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Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds
2008-05-23 12:02:00 Senate Democrats won at least a short-term victory Thursday with the help of a deluge of defecting Republicans, some of whom found the idea of voting against a renewed GI Bill on the eve of Memorial Day weekend in an election year a bit daunting. Mister Bush, who will be at Arlington National Cemetery praising ... More About: Money , Open , Night , Birds , Early
Maxine Waters threatens to nationalize U.S. oil industries
2008-05-23 06:14:00 “For this liberal it’s going to be all about taking over your industry.” They just can’t hide their communist tendencies. The didn’t create the industry, they don’t own it, but they think they are entitled to arbitrarily steel it for “the good of the people.” They complain about high oil prices but oppose taking the single ... More About: Money , Candidates , Industries , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Maxine Waters threatens to nationalize U.S. oil industries
2008-05-23 06:14:00 “For this liberal it’s going to be all about taking over your industry.” They just can’t hide their communist tendencies. The didn’t create the industry, they don’t own it, but they think they are entitled to arbitrarily steel it for “the good of the people.” They complain about high oil prices but oppose taking the single ... More About: Money , Candidates , Industries , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
2008-05-23 06:02:00 In tonight’s written rendition of Fantasia, our alligators, dancing brooms and water buckets and centaurs (and centaurettes), a.k.a. the Rescue Rangers, are vcmvo2, PaintyKat, jennyjem, grog, Wes Opinion, and Got A Grip. dadanation gleefully messed things up as the apprentice while vcmvo2 calmed the storms as our sorcerer extraordinaire. But first, from the bard himself… And, ... More About: Diary , Money , Open , Capitol Hill
Thursday Superdelegate Watch
2008-05-23 06:02:00 A slow day for superdelegate endorsements today. Really slow. Like one. Newly-elected Guam party chair Pilar Lujan endorsed Hillary Clinton, after having previously said she would endorse the winner of Guam’s caucus (which was Obama). Day ends, Clinton +1. More About: Watch , Money , Thursday , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Cavuto Covers Hagee: 41 Seconds Should Do It
2008-05-23 06:02:00 News Hounds reports that Fox News has now covered McCain’s “rejection” of Hagee’s endorsement. There was 41 seconds of coverage during the Cavuto show. If you want to play the new board game from Hunter Brothers, tentatively called “Can Fox News Go Forty One Seconds Without Screwing Up The News”, good news: they even managed multiple ... More About: Money , Covers , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
?Catastrophically Wrong?
2008-05-23 06:02:00 It is remarkable, isn’t it, that Republicans like John McCain and George W. Bush, who claim that “all options are on the table” with respect to Iran, have decidedly removed the diplomatic option off the table? Republican John McCain has pounced on Barack Obama’s willingness to engage in the touch diplomacy that has been lacking ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Wrong , Double Standards , Clueless
Deal: MI, FL Delegates Seated with the Other 55 States
2008-05-22 15:07:00 (2008-05-22) — Sen. Barack Obama has finally agreed to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s demand that delegates from Michigan and Florida be seated at the Democrat convention in violation of party rules, on the condition that the votes of “disenfranchised delegates” from the seven remaining states also get counted. “Our objection to seating the illegal delegates, of course, ... More About: Blogroll , Money , Candidates , Deal , Capitol Hill
The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links
2008-05-22 15:07:00 I found this leaked photo of the new iPhone. It is going to be HUGE I never thought I would dream of owning a table but I dream of owning this one. 10 of the world’s most luxurious private islands aka islands you can’t afford Valleywag’s Ten Worst Tech Entry Level Jobs The Dirty Fatass that ... More About: Funny , Daily , Money , Links , Candidates
BlogPulse Top News Stories for May 20, 2008
2008-05-22 12:07:00 Sen. Edward Kennedy has cancerous brain tumor - Yahoo! News (citations) QCTimes.com - Multimedia / Interactive (citations) Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology ‘cult’ | UK news | guardian.co.uk (citations) Obama takes Oregon; Clinton wins Kentucky - CNN.com (citations) Doctors: Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor - CNN.com (citations) Jessica Alba Gets Married to Cash Warren! - Weddings, ... More About: Money , Stories , 2008
BlogPulse Top Videos for May 20, 2008
2008-05-22 12:07:00 YouTube - MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU (citations) YouTube - Steve Ballmer Gets the Egg-Treatment in Budapest (citations) http://edublogs.org/eduvideos/2008-02-20_ 1534.swf (citations) YouTube - Gary Kasparov and the Flying Penis (citations) Video SNL Office Japanese Version - Saturday, Night, Live, Office, UK - Dailymotion Share Your Videos (citations) YouTube - McCain’s YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare (citations) YouTube - Proud (citations) YouTube ... More About: Money , Candidates , Double Standards , Clueless
Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds
2008-05-22 11:58:00 Ross Douthat at The Atlantic writes: Redeeming Dubya - The national memory often confuses hubris with greatness. That’s good news for George W. Bush. The idea that history might rehabilitate George W. Bush seems too ludicrous to be seriously entertained. His approval ratings have been so low for so long, it’s hard to remember that he was ... More About: Money , Open , Night , Birds , Early
Verbal assaults directed at uniformed [military] personnel
2008-05-22 09:06:00 Washington D.C. Dept of Transportation Federal Transit Administration sends: Recently, there have been local incidents in which military personnel have been verbally assaulted while commuting on the Metro. Uniformed members have been approached by individuals expressing themselves as anti-government, shouting anti-war sentiments, and using racial slurs against minorities. In one instance, a member was followed onto the platform ... More About: Military , Money , Candidates , Personnel , Capitol Hill
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
2008-05-22 05:58:00 This evening’s Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, Avila, BentLiberal, dopper0189, YatPundit, and jlms qkw, with watercarrier4diogenes at the Editor’s desk. Tonight’s diaries cover a variety of interesting issues not covered by the ‘traditional media’ (tm Kos) with the kind of research, perspective and analysis we see here every day. Tributes should be for the living. jhwvertigo gives ... More About: Diary , Money , Open , Capitol Hill
Lieberman Goes The Full Zell
2008-05-22 05:58:00 I have to hand it to Joe Lieberman — seldom has a man been willing to so publicly void his intellectual bowels in newsprint or to such impressive effect. Lieberman’s Wall Street Journal ode to a fictional history of his fictionalized past party goes a long way towards explaining his current psychology; like McCain and ... More About: Money , Full , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Wednesday Superdelegate Watch
2008-05-22 05:58:00 Today, Hillary Clinton added one superdelegate while Barack Obama added two. As always, Democratic Convention Watch is tracking them as they happen. Ohio add-on delegate William Craig Bashein announced support for Clinton, while Mississippi Democratic party chair Wayne Dowdy and Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut endorsed Obama. Courtney’s was the only district in Connecticut that was won ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Wednesday
Daily Kos: Still, still, still like getting the paper early.
