Afternoon Video

Pearl Jam, 'Wish List"



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What Pundits And Republicans Mean By "Bipartisanship"

Glenn Greenwald has an excellent article on what bipartisanship really means to Republicans, the corporate media and their Democratic toadies(Cough..Lieberman..Cough)
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What "bipartisanship" in Washington means

"..in almost every significant case, what "bipartisanship" means in Washington is that enough Democrats join with all of the Republicans to endorse and enact into law Republican policies, with which most Democratic voters disagree. That's how so-called "bipartisanship" manifests in almost every case.."

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Republican Incumbent Ron Lewis Drops Out Of Race

Well this is surprising. Hopefully we can get a progressive Democrat in this seat for Kentucky.
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Lewis drops out of House race
By Ryan Alessi

FRANKFORT --Ducking under the 4 p.m. deadline by mere minutes, U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Cecilia, withdrew his papers to run for an eighth term and threw his support to his chief of staff, who entered the race at the last moment.

Lewis later said it was time for "new blood" and pledged to campaign on behalf of his top aide, Daniel London, whose wife delivered both Lewis' withdrawal papers and London's candidacy papers moments before the deadline to turn them into the secretary of state's office.

It was a switcheroo that at least one national GOP official described as "shenanigans."

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Surge To Nowhere

Here's something bloody dubya didn't tell you regarding his Iraqi escalation surge in that smirking SOTU speech.
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Surge to Nowhere
Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it.

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Remember Anthrax?

What he said.
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But about a month after 9/11, someone sent weaponized anthrax to two Democratic senators and several news outlets. Five Americans were killed and 17 more suffered serious illnesses. For reasons that I’ve never been able to explain, the incident — it’s entirely reasonable to call it an “attack” — is hardly ever mentioned. No one knows where the anthrax came from, who sent it, or why. It was a horrifying incident, immediately on the heels of another horrifying incident, but more than six years later, it’s almost as if the episode never happened.

Note: "The DNA sequence of the anthrax sent through the US mail in 2001 has been revealed and confirms suspicions that the bacteria originally came from a US military laboratory. The data released uses codenames for the reference strains against which the attack strain was compared. The two reference strains that appear identical to the attack strain most likely originated at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick (USAMRIID), Maryland."
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Tom Tomorrow | Democrats United

This is true for many. Myself I'm voting for either Dem over the GOP's "pathetic pygmies".


















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They May Be With Those WMD's Dubya

Now I find this funny. Funny because it's true..














Found at my man Bartcop's.

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Midday Video

Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"



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Five More

Five more notches on dubya's Iraqi record.

5 US soldiers killed in northern Iraq

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We Won On The FISA Bill(For Now)

A very special thanks to Senator Dodd and thanks also to Hillary, Obama, and all the Democrats who finally stood up. That doesn't include the ones who voted with the Republicans: BOO..Senators Pryor, Ben Nelson (NE), Landrieu, and Lincoln! This may be only a brief victory. This has become VERY interesting, Democrats actually disobeying "terrists will kill us dubya". Interesting to see what tomorrow brings. Start here:

Another FISA victory

Don't forget the State of the Union speech tonight. Hold your "IMPEACH" signs high!









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Speaking Of Iraq And Our Economy

Other than not crippling our economy and making us more of a debtor nation to China here's what one days cost of the Iraq war could give us:



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The War in Iraq and The Economy

New York Times columnist and Princeton University Economics professor Paul Krugman:



Thanks to Susie for the link.
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Dubya's Iraqi Meat Grinder Claims Five More

5 more US soldiers gone for nothing.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb and then came under small arms fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, the U.S. military said.

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FISA Vote | Both Clinton And Obama To Show Up For Vote

Great news from both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. They'll show up to vote no on my weasel senator Mitch McConnell's cloture vote on FISA.
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FISA: Clinton and Obama will show for cloture vote
Link.

