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Harry Reid Mocks David Broder

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:51:08-04:00

Harry Reid is not a fan of WaPo columnist David Broder. Reid couldn't have been less impressed. "To focus on a man who has been retired for many years and writes a column once in a while is not where we should be." No doubt the most hilarious moment of the day. Nice. More at TPM. Tags: Harry Reid, David Broder (all tags)
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Saturday hate mail-apalooza

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:32:03-04:00

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Obama's Shift on Gitmo and Military Commissions

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:18:00-04:00

Time Magazine reports on The Fall of Greg Craig: Obama quietly killed the Gitmo plan in the second week of May; Craig never got a chance to argue the case to the President. "It was a political decision, to put it bluntly," says an aide. ...The White House realized it had to start over on a signature issue....First to go was the release of the pictures of detainee abuse. Days later, Obama sided against Craig again, ending the suspension of Bush's extrajudicial military commissions. The
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Reid v. Broder

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:15:18-04:00

I think the entire progressive blogosphere can get behind the Senate Majority Leader on this one:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Saturday morning criticized a Washington Post columnist who called Democratic healthcare bills “budget-busters.”“Now, Madam President, to focus on an editorial written by a man who has been retired for many years and writes a [...]
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Open Road

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:01:28-04:00

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US Senate Saturday Session Open Thread

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T13:00:18-04:00

Cartoon from Walt Handelsman at Newsday (reg. required for some pages).No one can predict how today will go, there is some hope that since the Senate likes to appear to be the royalty of the Congress, we might avoid some of the circus antics that Saturday in the House brought. It's unlikely anyone will use procedural objections over and over to silence Barbara Boxer or Olympia Snowe. It's an open thread for what you're seeing in, and thinking about, today's procedures.
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Semi-liveblog Of The Debate To Allow Debate To Begin In The Senate

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:40:06-04:00

It is important to remember that this is not the debate about the Senate health care bill, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." This is a debate about whether to allow the bill to come to the floor where it can be debated and amended. The Republicans are threatening to use the Senate's unlimited debate clause to prevent the bill from coming to the floor where it then can be debated. They are threatening to never stop debating (this is what a filibuster technically is) the vote on
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Joe Lieberman, liar

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:40:03-04:00

Joe Lieberman is accusing President Obama of executing a bait and switch when it comes to the public option: "It’s classic politics of our time that if you look at the campaign last year, presidential, you can’t find a mention of public option," Lieberman said. "It was added after the election as a part of what we normally consider health insurance reform — insurance market reforms, cover people, cover people who are not covered. Nice line, Joe, except it's based on a
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The Brett Favre Of HCR

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:08:00-04:00

Mary Landrieu will finally announce her decision on how she'll vote today on cloture on the Senate floor in about 20 minutes.Hard to imagine she'd go so far as to block the bill from even being debated. Then again, you never know.Late Update: Landrieu will stick with her party and her President ... for now.
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Who?s Who and What?s Up with the Manhattan Declaration

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:00:57-04:00

The signers of the Manhattan Declaration are an interesting bunch. Whether they are Roman Catholics, evangelicals, or Anglicans, they share a strong bent for purity, both inside and outside the church. We're going to be hearing from them for a while.
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Reid Faces The Test Tonight: Enough Votes to Block Filibuster?

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:00:29-04:00

Can Harry pull it off - without giving away the story? Of course we'll be covering today's events here at C&L, so stay around for updates:Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tonight faces the first big test of whether he can keep his Democratic colleagues united behind health-care legislation.Senators plan to take a vote at 8 p.m. Washington time that would clear the way for debate on the most sweeping changes to the U.S. health system since the 1965 creation of the
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Timing is Everything

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:00:00-04:00

The U.S. Senate is beginning its debate of the health care reform bill today.One of the many "compromise" provisions that are making liberals swallow hard but that still won't satisfy Mitch McConnell's repugs and their Blue Dog fellators is the one delaying the best parts of the program until 2014.This doesn't just cruelly and unnecessarily harm the 45,000 people who die every year because they don't have health insurance, but actually harms Democratic electoral prospects. That makes it
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Finding the keys

