juancole.com - 1/6/2009
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CBS News broadcasts an interview with a Norwegian physician on the scene in Gaza . He says he has seen one military casualty come into the hospital. Of 2500 wounded, 50% are women and children. Doing surgery around the clock. There are injuries you do not want to see-- children coming in with ...
Not Going To Hell Yet
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 12/20/2008 — Joe Klein doesn't mind the Warren choice:
I have no problem with Barack Obama asking Reverend Rick to deliver a prayer at the Inauguration. It will have zero--repeat, zero--impact on the policies of the Obama Administration. And it may do some ...
Speaking of the Monkey Cage
themonkeycage.org 2/25/2009 — This item on MSNBC’ s First Read caught my eye. Italics mine:
HOUSE PASSES CHIMP BILL
Your U.S. House has passed a measure that would make it more difficult to keep an ape as a pet.
A week after a woman lay in critical condition after ...
O-Bombing
rightsoup.com 2/4/2009 — ...All of the Daschle and Bailout drama on the hill stood front and center at Obama’s Press Secretary Gibbs‘ press briefing yesterday. The press is starting to smell blood, and the ever-defensive, insufferable, pasty Gibbs faced an increasingly aggressive press corps...
No, Hell No
theheretik.us 12/31/2008 — No need to prosecute. Not really. Ruth Marcus goes lame. Again :
. . . there is a cost to pursuing criminal charges. As appalling as waterboarding is, for example, it was pursued with the analysis and approval of lawyers who concluded, ...
Against Shoe Bombing
ourfuture.org 12/16/2008 — My friends at Fightingliberals.com are recommending people send their old shoes to the George W. Bush Presidential Library. In my humble opinion: no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Liberals should not make light of or license the physical ...
What the hell do we do now?
thetalkingdog.com 11/10/2008 — I may be paraphrasing the last words of the Robert Redford character in The Candidate... or perhaps of Team Obama now that it holds the mantle of power; a possible...
CRE Hell
eschatonblog.com 1/5/2009 — The next phase of fun. Vacancy rates in office buildings exceed 10 percent in virtually every major city in the country and are rising rapidly, a sign of economic distress that could lead to yet another wave of problems for troubled lenders. With ...
"They work every day" -- in Mumbai bombing
correntewire.com 11/30/2008 — Reuters :
Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal ...
Where, Where the Hell Is Bill?
reason.com 1/5/2009 — Bill Richardson just loves his country too much to let an ongoing New Mexico influence-peddling investigation muck up his confirmation as Commerce Secretary, and so good-bye . Mildly bad news, maybe, for those of us who cling to any capital-C ...
: What The Hell Was This?
mydd.com 10/16/2008 — Re: What The Hell Was This? ( 2.00 / 2 ) I saw that moment. McCain was coming around the table to greet the moderator, but could not decide whether he was going to come around the long way (where Obama was coming around the table) or the other way. ...
Joe the plumber headed to Middle East —
CNN Political Ticker 1/8/2009
Then-Sen. Obama's chance meeting with Wurzelbacher on the campaign trail in October turned the Ohio plumber into a nationally-known figure.
(CNN) – Joe Wurzelbacher: Plumber. Campaign celebrity. Foreign correspondent?
‘Joe the Plumber’ is ...