Glenn Greenwald gives some background and updates on the FISA controversy and what we can expect of our milquetoast Congressional Democrats(Cough!-Harry-Cough!Nancy) this time here.
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Sen. Obama Wins S. Car. In Landslide

My BIG problem with Senator Obama is his inclination at times to speak in Rightwing talking point, and his apparent belief that if he only acts in good faith and bipartisanship those Mitch McConnell Republicans will follow suit. I know that's a National Democratic disease.

With 98% reporting, Obama received 55% of vote, versus 27% for Clinton and 18% for Edwards.
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Here's an article(Thanks to PB) by Caroline Kennedy:
A President Like My Father
By CAROLINE KENNEDY

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Senator Chris Dodd

Dodd For President!! Seriously I think Chris Dodd was the better of the bunch. The beltway's candidates talk a good fight about freedom and the right to a non-Big Brother life but they won't lead by example. Tthat would just wouldn't be "bipartisan" I suppose(bipartisan meaning kiss Republicam butt). Thanks to emptywheel here's Sen. Dodd a while back talking about the FISA bill. It's worth a replay:



The best part is he's giving my wingnut Senator McConnell a lesson in Senate rules and history.

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Dumb and Dumber

Can't resist.
and here's a McCain voter:












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Saturday Video

Lot's of stuff going on today. I'm trying to keep up with the S.C. Democratic results. Bushco is up to evil as always. Here's my Saturday video this one's to the memory of my favorite Rock-n-Roll t-shirt:



Meatloaf: Bat Out of Hell
I think this song is about a guy escaping the Bush family compound.
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Senator Jay Rockefeller Betrays America's Citizens

Republican Democratic Senator Rockefeller does the bidding of Bush, Cheney and his AT&T(etal.) benefactors on that new horrendous FISA bill. Here's Glenn Greenwald:

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"..Democrats have failed repeatedly to end or even limit one of the most unpopular wars in American history. They have failed to restore habeas corpus. They have failed to fulfill their promise of "fixing" the hastily-passed Protect America Act. They even failed to provide children's health insurance even though their entire party and much of the GOP favored it. They don't feel the slightest bit ashamed or remorseful about any of that.

Yet here is Jay Rockefeller, feeling proud and cocky and triumphant, because he is about to vanquish members of his own party and civil liberties groups on behalf of a radical agenda of amnesty for lawbreaking corporations and warrantless eavesdropping powers demanded by Dick Cheney, AT&T and Mitch McConnell. I suppose he needs to find his self-esteem somewhere. But there shouldn't be any doubts regarding on whose behalf Senate Democratic leaders are working. When Rockefeller says "we will prevail," he's telling you as clearly as he can whom they represent.."

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The Great Stimulus Swindle

David Sirota describes what we pretty much knew was going to happen with the big Republican/Bushdog-Dem economy boosting(BWAHAHA)"rebates".

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The Stimulus Swindle

"..Before, it was just commoners complaining — regular homeowners, wage earners, troops coming home from Iraq, you know, the 99 percent of us who can't afford the thousand-dollar-a-plate political fundraisers.

But now Wall Street is panicking. In the last month, the financial industry's profit margins dropped thanks to mortgage defaults brought on by irresponsible lending. And when the corporate executives who underwrite campaigns start whining, politicians develop "stimulus" schemes using the blight of layoffs, foreclosures and wage cuts to justify tax cuts for those doing the laying off, foreclosing and wage cutting.

Specifically, most GOP presidential candidates are demanding corporate tax cuts as the "stimulus" to improve American competitiveness, ignoring a recent Treasury Department report noting that the United States already has among the lowest effective corporate tax rates in the developed world.
Republicans like John McCain, fresh off a Merrill Lynch fundraiser, say we need not expand unemployment benefits and food stamps to help workers and give the economy a reliable Keynesian boost. No, they say we must hand over more cash to the same financial industry that just gave its executives $39 billion worth of year-end bonuses.

Leading figures of both parties seem eager to help limit the debate over "stimulus" and make the final package a corporate goodie bag. According to the Washington Post, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus (Mont.) asked economists affiliated with The Hamilton Project — a Citigroup-backed think tank — to testify to Congress at its initial hearings on a stimulus package. Labor economists, by contrast, were not invited.."

