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They Wait
November 8th, 2009
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In 1924, the US military listened for Martian signals. But I have no doubt they’re still up there, biding their time.
Powerline’s John Hinderaker, Meet John Hinderaker
November 8th, 2009
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John Hinderaker, today:
[W]e were often critical of President George W. Bush.
John Hinderaker, 2005:
It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile.
Whatever, playah.
Conservative #TCOT Types Think Elie Wiesel Is A Woman
November 8th, 2009
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We on the left have been granted amazingly idiotic political opponents.
Also, anti-semetic.
Sarah Palin: Totally Bogus Awesome
November 8th, 2009
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Maybe Sarah Palin is the one who needs a teleprompter. Politics aside, nothing she ever has said makes sense to me. Seriously. I cannot decipher it. Maybe its because I don’t get her accent or something, but she may as well be speaking in tongues.
Redskins Circle The Drain
November 8th, 2009
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The Redskins are dead. Dead, dead, dead. There is no life left to this season. In fact, its clear now the two wins on the record were mere flukes. There is no offense, or defense. The coaches stink, as do the quarterback and running back. The only decent player on the team – Chris Cooley – is hurt on the sideline.
Stick a fork in ‘em. This is the ultimate Dan Snyder team.
2-14, here they come. And Snyder will do something dumb like draft Tim Tebow.
Call in Dr. Kevorkian.
Strategic Vision, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Faked School Survey Results
November 8th, 2009
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As one of the people who pushed this story, I owe it to you to note just how shoddy the data was.
There is no reason to think, in other words, that the students in House District 15 should have gotten such profoundly superior results to the “students” in Strategic Vision’s survey. Nor could Strategic Vision’s results have been the result of any sort of mathematical or methodological oddity. Consider their claim that literally none of the 1,000 students they surveyed were able to answer more than 7 of the 10 questions correctly — lower than the average score achieved in Cannaday’s test.
There are, rather, only two possibilities. Either the Strategic Vision survey was entirely fabricated — or Cannaday’s was.
Terrorism Watch In Seattle
November 8th, 2009
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Probably worth keeping an eye on this
The man who is a suspect in the Halloween night slaying of a Seattle police officer is a ‘domestic terrorist’ who had explosive devices in his apartment, police officials said Saturday.
Christopher J. Monfort is believed to have worked alone in the fatal shooting of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton, as well as the Oct. 22 firebombing of four Seattle police vehicles, said Jim Pugel, Seattle Police assistant chief.
‘This man, from everything that we can tell, appears to be a lone domestic terrorist,’ Pugel said at a news conference.
An American flag found near where Brenton was shot provided a link between the cases, a law enforcement source said. Pugel told reporters there was one critical ‘piece of evidence’ at the homicide scene that resembled something else found in the Charles Street arson case.”
The 39 “Democrats” Who Voted Against America
November 8th, 2009
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These are the 39 “Democratic” members of congress who voted against health care reform. Unlike many bills in the House – even bills about war – this was a non-negotiable one. Not a single Democrat should have voted against this bill, not for it going too far to the left (Shuler, Herseth, etc.) or for not going far enough to the left (Kucinich). The goal of strong health care reform has been a major goal of the Democratic party for much longer than I have been alive. If you aren’t going to vote for health care reform, then you shouldn’t be a Dem.
We should support the primary opponents of the following Democrats, and in the case of Artur Davis, not support his run for governor of Alabama. It would be great for Alabama to have a Democratic governor who is black, but it isn’t worth it if that Governor is going to be a lackey for the health insurance industry and the forces of the status quo.
The 39 Democrats who shouldn’t bother to be Democrats:
Adler
Altmire
Baird
Barrow
Boccieri
Boren
Boucher
Boyd
Bright
Chandler
Childers
Artur Davis
Lincoln Davis
Chet Edwards
Gordon
Griffith
Herseth-sandlin
Holden
Kissell
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Betsy Markey
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McIntyre
McMahon
Melancon
Minnick
Scott Murphy
Nye
Peterson
Ross
Shuler
Skelton
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
Obama Statement On House Passage Of Health Care Reform
November 7th, 2009
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2009
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.
The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance; quality affordable options for those who don’t; and bring down the cost of health care for families, businesses, and the government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare. And it is legislation that is fully paid for and will reduce our long-term federal deficit.
Thanks to the hard work of the House, we are just two steps away from achieving health insurance reform in America. Now the United States Senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. I am absolutely confident it will, and I look forward to signing comprehensive health insurance reform into law by the end of the year.
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Health Care Reform Passes US House
November 7th, 2009
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Right now the vote is 220-215 in favor, with one Republican – Joseph Cao of Louisiana – voting in favor.