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T12:00:00-04:00

Most of you probably know this one: A man is wandering around under a street light looking down at the ground. Another man comes up to him, and asks, "What's going on?" The first man says, "I lost my car keys, and I'm looking for them." The second man says, "Here, let me help you. Where did you lose them?" The first man points up the up the street a bit, "Over there," he says. The second man looks at him, puzzled. "But, if you lost your keys
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Village Math: Tax Increases Bust The Budget

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:57:00-04:00

Via FDL, David Broder: While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says [. . . t]hese bills, as they stand, are budget-busters. Here, for example, is what Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of budget watchdogs, told me: "The Senate bill is better than the House version, but there's not much reform in this bill. As of now, it's basically a
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Senate HCR Debate Chugs Along

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:52:58-04:00

Wow, Republicans love Medicare now. Why just yesterday, it seems that they were all set to privatize it. Well, maybe not yesterday, but in April. Today, what we're learning from the Republicans in the debate is that the CBO lies when they score a Democratic plan well, and that Medicare is sacred when they want it to be. Oh, and Thune agrees with Liz Cheney that the Chinese should be dictating American domestic policy on healthcare reform. Help document the atrocities. We'll be at it all day,
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Senate Health Care Debate

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:41:00-04:00

You can watch it on C-Span2 or online. Update (TL): The cloture vote is expected at 8 pm. Firedoglake has a "semi live blog" up. This is a debate about whether to allow the bill to come to the floor where it can be debated and amended. The Republicans are threatening to use the Senate’s unlimited debate clause to prevent the bill from coming to the floor where it then can be debated. They are threatening to never stop debating (this is what a filibuster technically is) the vote on
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Obama: Key To Economic Growth Is Deficit Reduction

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:33:00-04:00

We are so screwed: This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control. We also need to place a greater emphasis on exports that we can build, produce, and sell to other nations – exports that can help create new jobs at home and raise living standards throughout the world.
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Stupakified

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:19:00-04:00

In a statement to TPMDC, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) takes issue with that George Washington University study which found that his anti-abortion amendment would ultimately cause insurance companies to stop covering abortions.
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blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:19:00-04:00

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Coal-Fueled Chamber Of Commerce Demands Lawmakers Defeat Health Reform In Order To ‘Stop’ Clean Energy Bill

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T11:14:00-04:00

Corporate front groups and large business trade associations are funneling their resources into defeating health reform. Even though health reform will lower costs for small businesses and boost worker productivity economy-wide, it appears that corporate entities influenced by major polluters are hoping that the defeat of health care legislation will slow President Obama’s agenda and derail their true enemy: clean energy reform. The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which is largely
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UFC Senior Division

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T10:54:00-04:00

On the Senate floor this morning, Majority Leader Harry Reid dismissed David Broder as "a man who has been retired for many years and writes a column once in a while."The jab came in response to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's citation of Broder's column set to appear tomorrow.Broder is 80. Reid is 69.
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Come Saturday Morning: Recipes

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T10:30:31-04:00

I’m kinda fried after following Polly Ticks all week. Making myself an omelet. (I wave my magic wand, point it at myself, and say: “You’re an omelet!”)Coffee’s ready, and there may be bacon sizzling somewhere. Got steel cut oats going for you vegans out there. Don’t mind the scent, that’s [...]
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This Week in Science

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T10:30:03-04:00

The righties are abuzz with a recent hack stealing thousands of emails from climate and other scientists over the last 15 years. Needless to say the usual suspects have combed through the material looking for anything that can be misconstrued. This is an example of about the best they've come up with via Realclimate: No doubt, instances of cherry-picked and poorly-worded "gotcha" phrases will be pulled out of context. One example is worth mentioning quickly. Phil Jones in discussing the
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Senate Debate of Health Care Bill Begins On CSPAN-2

