LGF Archives: November 2009
Onion: Boy Finds Own E.T.
Humor | Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:33:28 pm PST
“Today Now!” is one of the Onion’s more brutal media parody shows, and this is one of their more brutal episodes. [Video]
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Missouri GOP Calls for Revolution
Weird | Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:05:57 am PST
Missouri’s Lafayette County Republican Central Committee has put up a billboard proudly advising citizens to prepare for the violent overthrow of the US government: Lafayette County Politics: New I-70 billboard replaces famed OBAMANATION sign. Reads: Vote Out Incumbents. Live Free or Die! UPDATE at 11/22/09 11:28:16 am: More billboard bad craziness: And an ...
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Dems Get Votes Needed to Begin Health Care Debate
Politics | Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:41:14 am PST
An interesting development in the health care reform battle, as the Democrats get the 60 votes they need to begin the debate after Thanksgiving: Sen. Blanche Lincoln also on board, 60 in hand. Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, ...
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Overnight Ocean
Open | Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:55:30 pm PST
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Saturday Night Music: Tiny Tim, 'The Ice Caps'
Music | Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:30:35 pm PST
Tiny Tim at the peak of his talents. One of the strangest performances you’ll ever see. Via Boing Boing, where they inform us that this extremely weird song is referenced by Thomas Pynchon in his new book, Inherent Vice. [Video]
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Glenn Beck Poised to Implement 100-Year Plan
Weird | Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:45:31 pm PST
It’s going to take him 100 years to get it all done, but Glenn Beck has a master plan. And to find out what it is, all you have to do is buy his new book. I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that ...
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Tech Note: 'Return After Posting Reply'
Technology | Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:50:31 pm PST
We have a new feature in our commenting system, requested by several people. If you click the ‘Reply’ or ‘Quote’ buttons on the top line of a comment to post a reply to someone’s comment, you’ll see a new checkbox appear at the top left of the comment posting box, ...
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Update: Palin Apologizes for Leaving Books Unsigned
US News | Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:43:06 am PST
At her Facebook page, Sarah Palin apologizes for leaving hundreds of people with unsigned books after they waited in the rain for 6 hours: Not Enough Hours in the Day. I’ve been told that yesterday there were supporters in Noblesville who stood in long lines for hours in the cold ...
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Overnight Ocean
Open | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:48:30 pm PST
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Ace Beclowns Himself
Blogosphere | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:08:58 pm PST
Normally I’d ignore this, but “Ace” has posted something so moronically misguided and false it calls for a response: Charles Johnson Now Deleting Posts for Mentioning Hacked Global Warming Fraud Emails. “Ace” says I deleted this comment by LGF reader ‘bosforus’ with “no explanation,” and that I’m “suppressing the data.” That’s ...
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Video: Palin Booed in Indiana
US News | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:44:57 pm PST
After Sarah Palin ended a book-signing event in Noblesville, Indiana, without signing more than 300 books for people who waited more than 6 hours to see her, the crowd turned on her outside her tour bus, booing and yelling “Quitting on the job!” [Video] Here’s a story on the embarrassing incident at ...
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Global Warming Nontroversy of the Day
Environment | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:19:33 am PST
Right wing bloggers and climate “skeptics” are ranting and fuming about “the global warming scandal of the century,” after the email server of one of the UK’s leading climate research centers was hacked, and thousands of emails were stolen and promptly posted all over the web. (Which is, of course, ...
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Kindle Now Available for Canada
Technology | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:19:41 am PST
Here’s some good news if you live in Canada and you’ve been waiting for Amazon to release their terrific Kindle e-book reader in a Canadian version: your wait is over. In addition to having full access to more than 300,000 titles in the Amazon store, Amazon announced that Canadian newspapers ...
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ACORN Sting Operatives Pose with White Supremacist
Politics | Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:24:57 am PST
White supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain continues to be welcomed in Republican circles; here he is posing at the American Spectator dinner with the two videographers who filmed the ACORN sting tapes: An O’Keefe/Giles Victory Lap. Also see: Sarah Palin’s Book Ghostwritten by Associate of White Supremacist McCain Robert Stacy McCain and the ...
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Overnight Fauna
Open | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:02:47 pm PST
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The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes
Open | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:25:08 pm PST
The registration door swings open and the turnstiles turn, clicking and counting the hatchlings as they enter. If you decide to take that momentous step and register, it’s not a bad idea to read all the rules and commit them to memory. The short version: %%LIST=Don’t register with a proxy. Don’t register with ...
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NY Times: Giuliani Bails on Governor Race
Politics | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:14:26 pm PST
New York Times writer Danny Hakim reports that Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for Governor of New York. Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next year after months of considering a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision. Many ...