Congrats to Speaker Pelosi and the Dems who voted with her. History will remember this day.
YES, WE DID. Now, it’s your turn Harry Reid and the Senate.
Deeds Kept Voters Home, Wasn’t Progressive Enough
November 7th, 2009
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So says a new poll, and a warning for Dems in 2010.
Health Care Reform: Dennis Kucinich Is Ridiculous
November 7th, 2009
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Dennis Kucinich is apparently voting against the health care bill in the House. Why? His stated reason is that because it isn’t single payer. If that’s the reasoning, that is ridiculous. This bill, an imperfect bill no doubt, is the biggest step forward in American health care since the creation of medicare. If the bill faced easy passage, Kucinich’s position might be understandable, but its unconscionable for a supposed strong progressive like Kucinich to give aid and comfort to conservative efforts to not help Americans in need.
Jessica Alba In The Killer Inside Me
November 6th, 2009
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It’s an Albasance, I guess. Pretty intense NSFWish trailer. I never got around to reading the novel this is based on.
Let’s Hear It For Kimberly Denise Munley
November 6th, 2009
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The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base here was on the way to have her car repaired when she responded to a police radio report of gunfire at a center where soldiers are processed before being sent overseas, the authorities said Friday.
As she pulled up to the center, the officer, Kimberly Denise Munley, spotted the gunman, later identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, brandishing a pistol and chasing a wounded soldier outside the building, said Chuck Medley, the director of emergency services at the base.
Sergeant Munley — a woman with a fierce love of hunting, surfing and other outdoor sports — bolted from her car, yanked her pistol out and shot at Major Hasan. He turned on her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to fire, and both she and Major Hasan went down with several bullet wounds, Mr. Medley said.
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Sergeant Munley, 34, is an expert in firearms and a member of the SWAT team for the civilian police department on the base, officials said.
Mr. Medley said she had received specific training in a tactic called active shooter protocol, which was intended for this kind of situation.
“She’s absolutely a hero,” he said. “She had the training; she knew what to do. And she had the courage to do it — by doing it she saved countless people’s lives.”
Eric Cantor Soon To Be Pimp Slapped
November 6th, 2009
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You can’t criticize Rush Limbaugh and be a member of the modern Republican party.
‘The Republican Party in its roots is a party of inclusion and we ought to be promoting that and making sure that voices are heard,’ Cantor, of Virginia, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s ‘Political Capital with Al Hunt,’ airing today.
Cantor, when asked about Limbaugh’s comments that ‘Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate’ and his comparison of the administration’s health-care logo to a swastika, said his comparisons were wrong.
‘Do I condone the mention of Hitler in any discussion about politics?’ Cantor said. ‘No, I don’t, because obviously that is something that conjures up images that frankly are not, I think, very helpful.’ ”
Expect sometime Monday or so for Rush Limbaugh to give Cantor his back hand and for the congressman from Virginia to demonstrate more loyalty to a junkie than to the people of the commonwealth.
Jessica Alba Is In DC Today
November 6th, 2009
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Actress Jessica Alba met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Friday morning to talk about the importance of global education. Pelosi then took Alba to a conference room in the speaker’s suite to address 18 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus about raising awareness of the issue.
‘Jessica spoke very articulately and knowledgably about the need for greater emphasis on education,’ a House leadership staffer told Politics Daily in an exclusive interview Friday morning.
11/3 Project: Jon Stewart IS Glenn Beck
November 6th, 2009
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Now THIS Is Indoctrination Of Children
November 5th, 2009
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The coal industry distributes coloring book brainwashing kids on coal and recruiting them to create coal clubs.
12 Killed At Fort Hood, Reports Say Multiple Gunmen (Major Malik Nadal Hasan)
November 5th, 2009
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Multiple deaths and multiple injuries have resulted from shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, according to a Fort Hood spokesman.
At least seven people are dead and as many as 20 are wounded, CNN affiliate KXXV reported, citing a Fort Hood spokesman. One person is in custody in connection with the incident, it said.
UPDATE: President Obama has been briefed
The army is saying 20 have been wounded.
UPDATE 2: Army rep says 12 dead currently… shooter was killed, was soldier and 2 additional arrested (also soldiers)
UPDATE 3: Gunman identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan
UPDATE 4: VIDEO: President Obama on the “horrific outburst of violence”
Transcript of President Obama’s remarks
UPDATE 5: I should note that I find the constant cable news appearances of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson to be unseemly. Other pols have come on from the area (Republican) and have not been as icky as Hutchinson.
UPDATE 6: Army now reports that the shooter – Hassan – is not dead. He’s alive.