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T10:07:13-04:00

Senate convening CSPAN 2.The Republicans decided they'd rather hear themselves talk than have the bill read aloud.
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Darcy Burner discusses what's behind DeFazio's remarks that Geithner & Summers should go

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T10:00:00-04:00

On Wednesday, Chris wrote a quick hit on Representative DeFazio's statement that there was "growing consensus" among Congressional liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down. He went on to say that Summers should go as well. Folks in the blogosphere have been saying as much for a long time now, but this seemed like something new, coming from a veteran Representative. The piece Chris linked to ended with DeFazio saying, ""We may have to sacrifice just two more
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Speaking with Palin, Dennis Miller transitions from calling Newsweek cover ’sexist’ to insulting Hillary Clinton.

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:37:00-04:00

Earlier this week, Sarah Palin wrote on her Facebook page that Newsweek’s choice to use a Runner’s World photo of her in running shorts for its cover was “unfortunate” and “sexist.” Palin’s criticism has since been echoed on both the left and right. Interviewing Palin on his radio show yesterday, Dennis Miller added his voice to those calling the cover “sexist.” But he then did something that most of the other critics haven’t done. He
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Speaking with Palin, Dennis Miller transitions from calling Newsweek cover ’sexist’ to calling Hillary Clinton ugly.

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:37:00-04:00

Is Friday Nov. 13 Destined to Be ?The Turn? Date?

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:36:58-04:00

Minutes before I was ready to go on the air with my radio program I received a call from my long-time good friend Ian Gordon, who predicted the market would peak on Friday, Nov. 13. In addition to his usual work, Ian was basing his views on the core of work carried out by W.D. Gann, a brilliant market forecaster in the past who is known for his analysis of cycles and trading patterns in equities as well as commodities. It remains to be seen if this Friday, Nov. 13, was the top of the B
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Why The House Bill Is Much More Conservative Than The Senate

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:31:20-04:00

While the House health care reform bill is the one favored by progressives, it also happens to be more small ?c? conservative than that Senate bill. This is not about the public option, the size of government subsidies, or regulation. The House bill is more small ?c? conservative because it would do a better job of maintaining a health care system similar to the one we currently have. The reason for this is the employer mandate.
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Mary Matalin "slaps" one on Sarah Palin

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:30:02-04:00

This morning my crazy thing locator pointed to this pro-Palin oped by Mary Matalin, who pooh-poohs complaints in Palin's book about the rough, nasty and foul-mouthed staffers inside the McCain campaign:Time is the most valuable commodity on a campaign and you just can't waste it thinking about how to choose your words carefully or get your job done more diplomatically. If someone isn't in tears every day, that day wasn't all it could be advancing the campaign. I once witnessed an experienced
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"A Gentleman's Agreement"?: great moments in radio reporting

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:01:25-04:00

Not.This is the thirty-third post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MBAn unsigned post at the KOKO radio website, reporting on Wenesday's campus protest:...Among the protesters rallying against the current Board of Governors were former University Board of Governors members Deleta Williams and
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Scam targeted 30 black churches and got each for $45,000

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:00:30-04:00

The California State Attorney General is investigating four individuals who scammed at least 30 black churches in California. These individuals got the churches to buy computer kiosk that did not work for $45,000 a piece even though they were suppossed to be free.Read more here http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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Obama: What the world needs now is jobs, sweet jobs

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:00:03-04:00

This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control. We also need to place a greater emphasis on exports that we can build, produce, and sell to other nations – exports that can help create new jobs at home and raise living standards throughout the world. Using
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Thanksgiving Rescue Script

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T09:00:00-04:00

From Digby, Turkey Day Talking Points for liberals breaking bread with wingnut freakazoid relatives:Campaign For America's Future does yeoman's work on many important issues, most recently their campaign to bring back America's manufacturing base. They are committed progressives who put their time and effort into making the country better for average people every day.But for all the important things they do, this may be the most immediately useful and practical for you and me: Dear
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Senate Health Care Day

