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AMERICAblog News: RNC Christmas greeting omits word "Christmas" - http://www.americablog.com/2009...
"No mention of the word "Christmas." Why does the GOP hate Christmas?"
- Darryl
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The GOP's big health care 'blunder' - THE WEEK - http://www.theweek.com/article...
"With Obama on the cusp of a historic health care victory, some Republicans are grumbling about a missed opportunity"
- Darryl
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Another Left-Right Convergence - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009...
Rob Haas, Steven Perez, Andrew C and Victor Ganata liked this
"I'm sorry, but debating the kill-billers on the policy merits of their position has become a bit like debating the global warming denialists. The denalists operate by picking and choosing which evidence they cite and what arguments they respond to. Sometimes, they raise fairly good points or expose legitimately sloppy work on behalf of "consensus" scientists. Sometimes, they are being contrarian for contrarianism's sake. And sometimes, they're just throwing a bunch of sh*t at the wall and seeing what sticks, hoping that the underlying truth or lack thereof is lost in the fog of debate."
- Darryl
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When economist's / statistician's lead commentary with obvious partisan shots at topics that are not related to the topic at hand. Wise consumers should take pause. A fundamental truth of a mature market economy, is that you should sell when others are buying and you should buy when others are selling. The underlying fun damn mentals are irrelevant.
- Eric Logan
The Senate Bill Saves Families Money - Kaiser Health News - http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Columns...
WarLord liked this
"One way to answer this question is by comparing how a typical family would fare with reform and without. At my request, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber produced a set of figures, based on official Congressional Budget Office estimates. The results tell a pretty compelling story, particularly when put in human terms."
- Darryl
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German Reporter To Senator Inhofe: “You’re Ridiculous” | The Plum Line - http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/climate...
Rob Haas liked this
"A reporter asked: “If there’s a hoax, then who’s putting on this hoax, and what’s the motive?” “It started in the United Nations,” Inhofe said, “and the ones in the United States who really grab ahold of this is the Hollywood elite.” One reporter asked Inhofe if he was referring to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Another reporter — this one from Der Spiegel — told the senator: “You’re ridiculous.”"
- Darryl
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Think Progress » Following TP report, Sarah Palin is booted from her scheduled speech at a Canadian hospital fundraiser. - http://thinkprogress.org/2009...
anna sauce and Mark Layton liked this
"ThinkProgress was the first to report that the event seemed odd given the fact that the hospital — which offers the same advanced directive service that Palin derided as “death panels” — is part of a “socialist” health care system Palin abhors."
- Darryl
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I live where she was supposed to speak ... "not a lot of love was being shown "
- johnpiercy
ACORN wins injunction against Congress, and Glenn Beck defenders are forced to apologize to COC for their race-baiting lies | Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/john-am...
Andrew C, Steven Perez, Mathew™ one of a kind and Admiral Anika liked this
"You can always count on Congress to do the wrong thing when conservative hissy fits come into play, but at least a judge saw the light."
- Darryl
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Gatorade Tiger Discontinued, Not Tied To Events: Company - CNBC - http://www.cnbc.com/id...
"Gatorade officials confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday afternoon that its subline “Gatorade Tiger Focus” will be discontinued."
- Darryl
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MO Republican Charged With Assaulting Lover Who Didn't Use "Safe Word" | Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/logan-m...
rowlikeagirl, Admiral Anika, Itachi and Christopher Chung liked this
"The safe word was allegedly "green balloons." The next day, Jetton allegedly told the victim: "You should have said green balloons.""
- Darryl
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So your answer to the assault charges that have Republicans up in arms is to say you like a little light BDSM?
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
YouTube - Fox News Anchor Asks if Nelson Amendment Will Lead to More 'Low-Income Babies' - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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rowlikeagirl, Mark "DerBingle" J, Anna Haro and 2 other people liked this
Nuh-uh....
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Yeah! What's the deal with all these poor babies around here! Someone should do something! [/crazy]
- Steven Perez
Babies have income??? they get paid??
- Roberto Bonini
I am guessing most babies are low income -- mine were anyway.
- Brian Sullivan
Boy, there's a tea-bagger dichotomy: support abortion or support poor babies....
