Archive for March 9th, 2010

Late Night Video — Lego: The Force Unleashed

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Very creative animation of legos and far beyond anything we made with our legos back in the olden times…..

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The Train To Crazytown

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Newly disgraced former Congressman Eric Massa appeared on Glenn Beck’s TV show today. For some reason, the rightwing embraced Massa – I guess believing that Massa had the power to hurt the Obama administration. The interview didn’t go as Beck expected (he wanted to bash Rahm Emmanuel the whole time I guess): “I wasn’t forced […]

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A Decade of Lost Economic Performance

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A Decade of Lost Economic Performance

From The Economist: The 2000’s were the worst decade for American economic performance since the 1930’s.
People often forget that Americans are among the hardest working people in the industrial world. These charts show how BushCo economic policy made sure that those hardworking people got a lot less in return.

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GOP Grooming Obsession

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The Crist-Rubio Senate primary race down in Florida is beginning to be a blowout for Marco Rubio. There’s been all kinds of rumors that Crist would switch parties or become independent, which he denies. There’s a brewing scandal on some expenses that Rubio charged to a state party credit card, including $130 at a hair […]

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Tuesday Open Thread

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It’s Tuesday and it still feels like spring. I think I’m starting to get used to this weather. So, are we ready for an open thread? P.T. Barnum said there’s a sucker born every minute and I guess he’s right about that: Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold […]

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Conservative Disconnect On Government Intervention – Marriage vs Abortion

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It’s no secret that when it comes to abortion the Conservative/Republican motto is the more government intervention the better.  Mandatory waiting periods for abortions?  Fine with them.  A measure “that would require a woman be given a description of ultrasound images of her unborn child and be offered those images before getting an abortion?”  Why […]

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Searching for that Pyrrhic Victory: O’Donnell is In.

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I thought she was already in. Regardless, Christine O’Donnell’s rumored official yet unofficial campaign to teabag her way to the Senate is now… official. She is holding a press conference tomorrow at 10:30 am in the Gold Room of the Goodstay House in Wilmington. I am sure she will have as much success as she had in 2008, or 2006, or 2004…

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Conservative Fantasies

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What is it with Conservative males and crushes? “I was excited about Palin; I’m more excited about Liz. The same sort of excitement you get when you hear her father, except she’s this petite blonde with five kids … You have a little crush on her. It’s hard not to,” – Michael Goldfarb. (Via Sullivan) […]

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How Progressives Have Shaped Health Care Reform

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We’re now in the final stretch of the health care reform battle. Within the month we’ll either have a vote or the Democrats will give up on health care reform for the near term (or make some tiny improvements). President Obama is out giving a strong defense for the need for health care reform (many […]

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