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October 23, 2009
Ted Kennedy's Office Closes
Russell 317, the office from which Senator Ted Kennedy worked as the Gentleman from Massachusetts worked for so many years, will close up this weekend to prepare for its new tenant. Democrat Paul Kirk will take over the office...
October 20, 2009
Meet the Oath Keepers - Defenders of White Middle America?
Conservative icon Pat Buchanan, writing in the World Nut Daily, has seen fit to introduce his readers to a new group of conservative activists called the Oath Keepers. Think of them as Teabaggers on crack. According to Buchanan's article, the...
October 19, 2009
Palin Drives Conservatives Crazy: Keene V. Ziegler
This is awesome. Conservative activist and filmmaker John Ziegler and David Keene, the Chariman of the American Conservative Union get into a dust-up over Keene's criticism of Palin and hilarity ensues. KEENE to Ziegler: You are a liar! ... [grabbing...
October 11, 2009
Silverman: Sell the Vatican, feed the world.
When is she going to run for the Senate? Al Franken has already blazed the trail... Best line from the video: "So now maybe it's time for you to move out of your house that is a city." Via Huffington...
Frank Rich on the mess in Afghanistan
Frank Rich cuts through the noise on Afghanistan in this NYT piece. Among other points, he notes: Those demanding more combat troops for Afghanistan also avoid defining the real costs. The Congressional Research Service estimates that the war was running...
October 10, 2009
Obey: Time to draw down in Afghanistan
He doesn't come right out and say it, but the arguments Rep. David Obey (D-WI) makes in this Huffington Post op-ed piece lead one to the conclusion that we must get out of Afghanistan, and soon. From the piece: At...
October 9, 2009
Sullivan: Obama and the Nobel Prize
Andrew Sullivan provides some much needed context around President Obama's Nobel Peace prize award this morning: Reading through all the reactions, compiled by Chris and Patrick, there are two obvious points: this is premature and this is thoroughly deserved. Both...
October 8, 2009
Something stinks in Oklahoma
A new law in Oklahoma will post detailed information about women's abortion procedures online. How does something like this make it through the legislature and get signed by the governor? This is private patient information, isn't it? From Think Progress:...
Pass the Dutchie: As California Goes, So Goes The Nation
From the AP, via Huffington Post: Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S....
October 6, 2009
"I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly"
Helllooo, Police State! This is one of the most disturbing videos I've seen in a while. Some amateur cameramen capture a roll out of riot police in Pittsburgh when the G20 was meeting. It's got copters in the background, fun...
October 5, 2009
SNL: Obama's Checklist
Saturday Night Live gives Obama's first year a brutal assessment. The White House might have an argument for Fred on this one, but it's funny that we have half the country thinking Obama is taking on too much and the...
October 4, 2009
Americans want government out of their lives... Really?
The Republican mantra on almost any issue - except war, the erosion of our civil liberties, and gay people getting married - is that Americans want less government in their lives. Polling data, however, typically show the opposite. Take health...
October 3, 2009
Juan Cole deflates the Iranian threat
Illuminating piece by Juan Cole in Salon, in which he debunks the "top 10" myths about Iran. This one is my favorite, debunking the right's notion that Iran is "a growing threat to world peace": Iran's military budget is a...
Make Robert Reich the Secretary of the Treasury
Reich: The numbers would be even worse but for the stimulus package. According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, the stimulus is saving or creating between 200,000 and 250,000 jobs a month. Without it, job losses in September...
October 2, 2009
Mystery Police Force in Minnesota Town
I don't know if any of you are following the bizarre story of the town in Montana who built a prison, couldn't find any prisoners for it, tried to get the GITMO detainees, and sold off the management rights...
Chicago Will Not Host 2016 Olympics
It's official, Chicago will not host the 2016 Olympics. Here in Chicago, the locals have had a lot of mixed emotions about hosting the Games. Many people, particularly of a more conservative attitude, worried about the costs to taxpayers and...
October 1, 2009
Harkin: There will be a public option
Tom Harkin (D-IA) is the new chairman of the Senate Health Committee, and he's preparing a bill that will have to be reconciled with the Baucus Finance bill, which does not have the public option. Harkin: We will have a...
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