A girl follows a boy, setting a course away from her own opportunities. A man loses a job that pays him big bucks, simultaneously being reminded where the road once headed, which had all to do with heart and his soul’s code, not simply cash. Someone so in the moment forgets that an impetuous decision could derail [...] [...more]
via ABC No exaggeration there at all, I’m sure. Pres. Obama showed up at the press briefing today touting the endorsement of the House bill by the AARP, at the same time that the CBO absolutely eviscerated the Republican’s “plan.” Meanwhile, you’ve got dueling protests on the left and right, with people arrested at Sen. Joe [...] [...more]
“LEADERLESS” … One of Barack Obama’s strongest new media supporters during last year’s primary season slams him today on its front page. Resurrection Sunday… for the public option, that is. At least, that seems to be the most fitting label today when reading traditional journalists’ take on the public option. Dan Baltz: The resurrection of the public [...] [...more]
Stocks are up. Ben Bernanke says that the recession is over. And I sense a growing willingness among movers and shakers to declare “Mission Accomplished” when it comes to fighting the slump. It’s time, I keep hearing, to shift our focus from economic stimulus to the budget deficit. No, it isn’t. And the complacency now [...] [...more]
If Roman Polanski weren’t an award winning film director, having made one of the greatest films of all time, “Chinatown,” we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Ann Applebaum agrees, but for very different reasons. Though if this post is true Ms. Applebaum has some explaining to do. If an ordinary citizen, instead of a brilliant [...] [...more]
The vast majority of those declines were accounted for by the absence of large donors who, strategists say, have shut their checkbooks in part because Democrats have heightened their attacks on the conduct of major financial firms and set their sights on rewriting the laws that regulate their behavior. – Democrats Are Jarred by Drop [...] [...more]
Trailer to Michael Moore’s new film. Greg Sargent has the nutshell in the Washington Post/ABC poll that should certainly get the White House’s attention. With general economic woes, of which health care reform is a major solution, now a huge political problem. When Obama came into office, what he was handed from Bush-Cheney was frightening. The economics [...] [...more]
–bumped– (Originally dated 7.9.09, 2:15 p.m.) On July 9, 1999, known as the 18th of Tir in the Iranian calendar, 200 students protested the closing of a reformist newspaper, Salaam, which supported moderate President Mohammed Khatami. Hard-line activists entered dormitories in Tehran University, broke windows, set fires and attacked the students. by Cox and Forkum On a conference [...] [...more]
“He’s like a jackhammer,” President Johnson said. “No human being can take what he takes. He drives too hard. He is too perfect.” – Ex-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Dies at 93 Coming from Johnson, the king of political jackhammers, that’s quite a statement. Though as history has proven over time, Robert S. McNamara was anything [...] [...more]
On this Independence Day weekend, we here at TM.com acknowledge the decree of President Bashar al-Assad as a small step forward for women in the Middle East. Syria has scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences handed down to men convicted of killing female relatives they suspect of having illicit sex. Women’s groups had long [...] [...more]
by ‘Justlen’ “In the News” Diary, bumped to main page Monday is the day we remember those who have fallen. A tradition for me is to read the letters (victory-grams) from my Uncle who was a BAR infantryman that was MIA D+3 at Normandy. My grandparents were immigrants and all their sons served. I look at the names [...] [...more]
At the end it says “Democrats Galore.” Imposed with a naked woman behind the tag line. Get it? Subtle it is not. But check out the video at around :40 seconds; a split screen that says it all. “Pussy Galore” is shown with “Starring Nancy Pelosi the Speaker” over “Pussy’s” image. But hey, it’s good [...] [...more]
Adventures like this don’t come around very often. But when they do you recognize them in a flash. That goes double if you happen to see it in an IMAX theater. But wherever you see it, just see it. The director, J.J. Abrams, delivers a gem of such epic fluidity, action, story, filled with rich, [...] [...more]
There is an article on the new film “Outrage” tucked in the Style section of the Washington Post today with a final line that is fitting today: If our leaders aren’t true to themselves, how can they possibly be true to us. The answer is easy, they cannot. The film “Outrage” arrives on a week that [...] [...more]
–updated– Psssst… Hey, Mr. President, there is no such thing as “clean coal.” It makes the Reality Coalition’s new ad hilarious, but then it would be. It’s done by the famous Coen brothers. The message is not, but it’s hard to permeate the deniers’ world. Even Obama mentioned “clean coal” in his Tuesday speech. [...] [...more]