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Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones
Weird | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:42:19 pm PST
On his front page today, Rush Limbaugh has a prominent link to “Prison Planet,” the website of whacked out conspiracy freakazoid Alex Jones, titled: Algore Photoshops Fake Earth. And possibly even more ridiculous, Limbaugh says his “official climatologist” is Dr. Roy Spencer — a notorious climate change denier and creationist, who ...
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Ron Paul Gets to Audit the Fed
Politics | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:16:55 pm PST
Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve has been approved. The House Financial Services Committee has approved Rep. Ron Paul’s measure to drastically expand the government’s power to audit the Federal Reserve. The measure, based on a Paul proposal that has attracted more than 300 co-sponsors, passed, 43-26, as an ...
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Thursday Afternoon Music: Charlotte Gainsbourg, 'Heaven Can Wait'
Music | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:21:01 pm PST
Here’s a terrifically weird video for singer Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new song with Beck, directed by Keith Schofield. The iTunes Store has the single; the album comes out early next year. [Video]
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Palin Says It's Time to Crack Down on Iraq
Politics | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:27:59 am PST
Oopsie. [Video]
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Hoffman: 'ACORN Stole the Election!'
Politics | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:31:04 am PST
Far right New York congressional candidate Doug Hoffman has posted a wacky, paranoid “unconcession” letter at his website; he accuses ACORN and “the unions” of “tampering with democracy,” and the file name of the web page is “stolenelection.html.” Wow. Stop Another Stolen Election! (Hat tip: Dave Weigel, who points out that ...
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Fox News Plays Video Games Again
Media | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:15:24 am PST
And again, Fox News shows old footage of Sarah Palin from the presidential campaign to give the impression that she’s drawing huge crowds on her book tour. [Video] The Swamp reports that heads may roll at Fox over this embarrassing incident.
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Hasan's Supervisor Warned Army in 2007
US News | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:08:54 am PST
As we learn more about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, it’s clear that he was throwing off warning signals right and left — but nobody wanted to step up and take action about him until it was too late: Hasan’s Supervisor Warned Army In 2007. Two years ago, a top psychiatrist ...
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Overnight Ocean
Open | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:43:26 pm PST
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LGF Poll: 9/11 Terror Trials in New York
US News | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:58:34 pm PST
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Baby Sloth Open Thread
Open | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:36:26 pm PST
Open thread, with baby sloths at the Sloth Sanctuary. Cuteness guaranteed. [Video] (Hat tip: Zooborns.)
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Bill Maher and the Pyre of Stupidity
Health | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:29:26 pm PST
At Huffington Post, TV talk show host Bill Maher has a very lengthy article trying to explain his anti-vaccination opinions, but it’s more obfuscation than explanation: Bill Maher: Vaccination: A Conversation Worth Having. It’s pretty long-winded and a bit whiny, and amounts to a restatement of Maher’s previous positions, which were ...
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Holder Defends 9/11 Trial Decision
US News | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:55:37 am PST
At a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 suspects in civilian court in New York. Holder said he knows “we are at war with a vicious enemy who targets our soldiers on the battlefield ...
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Palin: 'Death Panels' Like Reagan's 'Evil Empire'
Politics | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:10:50 am PST
Sarah “I didn’t come from no monkey” Palin gets the ultimate soft ball interview from Rich Lowry at National Review: The Rogue, on the Record. When Lowry asks about her absurd fear-mongering “death panels” statement, she compares herself to … Ronald Reagan. You remember how Reagan called the Soviet Union the ...
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Overnight Bird
Open | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:08:49 pm PST
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Onion: Obama Home Teleprompter Malfunctions
Humor | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:29:04 pm PST
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Tuesday Afternoon Music: Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier, 'Solitude'
Music | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:53:57 pm PST
Antoine Dufour (harp guitar) and Tommy Gauthier (violin) play “Solitude,” from their latest album Still Strings. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.) [Video]
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Greenland Ice Melting Faster Than Ever
Environment | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:06:50 pm PST
Germany’s Spiegel Online reports on new research on the Greenland ice sheet (cross-checked with two different methods that yielded the same result), showing that the ice is disappearing much faster than previously believed. The dimensions of this frosty giant go way beyond human imagination. With a surface area spanning some ...
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Wash. Times Editor: Obama's Mother Was 'Attracted to Men of the Third World'
US News | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:38:10 pm PST
Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden sums up Barack Obama in racially charged language, saying Obama has no “blood impulse” to be an American. This kind of stuff is becoming more and more open in “conservative” media. It’s no fault of the president that he has no natural instinct or blood impulse ...
