Brian Williams leading off the NBC Nightly News: Good evening. Because this is a family broadcast, we probably can't say what we'd like to about the news today that Mark McGwire—the home run hitter...
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Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) Directed by Fede Alvarez Alvarez just signed a $30 million contract to produce a movie version of this with Sam Raimi.
Quote of the Day
"The purpose of terrorism is to provoke an overreaction. Its real aim is not to kill the hundreds of people directly targeted but to sow fear in the rest of the population. Terrorism is an unusual...
Winter Fundraiser Day One
It's that time of year again when I'm forced to blog whilst wearing my old-timey Bob Cratchit fingerless woolen gloves and scarf -- leaning in really close to the computer screen for warmth. Oh of...
Body Scanners Can Save and Send Images
And this awful invasion of basic human privacy and dignity gets even worse: Washington (CNN) -- A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims...
Some Good Healthcare News
E.J. Dionne reports on the healthcare reform negotiations: In the meantime, negotiators are looking to extend to all states a version of the special deal that saved Sen. Ben Nelson's home state of...
Sarah Palin Joins Fox News
We all saw this coming from a mile away. Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel. The network confirmed that Ms. Palin would appear on the network’s...
Krugman Debunks the Latest Kill-Biller Scandal
Jonathan Gruber is a healthcare economist and supporter of the current healthcare reform legislation. But because he received a grant from HHS, Marcy Wheeler thinks he's more or less a shill for the...
Harry Reid's Remarks
Harry Reid's remarks were racially insensitive and a mistake for someone of his stature. I can't really imagine Reid saying, Well, Bill Clinton's southern accent wasn't too redneckish, so...
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Bicycle Dreams - Official Trailer I posted this back over the Summer, but I forgot to mention this with my end of the year best-of posts. This was easily my favorite documentary from 2009.
Liz Cheney's Fear-Mongering
This Week was more than happy to air Liz Cheney's new fear-mongering commercial: SCARY! AAAAAAAH! You know, I'm glad the president played golf. We're talking about a failed attempt. A guy with...
One Nation Under Fear
Via John Cole, here's Maureen Dowd today: He’s so sure of himself and his actions that he fails to see that he misses the moment to be president — to be the strong father who protects the home from...
Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable
R. Paine wrote an excellent post about the difference between disagreeing with the president on policy and trying to turn him into some kind of demon. Here's a choice paragraph: I object when people...
More Effective than LBJ
CQ Politics via BooMan: President Obama set a new record last year for getting Congress to vote his way, clinching 96.7 percent of the votes on which he had clearly staked a position. That was a bit...
Reality Check on the Body Scanners
The body scanners aren't on the way. They're here. Installed back in 2008. There are about 40 full body scanners operating in about 19 US airports, although the majority are used for secondary...
Palin is 'Extremely Articulate'
I guess the jaw-droppingly dumb remark about how the Shoe Bomber happened before 9/11 distracted us from this other Rudy Giuliani whopper: Sarah Palin is extremely popular, she's extremely articulate...
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Yes - "And You and I" Live at Montreux 2003
Avatar
Just got back from seeing Avatar. What an outstanding movie. A true masterpiece of our generation. Visually stunning with a strong message that I hope will enlighten some of our fellow citizens who...
Rush Limbaugh as Jeff Christie
I love crap like this. Here's Rush Limbaugh as a hot rockin' deejay "Jeff Christie" in McKeesport, Pennsylvania -- spinnin' more continuous myoooosic! Note that he still uses some of the same clever...
Terrorism by the Year
In an effort to further illustrate the increased number of terrorism attacks under the Bush administration, I created several more graphs. This time, broken down by year. First, all "major" attacks...