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:57:13-04:00

It appears that things are still on for later today at the Senate.Question 1: has anyone seen Max Baucus? I don't know that he's back in DC. Question 2: has anyone seen Robert Byrd?These should be two "yes" votes, but you have to play to win, and they need to be in DC.I will be online later today, live-blogging about the goings on at the Senate. However, for the next few hours, I'll be doing something I'm very pleased to announce. Olivia is off the "she has hours to days" list -
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The strange and often bungled Goldman Sachs PR campaign continues

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:40:00-04:00

Earlier this week Goldman was ripped for creating a $500 million fund to help small businesses. Many complained that this represented just a few percent of their profits. Now they are hyping 300 employees out of nearly 32,000 employees who will help feed the homeless on Thanksgiving. Not even one percent? Really? After having their asses saved by the American taxpayer? Their percentages are declining by the day, showing again, that they are all about greed, greed, greed. On the one hand
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The LiberalOasis Radio Show: Copenhagen Preview Edition

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:38:00-04:00

The LiberalOasis Radio Show was broadcast Saturday at 12 noon on WHMP in Western MA. This week's show features David Roberts from Grist.org previewing the upcoming international climate summit in Copenhagen and the prospects for clean energy jobs and climate protection legislation in the U.S. Senate. Plus, host Bill Scher on what to expect for today's kickoff of the Senate health care debate.You can download the podcast at these links: (iTunes / XML feed / MP3).
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The Pap Smear Guidelines

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:12:24-04:00

Following seemingly quickly on the heels of the mammogram recommendations, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published their pap smear data yesterday.Immediately, people were up in arms about this being some sort of "plot". Untrue.The pap smear guidelines raise the age for the first screening to 21, say that any woman age 30 with three normal paps can go three years between tests instead of one year, and say that pap smears are unnecessary for women who
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Saturday College Football Open Thread

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:08:00-04:00

While the Big 3 (Florida, Alabama, Texas) won't be tested today, there are plenty of interesting games on the slate. Let's start with the Oregon Ducks traveling to Arizona. Both Oregon and Zona can win the Pac 10 by winning out. If neither win out, it becomes a free for all. Oregon is a 6 point favorite. I like Zona (+6). In the Big Ten, Rose bowl bound Ohio State travels to Ann Arbor to face Michigan. Michigan spit the bit on this season a month ago. For all the talk about Rodriguez not
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The $2.7 Billion Woman

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:02:43-04:00

The long, slow good-bye begins. So long show, hello OWN, aka the Oprah Winfrey Network. Phil Donahue came first, then Oprah took it to another level. Her exit, however, creates a network, syndication and daytime talk gulf that will allow all sorts of new voices to ring out. But you bet her exit also had executives running [...]
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Barclays Launches No-Reset Leveraged ETNs

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:00:37-04:00

Be careful what you wish for. For all the leveraged fund critics that either do not like or do not understand daily (or monthly) reset of leverage and want a vehicle without path-dependent performance, your wish has come true. However, unless you bought them yesterday, you will not be getting the exact 2x or 3x index exposure you desire. You can’t have everything.Five new ETNs (exchange-traded notes), dubbed ETN+, from Barclays began trading yesterday (11/18/2009). When Barclays
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Pull Up A Chair

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:00:01-04:00

Let?s share some of the memories or traditions that you still carry on.
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Mike's Blog Roundup

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:00:00-04:00

A Tiny Revolution: Did Rumsfeld tour a KGB torture museum to pick up useful tips? Welcome Back to Pottersville: Oh! That Kaiser Permanente... Raw Story: Skeptics claim stolen emails prove global warming is a hoax The Progressive Puppy: Fundies plan attacks on lesbian Mayoral candidate during runoff I Am TRex: How the bastards do it NotionsCapital: Expense Account Adultry
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Best Joke Of The Week

