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The Periodic Table of Awesoments
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Author - Bob Cesca
Justice
That New York cop who flagrantly decked a bike rider has been indicted.
Vilsack For Agriculture
by Lee Stranahan Continuing my tradition of mentioning Barack Obama's cabinet picks with stuff I think is awesome; Tom Vilsack will be noimated as Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack is a big ethanol...
Note to Cable News Taint-Mongers
From Mr. Boehlert: According to all available information, Emanuel talked with Blago's staff about filling the seat, not with Blago himself. So cut the crap! Adding... this ridiculousness on the...
Very Serious Republicans…
...and their very serious priorities for Congress: 1. Welfare reform. 2. Balanced budget amendment. 3. Elian Gonzales investigation. Seriously.
The Halperin Taint
As predicted yesterday morning, here's NBC's Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker echoing Halperin's gripe that the establishment press hasn't been hard enough on the president-elect: ...NBC...
Of Course!
Barack Obama is the TIME Person of the Year.
Okay, Grab Your Shoes
Let's go throw some shoes at the Goldman Sachs building. Somehow they're only paying a 1% tax rate.
Morning Awesome
Broken Social Scene - "7/4 Shoreline"
The Snuggie
The Snuggie, as you may or may not know from the cable, is a blanket with sleeves. If there's one thing that sucks about life, its the brutality involved in moving your arms out from under a blanket...
Quote of the Day
"You know, if they do their business, if they've got some poop — you got to make sure that you're not just leaving it there." --President-elect Barack Obama responding to a question from a grade...
Cheney Admits To Authorizing Torture
KARL: Did you authorize the tactics that were used against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? CHENEY: I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency, in...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and whatever else. Tonight! Helicopter Ben to the rescue with free money for the banks! Dropped from a helicopter of some sort!
Doof Quote of the Day
"[Obama] should have, right from the beginning, been more forthcoming." Karl Rove on the Blagojevich taint.
Blogotube Post of the Day
Today's honor goes to Mr. Chez Pazienza for this.
Afternoon Awesome
Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train" Live on After Hours circa 1981
Child Poverty Rate
We're number one! Nearly 22 percent of all children in America live below the poverty line. Naturally, these kids will grow up to very likely become adults living below the poverty line ...
Education & Homeschooling
by Lee Stranahan, crossposted at LeeStranahan.com Obama names Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education. He's considered a reformer but gets mixed marks from a lot of parents in Chicago. This isn't...
Droopy
Nate Silver confirms that Harry Reid has been an embarrassingly ineffectual majority leader, allowing more cloture votes and, consequently, successful Republican filibuster threats ("procedural...
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Admittedly, this could be a post hoc ergo propter hoc. But remember when our favorite hack Mark Halperin -- the very serious merchant of conventional wisdom and ridiculous lists -- complained about...