Oliver Willis: Five Obama press conferences, zero questions for Fox News. I wonder why, why and why.
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'A New Beginning'
The president-elect today: "And so, in this uncertain world, the time has come for a new beginning - a new dawn of American leadership to overcome the challenges of the 21st century, and to seize the...
Look out! Drama!
Whoa! Whoa! Slow down, Senator. It's like an avalanche of drama! The world is now buried alive in drama!
Inaugural Construction
I stopped through D.C. yesterday and grabbed some photos of the inaugural podium under construction.
Gaffe Alert! Gaffe Alert!
How soon until the far-right begins to crap their cages over the president-elect not offering Susan Rice a properly adjusted podium or a step-stool?
Depression Economics
Required reading for economic meltdown wonks: Krugman's blueprint for fixing the breach.
Position Flexible in Georgia Also
I'm watching MSNBC and they're showing Sarah Palin's live sssstump sssspeech for Ssssaxby Chamblisssss. The lighting and her clothing is making her look like a (really sibilant) Star Wars hologram...
More 'Drama' This Morning!
At 10:40AM this morning, the establishment press gets to amp up it's ridiculous "drama" narrative. Will Senator Clinton announce her run for 2012? Will she sneeze into her hand and say "bullsh-t!"...
Morning Awesome
Death Cab for Cutie - "Cath..." Live on the Tonight Show
Doof Quote of the Day
"All will be forgiven if things turn out well. And it’s just possible, Donna, that the economy is not going down the drain. 94, 95 percent of all mortgages in this country are being paid off on time...
Testing 1,2,3
by Stranahan Is the Mumbai attack going to be one of those foreign policy tests that Joe Biden talked about? It wasn't manufactured to test Obama and I know he's not even President yet but this could...
Big Monday
Taylor Marsh confirms: I've confirmed with a person close to Clinton that she will indeed be in Chicago tomorrow to be nominated for Secretary of State. It's a whole new world.
Sunday Night Thread In America
Open thread in America. Discuss anything you want, but I'll also give you a topic... Following the topic from yesterday, what are the last five shows your DVR or TiVO recorded? If you don't have...
Jindal
Adding to Stranahan's post from yesterday, the notion that Jindal is the 'Republican Obama' amplifies how truly ridiculous and desperate the Republicans are. They're making a huge mistake in assuming...
Cold War Gets Warmer
The India-Pakistan cold war, that is. WASHINGTON— As evidence mounts that last week’s attacks in Mumbai may have originated on Pakistani soil, American officials’ aggressive campaign to strike at...
Stop Worrying And Love the Deficit, Part II
Robert Kuttner tells us why: Previous Stop Worrying post. h/t Jed.
Bill Kristol…
...Just can't resist enabling and rewarding criminal behavior.
Morning Awesome
Darth Vader is a jerkass. Also, light blogging today. Traveling home -- but stopping through D.C. to take some pictures of the inaugural preparations.
Reconsidering Republican Religion
by Lee Stranahan This Washington Post article suggesting that Bobby Jindal is the Republican's answer to Obama has it exactly wrong. The piece makes it clear to me that Jindal is absolutely not the...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread! I'll give you a topic: hit 'shuffle' on your iPod and list the top 10 songs that come up. Or if you don't have an iPod, what are you listening to these days?