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T08:00:00-04:00

David Letterman:Sarah Palin says that she felt ambushed when Katie Couric asked her what newspaper she read. This coming from a woman who shoots wolves from a helicopter!That's not a joke, it's an x-ray of the conservative soul:Implicit double-standard view of the world? Check!Implicit sense of entitlement? Check!Casual violence? Check!Casual violence towards those helpless to fight back? Check!Bottomless sense of victimhood? Check!Utter cluelessness? Check!Utter
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Tweeting #hcr

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:50:00-04:00

Sarah Palin tells her 25,000 Twitter followers just now:Thot I'd stick w tour news on Twitter but can't help digress: Call senators! Tell 'em KILL THE BILL tonite;horrible govt healthcare takeover
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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:37:12-04:00

Saturday punditry as we eagerly wait for Thanksgiving. If I have to fly, I just hope Capt. Sully is my pilot. What are you thankful about? NY Times: The [stimulus] legislation, a variety of economists say, is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would. Mr. Obama’s promise to "save or create" about 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010 is roughly on track, though far more jobs are being saved than created, especially among states
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Docudharma Times Saturday November 21

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:30:00-04:00

Saturday's Headlines: New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step The wind may carry a solution for KenyaHasan had intensified contact with cleric Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually Report warns of Pakistan's younger generation losing faith in democracy David Headley: quiet American with alleged links to Mumbai massacre The EU's nice stitch-up The guru with a gift for brainwashing Children starve in parched southern Madagascar This Time, Soccer Stirs Egyptian Riot,
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Converge! (If You Live Nearby)

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:24:00-04:00

A Tea Party group that had planned an event to "converge" on the Capitol for today's crucial test vote on health care clarifies - the event is for those "within driving distance of DC" who "want to be there tomorrow when the Senate votes in the cover of darkness on cloture."Evan McMorris-Santoro has the story.
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The too-democratic Democratic Party

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:13:05-04:00

Body As this marathon health-care bill enters the uncertainty of semifinals tonight, we are left with one question of much broader philosophical scope: What in God's name are the likes of Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu and Blanche Lincoln doing in the Senate Democratic caucus?Don't get me wrong. Only the radically unhinged insist on the contemporary equivalent of Cold War loyalty oaths and few demand that comprehensive ideology tests be rigorously applied to Democratic
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Saturday Open Thread

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T07:00:00-04:00

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. VoltaireBorn November 21, 1694
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The Long Climb Back

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T06:20:55-04:00

The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years - relatively quickly in legal terms. Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is.For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears. No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postEric Holder's recent announcement on detainees was covered mainly for his decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) to New York for trial. Less noted was the
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Sexual Politics of Health Care

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T05:59:00-04:00

As Harry Reid pressures holiday-homebound Democrats to vote for a start of the Senate health care debate, Republican resisters have found a new weapon to use against the bill--a sudden deep concern about how it might threaten women's bodies.Seizing on a quasi-government task force's report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage mode."This is how rationing begins," warns Rep. Marsha Blackburn. "This is the little toe in the
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Too Many Blacks Showing Little Intelligence Where "Race" Is Concerned

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T05:44:00-04:00

I'm beginning to think that just as color-aroused illness effects whites, it prejudices Blacks' ability to think logically, making even some of best-educated of us blind to the obvious. For some four hundred years, we've lived as though there were fundamental differences between people with skin color as a marker of those fundamental differences, and these differences were called "race". It was hypothesized that Blacks and whites (and Latinos and Asians) constituted distinct "races".At some
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Gallup Poll: Obama's job approval drops below 50%

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T05:27:00-04:00

Dropping under 50% isn't the worst thing in the world to happen. The big change seems to be on the issue of the economy and the health care fight. It just goes to show you how much the defenders of the status quo hate change. Even the watered down Obama change is causing them to rise up. Imagine what they would do if the changes were substantial. The concern now will be whether or not this will push Obama even more to the center-right than he is already.President Barack Obama's job
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Dan Lungren Comes Out Strongly Against Fair Election Reforms

