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Pinkish-Hued John
This is for real: Judging by his baby's-bottom, pinkish-hued complexion, do you really believe Senator Cornyn has spent more than three seconds in the sunlight -- much less corralling horses in the...
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio
Via Paddy: A new Public Policy Polling survey finds Sen. Barack Obama begins the general election in Ohio with a double digit lead over John McCain, 50% to 39%. So... what's Senator Obama's problem...
Going Through The Motions
Do you ever get the feeling that Senator McCain is just going through the motions? McBush fever. Catch it. Or whatever. (h/t Nicole Belle)
U.S. Soldiers Used As Lab Rats
This is beyond shocking. I mean, haven't there been horror movies like this? Mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs...
Associated Press Bad
So, give or take a word or two, we're not allowed to quote AP stories any more. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Yet another old-school corporate media company that refuses to accept that the world has...
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Afternoon Awesome
DEFINITELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK! (But funny as hell.) Holy crap that's funny. Oh... oh man... I can't stop laughing. My friend Marc Evan Jackson (plays the reporter) and his troupe are also responsible...
Gore To Endorse Senator Obama Tonight
Al Gore is making with the big endorsement tonight at 8:30PM EDT. GO(re)!
Boot Up the Clinton VP Rumor Machine
The Obama campaign just released a roster of newly hired staff... And this caught my attention: Chief of Staff to the Vice Presidential Nominee: Patti Solis Doyle Former Clinton campaign manager...
I Want One!
Huffington Post: TAKANEZAWA, Japan — Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to southern California, where Hollywood is already...
Buried Alive
I just had an MRI for my back, and you know... that's what it must feel like to be buried alive. In a word: torture. I'm a large man (6'4", 230lbs) and so the experience was not unlike being shoved...
Meet the Press with Stretch
I think it's going to be Stretch.
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The New Yorker Profiles Olbermann
This is a good read. Not very flattering of Olbermann in places, but still good. The following passage hit home for me personally: At MSNBC, Phil Griffin was worried, and with good reason. The...
It's All About Politics and Legacy
If there was any doubt about President Bush's motives, this story clarifies what's truly important to him: President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture...
Bring It
Senator Obama in Phildelphia last night: "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." And the McBush reaction: "Barack Obama's call for 'new politics' is officially over." This IS new...
Wingnut Mailbag
I get lots of wingnut e-mail. But this one, in response to my Huffington Post essay this week, is a delusional peach: George W. Bush's legacy: After 9-11, there has not been a single terroirist...
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