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• Question of the Day

  So the holidays are beginning, creeping in like the cold under the door from the back door where the weather-seal leaks... or if you're watching the Hallmark Channel, they've been pummeling you like a kick-boxer on crack. We're starting -- at least here in the United States -- with Thanksgiving' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

• The Right to Arm Trees

  Former Vice President Al Gore visits SNL.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:23am EST
  

• Krugman: Don't Stop Now

  Paul Krugman warns that now is not the time for timidity in rescuing the economy.Most economists I talk to believe that the big risk to recovery comes from the inadequacy of government efforts: the stimulus was too small, and it will fade out next year, while high unemployment is [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:01am EST
  

• Celebrity Cruises

  Remember the GOP mantra during the 2008 campaign about Barack Obama being nothing but a "celebrity"? They laid into his tour of Iraq and Europe and mocked his speech in Berlin as nothing more than a rock-star appearance. We have serious problems, we were told, and they can't be solve' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:05am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Iran stages war games to keep nuclear inspectors out.
  
  Remember the Mainers -- Democrats try to rope in Collins and Snowe on the healthcare bill.
  
  Pay up -- The debt the U.S. owes is coming due.
  
  Foreclosures happen to renters, too. (No kidding.)
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:07am EST
  

• Sunday Night TV

  Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1964)
  
  
  This was one of Disney's many iterations of its Sunday night staple that ran from 1954 to 1990. I remember watching this ... in black and white. [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:42pm EST
  

• Irony of the Day

  Jack Kelley, a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade in Toledo, and the poor man's William Kristol, is railing against President Obama's "vendetta" against the Bush administration.Former Justice Department official Shannen Coffin thinks the real reason for a civilian trial is that President Obama hopes KSM and [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:51am EST
  

• November 22, 1963

  Friday, November 22, 1963. I was in the sixth grade in Toledo, Ohio. I had to skip Phys Ed because I was just getting over bronchitis, so I was in a study hall when a classmate came up from the locker room in the school basement to [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:12am EST
  

• Sunday Reading

  Glenn Beck goes for the William Jennings Bryan model, complete with Chautauqua-style revivals and book sales.Glenn Beck, the popular and outspoken Fox News host, says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions and start rallying his political base — formerly known as his audience — to take action.
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:11am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Onward to the debate: The healthcare bill got the 60 votes it needs to begin talking about it.
  
  The death toll in the Chinese coal mine explosion is at 87.
  
  A ferry boat sank in Indonesia with 242 aboard.
  
  The U.S. and Mexico [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:54am EST
  

• Wings Over Miami

  
  The Florida car show season kicks off today with the second annual Wings Over Miami show at the Wings Over Miami Air Museum at Tamiami Airport today, so if you're out and about and want to see some cool antique cars and airplanes, head' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:42am EST
  

• Nanny Statement

  Some conservative Christian denominations have issued a proclamation: we're sniveling busybodies and we're ready to prove it.Conservative Christian leaders unveiled a declaration Friday calling on Christians not to comply with rules and laws forcing them to accept abortion, same-sex marriage and other ideals that go against their religious doctrines.
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:54am EST
  

• Short Takes

  An explosion in a mine in China has killed a number of people.
  
  It's working -- a consensus of economists say the stimulus is showing signs of success.
  
  Eye on the middle -- the conservative Democrats hold the future of the healthcare bill.
  
  If [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:23am EST
  

• The Terrible Shock of Reality

  Steve Benen examines the foolish inconsistency of the right-wing outrage over the plans to put terrorists on trial in civilian courts.In 2002, the Bush Justice Department put Zacarias Moussaoui, an al Qaeda terrorist often referred to as the "20th 9/11 hijacker," on trial in a federal court near D.C. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:21am EST
  

• Jon Stewart and Lou Dobbs

  Jon Stewart once again proves that he is the best interviewer on television as he talks to Lou Dobbs.
  
  Part 1:
  
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cExclusive - Lou Dobbs Extended Interview Pt. 1www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical Humor[...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:20am EST
  

• Short Takes

  A suicide bomber killed 16 in Pakistan. It was the sixth bombing in two weeks.
  
