Palin pops the literary pooper Nov. 17th, but a ghostly midwife will probably fade into the background. 400 pages in 4 months? Really? Sarah Palin finishes 400-page memoir, 'Going Rogue,' to be released Nov. 17 — chicagotribune.com Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to…
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/QJ-CqT5orEI" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] This card was waiting for me when I got home – THANKS, DEBBIE!!! I love it! It was a really early start – I had to be in the office by 7am as I’d switched shifts with someone. And it was my birthday, and it was my day to keep an eye on queues and emails, but of course we were short 2 agents and we had lots of calls, so forget keeping and eye on emails and queues. In the middle of all the chaos, some pretty flowers arrived at my desk, courtesy…
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I just used their website to highlight the “Max Tax” story for several reporters, including David Brancacchio of NPR’s Marketplace. Emptywheel » MaxTax Is a Plan to Use Our Taxes to Reward Wal-Mart for Keeping Its Workers in Poverty Sent via The Spotlight Project
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How “hundreds of thousands” became “tens of thousands” in Washington today. This just in: Bring Reagan Back Now!! (Not That Bush Guy, Apparently).Anti-Government Demonstration Draws Tens of Thousands to D.C. – washingtonpost.com A loud, rambunctious crowd gathered at the foot of the Capitol. Invocations of God and former President Reagan by the speakers got loud cheers, echoing across the Mall. On an overcast and windy afternoon, hundreds of yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flags flapped in the breeze, mingled with U.S. and Texas state flags. “We own the dome,” the crowd chanted loudly, pointing at the Capitol. Most signs were…
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It’s become a confederation of sovereign dunces, fantasizing about forming their own free state and cheering for their media champions, and regurgitating their hysterical screeds, from couches and basements across America. Progressive blog One Utah has been getting a lot of comments on their recent post, “The right has truly gone insaneâ€. Predictably, there’s some crazy stuff to investigate. I’ll look at just one from a contrarian commenter, in a laundry list of statements about Obama administration “czars” (such as FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd) that need a little scrutiny. Science Czar John Holdren has written extensively about forced…
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A video shown to Utah elementary students urges them to pledge allegiance to the united funk of funkadelica. Typical wingnuttery ensues. Parents upset over ‘leftist propaganda’ video – Salt Lake Tribune Gayle Ruzicka, president of conservative Utah Eagle Forum, said the video was blatantly political. She said other offensive pledges included, “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” “I pledge allegiance to the funk, to the united funk of funkadelica,” and pledges to not use plastic grocery bags and not flush the toilet after urinating. “It’s very inappropriate to show a radical, leftist propaganda piece that political to…
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David Horsey’s political cartoon on the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy is excellent. His blog post goes on to say: Ted Kennedy’s very personal funeral pageant So many of the personal reflections about Sen. Kennedy were similar tales about his dedication to family and friends. It made me resolve to be a more attentive friend — to make the phone calls and send the notes and be present in tough times the way Kennedy apparently was. All these testimonials were verification that the senator’s abundant personal empathy is what inspired his liberalism and infused his public life. One interview after…
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They made sure so many things we take for granted came to be. Think how much better off we would be if corporations and lobbying groups had their way… and shudder. Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » What Socialist Liberals and Bad Evil Government Have Foisted on America 1. 40-hour work week. 2. Paid vacation. 3. Overtime. 4. Unions. 5. Highways. 6. The internet. 7. Clean Air Act. 8. Superfund. 9. School loans and grants. 10. Food and drug inspection. (Okay, it’ll take a while to get back to normal.) 11. Medical and drug research. 12. Public education. 13. Moon…
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@pourmecoffee Of course we knew crap like this went down. But nobody said a word until they could publish their tell-alls. Tom Ridge on National Security After 9/11 – Washington Whispers (usnews.com) Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was “blindsided” by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something…
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I keep finding interesting little factnuggets at Progressive Punch. After the Dems won control of Congress, my Congresscritter Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL8, a former Repub district) still sided with the Bush administration on contingency plans for a possible military operation in Iran in in 2007. ProgressivePunch : War & Peace—Relations with Iran / Bean, Melissa WHAT: All issues : War & Peace : Relations with Iran WHO: All members : IL, District 8 : Bean, Melissa Click below to see the vote description. WAR & PEACE—Relations with Iran Roll Call 364. Fiscal 2008 Defense authorization (H.R. 1585); Rep. Robert Andrews…