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T05:00:00-04:00

If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act (HR 1826). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from across the political spectrum-- not just stalwart progressives, but even reactionary Blue Dogs (2)
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Tea Party, The Movie

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T04:22:41-04:00

Warning: Place all liquids aside and away from your computer when watching the above trailer for Tea Party: The Documentary Film. Sadly, the above is not a joke. Congressman Peter DeFazio warned the other day that without a new focus on jobs and small business from the White House "a faux populist" Republicanism would fill the void come 2010. Well, that's what we have to look forward to, a government of clowns. On a more serious note, the New York Times reports that with unemployment now in
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Saturday Morning Open Thread

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T03:39:00-04:00

By now, Joe is soaking up the wonderful South African sunshine. Lucky guy and well deserved. John is wrapping up a conference in Barcelona which has pathetic internet connections, so it's going to be a bit light this weekend. With Thanksgiving coming up, everyone is probably preparing for the big day. Travel this year or stay at home? We're hoping to do Thanksgiving next weekend including a French Thanksgiving by a cousin. I don't really know what that means yet myself but it should be
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The Daily Rant?: Chris Matthews is an Abortion-Obsessed, Ignorant Douchebag Edition

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T03:25:53-04:00

The fact that he uses his show to hammer the "don't use my tax dollars to fund abortions" nonsense argument virtually every single day now drives me insane. And notice -- he never EVER has on a guest who uses the LOGICAL counter-argument. Imagine: "'Don't use my tax dollars to fund a war I consider immoral' never seems to get taken seriously -- why is the 'Don't use my tax dollars to fund a medical procedure I consider immoral' argument the ONLY argument of its kind that politicians DO take
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Late Night Karaoke

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T03:00:00-04:00

Open Thread
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Weekly Presidential Address - November 21, 2009

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T02:29:00-04:00

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Be That Woman

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:35:46-04:00

The Washington Area Women's Foundation, in partnership with RP3 Agency, produced this video depicting the tough circumstances women confront far too often, especially in urban centers like Dallas.But the story doesn't need to end there.Investing in the lives of girls and women pays off big time!
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Protesting A Billboard

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:05:00-04:00

This is the Best Church of God folks holding a tongue-in-cheek demonstration against an atheist billboard in Chicago.
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Most Youth Not Fit For Military Service

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:04:00-04:00

Are our youth fit for military service? According to Mission: Readiness, an advocacy group composed mainly of retired senior officers from the American military, the answer is largely No, and if we don't take action soon the problem will just get worse.This group has issued a report that says nationwide about 75% of our youth are not fit for military service -- either because they are overweight, did not graduate from high school or have a serious criminal record. Personally, I find this to
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Hating The Rule Of Law

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:03:00-04:00

Political Cartoon is by Ed Stein at edsteinink.com.
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An Act Of Treason ?

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:02:00-04:00

This is the new billboard being touted by the Lafayette County Republican Central Committee in Missouri. The billboard is on I-70 near Grain Valley, and these Republicans seem very proud of it.I have to wonder if this billboard is even legal. First it tells people to stop paying their taxes -- "Starve the beast. Keep your money." Isn't it illegal to encourage or instruct someone to break the law?But it's the last line on the billboard that is the most galling -- "Prepare for war. Live
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A Jury Of Their Peers

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:01:00-04:00

Political Cartoon is by David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star.
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Late Late Night FDL: Club Poodle

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:00:55-04:00

Featuring new videos from Charlotte Gainsbourg with Beck and White Denim.
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Arizona Republicans Stab Their Own Native American Constituents In The Back

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T01:00:00-04:00

Only 55 Republican bigots cast nay votes against the Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009. H.R. 1834, passed with an overwhelming margin. 343 to 55, every Democrat voting yes and the GOP split 108 for it and 55 against it. Most of the nay votes were from the extreme fringes of the radical right, your Michele Bachmanns, Virginia Foxxes, Paul Brouns, Tom McClintocks and Mike Pences. The bill "amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration
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The Strokes