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Hoffman and Beck Storming the Castle
Politics | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:06:36 pm PST
Prodded by Glenn Beck, far right candidate Doug Hoffman has ‘unconceded’ in New York 23. After some tabulating errors were discovered, Owens’ lead over Hoffman shrunk to 3,026 votes. But there are as many as 10,000 oustanding absentee and paper ballots that only today will begin to be counted. (And ...
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ADL Special Report: A Year of Growing Animosity
US News | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:06:12 am PST
The Anti-Defamation League has released a detailed report on the increasing anger and hostility among the right wing, singling out many of the same personalities and issues on which LGF has been focusing recently. This is the index page with summaries of the main points: Rage Grows in America: Anti-Government ...
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Huntsman: 'It's a Good Time to Be in Beijing'
Politics | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:33:09 am PST
NBC News political director Chuck Todd is in China with a team covering Barack Obama’s visit, and when they asked US ambassador Jon Huntsman about the craziness wracking the Republican Party back in the States, Huntsman laconically replied, “It’s a good time to be in Beijing.” By the way, when ...
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Overnight Bird
Open | Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:44:54 pm PST
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NCSE Breaks Out the Funny
Science | Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:09:39 pm PST
Here’s some not entirely unsuccessful science humor from the National Center for Science Education, taking down creationist Ray Comfort and his ridiculous “special” version of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” [Video]
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Bad Brick Thread
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:27:42 pm PST
It was the power supply brick for the monitor. Just up and died. The monitor itself is fine, but it won’t be operational for a couple of days because they had to order the replacement brick. No, not this kind of brick.
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Dead Monitor Open Thread
Open | Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:26:32 am PST
Don’t you hate it when you turn on your monitor and nothing happens? The 30” display for my Mac Pro desktop machine simply failed to light up this morning. No power light, USB ports don’t work, screen dark. I have two monitors, so I swapped the cables into the video ...
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Hasan on Islam
US News | Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:27:52 am PST
The Washington Post has published the presentation given to senior Army doctors in June 2007 by alleged Fort Hood killer Nidal Malik Hasan. Instead of lecturing about a medical subject as expected, Hasan recited a litany of standard justifications for militant Islam. It’s amazing (and not in a good way) ...
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McCain Aides: Palin's Book is 'All Fiction'
Politics | Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:31:01 am PST
Some of John McCain’s top campaign aides are not happy about Sarah Palin’s book. Top aides to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday and Saturday, calling the former vice presidential nominee’s soon-to-be-released book “revisionist and self serving” “fiction.” Campaign manager Steve Schmidt, who emerges as Palin’s ...
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Overnight Sky
Open | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:42:18 pm PST
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Do Not Drop
Images | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:13:05 pm PST
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Climate Change Conference Leaders Lowering Expectations
Environment | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:13:59 pm PST
The leaders of an upcoming conference on global warming have met with President Obama in Singapore and decided to scale back their expectations: Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change. SINGAPORE — President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate ...
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Sunday Afternoon Music: Keith Jarrett, 'Part VII - Salle Pleyel, Paris'
Music | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:22:53 pm PST
Here’s a beautiful track from Keith Jarrett’s latest album, Paris / London: Testament, a two-CD set recorded live at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and the Royal Festival Hall in London. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.) This is Part VII of the Paris set. [Video]
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A Sense of Scale
Science | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:58:22 pm PST
The University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center has a very cool animated zooming thingie that graphically illustrates the differences in scale between common objects and microscopic objects like cells and viruses, all the way down to a carbon atom: Cell Size and Scale.
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Nontroversy of the Weekend
Blogosphere | Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:50:57 am PST
On his first visit to Japan, one of America’s most valued allies, President Obama greets Emperor Akihito with a traditional bow and the right wing blogosphere completely loses it. Some of this stuff is blatantly racist too. A commenter at Hot Air gives his perspective: Someone needs to give this half white ...
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Overnight Sky
Open | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:01:55 pm PST
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Palin Proudly Owns Her Creationism
Politics | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:37:12 pm PST
She did her best to obfuscate the issue during the campaign, but her book completely settles the question: Sarah Palin is an “I didn’t come from no monkey!” creationist. Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she “didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving ...
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Not Caring About the Bow
World | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:52:00 pm PST
Instead of getting really, really upset that Barack Obama bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito while visiting Japan where bowing is a custom that goes back thousands of years, I’ve been working on some pieces of The Blog’s back-end code, playing Batman: Arkham Asylum, going for a short bike ride, taking ...
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The Genius of Ivan Mladek
Video | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:39:24 pm PST
This afternoon’s musical selection features the prodigiously talented Ivan Mládek, performing his international hit “Jožin z bažin.” [Video] (Blame: Noah.)