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Sometimes I wonder if those people have souls
- Darryl
Quit wondering Darryl, they don't :P
- Rene Wirtz
I often wonder if the people reading the scripts on the various "news" stations have to practice a few times so as to not burst out laughing on camera.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
It's about time we had an income threshold for newborns, DAMMIT! (Doh!)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Careful, Mr. Jepsen. We'll see a push for an entitlement program to give every newborn a trust-fund with that kind of thinking....
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
What's going to happen to young white actors when Morgan Freeman is no longer around to usher them into Serious Drama? #nextblackactormoses
Alix Whitmire, Kol Tregaskes, Michael R. Bernstein and 25 other people liked this
Also brought up is a corollary to this: Who will play God once Freeman is gone?
- Admiral Anika
So far Cuba Gooding Jr. has been floated by I don't think so.
- Admiral Anika
I've suggested Ving Rhames. He could probably pull it off. Right now we're talking Ice-T and the possibility of him playing God.
- Admiral Anika
Lawrence Fishburne?
- Andrew C
Samuel L Jackson?
- Andrew C
Two words: Don Cheadle
- Bren -- feeling merry
from iPhone
We discussed and discarded Jackson. Fishburne and Cheadle are good.
- Admiral Anika
Maybe the lives of young white actors will become empty and meaningless in Freeman's absence.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Come on...they need a Uncle Remus. This is serious business. I lay awake nights thinking about this. Freeman is like 543 years old now.
- Admiral Anika
I wonder if there's an Acting Constitution that discusses this. Say. Ossie Davis was prepping Morgan Freeman. That would mean that Freeman probably has chosen his understudy. Then in like 30 years, it'll be Mehki Phifer.
- Admiral Anika
Mike Rowe in black face? He does everything now.
- SAM
Alanis Morissette (from "Dogma")
- Joe Silence is not Santa
*runs away fast*
- Joe Silence is not Santa
I like Mehki Phifer... he had a little bit of the white guy under his wing thing going in 8 mile.
- SAM
Oh, that guy in the Allstate ads could do it. Unfortunately, everything I've seen him in he's played a not nice guy.
- Admiral Anika
Denzel was pretty harsh with his last protege in Training Day to get the title as well.
- SAM
He was a super nice guy in The Unit...what do you mean, Anika?
- Alex Scoble
Kadeem Hardison
- Louis Gray
Haysbert was the President in 24!
- Andrew C
Wow, we've gone this long without even jokingly nominating Will Smith.
- Andrew C
Alex????
- Admiral Anika
Yes?
- Alex Scoble
You asked me what do I mean? About?
- Admiral Anika
I think Alex means he's wondering what you meant about Dennis Haysbert, the Allstate guy.
- Andrew C
Plus, isn't he a nice guy in those Allstate ads?
- Andrew C
I didn't know his name, but don't get the question. I haven't seen The Unit (never heard of it) or 24, so everything I've seen him in he's played a not-nice guy. =)
- Admiral Anika
Lance Reddick or Clarke Peters?
- Adrian
Anika the "Allstate Guy" was the POTUS in "24" for years! He even got an action bit after he was no longer POTUS on the show.
- Adrian
Oh wait, someone pointed it out already, sorry.
- Adrian
DUDE! I've never seen 24! You know this, man.
- Admiral Anika
Googling Adrian's weirdo suggestions.
- Admiral Anika
LOL Adrian just told me (kinda) who Clark Peters is. He said, "He's like a black Yoda." *dead*
- Admiral Anika
I will continue to say... KADEEM HARDISON
- Louis Gray
The dude from the Unit. Love that voice.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
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Danny Glover is about due for a comeback.
- Rob Haas
Ah, Danny Glover would be a good choice, but he's been making these straight-to-video comedies lately.
- Admiral Anika
Bwah! How late am I to this? I don't care. *dead at the hashtag*
- Ayşe E.
Tyler Perry
- Darryl
*shoots laser beams at Darryl*
- Admiral Anika
I think Whoopi Goldberg wants the part.
- Call me Bronco
What the..."breathes funny"? :|
- Admiral Anika
Will Smith still looks too young. I'm going with Morpheus or the Allstate guy. Danny Glover doesn't seem right and Kadeem...still seems too young....
