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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 10:26 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 22:26

Because, what's one more?

What popped into my head while watching the last debate between Obama and McCain.

Americans are hurting and angry and angry and hurting and hurting and angry.

...more after the jump...

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 2:02 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 14:02

Say it ain't so, Ed!

Apparently, Sarah Palin has been invited by Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider to drop the ceremonial first puck at their game with the New York Rangers this coming Saturday, October 11.

Yes. For real, a candidate for national office will be appearing at a sporting event 3 weeks before a very heated election.

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Tuesday June 24, 2008 · 4:48 PM PDT

2008/06/24 · 16:48

No shock here, but it turns out that the Congresspeople most likely to have voted for telecom immunity were those who got the most dough from the telecoms. On average, the representatives who supported immunity got twice as much money from telecom PACs as did those who did not support immunity.

I saw the headline at TPM, which linked to a story in The Hill, which links to the original report at maplight.org (a policy organization/data group based in Berkeley, that uses data to show how money affects politics).

More after the jump...

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Tuesday December 18, 2007 · 1:15 PM PST

2007/12/18 · 13:15

A while back -- a long while back -- I wrote to the Senator regarding her vote on the FISA bill, specifically with regard to telecom immunity (this following two previous letters to her wrt FISA issues. Her responses to those letters were weak. While relevant, that's not the issue here).

Finally, today, I get a response that leaves me not just underwhelmed, but kind of annoyed. I'm wondering now if she lied to me. Or at least tried to play me for a fool.

How? Well, let's see...

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Sunday June 03, 2007 · 12:36 PM PDT

2007/06/03 · 12:36

Check out the future/past tense shifts in this debate preview posted by the AP today. The debate's not starting for hours from the story's posted time of 11am PDT, yet 3/4 of the text is past tense, including the lede..

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Iraq war was the dominant issue confronting Democratic presidential candidates Sunday night at their second televised debate of the campaign, this one in the leadoff primary state.

All the major candidates planned to participate in the two-hour debate, including Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record), Chris Dodd and Joe Biden; former Sens. John Edwards and Mike Gravel; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

More after the jump...

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Thursday May 10, 2007 · 4:30 PM PDT

2007/05/10 · 16:30

Ah, our mass media, particularly the AP. They never fail to disappoint.

Check out how AP and Reuters both headline and lede their stories on Gonzales at the House today...

Yes, I'd expect the more liberal bloggers to cover it with a bit more of an adversarial tone than mass media, but at times it's like the wire service reporters watched a different hearing than the one I kept abreast of from the blogging of it all day, mainly at TPM.

The headlines and lede paragraphs after the jump....

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Saturday March 17, 2007 · 8:42 AM PDT

2007/03/17 · 08:42

Wow, this is a surprise, coming right in the middle of the Prosecutor Purge scandal, the Libby fallout, the Plame hearing.. (/sarcasm)

FBI: Extremists seek school bus work

Wow, you mean the government, and an arm of DoJ at that, is trying to scare the pants off people? Right when things look bad for the administration? But wait, should we be scared or not?

The answer after the jump....

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Friday March 16, 2007 · 8:55 AM PDT

2007/03/16 · 08:55

Now how about this for a great idea? An Attorney General fiercely dedicated to the rule of law, politics notwithstanding?

Sounds good? Well, read more in today's entry on the Washington Post's Bench Conference blog.

...select quotes after the jump...

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Sunday February 11, 2007 · 11:12 AM PST

2007/02/11 · 11:12

In a surprise development today, an outdoorsman was shot in the face and the Vice-President was not involved.

EUGENE, Oregon (AP) -- A snorkeler who was shot in the face after he was apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after surgery, a hospital said Saturday.

John William Cheesman, 44, of Springfield, underwent eight hours of surgery Thursday to remove bullet and bone fragments from his face, said his wife, Shelley Cheesman.

It is believed that Vice-President will spearhead the diplomatic attempts to get Cheesman to apologize to the alleged shooter for swimming in his line of sight.

my letter to the Edwards campaign, re: the blogger "controversy"

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Thursday February 08, 2007 · 9:24 AM PST

2007/02/08 · 09:24

I just sent this note to the Edwards campaign at about the same time as they released this statement. Didn't see the statement before I hit "send". So while the intent has more or less been carried out, it's still important to give them support, not only to continue to support their bloggers but to turn the spotlight on the hate from the right.

I have no idea if my note will be read by anyone there. I think it's important to encourage them to stand up, keep Marcotte and McEwan and more importantly to work to expose the hypocrisy of the right wing hate mongers. If you're an Edwards supporter it's incumbent upon you to contact the campaign. Even if you're not in the Edwards camp you should let him know how much it means that he's stood up, because although now it's Edwards they come for, they'll be after your guy or gal next.

Anyway, the letter after the jump...

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Monday October 23, 2006 · 9:38 AM PDT

2006/10/23 · 09:38

howie, how you diappoint me in your column today...

great, so you want to congratulate your fellow journalists for the investigative work they sometimes do. great, you want to claim that part of the decline in good investigative journalism is due to cutbacks in news operations at print and cable/broadcast outlets, but that hard-hitting and important stories emerge despite the conditions of the industry.

you use the curt weldon story as a good example. and then you let fly this stink bomb as example #2, before the duke cunningham example(after the jump) Read More

enough with profanity in diary titles!

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 11:47 AM PDT

2006/10/19 · 11:47

at the risk of conjuring up an old chestnut, let me appeal to common sense, good taste and decency with respect to putting words like "fuck" in a diary title. look, it's not that i have some virgin mouth or prudish nature. i've cursed up many a storm...it's more that there's a time and place for everything. and a big, bolded "fuck" across my computer screen when i click on a story or have the top diaries in bold on the sidebar and lots of "fuck (so and so)" blaring in bold orange...well, that's not the time nor place.

why? after the jump...
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enough with profanity in diary titles!