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What the hell? Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year. The Friday haul ...
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Our national nightmare has been extended into yet another week : Joe Lieberman is on Meet the Press -- oh wait questions will David Gregory not ask this time? Oh, and C-SPAN ignores the Lingerie Football League for yet ANOTHER week. And instead has two Carlsons worth the price of none, Margaret ...
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Joe Lieberman
David Gregory
I suppose I could put this in Star Trekese -- you know how they make some statement like "You know, Mr. Chekov the great writers, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Twain, Shalmoz of Talos III..." there's always that kicker that is just a bit "dickish" enough to let you know in the future and in space we'll ...
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Jacob Turk
Of the Teabagger movement, I'm not at all surprised their leader throws out slurs and epithets, but there's no lack of irony in his favorit e: Tea Party Express co-chair Mark Williams, one of the most visible spokespersons for the tea party movement, has repeatedly called his political ...
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Matt Taibbi has an interesting perspective on Sarah Palin and her bestseller.
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Sarah Palin
This film made by the 'heroes' of the movement shows that the diversity of the group is stunning. And as the teabagging crowd would say, 'they really do all look alike!' Yes, especially when they are the same person .
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Found at the Great Orange Satan , this 1962 advertisement from Humble Oil (which through various mergers ended up being part of Exxon-Mobil -- so truth in advertising is certainly here in spades). Mission Accomplished and all that.
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I just saw Senator Sheldon Whitehouse speak at a Brennan Center lecture at NYU Law School. Whitehouse is an excellent speaker, a committed defender of the Constitution, and a major badass . Do you know what he told us? Out of thirty-six weeks in session this year, the United States Senate has ...
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Via Spencer Ackerman , THIS is the height of hilarity : It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are ...
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Iraq
President Obama joins NFL players in Thanksgiving message President Barack Obama will join Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware in a special public service announcement debuting during each of the three NFL games played on ...
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Newt Gingrich
Barack Obama
Rush Limbaugh
...first mammograms , now PAP smears . All this news about evidence-based medicine in just one week leading up to a a crucial vote about health care reform ? Why you'd have to wonder if someone -- or some group, maybe some profession -- was trying to scare the public and kill health care reform. ...
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Chuckles Krauthammer may have been getting the opportunity to spew his bile about bombing various and sundry brown people for years but, GOD forbid someone get a public trial for the opposite crime.
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The Village Elder Points a bony finger at you : Sarah Palin is right -- far be it from me to say one cray thing she's right about however. She's a Republican after all.
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Sarah Palin
I tell ya' spend a few hours with Sarah Palin and ya' just give up and quit with dispatch . Et tu Oprah, et tu?
Oh, and speaking of quitting -- Lou Dobbs was on the Daily Show on Wednesday evening. Much of the interview was put on the internet. The last part of which is below, I do believe ...
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Jon Stewart
THANK YOU, BERNIE KERIK! NYT: Giuliani is Said to Have Decided Not to Run for Governor Hey, Judi: Time to start hunting for Husband No. 4.
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So I don't have to go through the remainder bin just before New Years.
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word - Grand Old Pity Party www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating
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I won't say this makes me proud to be a Democrat, but it at least makes me justified in NOT being a Republican. Because while many Democrats care for you very little, most Republicans could not even give a shit about you : Just now on the Senate floor, Republicans objected to a motion by Chris ...
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Christopher J. Dodd
I think we all remember the time Karl Rove won the Congressional Medal of Honor, right? Just ask him: NEW YORK -- Karl Rove's memoir has a title, "Courage and Consequence," and a release date - March 9, 2010. Beyond parody.
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Karl Rove
For a number of reasons, but I imagine if I lived elsewhere in the world, I'd get rather sick of hearing about this incessantly. It's enough to drive an Irish person to drinking and fighting [insert ethnic slur here]. Thank goodness we live in a country that just talks about Brett Favre, ...