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Catholic Church Gives Washington DC an Ultimatum
Politics | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:50:35 am PST
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC has threatened to stop providing all social services unless the DC City Council drops plans for a gay marriage bill. Under the bill, headed for a council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to perform or make space available for same-sex ...
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Palin Was Shocked
Politics | Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:38:14 am PST
In Sarah Palin’s interview with Barbara Walters, she says that when she learned her daughter Bristol was pregnant, she was shocked, you betcha. Another revelation from the interview: Willow Palin thinks it would be “cool” if her mom became President.
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Overnight Ocean
Open | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:46:25 pm PST
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Tech Note: RSS Reader Rewritten
Technology | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:36:26 pm PST
Our left-column Ajax RSS widget, with a drop-down list of news sites and blogs that lets you check out their current RSS feeds, has been completely rewritten. The code now uses PHP’s native SimpleXML object library to parse all three flavors of RSS (0.92, 1.0, and 2.0) or ATOM feeds. ...
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Fort Hood Hero Story Changes Heroes
US News | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:07:32 pm PST
A lot of the early reporting in the Fort Hood mass murder story turned out to be false, and here’s another detail that the press got wrong: Sgt. Kimberly Munley, applauded as a hero for shooting Nidal Malik Hasan after being wounded herself, apparently didn’t even fire her weapon. The ...
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AP Dishes Palin
Politics | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:07:38 pm PST
It won’t be officially released until Tuesday, but the Associated Press has an advance look at Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue.” She complains that the McCain campaign deliberately kept her “bottled up,” and coached her to give non-answers. She portrays herself as a down-home simple kinda gal who resented being forced ...
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Moon Water Confirmed
Science | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:57:01 am PST
When NASA deliberately crashed the LCROSS satellite into the moon last month, the media spun the event as a dud because the impact didn’t create a huge glowing explosion and pretty pictures for the nightly news. In fact, it wasn’t even visible from Earth at all. But it was no dud, ...
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9/11 Suspects Will Be Tried in New York
US News | Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:09:42 am PST
The big news of the morning is that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terrorism suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay will be tried in New York in civilian court. “I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice. The American ...
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Overnight Street Scene
Open | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:11:57 pm PST
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Cartman is Beck
Humor | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:28:47 pm PST
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Lizard Interview Ripples Across Intarwebs
Blogosphere | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:58:07 pm PST
My interview with Erik Kain has been getting a fair amount of attention; Erik emailed to let me know it was linked by Fark.com and other high-traffic sites. Going by Tweetdeck’s search results, there was some Twittering too. Andrew Sullivan linked to it at Daily Dish, with these comments about neo-Confederate ...
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RNC Insurance is Pro-Choice
Politics | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:05:33 pm PST
Employees of the Republican National Committee will be pleased to know that if they should ever find themselves in the unfortunate position of needing an abortion, their insurance plan covers it. The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a ...
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Thursday Afternoon Music: Jimmy Wahlsteen, The Urge to Gossip'
Music | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:35:02 pm PST
The latest Jimmy Wahlsteen video from CandyRat Records is … different. With a four-piece Scandinavian horn section. Monkey like. Look at those Swedes gettin’ they funk on. [Video]
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Feds Move to Seize Iranian Mosques and 36-Story Skyscraper
US News | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:27:37 pm PST
The Obama administration is making more than symbolic moves to pressure Iran, as federal prosecutors file complaints to seize 4 mosques and a New York skyscraper owned by an Iranian front group. NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue ...
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Hannity Apologizes for Misleading Tea Party Footage
Media | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:07:34 am PST
It’s not the most gracious apology I’ve ever seen, but Sean Hannity admits Jon Stewart was right, and says he’s sorry for using footage of large crowds from the September 12th tea party in his coverage of Michele Bachmann’s protest last week. Hannity says it was “inadvertent,” but it’s a ...
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Fort Hood Suspect Wired Money to Pakistan?
US News | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:38:05 am PST
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) has told the press there’s evidence that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan may have wired money to Pakistan. WASHINGTON – Authorities have been examining whether Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan wired money to Pakistan in recent months, an action that one senior ...
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Dobbs Didn't Exactly Quit
Media | Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:55:12 am PST
It turns out that financial analyst/nativist Lou Dobbs didn’t quit his CNN anchor job completely of his own volition. He was given an ultimatum by CNN president Jonathan Klein. Months ago the president of CNN/U.S., Jonathan Klein, offered a choice to Lou Dobbs, the channel’s most outspoken anchor. Mr. Dobbs ...
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Overnight Birds
Open | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:21:46 pm PST
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Dobbs Goes Fox?
Media | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:30:24 pm PST
If Lou Dobbs is moving to Fox News, it makes total sense: Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN.
