It’s time for an intervention. It’s bipartisanship I can wholeheartedly endorse. It’s also the latest adventure into what the meaning of “is” is, by variation. In a stupefying interview of extreme confessional proportions for a politician trying to save himself, Gov. Mark Sanford reaches down for more stupid. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday [...]
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MN Supreme Court Orders Franken to be Certified Senator
BREAKING…. NORM COLEMAN CONCEDES Norm Coleman has now lost every challenge he’s entered in to trying to wrestle this Senate seat back from the jaws of defeat. The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race. – AP It’s over to Gov. Pawlenty.
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Iran 101
How does Iran work? Let’s just say it’s as top down as it gets. Flow charts are here and here. Below is the Iran narrative as I see it. Max Blumenthal sees Iran through the prism of Palestine. via Stephen M. Walt So, if you want to know what any revolution is up against, here’s [...]
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Bye-bye Baghdad
Happy holiday! The oilmen commeth. An oil consortium led by British Petroleum has won a contract to develop a large oil field in Iraq, as dozens of international firms compete for the rights to the nation’s oil and gas reserves. BP, along with China’s CNPC, secured the contract for the Rumaila oil field on Tuesday, [...]
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Is Madoff Worse than a Child Molester?
Talk about sentence overkill. I’m sure it makes some people feel good, but it hasn’t solved the problem or revealed the mysteries. I also still want to know who helped him and where is the money, but also where was the SEC? Madoff’s lawyers referred to the verdict as “mob vengeance.” A federal judge sentenced [...]
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Sotomayor in Line with Supreme Dissenters
Today, the Supreme Court ruled that precedent no longer matters. An illustration of how important Obama’s court appointments will turn out to be. Cue the right-wing freakathon! Rush led the way today by reiterating his talking point that Sotomayor is a “racist.” Via AP: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, [...]
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Coup Today, Tomorrow Iraq
Honduras is on everyone’s radar right now. It’s the first coup in South America since the cold war ended, bringing memories of the region’s harrowing past. But a big shift begins in Iraq tomorrow that will bring Bush’s war back into our conversation as the Iraqis begin the process of policing their cities themselves. There [...]
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Camp David Obama’s Church Choice
The Obamas will evidently attend regular service at a small, quiet church at Camp David where they can hopefully find solace without the silliness of spectators. The First Family won’t have that problem at Camp David, where the 150-seat Evergreen Chapel attracts a congregation of between 50 and 70 people most Sundays. The rustic stone-and-glass [...]
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Milbank to Pitney: ‘You’re such a d—’
Now, boys. That’s what Pitney reports Milbank whispered to him before the show began. Classy. But give it to Howard Kurtz, he gets to the meat of it straight out. “Do you think there’s some jealousy involved by the media establishment in the fact that you got that second question?” – Howard Kurtz It’s old [...]
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News Around the World
–updated– An eerie stillness has settled over this normally frenetic city. … “People are depressed, and they feel they have been lied to, robbed of their rights and now are being insulted,” said Nassim, a 56-year-old hairdresser. “It is not just a lie; it’s a huge one. And it doesn’t end.” – In Tehran, a [...]
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The Boyfriend Cuckold
Gov. Sanford just might have been outed by the other man. Hell hath no fury like a man cheated upon. It’s not the classic definition of cuckold, but it fits. Providing this report in the New York Times doesn’t end up competing story with another storyline from somewhere else. It comes with a warning: women [...]
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Obama’s Michael Jackson Friday Detainee Dump
–updated– Calculating that the world is riveted on all things Michael Jackson, which is true, Pres. Obama evidently is hoping this leak will slide underneath the media mat this late on a Friday. The Washington Post and ProPublica report: The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has [...]
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Michael Jackson’s Statospheric Talent
originally published on Huffington Post The stunning interview on CNN featuring Jackson spokesperson Brian Oxman, as well as the 911 tape, reveal where this story is headed. But as important as it is to tell the whole story of Michael Jackson’s full life, I’m drawn forever to the Quincy Jones portion. “I am absolutely devastated [...]
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Clarence Thomas Vindicates Anita Hill
The ghost of Anita Hill’s testimony hovers over Thomas’s appalling judgment in the strip search case that should put all doubt about his mental acuity to rest. He also left no doubt why compassion and diversity is important on the court, especially when it comes to cases dealing with women, particularly young women. Andrew Cohen: [...]
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‘TM-DC’ Podcast
PODCAST Sanford’s Argentinian love affair and a little frank talk about relationships. “Dr. Taylor” is in. Relationships are the topic, with a lot of fodder to mine (having a little fun, too). That’s because Gov. Sanford, as tragic as he looked when he got caught, was quite breezy about taking chances. Just how reckless was [...]
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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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