Thank the gods for Huffington Post. At least they’re keeping the BP blowout up front, as the hurricane season brings “oil surf.” Meanwhile, nobody but cable hosts are screaming about energy. Is there anything more important? Pres. Obama’s already on to immigration tomorrow. Everyone is working towards what media talking heads are now calling the [...]
Archive | June, 2010
Emasculating Democrats
If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama may be our first woman president. [...] No, I’m not calling Obama a girlie president. But . . . he may be suffering a rhetorical-testosterone deficit when it comes to dealing with crises, with which he has been richly [...]
If Thurgood Marshall Won’t Work, Go After Women
Republican senators have reached a new low. I didn’t think it was possible. NRO and their “elves” on the right are on the warpath. Since smearing Thurgood Marshall wasn’t enough, now they’re going after Kagan using women as a shield. Amidst this, we learned what I believe is very good news in the smoke signals [...]
Matt Taibbi Tees Off on Lara Logan
“I didn’t fire McChrystal. The White House fired McChrystal. I believe they used this opportunity to get rid of someone they weren’t happy with.” – Michael Hastings on Stephen Colbert Michael Hastings’ Rolling Stone article continues to ricochet. I think what Hastings said on Colbert last night is wholly believable. Crisis meets opportunity, Pres. Obama [...]
Petraeus, Afghanistan and U.S. Nation Building
When Sen. McCain questioned Gen. Petraeus, he asked him if at time during the briefing if anyone in the military advised Pres. Obama to set a specific date to begin withdrawal. Petraeus said he was not aware of any. The video is below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [...]
Spy Novel Plot Under Our Noses
I’d like to introduce you to “Richard Murphy,” “Cynthia Murphy,” “Donald Howard Heathfield,” “Tracey Lee Ann Foley,” “Michael Zottoli,” Patricia Mills,” “Juan Lazaro,” and “Vicky Pelaez.” One alleged Canadian citizen is still at large, “Christopher R. Metsos.” They’re all on the hot seat for felony violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, and [...]
Bill Clinton on Gulf Catastrophe: ‘Blow Up the Well’
“… Unless we send the Navy down deep, to blow up the well, and cover the leak with piles and piles and piles of rock and debris, which may become necessary. You don’t have to use a nuclear weapon by the way, I’ve seen all that stuff, just blow it up. Unless we’re going to [...]
Mean Monday: Ivy League Supreme Court Amidst Krugman’s Dire Warning
“It will probably look more like the Long Depression than the much more severe Great Depression. But the cost — to the world economy and, above all, to the millions of lives blighted by the absence of jobs — will nonetheless be immense. And this third depression will be primarily a failure of policy. Around [...]
Sen. Robert Byrd: From KKK to Voting for Obama
“The case this Administration tries to make to justify its fixation with war is tainted by charges of falsified documents and circumstantial evidence. We cannot convince the world of the necessity of this war for one simple reason. This is a war of choice. “There is no credible information to connect Saddam Hussein to 9/11. [...]
Hard Truths About Afghanistan
“I think we put all our eggs in the Petraeus basket at this stage.” – Sen. Diane Feinstein (on Fox News Sunday) Fire the ambassador! Fire Richard Holbrooke! That was Sen. Feinstein, saying that if there’s a problem and Gen. Petraeus can’t work with certain elements of the civilian leadership they should be “changed.” Now, [...]
Josh Marshall ‘Not Sure He Had It In Him’
Feh. Now he tells us. Who can forget Josh Marshall during the primaries where Hillary was concerned? Remember this? His “Obama blog” became notorious for singing every song for Barack Obama. Hey, everyone can have a favorite; I sure did. You just don’t expect someone to show such rank malpractice and loose-lipped blathering at a [...]
Mass Die Off in Gulf
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s message has been loud and clear, using language such as “We will only be winning this war when we’re actually deploying every resource,” “They (the federal government) can provide more resources” and “It’s clear the resources needed to protect our coast are still not here.” But nearly two months after the governor [...]
Drudge Wins, David Weigel Resigns
I began Journolist in February of 2007. It was an idea born from disagreement. Weeks, or maybe months, earlier, I had criticized Time’s Joe Klein over some comments he made about the Iraq War. He e-mailed a long and searching reply, and the subsequent conversation was educational for us both. Taking the conversation out of [...]
Inside the Tea Party
Max Blumenthal goes inside the Tea Party from Ram Bam on Vimeo.
Republicans Stiff Unemployed
Senate Democrats on Thursday failed for a third time to advance legislation to extend unemployment benefits through November. In a 57-41 vote, the Senate failed to end debate on the legislation. – The Hill The Tea Party has Republicans by their inner deficit hawk. Because they sure didn’t have any problems with adding to the [...]
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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