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The Door Opens
Open | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:14:15 pm PST
And again the registration door swings open and the Turnstiles of Lizardia turn, clicking and counting away the hatchlings as they enter. If you decide to take that momentous step and register, it’s not a bad idea to read all the rules and commit them to memory. The short version: %%LIST=Don’t register ...
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Wednesday Night Music: Jimmy Wahlsteen, 'Its Your Favorite'
Music | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:53:45 pm PST
This is from Swedish guitarist Jimmy Wahlsteen’s great album 181st Songs, a tune called “It’s Your Favorite.” (Here’s the recording at the iTunes Store.) [Video]
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Honoring Those Who Served
US News | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:04:28 pm PST
As always on Veteran’s Day, we take a few moments to thank all the veterans of our armed forces for their contributions and sacrifices. (Google does have a very nice special logo for this Veteran’s Day, for which we thank them.)
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Judge Napolitano on the Alex Jones Show Again
Weird | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:52:11 pm PST
The crossover between Fox News and the farthest reaches of the kookosphere proceeds at an accelerating pace, as frequent Glenn Beck guest host and Fox contributor Judge Andrew Napolitano has an extended chat with conspiracy monger Alex Jones about their mutual enemy, the US government: YouTube - Judge Andrew Napolitano ...
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Washington Times Shutdown?
Media | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:40:04 am PST
TPM’s Ben Frumin reports that the Washington Times may be on the brink of a shutdown: Is The Washington Times’ Continued Operation In Jeopardy? Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Washington Times. And the continued operation of the newspaper, which is owned by Rev. Sun ...
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My Interview with the League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Blogosphere | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:41:22 am PST
Look, ma — I’m controversial! The Evolution of Blogging: An Interview with Charles Johnson. (Erik Kain and I conducted this interview through email over the course of several weeks.)
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Bizarre Doings at the Washington Times
Media | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:03:59 am PST
It’s getting weird at the Washington Times, as a reported power struggle in Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church causes chaos among the paper’s top management. There’s still a lot of confusion in the Washington Times newsroom, two days after the removal of three top business-side executives and high-ranking members of ...
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Jon Stewart Busts Fox News
Media | Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:52:14 am PST
Jon Stewart catches Fox News and Sean Hannity red-handed in their coverage of Michele Bachmann’s “house call” rally, slipping in footage from the September 12th tea party in Washington DC to make Bachmann’s rally look bigger: Sean Hannity Uses Glenn Beck’s Protest Footage. [Video]
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:06:51 pm PST
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DC Sniper Executed
US News | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:40:25 pm PST
The DC sniper was executed tonight. Jarratt, VIRGINIA (Reuters) - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C. region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax ...
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Video: Obama's Eulogy at Fort Hood
US News | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:57:37 pm PST
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Awesome New Milky Way Image from NASA's Space Telescopes
Science | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:40:38 pm PST
Phil Plait has a great description of what you see in this stunning new picture of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, a mosaic comprised of images from the Hubble (visible light), Chandra (X-rays), and Spitzer (infrared) space telescopes. There is so much going on in this image it’s ...
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American Family Association Advocates Banning Muslims from Military
Weird | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:59:55 pm PST
Donald Wildmon’s American Family Association has a blog, and on that blog they’re advocating: No More Muslims in the U.S. Military. The author, Bryan Fischer, AFA’s “Director of Issues Analysis,” seems to believe he’s in a religious war between Christianity and Islam. To Fischer, all Muslims are enemies, and that’s how ...
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DC Sniper to Die Tonight
US News | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:28:27 am PST
DC sniper John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight at 9 pm in Virginia. ABC News’ Russell Goldman interviewed one of Muhammad’s (and teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo’s) victims, Paul LaRuffa, who amazingly survived five gunshots at close range: Survivor of Beltway Sniper Wants Justice, Gov. ...
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Anita Dunn to Step Down
Politics | Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:50:43 am PST
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, who’s been leading the Obama administration’s charge against Fox News (and was promptly smeared as a commie sympathizer by Glenn Beck), will be stepping down at the end of the month. This move has nothing to do with the Fox News issues, however — she ...
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Overnight Birds
Open | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:10:15 pm PST
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Tech Note: Code Frenzy Continued
Technology | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:21:49 pm PST
As I mentioned yesterday, I recently discovered that the LGF server was running PHP 5, not PHP 4 as I thought, and I’ve been like a geek in a gadget store ever since. For years, the RSS news and blog feeds in our left sidebar were driven by a PHP 4 ...
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And Now, the History of the Internet
Video | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:11:13 pm PST
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The Fall of One Wall
History | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:12:31 pm PST
On the anniversary of the collapse of the East German police state, Commentary has a great piece by Peter Wehner on the meaning of The Fall of One Wall. It turns out that in the contest between freedom and totalitarianism, freedom does pretty well.
