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Obama Shoots Off His Mouth by Michael Goodwin June 3, 2012 Panic is never pretty. When it involves a politician scrambling desperately to stay afloat, it is ugly. When it involves a president of the United States trading national-security secrets for political gain, it is obscene. Twice last week, The New York Times published insider [...]
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Was reading this morning in the NYT a preview of the new movie about Margaret Thatcher starring Meryl Streep. Looks like Ms Streep will have to find room on her Oscar shelf for one more statue if the buzz about her performance is true. But what struck me most about the interview with Streep and [...]
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In strategizing with his fellow (and I do mean “fellow”) members of Journolist, Spencer Ackerman, then of the Nation, was arguing with the group against rising to the bait and either defending or criticizing Jeremiah Wright. He said: “If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what [...]
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Are those guys White Dude enough for ya, or what!? I haven’t seen the original videos or the uncut videos of Sherrod’s speech, so I don’t know what my opinion is of that matter yet, but I do know that Violet is 100% correct about the muck and mire that is the left-wing Blogger Boyz’ [...]
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And he and his gang will do it again too, if we let them. But this time, Pumas are still sounding the alarm. What happened with the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation cover-up, as well as Holder’s Justice Department’s alleged policy of not prosecuting Voting Rights Act complaints brought by citizens who happen to [...]
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A six year old in Senegal named Fatoukine drew the picture above. I love how orderly and detailed her depiction of “home” is. The trees are in full bloom; the buildings all have open windows and doors; and even the sun is smiling. The very little I know about art therapy tells me that the [...]
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So we had pretty snow to wake up to this morning (a big to HP in the Caribbean!), but we STILL haven’t had First Frost in the Great Metrowest so far this season, a remarkable record considering the average First Frost date is October 6th. Also,we had sunny, breezy temps in the mid-70′s in the [...]
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It’s PROWL Wednesday here at Puma PAC. If you weren’t sure where you stood on health care “reform,” I think NOW you can rest assured that it is a VERY BAD IDEA. Basic health care services for women, from family planning, to breast cancer screening, to prenatal care, to reproductive choice are literally UNDER ATTACK. [...]
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UPDATE: Oh, dear god. I had not heard of this horrific story when writing the headline for this post. (h/t dwp) * * * * * Martha Coakley kicked jackass last night at the first debate. This morning on WBUR the host asked his gasbag guest whether the Senate race was now a two-horse race [...]
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So, people are MORE likely to trust what a company says about their own product than they are to believe what a newspaper article says about it. Nice. Way to go, American Media. obama’s massive web presence, along with the media loving the heck out of him, was too much for the naturally skeptical American [...]
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