Norah and Her Mystery Math

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 9:42 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 21:42

Great moments in journamalism aren't so hard to come by, though they may be hard to recognize when the math gets sorta tough. Enter Norah O'Donnell in the waning minutes of MSNBC's coverage tonight of the primary contests in Kentucky and Oregon.

We've seen a reluctance in Appalachia to support Barack Obama's candidacy. And, while it may be tempting to explain their intentions to cross over and support McCain as racial prejudice, we've done some analysis. And, our analysis suggests that's too simple of an explanation. This is important. We've found defections by white democrats in an Obama/McCain election are actually similar to the democratic cross over to George W. Bush.

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Just the end of a long day?

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Easy to get confused studying all of those exit polls?

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Dude, its Noron!

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Live Earth Open Thread .....Tokyo/Sydney/Shanghai/Johannesberg/Hamburg/Rio/New York

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Saturday July 07, 2007 · 1:23 AM PDT

2007/07/07 · 01:23

Wake up Dkos....120 countries are awake and dialing in....here is Al Gore's opening, as heard in Tokyo, and no doubt, to be heard at all of the sites over the course of the day....

I'm watching on Sundance channel, what else is everyone watching here this morning??

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Monday July 03, 2006 · 6:37 PM PDT

2006/07/03 · 18:37

I hate to use a diary to ask a question here, but perhaps this will turn into a fair thread on the topic. With the Lamont/Lieberman debate on tap for Thursday and today's not so startling news that Lieberman will run as an Independent if and when he loses the August 8 Democratic primary I'm left with a few thoughts. Read More

Preparing treason charges against the AP over climate change

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Tuesday June 27, 2006 · 9:01 PM PDT

2006/06/27 · 21:01

Hot of the heels of the furor raised at the Times for disclosure last week of the government's oversight of financial transactions comes todays nugget of joy leveled at the Associated Press for "incorrect(ly) claims" of scientists praise for Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth

Josh Marshall has the post listed over at Talking Points Memo
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Ron Reagan/Hardball on Cheney: Alcohol Involved?

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Monday February 13, 2006 · 2:48 PM PST

2006/02/13 · 14:48

Just now on Hardball Ron Reagan brought up and interesting aspect of this story that hasn't really taken legs yet.

There's another aspect to this too Chris, and that is whether the VP was interviewed by local law enforcement, or whether the Secret Service intervened in that. If you or I shoot somebody, accidentally or not, we're going to talk to the cops about that and they're going to ask us a few questions. Among them, 'have you been drinking'? And apparantly, at least from what we're hearing now, they weren't allowed to do that to the VP.

There are plenty of us cynical enough around here to suspect a larger coverup by Cheney's people. But, I have to say I hadn't considered this possibility yet. Just another crime potentially committed by this VP? A drunken accidental shooting? If I'm a local DA, I think I'd have a few questions as to why there was not an immediate interrogation... Read More

NYT Online: Beware the 'America-haters'!!

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Thursday February 09, 2006 · 11:33 AM PST

2006/02/09 · 11:33

Bush Offers Details of 2002 Plot in Defense of Terror Strategy

I'm not a journalist. But, I couldn't help but gasp as I read the following paragraph, penned by David Stout, in the NYT Online article on Bush's terror-aversion message today.

Counterterrorism officials said months ago that the Los Angeles skyscraper (Mr. Bush mistakenly called it the "Liberty Tower") would be a logical target for a West Coast attack, although Mr. Bush had not spoken in detail before about the officials' suspicions. Given the building's iconic status, it is easy to see why America-haters would rejoice at seeing it fall -- as some rejoiced when the Twin Towers in New York collapsed.

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Tuesday December 20, 2005 · 9:16 PM PST

2005/12/20 · 21:16

The community is very good at catching these sorts of things, so my apologies if this is already diaried (haven't seen it). Buried at the bottom of a Tuesday lead article (sub. req.?) in the Anchorage Daily News written by Liz Ruskin on the ANWR/Defense Bill vote is the following:

The bill says ANWR revenues would be split 50-50 between the state and the federal government. Stevens dedicated 80 percent of the federal share of the initial lease sales to a hurricane relief fund.
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, said he thinks the chances are "very good" that Stevens will be successful. He also said the bill's passage in the House made Monday a good day for Alaska. As for the revenue split, Young said he thinks the governor could sue to get the 90-10 split promised by the Alaska Statehood Act.
"I have to say the 50-50 is something I don't relish," he said. "I think it's totally illegal. I believe we can win it in court."

what am I missing?

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Wednesday July 06, 2005 · 10:30 PM PDT

2005/07/06 · 22:30

The current front page of the NY Times offers a story protraying Democrats as a bunch of whining soon-to-be losers and an editorial lamenting what our founding fathers meant in establishing our constitution (re: Miller/Plame)....

She is surrendering her liberty in defense of a greater liberty, granted to a free press by the founding fathers so journalists can work on behalf of the public without fear of regulation or retaliation from any branch of government.

follow me to the flip here briefly for a quick rant to the latter.... Read More

Golly...what a coincidence

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 1:06 AM PST

2004/11/03 · 01:06

We've lost everything....wow, what a referendum on the thinking of the right!! What are the chances people???

Every left-minded thinker has lost! What a mandate for the President!

We've been cheated....make your exodus plans right now......I am....f*<k this place.....get up the gaul and state your mind and have your voice heard....NOW!

We've been cheated.....

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 12:01 AM PST

2004/11/03 · 00:01

Look at yourself, look in the mirrror.

Look at everything that we've been through as a society over the last four years.

We're facing a solution that completely and totally favors an absolute soltution, lead by an absolutist position favoring totalitarianism and a gradient towards single party rule. Read More

Is Kerry team asleep at the wheel?

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 1:10 PM PDT

2004/10/22 · 13:10

I draw your attention to the current stories available on washingtonpost.com front page as of 4:00 ET. I think its quite apparent that Bushco are just taking shot after shot at us today, on the heels of the 'Wolves' advertisement, which is sure to get heavy play/talk over the next few days.

Bush says Kerry doesn't understand terror war

Cheney says Kerry is weak

Bush team slams Kerry as sports fan
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Time to change the tone

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 1:39 AM PDT

2004/10/22 · 01:39

Approaching ten days out, its time for the Kerry campaign to change the tone. Its time to stop bickering about "he did this" or "he failed to do this". Its time for these people to realize that they are a handful of days away from the prize. Its time for them to realize that they are a break here or there from having their hands on the most powerful post in the world. Read More

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