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Westboro Baptist Cult Pickets Obama Girls' School
US News | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:51:41 pm PST
The Westboro Baptist Church cult is notorious for their ultra-fundamentalist anti-gay stunts, but this one crosses another line for them — as they picket a school attended by the Obama children. Westboro Baptist Church, the fringe-of-the-fringe anti-gay group famous for protesting at military funerals and claiming that God is punishing ...
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Fort Hood Shooter Connected to Radicals, Tried to Contact Al Qaeda
US News | Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:38:02 am PST
As information comes out that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter, was possibly trying to make contact with Al Qaeda, the real question becomes: how did the military miss all the warning signs Hasan was emitting? Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists, Officials Say. ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:05:48 pm PST
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Video: The Intelligence Squared Debate
Religion | Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:53:42 pm PST
Here’s the kind of brain food you don’t usually get from US media; the BBC’s The Intelligence Squared Debate, in a five-part YouTube playlist. The motion: “Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?” Speaking for the motion, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Anne Widdencombe MP. Speaking against the motion, Christopher ...
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And Now, Tulipa 'Ayaan'
World | Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:23:42 pm PST
If you were wondering what Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s been up to lately, the Dutch flower bulb sector just named a tulip after her: Tulip named after activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. NEW YORK, November 6, 2009: In a ceremony on November 4 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the Dutch flower bulb ...
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Tech Note: Code Frenzy
Technology | Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:06:07 pm PST
Here’s a tech note, also known as an open thread, as I delve into the wealth of new goodies in PHP 5. At some point after installing our new server last year, our gracious, kind, and all-powerful web hosting company upgraded our version of PHP from version 4 to version ...
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Sunday Morning Suction Feeding
Science | Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:41:29 am PST
An interesting little high-speed video of a red bay snook, having a snack. [Video]
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:05:08 pm PST
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Breaking: House Passes Health Care Bill
Politics | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:10:19 pm PST
Yes, the health care bill has passed the House. The Senate is the final hurdle.
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Friedersdorf's Letter to Goldberg
Opinion | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:44:33 pm PST
A very interesting open letter from Conor Friedersdorf to Jonah Goldberg. I’m writing this letter as a fan – I’ve tremendous respect for the pioneering work you did at National Review Online, your attempts to inject humor into political writing, and the enjoyable debates you’ve done with Peter Beinart. But ...
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Slideshow: Weapons Bound for Hezbollah
Middle East | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:46:22 pm PST
The IDF has uploaded a video presentation showing the huge shipment of weaponry from Iran, intended for Hezbollah, that was intercepted this week by an Israel Navy commando force aboard the civilian ship Francop. [Video]
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Saturday Night Video: 'I Say Fever'
Music | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:40:08 pm PST
Here’s an open thread, with music video accompaniment by Ramona Falls, directed by Stefan Nadelman. [Video]
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Saturday Afternoon Music: Porcupine Tree, 'Time Flies'
Music | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:55:44 pm PST
An excellent video for “Time Flies,” from Porcupine Tree’s highly recommended new album, The Incident. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.) [Video]
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Video: Republicans Gone Wild
Politics | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:41:46 am PST
I watched this earlier and was going to export from EyeTV and upload it to YouTube, but Think Progress beat me to it so I’ll use their video. It’s not one of the GOP’s finest moments (to put it mildly), as House Republicans shout, scream, and make repetitive objections over the ...
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Elie Wiesel on Tea Partier Signs: 'Indecent and Disgusting'
Politics | Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:47:24 am PST
Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel condemned signs containing Holocaust imagery and antisemitic conspiracy theories, at Michele Bachmann’s “tea party” event last Thursday. One sign at the rally contained images of dead Holocaust victims at the Dachau concentration camp under the banner “National Socialist Health Care.” Another sign said that ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:13:11 pm PST
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Jon Stewart is Glenn Beck
Humor | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:01:09 pm PST
Jon Stewart totally devours the scenery in a dead-on parody of the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour. [Video]
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Onion: Ford Unveils New Car for 2010
Humor | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:47:32 pm PST
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NPR: Maj. Hasan 'Freaked Out' Other Doctors at Walter Reed
US News | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:28:02 pm PST
This NPR segment from Morning Edition reveals that alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave a lecture to other doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center that “really freaked them out:” Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together. The guy was apparently giving off all kinds of warning signs. [Video]
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Fort Hood Updates
US News | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:48:36 am PST
There are unconfirmed reports that Major Malik Nadal Hasan was shouting “Allah Akbar” during his alleged shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base. CBS Video President Obama made a statement today, urging people not to jump to conclusions. We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to ...
