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Eric Massa says he was set up for a fall because he voted no on health care reform. Says he won’t go quietly: Massa lashed out at “the incredible corruption of money in politics today,” accused Hoyer of lying about him, railed against both political parties, and brought out the X-rays from his recent doctor’s [...]
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Every few weeks, whether by design because it gets damn difficult to write thoughtful commentary once a day or more, or by accident because it’s, well it’s damn difficult to write thoughtful commentary once a day or more and sometimes we repeat ourselves, someone in the Puma/Disenfranchised Dems/Under-the-Bus-Liberals camp writes a blog post about the [...]
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Seriously? Well THAT was a surprise. “Just think: The Nobel Peace Prize on the very day we actually bombed the moon.” – Uppity Woman. Update: Ann Althouse (right) suggests obama be recommended for the Nobel Prize in Literature for “writing” Dreams From My Father. Ezra Klein (left) reports the Nobel Committee also awarded obama the [...]
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The end of ACORN? Can obama win an election without them? (h/t sistermoon) UPDATE: Here’s Jon Stewart’s take. Really hilarious. And he gets the REAL culprit right: the MEDIA for completely ignoring this story. Stewart refers, jokingly, to the pretend pimp in the sting as a “used vagina salesman.” Disgusting and misogynistic? A-yup. But it [...]
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There were a LOT of freakin’ people on the Mall today. “The demonstrators numbered well into the tens of thousands, though the police declined to estimate the size of the crowd. Many came on their own and were not part of an organization or group. But the magnitude of the rally took the authorities by [...]
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What Swannie said: Here’s a list of all the czars in the obama administration: Afghanistan Czar: Richard HolbrookeAIDS Czar: Jeffrey CrowleyAuto recovery Czar: Ed MontgomeryBorder Czar: Alan BersinCalifornia Water Czar: David J. HayesCar Czar: Ron BloomCentral Region Czar: Dennis RossDomestic Violence Czar: Lynn RosenthalDrug Czar: Gil KerlikowskeEconomic Czar: Paul VolckerEnergy and Environment Czar: Carol BrowerFaith-Based [...]
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Coffee with Calamity this morning: The stock market is nose-diving. A public option for health insurance is off the table. Terrorist bombs are going off all over the world. Holy smokes — a modern day Medea. The ex-wife of a man about to be remarried confessed to setting on fire a wedding tent in which [...]
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Only with WAAAY less outrage: Via Violet Socks: Deputy Tasers Mom In Minivan Where do these cops come from?? Thank god for cell phone cameras.
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From ABC’s The Note: “Yesterday, White House director of new media Macon Phillips wrote a blog post urging readers to flag questionable claims about health care proposals. [Phillips wrote], ‘There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often [...]
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Six months ago today obama had his first full day in office as president. Reports from all over make it clear he’s lost his famous mojo. Health Care Reform? Likely off the table until after the August recess of Congress. Flanks from all sides have turned in on obama in the middle, who is trying [...]
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