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Eighth Annual Webblog Awards

Voting for The Eighth Annual Webblog Awards is ongoing. The winners will be announced on March 10th.

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Midday Video

Band Of Horses, "No One's Gonna Love You".



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Bite Sized?

Good Morning! Here she is: Brandy the world's smallest dog.












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The Iraq Recession

"The Iraq recession". That's what I'd call it to.

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Island Galaxy

Good Morning. A quick flyby post from work world. The Andromeda galaxy island universe.














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"10 MPH" | Two Filmmakers, A Segway, A Long Road Trip

"10 MPH" is from Indy filmmakers Hunter Weeks & Josh Caldwell.What happens when two guys take a Segway across the US.

Go here to download the free movie and support independent filmmakers.

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What Global Warming?

No Questions On Global Warming Asked At CNN’s Coal Industry-Sponsored Presidential Debates

"..These debate sponsorships are part of the coal industry’s aggressive “$35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change.” ABEC has spent $1.3 million alone “on billboard, newspaper, television and radio ads in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina.”

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It's The Economy Stupid

The economy's passed out, naked, and covered with crap.

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John Edwards Speak Up

That monster FISA bill is coming back:

John Edwards should challenge his rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to go back to Washington, DC and fight against retroactive immunity for the telecoms.

You can email Senator Edwards directly at john@johnedwards.com.

..Or(Thanks to Digby) you can go to Hillary and Obama's web sites and ask them personally.

Obama Community

Clinton Community
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"JUMPER" Is Coming To Theaters

The film based on the illustrated novel JUMPER is about to come out.
You can go here for a free 23 page preview of the new book.

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Surprise! Two Studies Say Bushco Lied Us Into War

I like the phrasing- "false statements". Wouldn't that be LIES? Yeah I thought so. Some of us knew they were lies then.

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Study: False Statements Preceded War

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Heath Ledger RIP

Just GOTTA log on, if only for a bit. Looks like Heath Ledger was just careless. Only 28 with all the world still ahead of him. Pretty sad..But the world keeps going on. As it will when we're all gone to. RIP Heath, you left some good stuff:



The ghosts of Lynyrd Skynyrd with "Tuesday's Gone". Crank it up for Heath.

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The LP Portraits

Evening travelers. Worked my butt off today. Here's something Strange but compelling.
The LP Portraits at Flickr:


















Link.

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Saturday vid

Kate Nash, "Foundations".
The winner of my English accent in a music video award.

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Bush Trying to Bomb Iraqis Back To The Stone Age

.. and kill them in the process. It used to be called "Winning hearts and minds" and "pacification". Back when we had a "News" media. Back then anyone killed in the bombings were Cong sympathizers, today they're "insurgents".

"..It turns out that he United States made four times as many air strikes on Iraq in 2007 as it did in 2006.."

Thanks to B.C.

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Trying For A Third War

These people have botched two wars and now they're trying for three. And the US media plays right along.

Congress: Investigate.

Corporate News Media: Investigate.

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POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

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Actually the story has now completely unraveled. It was manufactured by Bushco and the DOD.

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Democrat Greg Fischer Running Against Mitch McConnell

Louisville, Kentucky - Democrat Greg Fischer announced his candidacy for
U.S. Senate today, challenging Senator Mitch McConnell.
Here's his video:



Democrat Andrew Horne has already announced he's running against "Mo Money" Mitch.

Thanks BGR.


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The Vanishing Of The Bees

Bees are another canary in the coal mine and they're disappearing. Here's the scary story.














Photo: Treehugger.

"If we have a genetic memory bees are embedded deep in that memory because we've been closely associated with this insect from the very beginning, literally millions of years"

Just the trailer itself is awesome.
Trailer link.

And then comes?.....

Life After People

I'm reading Earth Abides by George R. Martin which makes The History Channel's(yes the History Channel!)upcoming special Life After People(Starting Monday at 9pm) especially interesting:
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Photo: Worth 1000

"..What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world would survive? What would crumble fastest?"