  640,000 jobs created by the stimulus? Really?
  
  The healthcare bill will face its first vote in the Senate on Saturday.
  
  The Pentagon will look into the Fort Hood [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:44am EST
  

• Friday Blogaround

  Here's the week as seen by the LC.- A Blog Around The Clock: Greek temples align with the stars?
  - archy: block that metaphor!
  - Bark Bark Woof Woof: it's an honor.
  - Bloggg: Moi takes exception to the mammogram suggestion.
  - Dohiyi Mir: [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00am EST
  

• Friday Catblogging Classic

  Good thing it's the dry season....
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00am EST
  

• Classic Thursday Night TV

  Barney Miller
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:09pm EST
  

• Actual Headline

  Someone over at the Toledo Blade needs to do better proofreading.Finkbeiner staffers gets wine flu vaccinationWith a titillating bouquet, it's an impudent little virus without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumptuousness. Shall I have the steward bring you a full vial?
  
  For those [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:33am EST
  

• On This Date

  November 19, 1863 -- President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of a cemetery in Pennsylvania.Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  
  Now we are [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:07am EST
  

• Judge Not

  President Obama said that he expects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others to be convicted and executed.In an interview with NBC News, Obama said those offended by the legal privileges given to Mohammed by virtue of getting a civilian trial rather than a military tribunal won't find it "offensive'" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:24am EST
  

• In the Long Term

  The Stupak/Pitts amendment to the House version of healthcare reform was supposedly inserted to prevent public funds from paying for elective abortions; a backstop for the Hyde amendment that's been on the books since 1976. But a study by the George Washington University School of Public Health and [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:11am EST
  

• What We'll Remember

  Ezra Klein of the Washington Post has a first look at what is in the Senate's version of the healthcare bill.The numbers came first. The Senate bill, we now know, costs a smidge under $850 billion during its first 10 years, cuts the deficit by $127 billion, and covers' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:31am EST
  

• That's the Ticket

  Sarah Palin joked (apparently) that she might run in 2012 with Glenn Beck."I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be in a position to really even seriously consider running for anything in the future, and I'm not there yet," Palin told Newsmax. "But'" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:14am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for his second term as president in Afghanistan.
  
  Knock it off -- President Obama is stern to North Korea and Iran about nukes.
  
  Drumroll, please -- The Senate unveils its healthcare bill: it's under $900 billion, it covers 94%, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:00am EST
  

• It's An Honor

  A lot of pixels have been wasted on President Obama bowing to Japan's Emperor Akihito last week. The right wing fulminated that the president was being subservient to him, which they say is something an American president should never do, and ignored the history of presidents from Eisenhower to' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• A First in Broward County

  Ken Keechl has become Broward County's first openly gay mayor.The seat held by Josephus Eggelletion before his arrest almost two months ago remained empty as commissioners chose Keechl to succeed Stacy Ritter in the largely ceremonial post.
  
  Keechl vowed to work closely with a task force to draft [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:21am EST
  

• Rubio vs. Reagan

  Marco Rubio, running for the Senate from Florida, beats up on Ronald Reagan for being nice to immigrants.In 1986 Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 3 million people. You know what happened, in addition to becoming 11 million a decade later? There were people trying to enter the country legally, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  Andrew Sullivan:The only reason we even know about Sarah Palin is John McCain.
  
  He picked her so carelessly, and his thought process was so cynical, that he should stand in the dock of public opinion before Palin does. Her vanity led her to say yes to his crazy [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:37am EST
  

• Hold That Pose

  I may not agree with any of Sarah Palin's views on the issues, and I think the chances of her becoming president are on a par with the Earth being assimilated by the Borg, but regardless of my views or whether or not she's a serious [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:45am EST
  

• Short Takes

  President Obama avoids politics in China.
  
  Unsettling -- The US is not happy with Israel's plan for new settlements in Jerusalem.
  
  Three Democrats hold the future of the healthcare bill.
  
  Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), though, is optimistic about the bill's ability to get [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:20am EST
  

• You Are Here

  Some people need to find their way...
  
