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• Black Friday

  After a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner last night, replete with some of the best turkey I've ever had and tasty side dishes (and, of course, the requisite political argument between a couple of brothers-in-law for the entertainment portion of the evening), it's hard to imagine that I'm going to get up [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:07am EST
  

• Short Takes

  China says it will try to cut back on carbon emissions.
  
  "Dead End" -- The IAEA probe into Iran's nuclear plans has hit an impasse.
  
  According to a report, the Irish Catholic Church hid reports of abuse for years.
  
  There was a magnitude 5.5 [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

• Friday Blogaround

  If you're not running out to go shopping, check out the writing of the LC for the week.- A Blog Around The Clock: it's not too late to submit to OpenLab 2009.
  - archy: how to avoid 2012.
  - Bark Bark Woof Woof: Charlie Crist's choices.[...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:00am EST
  

• Friday Catblogging Classic

  Post-Thanksgiving torpor.
  
  "Too...much...turkey." [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:00am EST
  

• Thanksgiving

  Music by Charles Gross, performed by George Winston, from the film Country.
  
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

• Happy Thanksgiving

  There are many ways of saying thanks; a smile, a kind word, helping an elderly lady tote her groceries out to the car, and so on. And there's also the thanks in an inward way - of appreciating what you have and have achieved in spite of [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:02am EST
  

• Short Takes

  How many troops will NATO send to Afghanistan?
  
  President Obama will stop off in Copenhagen to talk about controlling emissions.
  
  The Philippines massacre suspect has surrendered.
  
  There was good economic news yesterday: jobless claims were down in October, and consumer spending was [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:48am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  Dana Perino, press secretary in the George W. Bush administration:We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.No, seriously. She said that. I'm not making it up. There's video and everything.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• Father and Son

  Here's a story that will warm the cockles of your heart, especially if you're a kid growing up with a father you admire."We love you, this won't change a thing." [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:56am EST
  

• Question of the Day

  Well, since yesterday was about your favorite Thanksgiving dish, you knew this was coming.What Thanksgiving dish to you dislike the most?Mine is below the fold.
  
  Sweet potatoes or yams. Blech. Although I do like sweet potato pie since it tastes -- to me -- like pumpkin pie. I found [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:36am EST
  

• That's Show Business

  People who are suddenly trapped in the glare of the media spotlight find out very quickly that, as Aaron Sorkin noted, the time it takes to go from a media darling to a Letterman punchline can be clocked with an egg timer. Case in point: Sarah Palin, the former [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:35am EST
  

• Mirror, Mirror

  Rush Limbaugh, the Man in the Glass Booth, shares his deep insight:If you live in the universe of lies, the last thing that you are governed by is the truth. The last thing you are governed by is reality. The only thing that matters to you is the advancement [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:21am EST
  

• Census Worker Killed Himself

  Kentucky State Police have determined that Bill Sparkman, the census worker found hanged in the woods in rural eastern Kentucky in September, committed suicide.Despite the fact that Mr. Sparkman was found hands, feet and mouth bound with duct tape, rope around his neck and the word "FED" written on [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:36am EST
  

• Presumptuous Dick

  I never served a day in the military. When I was eligible for the draft in 1970, I was (and still am) a conscientious objector. So it would be presumptuous of me to say that I know what it's like to be a soldier on the front line in a' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:54am EST
  

• Short Takes

  President Obama will lay out his plans for Afghanistan next Tuesday. Look for an increase in troop and an explanation of his exit strategy.
  
  A lot of people were killed in an election massacre in the Philippines.
  
  Almost a quarter of the mortgages in the [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:27am EST
  

• Question of the Day

  With the Thanksgiving dinner heading straight for us, it's time to ask -- again:What is the one Thanksgiving dish you like the most? [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:10am EST
  

• Then What?

  Matthew Dowd, who was a campaign strategist for George W. Bush, says that Sarah Palin could win in 2012, and even as Mr. Dowd says that he would not support her candidacy, he offers her some tips on how to win: learn about the issues, appeal to the hopes [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:37am EST
  

• Charlie Crist's Choices

  Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) told the St. Petersburg Times that between himself and Marco Rubio, he's the real Republican in the primary race for the open Senate seat in Florida."There are a lot of Republicans that don't have the inclination to go to executive committee meetings,'' he said. "There' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:58am EST
  

• What About Reconciliation?

  One of the ways that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) could pass the healthcare bill without worrying about a filibuster is through the process of reconciliation, which only requires 51 votes. But as Jay Newton-Small at Time's Swampland notes, it's a stop-gap measure that would probably do more [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:14am EST
  

• The Republicans' Little Tent

  The Republicans want to make sure that only the True Believers get their backing, so they're considering instituting a little test dreamed up by Jim Bopp, the same genius who wanted to pass a resolution mandating that the RNC label the Democrats as the "Democrat Socialist Party," to see' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:40am EST
  

• Short Takes

  Iran is making it harder to be a dissident.
  
  Violence continues in Afghanistan as President Obama nears an announcement on the war strategy there.
  
  The election in Iraq in January will probably not happen at that time.
  
  Eight people in Minnesota have been [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 3:21am EST
  

• 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