"..Abandoned skyscrapers would, after hundreds of years, become "vertical ecosystems" complete with birds, rodents and even plant life. One small animal might be responsible for bringing down the Hoover Dam hydroelectric plant. Swelled rivers, crumbling bridges and buildings, grizzly bears in California and herds of buffalo returning to the Great Western Plains: In a world without humans, these would be the visual hallmarks. Our cars would shrivel to piles of dust, our house pets would be overtaken by flourishing wildlife and most of the records of our human storybooks, photos, recordswould fade quickly, leaving little evidence that we ever existed.."

Link.

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Friday Video

Voice of an angel, Roberta Flack.



Have a wonderful weekend All.

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Atta Boy George!

Stock market plunges nearly 300 points after Bush speaks












If this gang weren't so bloodthirsty, greedy and frightening it could be Sooo funny. They're still funny in a "Doctor Evilish" kind of way. I mean Just look at Frick and Frack standing behind dumbya in the photo. Don't they present a picture of competent confidence? Paulson looks like he'd rather be ANYWHERE else and "Dick" Cheney is just thinking of killing something. While I'm on that seemingly eternal Bush train wreck, has ANYONE actually been talking about, or asking about, or pointing out who got our country into this mess? I'm not surprised that the Matt Lauer corporate news clubs aren't pointing out who's at fault. They're not allowed, nor inclined to if they were.
Maybe it's just me. I've just not been getting to see much of the debates or campaign talk. Most of my time is spent working and trying to keep up. I know the Republican's platform will remain putting christianity into the constitution, killing/deporting more illegal aliens, killing more Mid-Easteners(preferably Iranians at the moment), More tax breaks for the poor oil corporations, etc, etc. But have the Democratic frontrunners-at least, been pounding it home as to who's fault it is that our economy is in dire need of life support? Who inherited(like everything he's ever had) a virtually booming economy, billions in surplus, overall international good will, I could go on and on. Bushco is Evil, greedy old white men that have royally f*cked up our country and continue to do so. Apparently with impunity(see above corporate news comment).
That they're mostly Incompetent Ignorant A**holes(IIA's) is probably a plus since they could have done far worse(and just may yet). The arrogant ignorance, the greed and intolerance, small mindedness and holier than thou-ism. That's where the funny part starts coming in.

The Republicans are sooo glad to be out of those horrible eight Clinton years of peace and prosperity. The whole country should be dancing at the end of dubya's eight years of war and pestulence.

Linked.

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Tom Talks Religion

Here's Tom Cruise talking about his Scientology religion. Scientology throw threats of lawsuits left and right so these videos may not be up long.



Here's the rest of the videos.

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And The Last Candidate Standing...

As I helped my daughter with some work tonight good ol' corporate NBC "News" star Brian Williams was giving the lowdown on the eternal Presidential campaign. Hillary and Giuliani were interviewed and got some nice face time, they played snippets of the Mitt, and Obama and McCain. I think I may have even seen a quick video of Fred the walking dead. John Edwards was not mentioned and neither was Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.
I'll support my Democratic candidate whoever that turns out to be. I just don't like this idea of my corporate mutant info-news deciding who's allowed and who's acceptable. I agree with Barry Crimmins, ALL the major candidates should be allowed into the debates. When they're not ALL the candidates should demand that they be included.

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And he said nothing

"..Whether Edwards has noticed or not, the media is sizing him up for burial next to Gravel and Kucnich. It measures the pine box when it discusses his 'under-financed presidential bid.' It pounds in a coffin nail with each reference to his 'flagging campaign.' One of these days it will lower him into the ground and throw dirt on him by deeming him no longer viable enough to participate in a debate. Who will speak for him then? Dennis Kucinich? Mike Gravel? Probably not, but even if they do, they won't be heard because the media never quotes anyone it has buried alive.."