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:45:00-04:00

There's a reason why The Strokes were at the top of the NME Top 50 list.
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South Carolina: Asking My State Reps to Stand Against H. 4171

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:43:03-04:00

To the Honorable Representatives Vida O. Miller and Carl Anderson,I would like to commend you both for standing and voting for Democratic principles when able. In a Republican-controlled state house, it's hard to do such a noble task. Even more so, you should be commended on your search for bipartisanship, and in rare times, finding it. Your accomplishments speak volumes.
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Large Banks Forced to Create Jobs

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:32:45-04:00

Comparing the 2004 boom in refinancing home mortgage rates to a lowered interest rate thus allowing homeowners to stay in their homes at a lower monthly cost, Citigroup, Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan have weighed the financial losses of their own, reaching the conclusion, it is cheaper to create jobs than to foreclose on mortgage holders. Crediting federal incentives, lending companies have beefed up staffing of mortgage officers to avoid drawn out, expensive
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Friday Stuff

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:27:00-04:00

Pap has a cautionary lesson for the "teabaggers," assuming they had sense enough to listen; however, I don't think any politician, particularly Obama, should take young voters for granted - yes, assuming the blessed day comes when health care reform is passed, he's going to have to give them something else, and "doubling down" on Afghanistan is going to push them away even more (a long-overdue executive order banning DADT enforcement would be a nice "payoff" also - watch the stuff about "gray
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Democratic Senator's Chief of Staff asks for help killing the filibuster

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:20:35-04:00

Josh Marshall posts the following email he received from a "Senate Democratic Chief of Staff:"So, what we might end up with is a Senate Democratic Caucus that holds 98% of its members but still fails to pass healthcare reform, AND a mob of angry progressives who are screaming for the heads of "the Democrats." This isn't fair, but more importantly, it's self-defeating. If progressives REALLY want to transform America, they'll make an issue of the anti-democratic rules of the Senate which make
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The Nightowl Newswrap

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:15:00-04:00

If it does create a black hole that destroys the planet, at least we won't have to listen to Caribou Barbie anymore. "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment has been re-started after a hiatus of 14 months. Engineers have now made two stable proton beams circulate in opposite directions around the machine. If all continues to go well, the team might even try to increase the collider's energy to record-breaking levels this weekend. The LHC is housed in a 27km-long circular tunnel built about
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Where The Rubber Meets The Road (11/20/09)

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:08:00-04:00

As reported in last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer, here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week (most of last week's votes had to do with health care, which I realize I've posted on ad nauseum already - the vote to begin debate in the Senate happens tomorrow evening).HouseDemocrats' health bill. Voting 220-215, the House passed a bill (HR 3962)] that would provide affordable medical insurance to about 36 million uncovered U.S. residents
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Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:05:01-04:00

Robert S. Eshelman writes in The Nation: Where's the Clean Energy?: It was in Germany that Ed Regan realized Gainesville, Florida, was going about things all wrong. The assistant manager at Gainesville Regional Utility (GRU) was out looking for ways to boost his city's renewable energy capacity. "Germany was a game-changer," Regan says. Wind turbines and solar panels seemed to be everywhere. He soon learned the secret. Before Regan's June 2008 trip, the GRU was trying to promote small-scale
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On with Common Sense with Jim Alger

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:04:25-04:00

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Random Japan

blogdig.net — 2009-11-21T00:00:00-04:00

SAY WHAT?In Musashi-Murayama, ?7 million was spent on an event publicizing Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics... about three weeks after the Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro.It was also revealed that the outfits worn by members of Tokyo's 2016 bidding delegation cost a total of ?14 million.In an attempt to battle this nasty recession and fill empty seats, tickets on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines were being offered at discounts of up to 28 percent.In Okinawa, a pro wrestling circuit
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