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Mass Shooting in Florida
US News | Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:50:28 am PST
At least 8 people have been shot in the Gateway Center office building in Orlando, Florida. Not many details available yet…
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Overnight Birds
Open | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:07:44 pm PST
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Hubble: Birthplace of Stars
Images | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:54:27 pm PST
A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, and what you’re seeing.) ...
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Tech Review: Apple's Magic Mouse
Technology | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:23:37 pm PST
The curvaceous top of the mouse is a multi-touch surface.Apple’s new Magic Mouse is a very nice mousie indeed. No obvious buttons, no scroll wheel, just a sleek multi-touch surface and some groovy new software that lets you scroll with momentum — similar to the way scrolling works on an ...
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Fort Hood Shooter Identified As a Major
US News | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:36:49 pm PST
ABC News reports an identity for the Fort Hood shooter. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. [Video] UPDATE at 11/5/09 3:08:42 pm: More information from CBS News: CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper reports that Hasan, 39, is a licensed psychiatrist from Silver Spring, Md. A ...
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Breaking: Shooting at Fort Hood Army Post
US News | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:35:46 pm PST
There’s been a shooting incident at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, with up to 7 people dead and at least 12 wounded (this CBS 4 article says 20 wounded): Reports: Multiple Soldiers Shot At Ft. Hood In Texas. FORT HOOD, Texas (CBS) ― Multiple soldiers were shot at ...
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Video: Pastor Broden's Benediction
Video | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:36:00 am PST
Pastor Stephen Broden from Dallas Texas gives the benediction at Michele Bachmann’s “house call” protest against the health care reform bill, and immediately launches a political diatribe about “death panels!” and “death care!” and tyranny and socialism and anti-Christ abortion and violation of all the laws of God and nature. ...
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Party with Bachmann in DC
Politics | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:34:22 am PST
C-SPAN 3 is covering the Michele Bachmann anti-health care tea party swarm right now; as I write, Jon Voight is speaking on the steps of the Capitol. I’d estimate the crowd at between 7.3 and 8.2 million people. At least. UPDATE at 11/5/09 10:03:39 am: The word of the day on the house ...
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Overnight Reflection Thread
Open | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:02:30 pm PST
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'When the Captain's Crazy, It's Time for a New Ship'
Politics | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:33:50 pm PST
Michele Bachmann’s (R-Mars) chief of staff is bailing out, and declines to say why. The aide who helped turn Rep. Michele Bachmann into a controversial mainstay of cable news has informed colleagues that she’s quitting — just as the firebrand Republican congresswoman prepares for her biggest media moment yet. Multiple sources ...
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Wednesday Afternoon Video: 'The Astronomer's Dream'
Video | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:11:17 pm PST
A highly unusual animated short film by Malcolm Sutherland, who helpfully explains the plot: When a hungry astronomer falls asleep while working on a problem, he discovers a solution not in outer space, but in the surreal food-chain of his subconscious mind. [Video]
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Video: Steele on NY-23
Politics | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:25:34 am PST
Here’s video of RNC chairman Michael Steele’s statement this morning, with some pointed comments aimed at Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and RedState blogger Erick Erickson’s claim that the NY-23 loss was a “victory:” Steele Throws Elbow to Palin, Pawlenty on NY-23. [Video]
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Hoffman Vows to Continue Storming the Castle
Politics | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:34:15 am PST
Meet the next hero of the tea party movement: In NY-23, Hoffman Vows to ‘Continue This Fight’. “I can guarantee you the political world hasn’t seen the last of me,” the Conservative Party candidate told Washington Wire today, after losing the closely watched special House election in upstate New York ...
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Conservatives Furiously Spinning
Politics | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:29:10 am PST
Over at RedState, the all-spin zone, CEO Erick Erickson is trying his best to take the NY-23 loss, dress it up in a cheap suit, and call it a “victory:” In NY-23, Conservatives Win. Erickson’s “point,” if it can be called that, is that the far right “sent a message,” scared ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:16:12 pm PST
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Hoffman Defeated in NY-23
Politics | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:52:10 pm PST
Unless some of the late precincts are packing a big surprise, it looks like Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has been defeated by Democrat Bill Owens in New York’s 23rd congressional district election… UPDATE at 11/3/09 9:18:47 pm: Yep — Hoffman has conceded to Owens. So there’s the first Democrat victory in ...
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Stuck in the Middle of the Political Goo
Politics | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:10:11 pm PST
Hot Air may have put me in their “Left Channels,” but Think Progress still categorizes me as a “conservative” blogger: Think Progress » Doug Hoffman Praises Glenn Beck As His ‘Mentor’. Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate ...