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Double Video

I love this song, "It's A Dream" by Neil Young. This is the only YouTube version I can find. It's got a bonus though, it ends with a snippet of "Cripple Creek Ferry"



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Midday Vid

Rilo Kiley, "Silver Lining":



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Happy Birthday Martin

"I have a dream today."

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

-Martin Luther King, January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968

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The Wit And Wisdom Of "Bloody" Bill Kristol

From Tom Tomorrow: The wit, wisdom and insight of The New York Time's Newest cabin boy William "The Bloody" Kristol:



















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John Edwards Must Stay In The Race

From the Agonist:

Accounts of the Electoral Death of John Edwards Are Perhaps Premature

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Song To Say Goodbye

From Placebo:



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Mars, Bringer Of War

By Holst:



Via DWT.

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Oil $100 Barrel | Bush French Kisses Another Saudi

The 9-11 attackers were Saudi based. What's the price of oil, terrorist attacks, blood and death amongst kissin' buddies? Now how much of this money goes through Bushco cronies 80-90%? Follow the money.

Bush's first visit to the kingdom came as his administration notified Congress of its intent to sell $20 billion in weapons, including precision-guided bombs, to the Saudis.

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Dems For Mitt In Michigan

Funny.



"He's Rich, desperate, and lashing out like a drunken fratboy!"

Via Kos.

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A Comanche Moon Moment

I haven't had much chance to feed the Blog lately. Our oldest daughter and her "fiance" have moved in with us for a while. With all the people in the house it's hard to keep up with the news and play a bit of HALO(I beat it last night), much less get in Blogger mode. Here at work it's often a bit less hectic and I have moments to throw stuff up when I can.

















I started watching the Comanche Moon miniseries last night. It's nowhere near the level of the original Lonesome Dove but it has it's moments. The second part comes at 9:00pm Tuesday. Oh, and bloody dubya is STILL the worst President, EVER!

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A New Species?

This is funny.



From FranIAm via CandL.

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John Edwards | The Corporate Media Don't Like The Truth

John Edwards would make a great President. Our corporate "News" media doesn't want a great President, they want a safe, go along to get along guy(girl?) who will kiss their asses and the asses of the Republicans and Neo-cons who have brought this country to the brink of ruin. You know a "bi-partisan" kind of President who'll let bygones be bygones. F**k that! Get 'em John:



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Countdown: Bushed!

Keith Olbermann's report on all of the Bush scandals you may have forgotten about because of the latest Bush scandals...



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Not Pretty | But What A Game!

Well, well, well. These guys can play after all.












Kentucky's Ramel Bradley as the second OT runs down

Kentucky 79, Vanderbilt 73. Double overtime.

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Millions Of Super Cheap Cars

Just what the world needs is a $2,500.00 car from India.














Photo.

It says it gets 50 mpg. I'm still more encouraged by the compressed air car and the electric sports car.

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Heavy Rain | Heavy Horses

-It was a dark and stormy day-
Heavy rain here, off and on. This might be a fitting song. Jethro Tull, "Heavy Horses""

"Bring me a wheel of oaken wood,
a rein of polished leather
a heavy horse and a tumbling sky
brewing heavy weather."

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The Argument

I love this.



From tristero.

Update: Apparently this is Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray.

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151,000 Notches For Bloody Dubya?

151,000 Iraqis dead in three years after Bushco's invasion is the latest/best estimate. Of course this only covers March 2003 through June 2006 and it doesn't cover the US dead from dubya's folly. I wonder how and if my country will be better after the war criminals leave office?

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Study: 151,000 Iraqis died in 3 years after U.S. invasion

About 151,000 Iraqis died from violence in the three years after the United States invaded, concludes the best effort yet to count deaths — one that still may not settle the fierce debate over the war's true toll on civilians and others.
The estimate comes from projections by the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government, based on door-to-door surveys of nearly 10,000 households. Experts called it the largest and most scientific study of the Iraqi death toll since the war began.

Its bottom line is far lower than the 600,000 deaths reported in an earlier study but higher than numbers from other groups tracking the count.