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Thank you, Rahsheen for getting it.
- Admiral Anika
Is Forrest Whitaker out of the question?
- Call me Bronco
Lou Gossett Jr
- Rodfather
Prince.
- Derrick
LOL Derrick.
- Call me Bronco
24.Potus and The Unit: you are talking about Dennis Haysbert and I think he is definitely the winner to play God in flesh and voice when MF calls it quits. Actually the actor that had all the voice of God parts was James Earl Jones. Freeman is second fiddle to him.
- Karma Martell
Here's Clarke Peters, watch this through: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Adrian
Iron Eagle!
- Rodfather
Chris Tucker
- Darryl
What about Candyman? He's getting older. Tony Todd
- Rodfather
Michael Clarke Duncan?
- Steve
Hrm....forgot about Candyman. Him and the Allstate dude have great voices. I'm putting them up there next to Morpheus. Is Lou Gossett still knocking around somewhere? Haven't seen him in a minute.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Oooh, that Braugher guy is a good suggestion.
- Admiral Anika
As, I ignore the predictable jokey suggestions, I want to thank you all for not suggesting Bill Cosby, joking or not.
- Admiral Anika
Avery Brooks.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Isaac Hayes.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Aw crap. Isaac Hayes died last year? Dammit.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Palin's Bus Hoax - The Daily Beast - http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...
rowlikeagirl liked this
"On her book tour, Sarah Barracuda pretends to be one of the people. But she's really winging across the country on a private jet."
- Darryl
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Palin Tricked By Comedian Again, Says Canada Should Drop Public Health Care (VIDEO) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
""Keep the faith" Palin said, "because common sense conservatism can be plugged in there in Canada too. In fact, Canada needs to reform its health care system and let the private sector take over some of what the government has absorbed.""
- Darryl
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» REPORT: At Least 40 GOP Lawmakers Fail The ‘Purity Test’ - http://thinkprogress.org/2009...
Rob Haas liked this
"Yesterday, Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp unveiled a resolution to deny funding of candidates who do not uphold right-wing conservative values. The resolution, termed a “purity test,” is being touted as a mechanism for actually avoiding the party schism that occurred in the NY-23 special election, when the Republican Party nominated a moderate who violated several of the resolution dictates."
- Darryl
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That salute will go nicely with the goose-step as they go marching into the next convention.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
From the outside, it already appears as if the Republican legislators march in lockstep. How much "purer" can they get?
- Andrew C
marching into permanent minority status as a southern regional party. Just enough power to obstruct...
- WarLord
All them good ole boys are gonna be pissed that they have to stop sleeping around on their wives....
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
"Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday."
- Darryl
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RNC insurance plan covers abortion - http://www.politico.com/news...
ProsePetals (aka Denise), Christopher Chung, Admiral Anika and Uncle CW™ liked this
"The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
- Darryl
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The GOP/conservative stance on choice is all just empty utopian moralizing. Not practical, real-life policy.
- Christopher Chung
VIDEO: South Park Mocks Glenn Beck’s Attacks On President Obama | News One - http://newsone.com/nation...
"The South Park team took on the Beck phenomenon – complete with asking questions, accusations of socialism and a massive multi-platform media takeover."
- Darryl
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How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop - Nidal malik hasan - http://gawker.com/5401562...
Steven Perez, Sean McBride and ProsePetals (aka Denise) liked this
"ABC News' Brian Ross has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories that don't live up to the headline. His scoop yesterday about Nidal Malik Hasan's "attempt to reach out to al Qaeda" was one of them."
- Darryl
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The outrageous assaults on responsible journalism by the mainstream media just keep on coming, without let up. And most of these outrages and exercises in deceitful propaganda seem to be motivated by the neoconservative agenda to get on with and expand World War IV.
- Sean McBride
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... "False Iraq-US Anthrax scare reports: Brian Ross has been criticized by Glenn Greenwald and others for a series of stories which linked Iraq and the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States. These reports were based upon anonymous "high level" sources and were both denied by the Administration and subsequently...
