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Ok, I know I have been out of the loop for a while here but how did this one completely miss my radar? 52% of Republicans think ACORN stole the election for Barack Obama? That is either some serious mass delusion or highly effective propaganda.
The poll asked this question: “Do you ...
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Sarah Palin is back — and, seemingly, everywhere, as she launches a book tour (and, perhaps, a run at the White House in 2012).
Max Blumenthal :
In a Republican Party hoping to rebound in 2010 on the strength of a newly energized and ideologically ...
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If you are into photography you know that Tilt-Shift – the process of making a normal scene look miniature – is all the rage these days. Once you have seen these photo’s you will know why.
Traffic approaching the Queensboro Bridge.
Isn’t that one hell of a cool ...
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Yikes!
Have you ever got hit with a $1.99 data charge on your Verizon bill for accidentally hitting a button that connects you to “Get It Now” or “Mobile Web?” This design “flaw” might be netting Verizon $300 million per year.
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Thirty two times according to Andrew Sullivan .
Remember: we are not including contested stories that we cannot prove definitively one way or another or the usual spin that politicians use, or even hypocrisy or shading of facts. We are merely including things she has said or written that can ...
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According to this AP piece there is at least one shadowy group that wishes to remain unknown .
One clue to the mystery group may lie in its goals: to oppose any government-run insurance option, the approach favored by President Barack Obama and most Democrats, and to support requiring all ...
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Talk about a trailer park upgrade !
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Michael Agger at Slate got the ball rolling by putting Google Suggest through it’s paces and trying to identify the most awkward Google suggestions . What he has uncovered is that there are some seriously messed up people out there. Seriously.
Actually, what Agger discovered is ...
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Then realized she would lose .
At one point, according to people familiar with the discussions, Ms. Palin considered pursuing a libel suit against at least one blogger, the Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan. Ms. Palin decided against such a move because of the publicity it would bring.
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I give you, “God’s Hands.”
Click here to view the embedded video.
ht to Gizmodo .
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In immortal words of President Obama (as contained in the fund raising email that hit my inbox a scant 1 hour and 24 minutes after the event),
“This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over ...
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Ban-happy GOP purity gatekeeper Eric Erickson struggles with maintaining his already tenuous hold on reality as he gamely attempts to squeeze broken eggshells into lemonade (or something):
The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens.
This is a huge win for conservatives .
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Matthew Hoh, a Marine veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, was rising quickly through our Foreign Service ranks, serving as a Senior Civilian Representative for America in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Hoh had a bright government career ahead of him until he quit because the Ahghan war is ...
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David Weigel has the story : Central District
of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett
et al v. Obama et al , Orly Taitz’s most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding ...
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Another Judge Dismisses Birther Case; Slams Orly Taitz Hard
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Matthew Yglesias has some interesting thoughts on conflicting
values for progressives in the Israel-Palestinian conflict: I was
debating with Jon Chait at a J Street panel this morning on the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As ...
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Peace and Nationalism in the Middle East
Chris Floyd links to an opinion piece by Sami Ramadani , an Iraqi exile who opposed the U.S. invasion. Ramadani writes about post-surge Iraq in the context of Sunday’s suicide bombing, which at most recent count has killed over 150 people — including an unknown number of children ...
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This really is bizarre. I don’t know what to make of it:
President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform. In its place, say multiple Democratic sources, ...
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Steve’s right — the tangled web of Peggy Noonan’s neural pathways are particularly difficult to navigate this week (italic is Steve’s, quoting Noonan):
At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when ...
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Barbara, the blogger at Mahablog, is getting jerked
around by her landlords so badly that she could
lose her apartment before Christmas . I hope this isn’t a growing trend, but at CFLF, this is the second time this year we’ve published a ...
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