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Tuesday Night Open
Open | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:50:34 pm PST
The wonkiest of all elections are now under way, off-season special elections and the like, but if you’re wonky enough to be following them, here’s an open thread for that purpose or any other…
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Tuesday Afternoon Music: Weezer, '(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To'
Music | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:13:43 pm PST
Weezer gets wacky in this song from the new album with one of the grooviest album covers ever, Raditude. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.) [Video]
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Hoffman Accuses Dems of 'Stealing the Election'
Politics | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:36:15 pm PST
Dave Weigel reports that the Doug Hoffman campaign is accusing the Owens camp of bringing in the dreaded ACORN and stealing the election. PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – At a short press availability in his campaign office here, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV volunteer’s tires had been ...
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Police Called to NY-23 Polling Places
Politics | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:37:14 am PST
The New York Daily News is reporting disturbances at some polling stations, apparently from anti-abortion “activists” who support Doug Hoffman: Police Called To NY-23 Polling Sites. I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least ...
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Far Right Activists on the Rise
Politics | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:40:21 am PST
Politico has a piece on the rise of what they’re calling “conservatives,” but what I would call the “far right” — the surging tea party-spawned candidates who are going to make life miserable for the Republican Party (not that they don’t deserve it), and guarantee the reelection of Barack Obama ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:48:33 pm PST
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Mt. Kilimanjaro's Ice Cap is Vanishing
Environment | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:12:37 pm PST
Uh oh. Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat, Study Says. The ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania has continued to retreat rapidly, declining 26 percent since 2000, scientists say in a new report. Yet the authors of the study, to be published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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Monday Afternoon Blues: Joe Bonamassa, 'Blues Deluxe'
Music | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:39:01 pm PST
From a 2005 concert on the German Rockpalast show, Joe Bonamassa tears up a Stratocaster something fierce. [Video]
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Iran's Manhattan Project Rushing Ahead
World | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:42:23 pm PST
Go ahead, tell me you didn’t see this coming: Iran suggests it is not ready to export uranium. An Iranian diplomat said Monday his country wanted to buy fuel for its Teheran research reactor, the latest indication that Iran is not willing to ship most of its enriched uranium out ...
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Gingrich Angry at Scozzafava
Politics | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:42:24 am PST
Newt Gingrich is reportedly angry with Dede Scozzafava for endorsing her former opponent, Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava’s decision infuriated Republicans who had stuck with her, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He told the AP that he was disappointed and “deeply upset.” “How could she have accepted all that support?” he said, ...
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Anti-Abortion Extremists' Auction Goes Online (Briefly)
Weird | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:21:08 am PST
Last Wednesday we noted a report that eBay had rejected an auction by a radical anti-abortion group to raise money for alleged murderer Scott Roeder: EBay Says No to Scott Roeder Benefit Auction. According to TPM, however, the auction did go online for a brief time before being pulled down. The ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:06:12 pm PST
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Scozzofava Officially Backs Owens
Politics | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:42:55 pm PST
It’s official: Republican Dede Scozzofava has endorsed Democrat Bill Owens in the NY-23 special election. Doug Hoffman’s camp is calling her a traitor, but they were doing that already. Those in the camp of the Conservative candidate Douglas L. Hoffman called Ms. Scozzafava a turncoat. “This afternoon Dede Scozzafava betrayed the GOP,“ ...
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Sunday Night Video: 'Between'
Video | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:02:50 pm PST
This very inventive, very creepy short film is by Tim Bollinger, titled “Between.” [Video]
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Tech Note: The Retweet Button
Technology | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:22:30 pm PST
Our latest addition to The Blog codebase is a button to let you “retweet” an LGF article. “Retweeting” is a common way for people to spread interesting content around on Twitter. Since each article is already automatically posted to Twitter, your tweet is prefaced with the standard Twitter syntax to ...
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Doug Hoffman: The Glenn Beck Candidate
Politics | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:02:19 am PST
What exactly does Doug Hoffman stand for? And who is he standing with? Would you believe … Glenn Beck? At the endorsements page of Doug Hoffman For Congress, we find a link to the “Gold List” at 912candidates.org, consisting of politicians who have “pledged their sacred honor” to uphold the Glenn ...
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Scozzofava Endorsing Former Opponent?
Politics | Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:47:26 am PST
The Watertown Daily Times, in New York’s 23rd congressional district, switches their endorsement from Republican Dede Scozzofava to Democrat Bill Owens — and they report that Scozzofava is doing the same. During the day Saturday, she began to quietly and thoughtfully encourage her supporters to vote for Democrat William L. ...
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Overnight Ocean Thread
Open | Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:14:02 pm PDT
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