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- Sean McBride
With regard to the 9/11 anthrax attacks, which were an inside job: was Brian Ross a witting participant in a false flag op to whip up public hysteria for invading Iraq?
- Sean McBride
Tampa police: Marine reservist attacked Greek priest he mistook for terrorist - St. Petersburg Times - http://www.tampabay.com/news...
Mark Layton, ProsePetals (aka Denise), Andrew C and 2 other people liked this
"A Marine reservist armed with a tire iron beat and chased a man he thought was an Arab terrorist and even called 911 to say he was detaining the man, police said."
- Darryl
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You know...I'm not shocked this isn't an Onion headline.
- Admiral Anika
The Marine reservist looks about as dumb as a box of rocks - and I think he's too beefed out on testosterone for his little boy modeling gig to know that he is simply redneck stupid and giving Florida AND the Marines a very bad name.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Op-Ed Columnist - Paranoia Strikes Deep - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
rowlikeagirl and Rene Wirtz liked this
"Last Thursday there was a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to protest pending health care legislation, featuring the kinds of things we’ve grown accustomed to, including large signs showing piles of bodies at Dachau with the caption “National Socialist Healthcare.” It was grotesque — and it was also ominous. For what we may be seeing is America starting to be Californiafied."
- Darryl
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I'm not a huge Krugman follower, but what he says in this op-ed makes a lot of sense.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Think Progress » Former McCain adviser nervous about moving into the individual health insurance market he once touted. - http://thinkprogress.org/2009...
Dante Rose Pleiades, ProsePetals (aka Denise) and rowlikeagirl liked this
"Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a senior policy adviser to Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign, “remains unemployed — and his COBRA health coverage is running out,” the Washington Post reports. “Irony of ironies, it gets worse. Holtz-Eakin, who is about to start shopping for insurance on the individual market, is 51. And he has one of those pesky ‘preexisting conditions’ that insurance companies often cite in denying coverage”"
- Darryl
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Well, I don't necessarily "Like" this, as this man does have a health problem, and I don't wish that on anyone. Just "Liking" the link to the story.
- rowlikeagirl
I probably should not find this as amusing as I do.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
As the commenters there say, he probably can afford a plan, but it's likely he'd get refused by every insurer. And I dunno, he's a lot more culpable for his insurance situation than most people are for theirs. I don't blame him for his pre-existing condition, whatever it is, but he definitely had a role in pushing back against any kind of public option.
- Andrew C
I assume he'll stick to his principles and not sign up for the public option should it be passed.
- Andrew C
Future of GOP and moderate Republicans uncertain - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
ProsePetals (aka Denise), VinonaGroupServicesUSA and Admiral Anika liked this
"In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race — forced by a rising conservative upstart — renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?"
- Darryl
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ABC News Poll: More Americans Prefer Public Option to Bipartisan Bill - http://blogs.abcnews.com/politic...
Mark Layton liked this
"Fifty one percent said they preferred the public option; 37 percent said they preferred a bill with some support from Republicans in Congress. Six percent said neither and seven percent expressed no opinion."
- Darryl
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Fox News Poll: Most Blame Bush for Economy - http://washingtonindependent.com/65841...
ProsePetals (aka Denise) and Itachi liked this
"Here’s a somewhat surprising result from the new Fox News poll. Asked which president is “more responsible for the current state of the economy,” only 18 percent say President Obama. Fifty-eight percent say former President George W. Bush. Nine percent blame both of them. Republicans are the only subgroup of voters who blame Obama, and only by a six-point margin of 35 percent to 29 percent."
- Darryl
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Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Against 'Demonic' Halloween Candy - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
""During this period demons are assigned against those who participate in the rituals and festivities. These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.""
- Darryl
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An Odd Response from Palin -- Political Wire - http://politicalwire.com/archive...
ProsePetals (aka Denise), Rene Wirtz and rowlikeagirl liked this
"A Political Wire reader who noted Sarah Palin's attack on Levi Johnston yesterday -- "those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention" -- points us to a video clip of Palin in a beauty contest swimsuit competition."
- Darryl
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Ouch! Damn the internet and its readily available information of stuff that should have been swept under the carpet or in a closet.
- Rene Wirtz
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