2008-05-22 05:58:00 You couldn’t have missed the top recommended diary by Rep. Robert Wexler’s (D-FL) campaign on the suggestion that the House hold Karl Rove in inherent contempt for his refusal to testify under oath and in open session in the Don Siegelman matter. But if you did, I’ll just tell you that Wexler’s quite right when he ... More About: Daily , Money , The Paper , Paper , Early
Florida?s fake primary is like?
2008-05-22 05:58:00 Okay, today we found out that counting the fake Florida primary is, according to Hillary Clinton, like: Woman’s Suffrage Civil Rights Florida 2000 Zimbabwe It’s also like the Big Bang, Jesus, and cute kittens. Update: Just like Zimbabwe, circa 2000. More than thirty people have been killed in the run-up to the poll, most of them supporters of ... More About: Money , Fake , Primary , Capitol Hill
Sam Graves Comes Out Swinging (and misses)
2008-05-22 05:58:00 The battle in Missouri is heating up. Sam Graves is fighting for his Republican life in MO-06 against Kay Barnes, the well-liked former Mayor of Kansas City. This week, Graves rolled out his first ad…..and boy was it a stinker. Just about as sleazy and low as they come. In fact, it was so low ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless , Swinging
Flesh wound
2008-05-22 05:58:00 (Via AMERICAblog.) More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
2008-05-22 05:58:00 Just as expansion-crazed U.S. and British railroads in the nineteenth century laid pointless track to unwise destinations or overcompeted for markets already well served, in 2004 and 2005 U.S. loan-making standards fell as demand grew. Securitization and mortgage resale through mortgage-backed securities appeared to push risk enough out the distribution chain to make it somebody ... More About: Money , Open , Afternoon , Early , Capitol Hill
Completely Irresponsible Report from Israeli Media: ?Bush to Attack Iran?
2008-05-21 05:57:00 Israeli Army radio reported as fact that President Bush intends to attack Iran ’s nuclear facilities before the end of his term. The Jerusalem Post picked up the story and amplified it, then Drudge Report put it up in bold red letters. I’m a big fan of freedom of the press… but seriously! If the report ... More About: Media , Money
Oregon results thread #3
2008-05-21 05:56:00 48 percent of precincts reporting. % Delegates Obama 57 9 Clinton 42 2 More About: Money , Results , Oregon , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Oregon results thread #2
2008-05-21 05:56:00 40 percent of precincts reporting. % Delegates Obama 59 9 Clinton 41 2 From the exit polls: Vote by race White (85%): 55O, 43C Vote by Income Less than $50,000 (40%): 52O, 46C Cue exploding heads. More About: Money , Results , Oregon , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Oregon results thread #1
2008-05-21 05:56:00 Oregon has been called for Obama. 16 percent of precincts reporting. % Delegates Obama 61 0 Clinton 39 0 More About: Money , Results , Oregon , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Clinton campaign raised $22 million in April
2008-05-21 05:56:00 Not Obama numbers, but respectable. And certainly better than that loser McCain. The Clinton campaign just sent out a press release announcing that it raised $22 million in April . The Obama campaign raised $31.3 million and the McCain campaign raised $18 million. That doesn’t include the loan, nor is the campaign volunteering the amount of debt ... More About: Money , Campaign , Capitol Hill
Obama speaks #3
2008-05-21 05:56:00 This line in Obama ’s speech was incredible: Senator Clinton has shattered myths and broken barriers and changed the America in which my daughters and yours will come of age. We may get ornery about the ridiculousness coming out of the Clinton camp, but most of that will be forgotten in time. But what will remain in ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Obama speaks #2
2008-05-21 05:56:00 Blah blah blah blah blah who turned down the lights? More About: Money , Obama , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Obama speaks
2008-05-21 05:56:00 Blah blah blah we won but we can’t say it because Clinton is still pretending she has a shot. More About: Money , Obama , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Obama wins the pledged delegate count
More articles from this author:2008-05-21 05:56:00 From an Obama campaign email: Friend – The polls are closed in Kentucky and votes are being counted in Oregon, and it’s clear that tonight we have reached a major milestone on this journey. We have won an absolute majority of all the delegates chosen by the people in this Democratic primary process […] And that’s without Oregon, ... More About: Money , Count , Capitol Hill , Double Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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