Bugdoodle, flapjack looney Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska is upset that the FBI and the IRS are searching his home in Alaska. He is undoubtedly furious that a search warrant was obtained. CNN Radio reports that he’s been avoiding the press all day, and played a tape of Dana Bash confronting him in a stairwell, asking for a statement on the investigation. Stevens yelled: “Can’t you understand English?” At about the same time, and...

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CNBC reported a few minutes ago: News Corp. to Succeed In Buying Dow Jones … “It did come awfully close, in fact, closer than many had anticipated,” Faber said. “But at the end of the day, according to people who were working on this, a number of the Bancrofts who had been somewhat vocal in their opposition–Chris Bancroft for example–seemed suddenly at the realization that they were going to have to pay all these banking fees said ‘Wait a...

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Americablog is running this story: BREAKING… Home Depot dumps O’Reilly by John Aravosis (DC) · 7/31/2007 11:46:00 AM ET Home Depot seems to have had a change of heart. They’re now unequivocally telling their customers that they will not advertise on Bill O’Reilly’s show. Oddly, however, they’re now also claiming that they never advertised on O’Reilly’s show. Funny, though, that Home Depot already admitted to advertising on O’Reilly’s show in the hateful email they sent customers just a...

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Some of you may remember from June when I wrote about the Supreme Court decision Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire, which made if much more difficult for employees to sue their employers for pay discrimination in the work place. Pamela forwarded me an email from Civilrights.org which has a heads up on the congressional move to wipe out the Ledbetter decision. If you care about equal pay for equal work, etc., you should contact your Representative and Senator about this....

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As Pamela noted below concerning Chief Justice John Roberts’ seizure and fall yesterday, buried in the story is this bit of interesting medical knowledge, noting that Roberts suffered a similar seizure back in the early 1990′s: “By definition, someone who has had more than one seizure without any other cause is determined to have epilepsy, said Dr. Marc Schlosberg, a Washington Hospital Center neurologist who is not involved in the Roberts case. “Whether Roberts will need anti-seizure medications to...

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CONTEXT UPDATE: I wrote the article below without asking WHY she was on the radio this morning. A news item clarified why (Google: ‘posted 6 hours ago’): New York TIMES: U.S energy bill aids the expansion plans of atomic power plants By Edmund L. Andrews and Matthew L. Wald Published: July 31, 2007 WASHINGTON: A one-sentence provision buried in the Senate’s recently passed energy bill, inserted without debate at the urging of the nuclear power industry, could make builders...

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NEWS ITEM: Bill O’Reilly Says He Will “Destroy” Daily Kos Today A Really Tasteful and Respectful Radio Play About A Completely Fictional Television Show DRAMATIS PERSONAE: Bill O’Bully - A famous Right Wing Television Commentator Mishrill Merkin - A former reporter turned Internet 2.0 media entrepreneur and blogosphere eyecandy blogmistress. Pronounced “my shrill MURR kin“ Barbie Kewpie – A former Democratic consultant, now makes her money appearing as a “consultant” on the O’Bully Show and writing for periodicals and...

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This is in response to a comment from Todd’s excellent posting “SCOTUS ‘Too Conservative‘ ” No matter how short I cut the comment, it wouldn’t “take” and it’s a valuable bit of information from the debate that surrounded the adoption of the Constitution. Here’s the comment: # William A. Stoddart Says: July 29th, 2007 at 11:15 am It is just plain stupid that Supreme Court justices are appionted for life. If a President has the opportunity to appoint a...

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