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First Freedom | Question For The Candidates

Actors James Whitmore and Jack Klugman have questions for the candidates. What's yours?





More.

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Health Care Rankings | France Is Tops, U.S. Is Last

Surprise(Not)! In health care for their citizens the U.S. is 37th, just behind Dominica and Costa Rica. Amazing isn't it? France, Japan and Australia rated best.

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"..If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of those top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the United States per year, according to researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs.."
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For The Ron Paul Fans

Memling talks about the Ron Paul fanatics.

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"..Let me add, just for the record...
I have no big problem with Paul himself. Yes, he’s a loon in a “the-U.N.-is-conspiring-to-sap-us-of-our-purity-of essence” kind of way, but other than that he seems like a nice enough guy. Even a lefty like myself can appreciate his performances in the Republican debates.

His supporters, on the other hand, appear in need of a long group therapy session and a truckload of Paxil.."

Link.

What do you think of Ron Paul? Here's his positions on the issues.

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Five Dangerous Things

Gever Tulley: Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do.



Linked.

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Midday Video

Echo And The Bunnymen, "Bring On The Dancing Horses"



(Check out the eighties hair).

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Lexington | World Class Auto Superstore Sucks

Just a reminder for anyone within reading distance of this Blog(worldwide?). DO NOT venture into the hellhole of World Class Auto Super(jerks) store near Lexington Kentucky. You will regret it, your children will regret it, their children will hear stories about it. If you look up the words low class crooks. You'll find their pictures. Avoid them for they are highway robbers. You have been warned.
















I don't think this guy works there but he's probably a saint compared to their guys.

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The American Version Of The Story

Regarding the story about the Iraqi soldier accused of firing on and killing the US soldiers. There's a version going through the Mid Eastern press that's not being included in the US version(surprise!):

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"..The reports are that during searching the woman's house the Americans assaulted her and when she was on the ground started to kick. The soldier who is named Caesar Saadi Al-Jibouri asked them to stop beating her and when via interpreter they refused saying that could do as they wished he went to one of the patrol vehicles and opened fire.."

"..the Iraqi soldier’s name identifies him as a member of one of the tribes involved in the “awakening” (that oh so successful Petraeus surge tactic of paying $300 per month to members of Sunni tribes to fight on the American occupation side).."

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Conversation | A Film About First Impressions

Here's looking at you. From Current..
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What do you think you look like? And what do others think of you? A film about first impressions from artists Lenka Clayton and James Price.



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CITGO, Venezuela Distribute Oil To U.S. Services

I can hear lots of Wingnut heads exploding over this one.

Joe Kennedy Program Delivers To Hordes Of NYC Qualified Residents
Provides 112 Million Gallons Of Fuel To Social Services In 23 States

NEW YORK (CBS) ―
For scores of low-income families it will be like the equivalent of winning a small lottery jackpot. A program run by former Congressman Joe Kennedy will deliver free heating oil – donated by Citgo and the Chavez regime in Venezuela – to some 200,000 households. CBS 2 takes a look at how the program works, and who qualifies...

..According to CITGO, The CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program will provide an estimated 112 million gallons of fuel this winter to be distributed in more than 224,000 households and 250 social service providers in 23 states. These totals include the CITGO-Venezuela Tribal Heating Oil Program..

Link, Link.
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Conservi-toid Sean Hannity Chased By Ron Paul Supporters

This is funny! Ron Paul supporters chasing Faux News agent Sean Hannity through the town.



Chant along: FOX NEWS SUCKS! FOX NEWS SUCKS!
Hilarious!

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Poem | Long Afternoons

"..Evening papers brought disturbing news,
but nothing happened, no one hurried.
There was no one in the windows, you weren't there;
even nuns seemed ashamed of their lives.

Those were the long afternoons when poetry vanished
and I was left with the city's opaque demon,
like a poor traveller stranded outside the Gare du Nord
with his bulging suitcase wrapped in twine
and September's black rain falling.

Oh, tell me how to cure myself of irony, the gaze
that sees but doesn't penetrate; tell me how to cure myself
of silence.."

