise to Sen. Specter, which has him moving ahead of die hard Democrats on committee seating, some are not being quiet about Reid’s sell out. One senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill that the Democratic Conference will [...]
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Obama’s 100 Day Presser
–Transcript here– 8:05:08 PM: BO: H1N1 virus alert: 1.5b to fight it. Takes budget pass lap. 8:10:38 PM: AP on closing border. BO: “Akin to closing the barn door…” Horses out, farm answer to dumb ? 8:13:27 PM: BO now playing dad. Wash your hands, cover your mouth. Gives Bush a nod on drugs. Not [...]
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Obama Slaps Fox’s ‘Tea Bag’ Constituents
President Obama speaks tonight, but Fox didn’t give him time. It’s not a coincidence that at their expense, as well as the wingnuts who’d rather hold up tea bags and whine, that both were the brunt of his Missouri straight shot. Via Think Progress: OBAMA: So, you know, when you see, you know, those of [...]
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Sect. Vilsack: Don’t Be Afraid to Eat Pork
It’s not “Swine flu.” It’s “H1N1 virus.” Got that? Who comes up with these names? Where’s your “Mad Men” who you need them? That seemed to be Tom Vilsack’s main message on Andrea Mitchell’s show today, as he pushed hard on the Administration’s efforts to save the hog industry. “Swine flu” is a killer in [...]
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The Obligatory First 100 Days Review
This day is going to be interminably long. It’s going to be redundant on so many levels. It’s also going to be gratifying for Democrats, while only adding to Republican depression. The one real issue in question being Obama’s resolve and his willingness to confront. One review says the window is the auto crisis. I [...]
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Maintenance Tonight
We’ll be doing maintenance tonight beginning at 9PM, finishing up server issues, data sync, etc. We’ll be back up as soon as we can, but it will take a while. Thanks for your patience!
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‘State Secrets’ Privilege Case Goes Forward
“The extraordinary rendition program is well known throughout the world,” said Steven Watt, a staff attorney with the ACLU Human Rights Program. “The only place it hasn’t been discussed is where it most cries out for examination – in a U.S. court of law. Allowing this case to go forward is an important step toward [...]
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Specter: ‘This is a painful decision…’
“The (Republican) party has shifted pretty far to the right.” – Arlen Specter” Specter says his stimulus vote was the tipping point to his decision to change parties, but listening to his smackdown on the Club for Growth it’s clear that the efforts to “purify the party” is not just political business to Specter, it’s [...]
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BREAKING… 60: Specter to Switch Parties
–updated– Happy first 100 Days, Mr. President. This is just breaking on CNN and MSNBC. First, Cillizza: “I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary,” said Specter in a statement. “I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a [...]
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UAW to Chrysler’s Rescue
If this ends up working it could revolutionize unions and (save?) the U.S. auto industry. What compromise and solution look like when desperation is seen as opportunity: The United Auto Workers union will own 55% of a restructured Chrysler LLC and its retiree health care trust will get a seat on the board if union [...]
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Avigdor Lieberman: ‘We are not talking about a military attack’
“I am certain it is possible and certainly necessary to act with all our might to achieve peace even before I turn 70, which will be in three years,” said Defense Minister Ehud Barak in his first extensive interview since joining the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. – Via Haaretz We simply cannot fall [...]
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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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