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  HT to CLW. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:41am EST
  

• That Bites

  When they say the fish are biting in West Palm Beach, they aren't kidding.A boy fishing last month in a pond near his condo complex, at Arabian Road and Lake Arbor Drive, pulled from the water not the bass or catfish he was used to but a writhing, red-bellied' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:33pm EST
  

• Hate To Disappoint You

  A group of conservative Christian ministers showed up in Washington, D.C. to protest against the new hate-crimes bill that was recently passed by Congress and to see if they could get arrested for denouncing homosexuality in public.Anything other than sex "between a male and his wedded wife," announced the [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:27am EST
  

• Butch Assurance

  UPDATED
  
  Mark Shields thinks we need a "manly man" in the White House.We have a president of real intellectual horse power who is cool, detached and analytical and if anything you can watch the emotional side of him emerge in this whole process. … There’s an emotional aspect, [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:48am EST
  

• Scaremongering

  It's not often that I get a chance to agree with some hard-core conservatives, but when they're right about something, I don't have a problem with it.Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist, president of Americans' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 4:05am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Is Iran hiding more nuclear plants?
  
  Iraq is still shaky.
  
  President Obama meets President Hu.
  
  Atlantis heads for the space station with a lot of spare parts.
  
  GM lost money last quarter, but not as much as before.
  
  The Washington [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:00am EST
  

• Brace Yourself

  I don't know if you've heard, but apparently Sarah Palin has a book coming out sometime soon and she's going to be on TV to promote it. David Brooks is not impressed.She's a joke. I mean, I just can't take her seriously. We've got serious problems in the country. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:23am EST
  

• Shorter Ross Douthat

  It would be great for the Republicans if unemployment is still high next year. Not that I'm rooting for that.No, of course not.' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:13am EST
  

• Bow Wow

  President Obama is in Asia this week trying to rebuild relations with countries that hold a lot of our debt and who have a large influence on our economy and diplomatic relations with countries who are on the verge of becoming nuclear powers... and the only thing the right-wing [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:31am EST
  

• Cheney 2012

  Apparently Liz Cheney seriously thinks that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, could run for president in 2012. Her logic is that the country will need to be rescued from the damage that Barack Obama has done to the country.
  
  Two failed wars, a global recession brought [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:18am EST
  

• Sink In Favor of Gay Adoption

  Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and Democratic candidate for governor, told a gay-rights group that she is in favor of changing the law in Florida to permit adoptions by gays and lesbians.''We need a system in which all of our children are assured that they live in a' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:03am EST
  

• Charlie's Troubles

  You know things are going to get interesting when the New York Times picks up the story, and the race between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio for the open Senate seat in Florida is doing that.Republican pragmatists argue that to take back its majority, the party has to [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:43am EST
  

• Short Takes

  President Obama pushes for human rights in China.
  
  The US is pushing Pakistan to do more against the Taliban.
  
  Payback time for GM: the automaker is getting ready to start paying back the government for the bailout.
  
  From Gitmo to Illinois: a facility [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:20am EST
  

• Jon Stewart Rogues Lou Dobbs

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cLou Dobbs Goes Roguewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:50pm EST
  

• Sunday Reading

  Remembering the Clutter Family -- Truman Capote made his career and life with In Cold Blood, but the victims are often forgotten except by the family members who remember them 50 years later.Sixteen-year-old Diana Selsor had just come back from a beach party and was home alone in Palatka, [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:50am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Yet another bombing in Pakistan.
  
  Trade talks are a sticking point in Singapore.
  
  Funerals were held for some of the Fort Hood victims.
  
  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) forces the Obama administration to support coup leaders in Honduras.
  
  Al Gore got heckled [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:22am EST
  

• Saturday Night at the Movies

  Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford, Monument Valley, and a cast of thousands.
  
  
  John Wayne and Claire Trevor [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

• Screaming Chickens

  The reaction of the right wing to the news that the masterminds of the September 11, 2001 attacks will be tried in a civilian court in New York was predictable: they went crazy, and as House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) succinctly proved, there is nothing they won't' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:22am EST