From Adam Zagajewski's Long Afternoons

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Bill Moyers Interviews Dennis Kucinich

ABC has excluded Dennis Kucinich from their Democratic debate which is ridiculous. Here's Bill Moyers interview with Congressman Kucinich from last night.



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Countdown's Worst Person In The World

An unholy trio this week. It's Billbo "Fallafel", Giuliani and Roger "Wingnut" Ailes.



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Lakota Sioux's New Tribal Nation

You know this might just work if they'd snap up all of South Dakota and not just part of it. Here's more-with a map.
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"..Lakota Oyate, a Native American activist group that just a couple of weeks ago declared the sovereignty of Lakota Sioux land in the north-central U.S., has issued a map outlining the newly free and independent nation of Lakota. .."

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NAS | Science, Evolution, and Creationism

The National Academy of Sciences has a free download available of it's new books "Science, Evolution, and Creationism".

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"..In the book Science, Evolution, and Creationism, a group of experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine explain the fundamental methods of science, document the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, and evaluate the alternative perspectives offered by advocates of various kinds of creationism, including "intelligent design." The book explores the many fascinating inquiries being pursued that put the science of evolution to work in preventing and treating human disease, developing new agricultural products, and fostering industrial innovations. The book also presents the scientific and legal reasons for not teaching creationist ideas in public school science classes.."

Found at Panda's Thumb.

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Red Ink Dubya To "Stimulate" Economy

UHOH! Looks like Bushco cronies will be getting more economic love this year! I guess war-profiteering, corporate welfare and price fixing just aren't getting that money higher and higher enough. I'm sure he'll Iraqitize and Katrinatize that thar economy even more than he has.

Bush ponders giving economy boost

WASHINGTON --Amid new worries about a possible recession, the housing slump and rising oil prices, President Bush is exploring an economic stimulus package to reinforce the U.S. economy.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday that Bush is closely monitoring economic trends and is seeking suggestions from his economic advisers on the pros and cons of such a package.

"The president has indicated that he will not make up his mind as to whether or not to lay out a package until the State of the Union," Perino said about the president's speech on Jan. 28. "Our economic policy is like our military policy. It is based on conditions on the ground, and the president listens to advice from his economic advisers."

Link.

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And The Winner Is...Obama!

Here's the victory speech:



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Midday Video

Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hand":



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Justice Department Opens Criminal probe over destroyed CIA torture tapes

Now this is a Justice Department!

The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation Wednesday into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged probe in the hands of a mob-busting public corruption prosecutor with a reputation for being independent.

Link, link.

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The Night Before Iowa

On the night before the Iowa votes how does your views match up with the candidates? Take this short quiz to find out.

From David Swanson's great article Death By Election:

"..In early January, the peace movement will announce a series of major actions in March 2008. Resistance to the new American policy of torture is planned for January 11: (Witnesstorture.org) A growing list of members of the House Judiciary Committee is pushing for hearings to begin in January on Dick Cheney's impeachment: (Impeachcheney.org) On January 26, we can join the world for World Social Forum events: (wsf2008.net) On January 31, we can all help end global warming: (Nationalteachin.php) On February 15, we can demand an end to the occupation of Iraq: (iraqmoratorium.org) By the time March comes around, we can build the activist culture needed to revive a democracy that is wilting under the heat of election madness.."

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The New Year's First Video

Two Gallants: "Despite What You've Been Told".



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Rose Parade Protesters

Protesters following up the Rose Parade in California carry a giant copy of the constitution and impeach Bush/Cheney signs.


Sounds good to me. Are you watching Nancy "Wimpy" Pelosi? High crimes and misdemeanors and impeach Cheney first!
Linked.

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Chris Dodd's New Year's Message To The "Blogosphere"

If it hadn't been for Chris Dodd and the "Netroots" Bushco and Harry Reid would have slammed through that horrible telecom bill in December.



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The Golden Monkeyfist Awards

Thanks to Skippy here's Monkeyfister's 2007 Golden Monkeyfist Awards:

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